A couple of quick OS updates BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) today. First comes an official release (yes, it’s legit) for the Bold 9700 via T-Mobile ( NYSE: DT ) Germany.
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OS Updates Available for the Storm2 (Unofficial) and Bold 9700 (Official)
Alright, Canada, here are your new options from wind Mobile: $15, $35 and $45 a month, with add-ons available for international calling and voicemail. The catch? Many of the features depend on you being in a wind home zone, the details of which are still hazy right here . wind ’s coverage isn’t going to be crazy great at the beginning, so presumably the majority of their service will depend on using your phone in a metropolitain area, currently Calgary and Toronto, and at a later date, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Edmonton.
Yep, new Canadian service provider wind Mobile was not joking around when they said they wanted to launch this week . They have gone official with the BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) ( NSDQ: RIMM ) Bold 9700, announcing that no contract will be required to pick one up, no minimum voice plan, and have rates available as pre-paid or post-paid options
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WIND Getting Real: Pre- And Post-Paid BlackBerry Bold 9700, No Contract
Today Boost Mobile announced some changes to its International Connect plan. The $10 monthly add-on already offers unlimited text messaging and Walkie-Talkie calls to Canada, Baja California (Mexico) and Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Chile. Now the plan includes ..
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Boost Mobile Expands International Calling Footprint
Swype, the new rapid touch screen input method developed by the guy who invented T9, recently recieved some funding from Nokia and Samsung . Swype only works on one device right now, the Windows Mobile powered Samsung Omnia II on Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ), but Greg Kumparak from Mobile Crunch managed to get his hands on a beta copy for Android. His brief video demo is below, and you can read his review here .
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Brief: Video: Swype For Android
Isa Dick Hackett, daughter of the paranoid science fiction genius Philip K Dick, isn’t happy about the new Googlephone. The still unofficial handset may or may not be called the Nexus One, but Isa is already “shocked and dismayed” about intellectual property infringement, according to the New York Times : Roy Baty and his replicant cohorts in Dock’s novella Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep were all Nexus-6 models. This is utter nonsense, of course, but the fact that PKD’s daughter is taking legal counsel about the naming of a still non-existent product certainly has a fitting irony.
A new design wants to give your bike the abilities of a hybrid car, a frequent-flyer program, a gym and a networked navigation device, all by simply swapping out the back wheel. The Copenhagen Wheel bolts on to any bike and adds a slew of new functions
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The Copenhagen Wheel, A Self-Powering, Internet Connected Bike Hub
First on AI: Apple and Psystar concluded 17 months of litigation Tuesday when a federal judge issued a permanent injunction against the unauthorized Mac OS X hardware creator, banning it from selling hardware with Apple’s operating system.
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Apple wins permanent injunction against clone Mac maker Psystar
In a letter sent to the FCC on Tuesday, AT&T agreed with the positions of Verizon and Google over the idea that strict ‘non-discrimination’ rules would adversely affect the growth and stability of the Internet.
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AT&T sides with Google and Verizon over blanket Net neutrality rules
Some AT&T customers are taking Fake Steve (who is, in reality, Newsweek’s Dan Lyons pretending to be Steve Jobs) seriously. The satirical blogger on Monday encouraged his readers to take part of Operation Chokehold — a plan to overload the AT&T network with ruthless, bandwidth-sucking activities. On Friday, December 18, at noon Pacific time, we will attempt to overwhelm the AT&T data network and bring it to its knees.
Overall mobile phone sales are predicted to be down from 2008; the Android Market now has 20,000 applications; and the recent release of Google Chrome beta helped give the browser a slight lead over Safari in market share.
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Mobile phone sales down in 2009, Chrome barely edges Safari
Sony Ericsson’s all-new Idou will probably generate as much hype as the original XPERIA. Not only Idou is the first 12 megapixel GSM cameraphone, it’s also the very first device to ever feature the brand new open source Symbian user interface which is still being developed by the Symbian Foundation. Additional boastworthy features of the phone include a 3.5-inch crisp looking touchscreen with a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels, a GPS, Wi-Fi and most important of them the phone is relatively compact and is quite ergonomic to use.
