After watching Generation Kill , my anxiety for our troops went up quite a bit. War is an ugly business to begin with, but when you’re driving around a battlefield in an unarmored Humvee with electrical problems, it tends to look even uglier. Afghanistan is still an extremely hairy theater, and the vehicles they’ve had over there over the years ( years , people) just weren’t cutting it
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New off-road military vehicle for Afghanistan looks solid as hell
Okay so I don’t watch that much TV, but I within that small amount I do see, there’s probably an unhealthy ratio of RnB videos. Say what you want about my preferred genre music (I’m not fussed!), but they has been a trend in recent years for mobile devices to be shown in them quite blatantly! I remember back in the day, the Black Eyed Peas ‘Let’s get it started/Let’s get retarded’ (the first title was the pop-friendly one, the second was it’s original name on the album) had one of the most in-yer-face product placements ever – for Sony Ericsson ( NYSE: SNE ) if I remember right.
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Let’s play spot the N97…
In case you didn’t see my previous post , informing on the imminent release of Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion , then don’t worry – I’ve now got some quality screenshots to whet your appetite a bit further. This blast of an aerial dogfight game should be making it’s way to the an/ the App Store near you very very soon! How good do these screenshots look ?! Related News from IntoMobile: Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion takes flight on iPhone and iPod touch Iron Man: Aerial Assault hits the AppStore TNA Wrestling hits the AppStore Glu Mobile’s Bonsai Blast hits AppStore Medal of Honor Airborne coming later this month Share this:
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Screenshots: ‘Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion’ on iPhone and iPod touch
When looking at how people use money in today’s world, we thought to ourselves, how can we make it better? Circle was started because one day, on the mean streets of New York City, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Stefan Constantinescu could not sell a teenager a dime bag of marijuana because the poor bastard didn’t have any cash. The academically challenged High School student only had a credit card tied to his parent’s checking account
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Announcing my new mobile payment startup: Circle, because Square is for squares
The mythical Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) Sholes tablet is starting to become reality. Since before the launch of the Android-powered Motorola Droid and its slide-out QWERTY keyboard, we’ve been hearing rumors that Motorola has a slate-style (tablet) variant in the works – the Sholes tablet. We’ve been dying to see what the presumably thinner, more powerful candybar Droid/Sholes would look lie, and today we’re happy to say that we’ve been given a glimpse of the upcoming Android phone. Thanks to Mobile01 , we now know that the Motorola Sholes tablet picks up where the Droid left off
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Motorola’s Android-powered Sholes tablet breaks cover, HDMI port spotted!
Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) Maps, probably one of the best mobile applications ever created, and one I use multiple times a day since my navigation skills have totally atrophied since getting a Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) N95 in 2007, has just been upgraded to version 3.3.
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The stars align: Google Maps 3.3 for Symbian and Windows Mobile allow you to sync saved locations
AT&T ( NYSE: T ) just can’t seem to shake the bad publicity that’s recently been riding its tail . Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) Wireless is already bashing on AT&T’s 3G network for its spotty 3G coverage maps, and now Consumer Reports lists AT&T as the worst US wireless carrier as far as cellular service satisfaction is concerned. Consumer Reports surveyed some 50,000 consumers across 26 different cities in the US, and came away with the finding that Verizon Wireless was consistently ranked the best while AT&T consistently came in last
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AT&T ranks last in Consumer Reports’ satisfaction survey
One of Twitter’s founders, Jack Dorsey, just launched Square . It’s yet another company that attempts to tackle the issue of making mobile payments work, but instead of trying to become a completely new payment processor, they are depending on the existing infrastructure of plastic credit cards built by Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
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Square: A nice idea on paper, but a nightmare to implement and a small market to attract
AT&T is just plan awful in parts of NYC, but yet Tyler, from the ABC show V , managed to get reception on his iPhone high above NYC in a gigantic spaceship. How is that possible when I know for a fact that the iPhone is basically useless in most parts of the city? Rubbish. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll find out in a later episode that each V spaceship is actually part of an evil AT&T plan, but a side effect is that each ship actually improves cellular reception. Most iPhone owners would probably welcome alien overlords if they could actually use their phones around New York, San Fran, LA, Boston, and the rest of the major US cities
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Apparently the writers of V have never used an iPhone in NYC
Every single smartphone on the planet, whether it be the Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) iPhone, Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) or HTC Android devices, RIM’s BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ), various Windows Mobile devices from HTC and Samsung, or Nokia ( NYSE: NOK )’s Symbian powered Eseries and Nseries lineup, they all have a series of problems. Technology journalists, especially those who cover the telecommunications industry, often carry more than one mobile device.
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Mission Impossible: Creating the perfect smartphone: Episode 01: Everyone has problems
If those screenshots of the HTC Hero have whet your palette for Android 2.1, it may be arriving sooner than you think. Google ( NSDQ: GOOG )’s official Android site got a significant facelift recently, and more importantly, the application Market terms of service have been updated and go into effect December 11; we’re left only to assume that these both signal an OS update to deliver said Market changes
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ToS Update Suggests Android 2.1 Launching December 11
Last year, SEGA released Super Monkey Ball on the iPhone. The title was a port of SEGA’s successful Super Monkey Ball series that first started on the Nintendo Gamecube in 2001, but since then has made it across multiple platforms. Super Monkey Ball was also used in demoing the iPhone’s ability to run games with a fully rendered 3D environment. The original Super Monkey Ball performed great with how responsive the controls were when tilting the iPhone, but it left much to be desired in terms of multiple game modes and its overall graphics. Super Monkey Ball 2 takes the already addictive gameplay found in the original and puts a ton of polish on it. The Main Game doesn’t just allow you to play through 115 tracks, but it also features Practice Mode, Mini Games, and even a multiplayer mode that allows for up to 4 players to play over a local WI-FI connection. The character models also received an update. Instead of the 2D-ish sprites in Super Monkey Ball, Aiai, Gongon, MeeMee, and Baby all are rendered in full 3D. Super Monkey Ball 2 retails for a premium price of $9.99, but considering how much work went into it, the purchase can definitely be justified.
