AT&T has been under fire lately for many reasons, but mostly because their network can’t really handle the data monster that is the iPhone. A couple weeks ago, AT&T even went as far as mentioning that it may charge iPhone users on a per-byte basis in the near future. I predict that this will happen sooner than later.
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Is The iPhone Coming To Verizon In 2010?
On the heels of the updated version for Windows Mobile , Skyfire is bringing its famous web browser to Symbian S60 touch-enabled devices (S60 5th Edition). As you probably already know, Skyfire is one of the most promising mobile web browsers, bringing the full desktop experience to your mobile phone
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Skyfire 1.5 hits Symbian S60 touch devices in alpha
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has presented himself this new luxury device, saying that it’s “the most fashionable phone he’s ever had a chance to talk about.” This phone strongly resembles the Samsung Armani W820/W8200 feature phone, but doesn’t infact seem to have a name yet. Anyhow, apart from the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, it sports a 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a GPS, 5MP camera, 8GB of internal memory, a MicroSD card slot, and a full QWERTY keyboard.
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Samsung Giorgio Armani Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone unveiled
Wizi SMS with Location is a tiny application that lets you share a location by text message so you can show your friends where you are at the moment or where you’re going to be soon. It sends a tiny url of your location map and can automatically add the full address or the GPS coordinates of the place you’re sharing
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Wizi SMS with Location for Mobile Phone
In a blog post today, New York Times Columnist (and bestselling O’Reilly author) David Pogue responds to a reader question about DRM (he calls it “copy protection”) in light of all the recent ereader buzz, and he’s very honest and open about his (very natural) reaction to finding copies of his books out in the wild: “As an author myself, I, too, am terrified by the thought of piracy. I can’t stand seeing my books, which are the primary source of my income, posted on all these piracy Web sites, available for anyone to download free.” He then discusses sales for one of his books since we began offering it as a (DRM-free) ebook: “The thing was pirated to the skies. It’s all over the Web now, ridiculously easy to download without paying..
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David Pogue Revisits DRM Question about Ebooks
SPB Weather, SPB Software’s popular weather forecast app for Windows Mobile, has been ported to the Symbian platform. The application, now in version 2.0, is primarily made to single along touch-enabled S60 5th Edition devices, but it also works on non-touch S60 3.1 and 3.1 smartphones. Highlights: 5-day weather forecast for more than 10,000 cities worldwide Detailed morning/day/evening/night forecast Pressure, humidity and wind forecast Up to 10 favorite cities Finger-friendly interface (for S60 5th Edition phones) Weather forecasts on a 3D globe, with zooming and satellite image of the sky (including clouds) Weather animation videos – just like on TV Home screen widget In terms of pricing, SPB Weather 2.0 for Symbian S60 costs $14.95 and a free 15-day trial version is also available.
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SPB Weather 2.0 comes to Symbian S60
ComScore has released some survey stats on North American smartphone users gathered in October, revealing that BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) still has the largest penetration, and that iPhone maintains second place and the strong lead over Windows Mobile it has had since 2007 , according to other metrics. Here’s a quick rundown of the October numbers: BlackBerry: 14,963,238 users iPhone: 8,970,049 users Windows Mobile: 7,131,797 users Palm ( NSDQ: PALM ) OS: 2,843,534 users Symbian: 1,297,052 users Android: 1,020,364 users It’s a little sad to see Android’s eentsy, teensy little bar and modest growth, despite showing so much promise in the last six months, but maybe 2010 will see a change in the wind
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Study: iPhone Outranks Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Still King in North America
‘Twas a night during the holidays, when all through the house Everyone was connecting and using their mouse. The screens were alight and holding their stares, While holiday music from iTunes loudly blared. The children were chatting and texting their friends, Searching for YouTube clips they just had to send; And Daddy with his iPhone and I with my RIM Were synching our calendars to meet at the gym.
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‘Twas the Holiday Season in the Digital Age
iPhone Piracy — over 70% of submitted game scores for this game (Tap Fu) were from pirated copies. Having seen our data and the fact that not a single pirate bought Tap-Fu after playing it, these arguments all sound a bit delusional to me
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Four short links: 17 December 2009 – Desirable Devices, iPhone Piracy Numbers, Internet Trend Numbers, Value of Privacy
Either the WSJ hasn’t taken their anti-crazy pills or there is something severely wrong with the military industrial complex. I’m betting on both. The story says, essentially, that insurgents in Iraq are “taking control” of our pilotless drones with a $25 piece of software called SkyGrabber .
