26 December 2008
17 December 2008
WinMo HTC Touch Pro Running BlackBerry OS
16 December 2008
First Official Pics of Motorola i9
Now Palm has Its Own App Store
15 December 2008
New Samsung Pixon to Go 3G for U.S. market
Microsoft Released its First iPhone App
14 December 2008
Korea's Pantech Aims to Become a Top U.S. Cellphone Maker
13 December 2008
BlackBerry's First Ever Clamshell
Loopt in HTC Android G1 Superior to that of iPhone
12 December 2008
Google Maps for Mobile Now Available for S60 and WinMo
Google announced Google Maps for mobile version 2.3 for S60 and Windows Mobile smartphones. Earlier it is available only for Android, Blackberry and iPhone.
The main attraction is the Street View, which is recently enhanced for markets like France, Italy, Spain and Australia. In case you don't know, these are the places where S60 and WinMo are widely used. Google also promised new geographies in coming days, that you might have guessed.
The street view helps users to locate in an unfamiliar neighbourhood with its panoramic images. This new version also features walking directions, transit alerts from participating public transportation authorities and even user reviews of a place! Google mobile official blog has a video demonstrating street view. Direct your phone's web browser to google.com/gmm to get the new version of Google Maps for Mobile.
First Glimpse of Lenova's Android Phone!
Lenova is making an Android phone? This seems to be true. Here is a pic of the rumoured phone from modmygphone.com, for sure this will make HTC shame.
Lenova is working on this phone, codenamed Ophone, for China Mobile. This would be China mobile's first Open Mobile System(OMS) based phone. So it will feature Android and TD SCDMA -their 3G standard. No specs are available right now. Will Lenova bring this phone to international market? There is very less chance.
11 December 2008
Netbook Manufacturers Prefer HDDs to SSDs
Copy and Paste for iPhone with out any software installation
10 December 2008
Get the LG Dare Touchscreen Phone for Free
14 New members join Open Handset Alliance
09 December 2008
Cowon to release S9 Curve in Korea this month
Nokia's Flagship phone N97 announced
08 December 2008
Standard & Poor cuts Motorola Ratings to Junk Status
07 December 2008
World's Second Android phone revealed
Turn your iPod into a Mobile Phone
06 December 2008
Motorola to offer an Android phone
01 December 2008
Mobile Web browsing on rise
"The increase in awareness of the Web on mobile devices--due to the iPhone and new RIM models--has helped contribute to this growth, as has the continued move towards flat-rate data plans by many mobile operators"
Apple iPhone's web browser became sensational as its browsing experience closely match with that of a PC's. With the heavy success of the iPhone many smartphone manufacturers started to follow the trend. Now all are very keen with their web browsers. Google Android also came up with iPhone like web browser. Manufacturers like Motorola, HTC are planning to release more Android based phones. BlackBerry also introduced an enhanced mobile browser for their new smartphone Bold. All eyes are on its first touchscreen model Storm which is considered as a rival to iPhone. Nokia's touch 5800 Tube is also on race.
If this is not enough there are still more reasons! Subscribing to Mobile data plans are affordable than ever. Many carriers are now offering a flat-data plan. If EDGE is not enough for fast browsing here is 3G. 3G's networks provide reliable and fast access to the web. For a quite some time, the big players in PC web browsers, Forefox, Opera etc are in the business, releasing their own mobile web browsers for smartphones as well as for mid-level phones. Skyfire along with these companies are also working to make their browsers more sophisticated. Opera recently launched beta version of its version 4.2 with improved video rendering with Youtube and more.
About 3-10% of traffic to the top sites come from mobile users! Many top sites have their own sites targeted at mobile browsers. Google said it will provide special support for iPhone users with local results and clock on links.
The increase in mobile web traffic also fueled ad programs targeted at mobile users. With more smarphones in use, fast connectivity and improved browsers the web is about to kick start a promising new era of related services and business!
30 November 2008
AMD says NO to Smartphone processors
“We don't expect the MID (Mobile Internet Device) market to become meaningful relative to other opportunities we can address ... of all the opportunities we could go after, we have eliminated microprocessors for smart phones.”
29 November 2008
First HTC WiMAX handset announced!
25 November 2008
Apple releases Software Upgrade for iPhone 3G
- Copy/paste feature (apple promised this for quite some time)
- Integration with iCall and Outlook.
- Push alert system (One that Apple presented at this year's WWDC)
23 November 2008
Smartphones will be Cyber-criminals next Target
"One of common types we see now runs amok on the Symbian platform. These viruses work their way through the contact book, sending themselves out to every subscriber who has been called or has called that handset."
"But in the last four months, the majority of viruses we now see are of a new type that either masquerade as an MP3 file, a picture file, or a media file"
21 November 2008
Samsung's New TouchWiz phone - Eternity (A867)
"The Eternity brings the big screen to the palm of your hand.This touch-screen mobile TV handset is part of Samsung's TouchWiz line of phones and keeps you entertained and connected on the go."AT&T Mobile TV is another highlight, which streams television contents from CNBC, ESPN Mobile, MTV, Nickelodeon, CNN Mobile etc. Eternity includes a good web browser manipulating the touchscreen with easy navigation and Zoom-in Zoom-out capabilities.
