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Monthly Archives: March 2009
CISCO: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast
Clemens has posted a very interesting article looking at the forecast for global mobile data traffic. It would appear that Europe may lead North America with regards to mobile data consumption and that Pacific Asia will of course lead everyone…
“The engineers from Cisco are doing a brilliant job in provision the infrastructure to today’s data consumption.
Now, Cisco’s researcher come into play and predict a strong groth of mobile data usage, as we can see today with iPhones (iPhoneOS), gPhones (Android) and soon pPhones (webOS).
The iPhone is said to produce an equivalent data conspumption of 30 2G/3G handsets alltogether. A notebook produces even 15 times more than the iPhone.
They not only present nice graphics to illustrate their arguments, this also indicates pretty much what carriers should be aware of in the near future – until 2013.
According to Cisco, mobile data usage is roughly by 125 TB (TeraBytes) per month, said to be strongly increasing to 2000 TB (2 ExaBytes ) until 2013…”
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QOTD: iPhone or Pre?
Will you be dropping your current iPhone, or other smartphone model, for the Palm Pre or next iPhone (expected mid-year)?
We don’t like change…
When you buy a new car it can be a frustrating experience getting used to the way the indicators, buttons, keys and even the gears work. The same applies to almost every household appliance and most objects that we purchase to replace a tool that already does what the new one will. We accept the differences and learn to live with the parts that are less efficient than they were on the previous model, and in time we get used to what we have bought.
We then buy a smartphone that does things differently than the one before and all hell breaks loose. We often hate such small details as a punctuation symbol being on a different key, it may be a millisecond slower than the previous model and the countless other differences soon become ‘problems’ in the users mind. I suffer from this greatly and often believe that a new smartphone is not as good as the previous one, but have learnt that by putting the older one in a drawer and not using it things tend to improve and I start to see the benefits of the newer model.
It seems that change for the smartphone owner is much more difficult when moving devices than it is for any other product. I am presuming that it is because we use our devices so much that the small window on the phone becomes our window to the world. Everything has to be right and every single part of the phone needs to work as one or we feel that something is missing, and then we move on to yet another smartphone. Is it just me? I know it is not judging by the emails you lot send me…
Budget Manager Deluxe for Palm OS Updated
Budget Manager Deluxe for Palm OS has been updated to version 4.5- “Budget Manager will help you to keep track of all your expenses and to manage your budgets. It will help you to see where you are spending your money, where you can save money if you manage yourself better, and it will help you to monitor your budgets better to achieve your desire savings.”
- Using Budget Manager you can easily plan and create budgets to track your expenses, your incomes and your savings.
- Using the Budget summary screen you can easily monitor your budgets and compare the current month to your last month information.
- Using the Transactions screens it is simple and fast to manage your transactions, assign them to your budgets, and view them by budget and/or time periods.
- Navigating through the app is very easy; you can always use the buttons on the bottom bar, the menu options or just tap with your stylus or finger through the screens.
- The application has Analytical tools that will show you summarize information across all budgets, it will indicate potential savings per period, and it will show you historical savings on tabular and graphical form.
- You configure Budget Manager to your needs, setting security password to protect your information, setup the purge process to maintain only the amount of data that you need on your device, select your country currency, looks of the application, etc.
- The Deluxe version includes a PC companion, very similar to the software on the Mobile Device, to facilitate data entry on the PC.
- Using Budget Manager on your PC, the user can export Budget and Transaction data to a word file or to excel (as a CSV file) for printing or to analyze it.
- You can also sync your data between your PC and your Mobile Device.
- The application contains a budgeting Tips screen, and Quick Guide screens describing the main features of each screen.
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WorldMate 2009 for Symbian now available
WorldMate has been given the 2009 treatment for Symbian devices- “WorldMate 2009 for Symbian is a huge step forward for Symbian-equipped business travelers. It will make your Nokia or Samsung S60 phone your best friend while traveling, enabling you to make informed, real-time decisions, and put you ahead of other passengers in crisis situations like a delayed or missed flight. Whether you’re using a Nokia E71, N95 or the touch-screen N97, it will turn your device into the ultimate travel companion.
