Archive for March, 2008
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Boy Genius Report has a bunch of screenshots from the upcoming Windows Mobile version 6.1. Some of the new features in 6.1 include an updated camera interface, an updated home screen, and a handful of other nice features.
Browse their full gallery to see all of the pics, but here ...
Posted in Microsoft, Software | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
TeaShark has just released their mobile browser into beta, and it's quite impressive. It features a nifty way to handle multiple tabs, the rendering is solid, and load times are quite good. In a lot of ways it feels similar to Opera Mini.
It does a neat thing with ...
Posted in Browsers, Software | 4 Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, had some wild speculations about features for the original iPhone. He predicted two battery compartments, a slide-out keyboard and some other things, none of which happened.
He's at it again. Now he's predicting that the new iPhone coming this summer, which we know ...
Posted in Apple | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The long-rumored black N82 has finally been announced by Nokia. The phone is due to ship within a few weeks for a little over $600 US.
Also, it sounds like a firmware update might be coming out for the N82 as well, due to a statement in the press release ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
A recent patent application from Apple shows what could be a clamshell iPhone. The lid on this phone would be clear and have a multi-touch screen on both sides. When the phone is closed, you can see through the cover and touch it to activate items on the ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Yet another amazing-looking concept that we'll probably never seen, courtesy of JustAMP. I don't think it's unreasonable that we could see a device like this one day, but I'm quite sure these are just fantasy sketches at this point.
Posted in Hardware, Sony | No Comments »
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The update hasn't been released yet, but the changelog has. Here's what's in store for you N95-1 users in the coming-very-soon firmware update:
New features
Flash Lite 3 support added
Widget (Web runtime) support added
Default year changed to 2008
Improvements
General stability improvements.
Pre-defined access point kept after switching to different type SIM card.
Localization improvements.
Standby ...
Posted in Hardware, Nokia | No Comments »
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
The famous LG enV phone has a sequel coming out soon, the LG VX9100, and Engadget has the scoop (via PhoneMag). The phone has a much smaller front screen than the previous models, but a QVGA screen on the inside.
Rumor is that it'll have a 2-megapixel camera and a standard ...
Posted in Hardware, LG | 11 Comments »
Friday, March 14th, 2008
According to Symbian Freak (via NokNok), a major update to the N95 is coming soon. This update will include support for Widgets (Web Run-Time) and Flash Lite 3, among other things. Very impressive! It's kind of a shame that you'll be able to get Flash support on ...
Posted in Hardware, Nokia | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 14th, 2008
I'm pretty sure this will be the form factor of my next phone. I like the idea of a big touch screen on top, with a QWERTY sliding out from below. I'm leading more toward the Sony XPERIA X1, but there's a number of nice choices on the ...
Posted in Samsung, Verizon | 4 Comments »
