O2 wins TG01 Smartphone rights
Permalink: O2 wins TG01 Smartphone rights by Alan Harten
O2 is winning the major bids this year as it has already acquired the exclusive rights to the Palm Pre and iPhone and can now add the Toshiba TG01 Smartphone to its list of offerings.
While the Toshiba is not the most recognisable, it is technically speaking the most advanced Smartphone to be available to the [...]
Mobile Application Security Promised by Veracode
Permalink: Mobile Application Security Promised by Veracode by Franz Bicar
As mobile applications become more popular, one question lingers in our minds – are these mobile applications safe? Can I trust my mission critical data through these mobile apps? Even now, as technology advances and shifts its focus towards the cloud, these apprehensions prevent major companies from adopting this form of setup.
This is why [...]
Second Life for Satellite Phones Could Happen this Year
Permalink: Second Life for Satellite Phones Could Happen this Year by Franz Bicar
Making phone calls anywhere could be a possibility. Well technically, now, with wide signal coverage offered by different carriers, you can actually do that.
You’re up in the mountains where cellphone signals can’t reach you, or these carrier services go down due to cataclysmic phenomenons, then what you do? Satellite phones! That’s the answer to the [...]
Poor Hardware Plagues Palm Pre Owners
Permalink: Poor Hardware Plagues Palm Pre Owners by Franz Bicar
The first complaints for the Palm Pre is finally here. After the initial love affair with their shiny new handset, early Palm Pre owners are coming back to their senses and now sees several flaws on the Palm Pre.
One of the major annoyance for Pre owners is the poor hardware quality of the phones. In [...]
Classic Games Headed to the App Store
Permalink: Classic Games Headed to the App Store by Franz Bicar
Yeah, you heard it right. Huge fans of classic games such as Quake and Doom should rejoice for your favorite first-person shooters are headed to the iPhone via Apple’s App Store.
Doom Resurrection has been released for some time now so those early adopters know the capability of the iPhone as a gaming platform for [...]
Single charger for all phones from 2010
Permalink: Single charger for all phones from 2010 by David Masters
From next year, all mobile phones sold in the EU will fit the same phone charger.
Major manufacturers including Apple, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, NEC, Research in Motion, Samsung and LG have signed up to a voluntary EU agreement to create a common charger based on the mini-USB connector.
Currently there are more than [...]
Video guide for Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman phone
Permalink: Video guide for Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman phone by Jan Harris
Sony Ericsson is releasing its W995 Walkman mobile phone in June and July 2009.
The phone, which will be available globally, features a 8.1 megapixel camera, 8GB Memory Stick, 2.6” colour display and built-in stereo speakers.
With its powerful video capability the device is designed to offer entertainment on the move.
It is the first Sony [...]
Dell Develops an Android Mobile Internet Device
Permalink: Dell Develops an Android Mobile Internet Device by Franz Bicar
Watch out Apple, Dell is coming for you! Reports (Wall Street Journal) surfaced earlier today that Dell, a multinational technology corporation, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products, is on the verge of developing their very own pocket-sized device using Google’s Android operating system. The said device is reported to have [...]
Mobile Phone Security Challenge winners
Permalink: Mobile Phone Security Challenge winners by Alan Harten
A few of the top designers and technology experts in the UK which have recently been honoured as the results of the £400,000 Mobile Phone Security Challenge have been released.
The challenge was aimed at the creation of ‘crime proof’ mobiles.
Each winning team was selected based on the strengths of their collective credentials and [...]
Mainstream mobile TV arrives in Norway
Permalink: Mainstream mobile TV arrives in Norway by David Masters
Mobile phone users in Norway can now access mainstream TV services, including live news and weather, on-demand video streams, and sport, following the launch of the MiniTV Mobil application.
Designed as a companion to the Norwegian Mobile TV MiniTV DMB service, the application was developed by Norway’s three largest TV broadcasters: NRK, TV 2 and Modern [...]