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Are U.S. Drones Really Being Watched With a Simple “Satellite Internet Downloader?”
Look. It’s 1 AM, I’ve had a few too many White Russians, and something out on the street outside of my apartment keeps making a horrible buzzing noise. Don’t bother me with that “WHY IS THIS ON A GADGET BLOG?” nonsense
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Shaimus finally releases a music video for “Like a Fool”
The consolidation process in the TV business continues and now even becomes international. Just last month, Sharp inked a “historical” joint venture deal with former rival Sony , agreeing to supply LED backlights to Sony for their LCD TVs (which happened this month). And now Japan’s biggest business publication, the Nikkei, has learned that Sharp now plans to deliver LCD TV panels to Dutch electronics giant Philips.
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Report: Sharp and Philips agree on LCD TV deal
Urban Rivals — an online trading card game where users discover, collect and play with over 500 trading cards — is going iPhone, allowing existing and potential new community members to join the community, which at the moment counts more than 7 million users. I’m not a big card game fan, hence I’m passing along an excerpt from the press release: Each character belongs to a specific clan, including pirates, gangsters, and military types, and building your deck to harness their different powers is half the fun! Players build experience to unlock more powerful abilities, and enjoy new looks as the characters blast through different levels
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Urban Rivals expands into iPhone
India’s Infosys has prepared a mobile application platform for carriers called Flypp, to allow them to launch their own app stores. In a world, where we already have quite a few similar offerings from major operators, handset makers and platform providers – we ask will anyone use this? Something tells me there is a market for Flypp
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India’s Infosys unveils Flypp mobile app platform for carriers
Gaming mice are an interesting concept, really. They offer extra buttons that can be customized to your needs, which gives them a lot of added value. And the V7 Five Button Wireless Gaming Mouse goes just a little bit farther. The V7 Five Button Wireless Gaming Mouse offers five buttons and a tilt wheel, which is
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V7 Five Button Wireless Gaming Mouse Review–Lots of Utility Here
Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) Wireless has a new desktop software called V CAST Media Manager, which is designed to help their customers manage/transfer photos, videos, and music between phones and PCs.
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Verizon Wireless unveils desktop application V CAST Media Manager to help users manage their media
Another big win for Obopay as they push to conquer the African market. Their “partners in crime” are local telecommunications service provider Essar Telecom Kenya Limited’s yu branded mobile network and Equity Bank, who have a large countrywide network. The service is branded “yuCash by Obopay” and it’s “positioned to change the landscape of mobile money transfer” in Kenya
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Kenya’s yu unveils mobile money transfer service – yuCash by Obopay
The Mobile Premier Awards are the largest open and global startup competition in the mobile industry. Mobile startups from around the world are invited to participate for free. All they/you have to do is create a company profile on dotopen.com and select the awards they/you want to compete in
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Submit your mobile startup to DotOpen to win a Mobile Premier Award
A few weeks back, for the first time in the history of mankind, someone actually paid attention to the description snippets that accompany Comcast’s On Demand videos. Within seconds, it was clear: whoever was writing the descriptions was bat shit insane. And with that, WTFComcast , a blog which highlights the oddest of Comcast’s oddities, was born.
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WTFComcast: Best Blog Ever?
Oh now this is exciting. Microsoft released a Twitter application for the Zune HD a few moments ago, and I’ve been tasked with testing it out for your edification. Spoiler: it works, it’s buggy, and I can’t see the sense in using it
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Twitter App for the Zune HD: It works, but it’s buggy and censors tweets
AT&T has announced another special in the LG eXpo, offering the high-end Windows Mobile handset for only $199.99 after rebates and a contract of course. This is the same LG eXpo that features a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2” WGVA display, fingerprint scanner, QWERTY sliding keyboard and an optional projector. But the catch here is that
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Projector-less LG eXpo Goes On Sale at AT&T for $199.99
BSK Turns to Voice Productivity via Blackberry Smartphones ShopSavvy 1.1 for iPhones Now Available FastBooking iPhone App Released Have your iPhone Charging Connectors Repaired at Milliamp.com Joojoo – Internet Tablet Device – available for pre-order McDonald’s to offer free WiFi in most restaurants T-Mobile to release Top Picks tool of Android Market Nuance Communications announces partnership with Samsung Boost Mobile adds new features
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