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SEGA Puts More Primates in Spheres For Our Amusement; Super Monkey Ball 2 Released for iPhone
More Psystar news for you. We now know that the Florida-based company will have to pay Apple $2.68 million in damages over its little Hackintosh business. (That’s a partial settlement, not court-mandated or anything.) Go ahead and go to its Web site : everything is out of stock! Of course, Psystar said it will appeal the decision handed to it that said it violated the DMCA when it installed Mac OS X on PCs.
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Psystar settles with Apple to the tune of $2.7 million (but won’t pay up just yet)
Shazam has just launched an enhanced version of their application and service on Nokia ( NYSE: NOK )’s Ovi Store. Shazam, if you haven’t heard of it before, is a service that allows you to identify songs that are playing over loud speakers. Simply hold your mobile phone up to a speaker, the application then records a short sample, transmits it to Shazam’s servers, identifies the song, and then spits back that information back to your handset
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New enhanced version of Shazam launched on Nokia’s Ovi Store
Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 was just released and is available for just about ever single mobile phone on the planet. New features include the ability to download files using a brand spanking new download manager, Opera Link to synchronize your bookmarks and notes between Opera Mini and Opera for your desktop computer, progressive loading, and many bug fixes
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Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 for J2ME and Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 for Windows Mobile and Symbian released
EA announced early this morning they will be bringing Mirror’s Edge to the iPhone. Mirror’s Edge was released late last year on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC and it follows the story of Faith who is a member of a group of runners who are vital in transporting sensitive information as the world is under the control of a totalitarian regime where communication is heavily monitored. The main selling point for Mirror’s Edge was it’s First-Person running perspective. Players had the ability to perform amazing acrobatic feats, such as jumping, sliding, and vaulting, all from the Faith’s perspective. Not much is known about Mirror’s Edge for the iPhone, but the screenshots released today indicate the game will not be played from the perspective of Faith, but instead will be played in a third person view across 14 levels. If it’s anything similar to the fan-made flash version of Mirror’s Edge , or maybe even Canabalt , then we’ll be in for a treat when the game launches in January 2010
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EA Bringing Mirror’s Edge to the iPhone
Samsung announced that it has sold its 50 millionth all-touchscreen mobile phone globally this month. Most devices were sold this year (40 million through the end of November), whereas 2008 accounted for 10 million. When you put these numbers in perspective, you see that all-touchscreen handsets accounted for 20% of Samsung’s 2009 sales, while they made up around 5% of all phone sales last year
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Samsung: We’ve sold 50 million all-touchscreen phones to date!
ContentWatch, the developer of the popular child-protecting Net Nanny software, and SMobile Systems released Net Nanny Mobile , to provide parents with more tools to protect their kids from “misconduct, exploitation, unwanted communications, sexting, loss and theft, cyber bullying, malware and online predators.” In that sense, parents can monitor their kids’ phone a la Big Brother; track their moves via GPS (Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) Maps); conduct remote backups, locks and restoring of the data; filter calls and SMS; and so on. The only problem is that a smartphone is required — Windows Mobile, BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ), Symbian S60 or Android — which makes me think – if you’re going to spend more on you kid’s handset (smartphones are more expensive), don’t you trust your child to at least a bit take care of itself. If the answer is “No” and you like what Net Nanny and SMobile have to offer, prepare to pour out $30 a year to keep your kid safe, at least in the mobile realm… Related News from IntoMobile: Spb Backup 2.0 for Windows Mobile released; Smarter, twice as fast, easier to use! Should kids be getting Mobiles for Christmas
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Net Nanny, SMobile Systems team up to launch Net Nanny Mobile
Company called Accumulate announced support for Android on its mobile payment and security platform – Mobile Everywhere. According to the company, using the platform – mobile phones can replace security solutions such as hardware security tokens, one-time codes or certificates on your computer — making the everyday life easier for the user when information can be accessed from anywhere
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Accumulate’s Mobile Everywhere adds Android support
Juniper Research has a new report on mobile augmented reality apps and services. According to the research company, this market is expected to reach $732 million by 2014 from paid-for app downloads, subscription-based services and advertising. The “Mobile Augmented Reality” report found that annual revenues from AR are unlikely to exceed even $2 million during 2010, due to simple fact that only a small minority of smartphones will be AR-enabled
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Juniper Research: Augmented reality on the mobile to generate $732 million by 2014
ZiiLABS today announced Zii TRINITY, a complete 3.5G/4G Smart Phone and development platform supporting the Android and native Linux-based Plaszma operating systems. The Zii TRINITY capable of delivering High Definition 1080p video output and accelerated 3D graphics for mobile graphics processing. Accelerated OpenGL ES 3D graphics enable developers to create rich 3D experiences in the form of enhanced user interfaces, games and pedestrian navigation.
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ZiiLABS Unveils Trinity ZMS-05 Dev Smartphone with 1080p Full HD capability
Germany and the UK have been getting their taste of the Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) Milestone (better known as the droid on this side of the pond), and now France gets to join in the fun. Online retailer Rue du Commerce is offering it unlocked, SIM-free for 549 Euros , which is knocked down to 520 for their holiday sale going on right now. A lot of folks would prefer to hold out for a carrier-subsidized handset, but Rue du Commerce does offer payment plans that split up the cost into three or five chunks
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Bon Voyage: Motorola Milestone Available in France