The heart of the system is the new home screen or “Dashboard”. It gives you some of the key info you need at a glance, including the current location, date, weather and the status of your upcoming flight(*) . Using the carousel at the bottom of the screen you can reach all other services, including World Clocks, Currency Conversion and Currency Rates, real-time Flight Status(*), comprehensive worldwide Flight Schedules(*), and the Flight Alerts(*) service.”
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iPhone Makes Up 50 Percent of Smartphone Web Traffic In U.S., Android Already 5 Percent
The iPhone now accounts for 50 percent of mobile Web traffic from smartphones in the U.S., according to an AdMob Mobile Metrics report released this morning. Over the past six months, the iPhone has taken share from Blackberry and Windows Mobile. In August 2008, the iPhone made up only 10 percent of mobile Web traffic from smartphones. During the same time, Blackberry’s share has gone from 32 percent to 21 percent (with the Curve and the Pearl coming in stronger than the Storm), while Windows Mobile has taken an even bigger hit, declining from 30 percent to 13 percent. Palm is also down to 7 percent from 19 percent six months ago.
The only other smartphone operating system that is showing gains in mobile Web usage is Android, which has captured a strong 5 percent share just three months after launch. And that is up from 3 percent in January. The gains shown by the iPhone and Android show what is possible when phones are built with fully capable browsers and support a rich array of Web apps… More at TechCrunch. Thanks to Trevor for the link.
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Flight Path for BlackBerry Storm
Flight Path for the BlackBerry Storm is the nearest you will get to a BB flight sim at the moment, and it’s free- “Are you ready to put yourself in the pilot’s seat? The goal of the game is to fly your plane through the center of the rings coming at you. You get points for every ring you fly through, and the closer you get to the center of the ring, the more points you get. When you fly through a ring, you will be evaluated on a scale of Perfect, Good and Sloppy. Get a lot of Perfects or Goods in a row, and you will build up your score multiplier which will give you even more points! It’s not that easy though, because the game ends once you miss three rings. There’s also another catch. The rings keep getting smaller the longer you fly! To fly, hold the BlackBerry like a steering wheel and rotate left and right. The more you rotate, the faster your plane will turn. How high of a score can you get?”
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Iris Browser for WM updated to v1.15
Iris Browser for Windows Mobile has been updated to v1.15. Here’s a run down of the changes-
Noticeably faster scrolling
Up to 25% improvement in page load time
Improvements to text input
Rendering and layout improvements
More details here (original source).
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GoodFoodNearYou for iPhone and BlackBerry
You can now download the free GoodFoodNearYou for iPhone and BlackBerry. “GoodFoodNearYou was created by Global Fitness Media. The worlds of fitness, nutrition and technology come together at Global Fitness Media. Our mission is to create useful and usable products that empower people to lead healthier, more productive lives. Current projects include GoodFoodNearYou, a location based search to find the best restaurant food options near you and Fitplanet (launching in Spring 2009), a web and mobile system that provides connection solutions for fitness professionals and their clients.”
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Rhodes: Build one application for iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android…
Rhodes 1.0 is now available for developers to try out. It is unusual in that one application can be built using HTML at which point versions for all of the quoted platforms can be made. The claim is of an 80% saving in effort when developing. Sounds good, but will it produce quality products? Fingers crossed… Available to download here.
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Special discounts on select Astraware games
From Alison at Astraware- “Following on from our Astraware Sudoku announcement earlier, I have some great money saving news below which I’d be grateful if you could share with your readers.
“From now until midnight on 31st March 2009, our award-winning Astraware Sudoku, Astraware Casino, Astraware Boardgames and Astraware Solitaire are all available for the very special price of just $4.95 each! That’s a saving of $5 off the new regular price of $9.95.
To get these special prices, visit www.astraware.com, add the games to your cart and click buy – the discounts are already applied!