19 November 2008
HP announced first Multi-touch Notebook
17 November 2008
The new Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has it all!
Blackberry 'Storm' the Smartphone market
This the new 'Storm' from leading smartphone provider RIM. This cool looking phone has got all what iPhone is criticized for. Video-recording, bluetooth, 3 types of keyboard, voice-dialing, better camera (3.2 MP) with auto-focus and auto-flash, group text messaging, MMS and more... RIM's first UI for a touchscreen Blackberry looks awesome, though underlying OS remains the same. Hopefully retaining the reliability and usability that comes with them...
What if you like to have the UI in the other way with landscape menus... just rotate it. Like iPhone it also features an accelerometer which in turn switch to landscape and portrait mode when the hand set is rotated.
The screen is a crystal clear TFT Touchscreen of 3.3
14 November 2008
Nokia's Roadmap for Smart Phones Leaked?
Yes, you heard it right! Nokia's roadmap for upcoming smart phones leaked. There are over 30 sexy smart phones on their way to hit the market. But don't think that Nokia is going to launch all the prototypes in the roadmap. Also there is no authentication for this. The list also include the announced 5800 Tube. The prototypes are labeled either 'Development complete' or 'In development'.
Any way there are a lot of promising designs among them. Here are some that attracted me:
Corolla: It, code named as Corolla, is supposed to have a 8 megapixel camera! Nokia about to challenge players like Samsung which already has a 8MP cam phone on the market? This non-touchscreen half QWERTY keyboard phone will use a 3 inch VGA display. It says OS 5.0.1. 128MB RAM and 8GB ROM is also proposed. more than enough for a phone right? The model is under development, it says a prototype availability of 2009 11th week.
IP08: One more widescreen touch that we know so far. They expect it to be available by the end of this year. It says 'QWERTY' keyboard too?! Is it a sidekick phone? Supposed to use OS 5.0. megapixel auto-focus camera, Wi-Fi, TV output etc are other features. It also features Nokia's own Naviscroll.
Ivalo: To all our surprise, this follow-on to IP08 phone will have a ROM of 32GB! The phone under development will feature a 3.5 wide touchscreen and all other IP08 features. Prototype is expected to be available with in this year.
Surfer: Nokia completely developed Surfer with Landscape 2.6-inch QVGA screen, QWERTY keyboard, NaviWheel...
Athlon: Considered as refreshed N85. Include features like Quadband GSM, HSDPA, 8-16GB ROM, analog joystick, integrated compass, stereo speakers, GPS, WiFi... Its 5MP camera comes with xenon flash.
Eitri: This may be the most promising prototype in the list. It will be a Landscape candybar with QWERTY keyboard. Will be using a 3.5-inch 640×350 display. It says pressure sensitive touch UI with tactile feedback and
gestures! Along with a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera the phone under develpment includes an integrated compass, accelerometer and proximity sensor.
Tera: Tera will have 'hybrid QWERTY keypad' along with AGPS with integrated compass, 3MP camera with LED flash, WiFi.
Jig: Jig's special feature is that it is a Landscape slider for AT&T using 6650’s guts. Other specs will be Quadband GSM, HSDPA, 2MP camera, 2.4-inch display.
Ofcourse Nokia's research department is too rich for the coming year. No doubt, with a few exciting novel features, the market leader is going to rock coming years. Etri and Corolla deserve special attention as they are capable to take smart phones to next level! See the complete roadmap here.
Three New Limited Edition Vertu Ferrari Phones Announced
The Ascent Ti's design are highly influenced by the 'Prancing Horse', hear it from Frank Nuovo, chief of design for vertu:
" The original design for the Ascent Ti was heavily influenced by the dynamic power of luxury sports cars and working closely with Ferrari has enabled us to progress thes vision. The new Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari editions are the definitive automotive-inspired handsets - bold, balanced and with the unmistakable character of the Prancing Horse."Ascent Ti editons use same leather and stiching used in latest Ferrari car interiors. The battery cover and the sides of Ascent Ti resembles respectively the bonnet and louvers of various Ferrari cars. 'Ti' in the model name resmbles Titanium, the non-corrosive metal with which the phone 'chasis' is made of. It also features fine sapphire crystal screen. The ringtones in Ascent Ti include original recordings of original Ferrar engine sounds from the F430 and 612 Scalietti, blended by famous songwriter and musician Dave Stewart. The Ferrari logo also appears on the front and back of the phones.
The handsets comes with quad-band GSM radio(850/900/1800/1900MHz), a 3 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, 4 GB of internal memory and Bluetooth connectivity. It is reportedly have a five hours of talk time and 300 hours battery standby time. Yeah, specs are not bad, but cannot even categorize it into smartphone category. Only 2009 units of these limited edition phones will be available for sale worldwide, so hurry to grab one ONLY if you are a huge Ferrari fan and a Vertu matches your wallet!