Motorola’s Latest – Karma QA1 Slider
Permalink: Motorola’s Latest – Karma QA1 Slider by Franz Bicar
This could be Motorola’s next big thing. The Motorola Karma QA1 slider phone will hit markets today and is aimed for social network activities. With the Karma QA1, users will have direct interaction with social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and other services.
The phone basically measures around 3.5 by 2.5 inches, has a [...]
RFID Chips on All Phones by Next Year
Permalink: RFID Chips on All Phones by Next Year by Franz Bicar
So what exactly is an RFID chip? What makes it so important? Well from Wikipedia, RFID, otherwise known as Radio-frequency Identification, is the use of an object applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. This would allow phones the ability to open [...]
June 25, 2009Is it the G1 or the Hero?
Permalink: Is it the G1 or the Hero? by Alan Harten
HTC recently announced that its new Android Smartphone will be known as the Hero Handset, but T-Mobile quickly disagreed, deciding to instead refer to it with their customers as the T-Mobile G1 Touch.
Thus, it is highly likely that Orange and T-Mobile will square up against each other when it comes time to sign into a [...]
Anam’s Bully Filter wins award
Permalink: Anam’s Bully Filter wins award by Jan Harris
Dublin-based Anam, which provides mobile operators with messaging services solutions, has been recognised at the Global Messaging Awards 2009.
The company’s Bully Filter for Telenor was named ‘Best Social Use Application’ at the awards.
Telenor Group, which provides telecommunication services in 13 countries across Europe and Asia, uses Anam’s Parental Control solution to power its [...]
Future of Mobile Devices Bright with Intel and Nokia Partnership
Permalink: Future of Mobile Devices Bright with Intel and Nokia Partnership by Franz Bicar
On Tuesday, Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker, and Nokia, one of the leading manufacturers of mobile phones and mobile devices, announced their partnership in developing future mobile devices. This announcement could serve as the cornerstone for the future of mobile devices and the mobile market.
Both companies are still silent on specific products or [...]
Agito announces Blackberry VoIP app
Permalink: Agito announces Blackberry VoIP app by David Masters
Agito has launched a new VoIP app for Blackberry handsets, enabling Blackberry users to make VoIP calls over Wi-Fi.
The app is a development of Agito’s RoamAnywhere Mobility Router, which aims to help businesses integrate unified communications (UC) with mobile devices.
Research in Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry handsets dominate the corporate smartphone market, making a Blackberry app essential [...]
Apple sells one million iPhone 3GS in three days
Permalink: Apple sells one million iPhone 3GS in three days by David Masters
Sales of Apple’s latest iPhone handset have topped one million units just three days after launch.
The iPhone 3GS has been rushing off the shelves at handset retailers around the world.
The instant success of the 3GS echoes the popularity of the iPhone 3G, which also sold one million units within three days of its international launch [...]
Man buys IPhone 3G S and pulls it apart
Permalink: Man buys IPhone 3G S and pulls it apart by Alan Harten
Kyle Wiens, the CEO of ifixit.com, allowed many people to see how the new IPhone 3G S works by taking quite the initiative, one that included catching an overnight flight from California to London to wait in line so that he could get one of the first models.
After he received the iPhone, he quickly tore [...]
Surveys Indicate Phones Getting More Complicated
Permalink: Surveys Indicate Phones Getting More Complicated by Franz Bicar
You think you know all the features in your smartphone - both inside and out? Well think again. A survey from FoneBank is telling us that nearly two thirds of Britons are having a hard time knowing all of the features on their phones and that mobile phones today are getting way complicated than when [...]
June 20, 2009Palm Releases Web OS 1.0.3 Update
Permalink: Palm Releases Web OS 1.0.3 Update by Franz Bicar
Not to be outdone with the latest release of Apple’s iPhone 3.0 OS, Palm also released its first updates to their very own Web OS. Palm’s Web OS is at version 1.0.3 and is currently being used by their latest hit, the Palm Pre. Although no new apps were introduced for this release, several key [...]