Whilst you’re in the mood for saving, our colleagues at Handmark are having a site-wide Buy One, Get One Free sale until 29th March. To take advantage, visit www.handmark.com, and use the discount code DEMAND.”
Award-winning Astraware Sudoku now available for BlackBerry(R) smartphones!
Staffordshire, UK – March 24th 2009 – Astraware(R) – the Handmark(R) Game StudioTM is excited to announce the release of Astraware Sudoku for BlackBerry(R) smartphones. Alongside the new release, this award-winning Sudoku game has also been updated for Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(R) smartphones – with enhanced graphics, and changes to the existing game engine to improve calculations and hints for some of the more difficult puzzles.
Recognised by many as the best mobile Sudoku game for a range of smartphones, Astraware Sudoku includes all the features avid Sudoku players want. The game includes the highly acclaimed OTA Puzzle of the Day that allows players to download a puzzle for each difficulty level from the Sudoku of the Day webserver each day and on completion submit their time to see how they compare to other players worldwide! The BlackBerry and Palm versions of Astraware Sudoku also enable players to download packs of puzzles at multiple difficulty levels as and when required, so players never need worry about running out of puzzles.
Astraware Sudoku includes a wide range of assistance including a Sudoku solver, manual and automatic pencilmarks, a smart hints system to give players helpful guidance without just showing the solution, and hold-and-highlight for locating particular numbers or groups. Players can use these features to learn how to play Sudoku, improve their game and progress to higher difficulty levels!
In addition, players can enter their own puzzles from magazines and newspapers and use all of Astraware Sudoku?s assistance to help solve them.
To coincide with this release, Astraware Sudoku for BlackBerry, Palm OS and Windows Mobile has been reduced to the new regular price of $9.95, but to celebrate the release players can grab a copy for just $4.95 for a limited time from Astraware.com and Handmark.com!
Astraware Sudoku is available for BlackBerry(R), iPhoneTM, iPod(R) touch, Windows Mobile(R) and Palm OS(R). For more information visit http://www.astraware.com/sudoku. For more indepth information on playing Sudoku, including more complex solving methods, visit our companion website at http://www.sudokuoftheday.com.
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NGMOCO closes $10 million iPhone games investment
NGMOCO has just closed a $10 million deal for investment in future iPhone games. This highlights the potential investors see in the platform.
“ngmoco, the leading publisher and developer for iPhone and iPod touch games, has raised a new round of financing led by Norwest Venture Partners with the company’s previous investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Maples Investments also participating. Tim Chang of Norwest Venture Partners, has joined ngmoco’s board of directors. ngmoco will utilize the funding to expand its pipeline of premium games and accelerate the development of its publishing and social gaming platform for iPhone and iPod touch connected gaming.”
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QOTD: What kills your battery?
What activity kills your battery more than any other? It would seem to be video watching for me on the BlackBerry, and anything at all on my Treo…
Mobile Email: should have left well alone…
Mobile email is incredibly popular these days, but has only been used by the masses over the past couple of years. It is a great tool to keep in touch with people at all times and one that I now cannot let go. At times I really do wish I had never started using it and it is not because of the standard reason of not being able to relax and leave communications for later. My issue is when it goes wrong.
I mentioned on Friday about my recent email troubles and sadly they seem to have got worse- despite many calls to my provider (which are never returned as promised) the problem continues and I am now receiving emails up to 3 days late on my BlackBerry. The sense of suddenly not having emails arrive ‘exactly’ when they should is irrationally worrying and I find myself checking my desktop at work and home for new emails much more than I have in the past. Hopefully the issues will be resolved soon, but the knowledge that the service is not all it should be ticks away in the back of my mind.
I ‘need’ my mobile email because it has become a way of life, but in my experience the least reliable email service has been BlackBerry’s so far. In 2 years of using pure MS Exchange with a Windows Mobile device I had only one problem which lasted for 2 days. In 5 months of BlackBerry ownership I have had 4 separate instances of email service issues which have lasted for days on end.
Mobile email has become more important than the choice of smartphone I use these days and so a change may soon be coming… again.