Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
We knew it was coming sometime this year, but according to Unwired View the Nokia N96 might start shipping on July 31.
The only big surprise so far is the price. It's going to be an awesome phone, but the price is going to be somewhere around $1200! I love my ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Google has been showing off some excellent new Android features at the Google I/O conference today. There are a handful of videos and a ton of pictures over on the AndroidCommunity site. Here are the videos:
Part 1 - Overview and interface
Part 2 - Built-in compass
Part 3 - Fun and Games
Part ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
We thought it would be sometime next month, but the updated firmware for the N95-3 has been released today. Version 20.2.011 brings us:
Demand paging
Flash Lite 3 (in the browser!)
Web Run Time
Idle Screen Nokia Search
"Significant performace improvements"
I've played with it for a few minutes, and I can certainly vouch for the ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
I've always felt that the big hold-up to quality gaming on the iPhone was going to be the lack of buttons. You simply need that kind of control for a lot of games. Enter the iControlPad.
This thing looks cool. It attaches to the dock connector on the bottom of the ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
According to PHONE Magazine, the very iPhone-ish Samsung Instinct is set to launch on June 20.
It looks to be a solid phone -- fast EV-DO Rev. A connection, true GPS and lots of touch-screen goodness. No word yet on pricing.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
(via Digital Earth Blog)
The Google Earth Blog has a great story today about a Google Earth-like product that is in the works for the iPhone. The company is called Earthscape. They have a desktop product which is in beta that they hope will compete with Google Earth. However, the iPhone ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
It's not a huge surprise, but Gizmodo has revealed the official launch date of the 3G iPhone. From their site:
someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th.
Also, the phone won't be available ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
It's long overdue, but it appears that the firmware update for the Nokia N95-3 will be here sometime within the next five weeks.
There's no word on new features, but it's presumed that it will have Flash Lite 3, Demand Paging, Web Runtime support, etc. Here is the official word from ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
The CEO of Intel Germany, Hannes Schwaderer, apparently confirmed that a larger iPhone (or a mini-tablet) is coming soon. The quote from MacRumors:
As part of an Intel event for the 40th birthday of the semiconductor company at Munich’s BMW World, Germany managing director Hannes Schwaderer confirmed today what has long ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Transferring music to my Nokia N95 has always been a pain. With the release of the Nokia Music Client, things should get much easier.
It requires a Windows-based system and a compatible Nokia phone. The list of supported phones:
N95
N95 8GB
N82
5610 XpressMusic
N81
"more to come..."
I'm looking forward to giving it a try. I ...
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