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Sony Ericsson Idou
Frankly, I’d been seeing AMOLED displays being touted as a feature on some new phones but wasn’t sure what that was. This week we’ll take a brief look at that, as well as note some more HD2 reviews and the release of a new version of the free Skyfire browser
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The Coming of AMOLED Displays, HD2 Reviews, Skyfire 1.5
Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) Beta Labs has released an updated version of Nokia Messaging for social networks. Still in beta (hence it’s released by Nokia Beta Labs), the newly released application brings Twitter support, allowing you to keep up with your friends right from the homescreen of your Nokia smartphone, via widget. In addition, Facebook support has been improved, and now you can upload pictures and videos, view and import events, search friends, click-to-call, click-to-SMS, and click to send a Facebook message
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Nokia Messaging for social networks updated with Twitter support, better Facebook integration
Multi IM-network client Nimbuzz has released an updated version of its Symbian S60 application to include Twitter in the mix. Version 2.2 includes several important updates, including: The mentioned Twitter support that includes homescreen notifications (incoming chats and events), timelines, DM, searches, trends, and profiles Full kinetic scrolling A number of layout (UI) improvements Interested
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Nimbuzz updates its Symbian S60 client with Twitter support
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a quick summary… My iPhone in New Zealand – I’m talking about my experience traveling with an iPhone in New Zealand. When you shouldn’t use your iPhone – A flowchart to help you figure out when and when not to use your iPhone while spending time with your loved one.
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What You Missed This Week: iPhone Twitter Apps, Virus, and More…
The LG BL20 Chocolate is a new member of the Chocolate family with a sliding form factor. The BL20 Chocolate features widget hotkeys letting you assign specific shortcuts to each key enabling one touch access to all your favourite content. The BL20 also includes a 5.0 Megapixel camera with a premium Schneider Kreuznach lens, auto focus and an LED flash producing excellent photos that you will want to share with the world
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LG BL20 Chocolate
ShortcutMe is a shortcut app for blackberry.You can customize your own shortcuts to convert a list of boring tasks to extremely easy ones. Imagine launching your favorite app, calling/emailing/SMS a friend, creating a new Memo/Task, turning on your flash light, turning the Wifi/Radio on and off, opening a favorite webpage, and MUCH MORE by pressing a shortcut. You can also customize the device’s convenience (side) keys to perform 6 of your most frequent tasks
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ShortcutMe – Shortcut Application for Blackberry
So you thought you’re iPhone was safe from getting any worm or virus because you didn’t jailbreak it? Think again! We talked before about Ikee, iPhone/Privacy.A and other unnamed worms but only those jailbroken iPhones were vulnerable. Now your brand new stock iPhone may get infected too… According to the Register : Swiss iPhone developer Nicolas Seriot has published research on security shortcomings that could create a mechanism for hackers to lift data from regulation iPhones.
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Any iPhone Can Be Infected By Spywares
Bellperre has announced the launch of a new series luxury phones which are made out of “the very finest authentic materials”, including fine quality hand-crafted wood . The new Bellperre luxury phones weigh just 120 grams and measure 100 x 44 x 15,3 mm, and the best part is that they can be customized with a choice of hand-polished Steel, Yellow Gold, Rosé Gold or Platinum
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Bellperre Finest Woods luxury phone series launched
Skype has just launched a beta application for Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and Feature Pack 2 devices . The hefty 4.2 MB installation file takes up 6 MB of your phone’s internal memory, making it one of the largest Symbian application I’ve come across, and the number of clicks required to install the application, easily over 10, is absolutely ridiculous.
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Skype beta for Symbian non touch screen devices launched
In an article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega talked about the crappy 3G coverage in key areas such as New York and San Francisco, which he admitted are “performing at levels below our standards.” According to de la Vega, the good news is AT&T is working on it.
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AT&T to Charge iPhone Users On A Pay-Per-Byte Model?