Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The latest version (2.0) of Nokia's PC Suite application has been released today (download it here). For those not familiar with the PC Suite, it's a package of software that helps you manage everything on your Nokia phone -- applications, photos, music, videos, etc.
All in all, it seems really ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Somewhat similar to the Kaleidoscope we showed you last week, this one is called the P-Per designed by Chocolate Design Agency. According to JustAMP:
It is an impressively simple and sustainable mobile phone combing features that were supposed to be incompatible: simple, advanced, green and unique. It made out of ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
id software, the devlopers of Doom and Quake, have expressed an interest in developing games for the iPhone. While Carmack has already expressed his displeasure with the iPhone development tools, he's very excited about the iTunes distribution channel.
While I love the overall concept of the iPhone, I think the ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
The Nokia N95 8GB NAM, also known as the "N95-4" has been released. The retail price is $799.
According to Andrew Leung, who has some excellent unboxing pics, some changes include:
Improved browser
Faster OS
"Gorgeous" screen
Suddenly my N95-3 is feeling pretty old...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Despite all of the positive things that have come out about the iPhone SDK, one big negative keeps coming back -- applications can't run in the background. You have to run them, then close them, and they go away.
An example provided by TechCrunch:
instant messaging applications (we saw a demo ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
(via JustAMP) Check out the concept pictures of this phone! The screen goes all the way to edge and even wraps over the top.
I have no idea if we'll ever see it, but it sure is pretty.
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Mobile-Review.com has posted a lengthy review of Nokia's new N-Gage II platform. Along with details about the software, they also reviewed a handful of individual games.
They were frustrated by a few bugs, but came across as pretty impressed. They've got a ton of screenshots to go with the ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
It looks possible. While showing off the X1 at CeBIT in Germany earlier this week, some sharp-eyed viewers noticed an AT&T logo on the screen.
IntoMobile muses a few questions:
Are they trying to indirectly pitch AT&T through the media?
Or is the deal already done and they're just waiting for the ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Michael Arrington from TechCrunch is LiveBlogging today's SDK Event. They've announced some pretty cool stuff so far.
Most of the talk is getting into the details of the SDK, but the big news is that it is available today! I expect we'll see a LOT of cool apps in ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Google has just released Google Gears for Mobile Devices. As posted in the GearsBlog:
The mission of Gears is to extend the capabilities of web browsers. It is clear to us that mobile browsers can benefit just as much as desktop ones. By adding features to mobile browsers, it becomes ...
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