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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Treo Pro demise marks one OS for Palm
The Treo Pro has been removed from all direct pages at Palm’s main website. It is still listed further back, but this does signal that webOS will likely be the only OS Palm will be selling in the future. No real surprise, but sad to see everything else gone.
From PIC- “With the recent launch of webOS 1.3.5 and the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus joining the existing Pre and Pixi, the main areas of Palm.com are now webOS-exclusive. Palm has recently removed the company’s most recent non-webOS device, the Windows Mobile-powered Treo Pro from the company’s front page, the Palm products page and even the direct links on the palm.com online store.
Interestingly enough, a search of palm.com brings up a still-active product page for the CDMA Treo Pro in Alltel and Sprint flavors, along with links to purchase an unsubsidized version of either handset. Users seeking an unlocked GSM Treo Pro can still purchase a new unit from Dell for $179.99 with free shipping as well as from Amazon.”
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The Curve 8330 gets OS 5.0
BlackBerry OS5.0 is now officially available for the BlackBerry Curve 8330. We are still not sure when other models will (of if they will) get the update, but this is a decent advancement for a phone that is not exactly new.
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iSites: make your own iPhone / Android app in 10 minutes
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Dragged to the front page: cool phones
vboelema posted the following on 247 this week and I felt it deserved a place on the front page. I guess there is no such thing as the coolest phone brand…
The iPhone is the only phone to make my wife go “Wow. Why don’t you get that!” It doesn’t mean it’s cool, but it certainly has style and has captured the attention of people previously either oblivious or just not that interested in mobiles. I think it was cool in the beginning when it came out and it belonged to a few exclusive people, making it cool. When every Tom, Dick and Harry has one it loses its cool status. Motorola’s Razr was cool when it first hit the scene. What’s cool now though? Nothing much I don’t think. I’m not sure if there is a phone out there with which you would want to be seen in order to be noticed as being somehow more special than everyone else in the room. And even if you do find one, next month it’ll be history and you’ll have to get a new one!
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Vodafone UK shifts 100,000 iPhones in 8 days
Vodafone may have come late to the iPhone party, but that has not stopped it shifting 100,000 units in just 8 days. This figure is impressive considering a new one is around the corner, but maybe it suggests that Vodafone has more of a base than most others.
From Mobile Magazine- “The network followed Orange and Tesco Mobile in launching Apple’s device, breaking O2′s exclusive contract.
Vodafone CEO, Guy Laurence, said: ‘The demand from both consumer and business customers has been phenomenal. They want an outstanding phone on an outstanding network and we’re delivering that.’
The operator said last week that it would deliver over 50,000 iPhones on its first day of going on sale, to customers who pre-ordered the device online.”
QOTD: Your most used app?
Which app do you use more than any other on your smartphone? For me it is the calendar, and the email app, and the contacts, and Ascendo Money, and TweetGenius. Oh I don’t know!
Who will carry the next iPhone? Everyone…
The next iPhone is expected in a matter of weeks and we now have a good understanding of how the exclusive deals have affected the market and what the impact has been on consumers, networks and even Apple. The question is who will carry the next iPhone and will the exclusive agreements be born again for version four?
From a UK perspective we have heard O2 apologise for network performance, Orange and Tesco jump on the bandwagon very late and Vodafone even later than the rest. Apple pulled the strings with all sorts of demands which were alien to network operators over here and O2 bent over and took what was coming. As it happens it was a very good move and O2 benefited more from the iPhone than the other operators. However, Vodafone has performed very strongly in the few days that it has carried the iPhone 3GS and sales figures have been impressive.
If I was a betting man I would expect the next iPhone to be made available on all of the major networks with the same old pricing restrictions and conditions levied by Apple. It would open up the platform to many more users and would only add to the popularity of the App Store and potentially the iTablet (iSlate, iSlab, iWhatever). Apple now has relationships with these carriers and it would be a questionable move to step back and bring exclusivity to a product which is aimed at everyone.
Now that the networks have come around to the restrictions mentioned above they will want a piece of the iPie and are likely to be more accepting unlike a few years ago when presumably they ‘quite rightly’ had issues with the Apple way of selling mobile phones. If all networks are included the sales we have seen for the iPhones so far could be tiny compared to what will follow. Of course this is all presuming Apple come up with something revolutionary again which is never an easy task.
The touchscreen BlackBerry Bold Magnum surfaces
@cellguru has posted some pictures of the rumoured BlackBerry Magnum on Twitter. It is unlikely to ever appear because it is based on the Bold 9000 shape and of course the 9700 style is much more likely to be born under a different name.
The lack of a trackball / trackpad is strange to see, but the idea could do very well indeed if the OS is updated to take full advantage of the touchscreen interface.
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The Tablet could do an iPod and reshape old media
WSJ is reporting that the Tablet device would bring new life to old media by reshaping the businesses of textbooks, newspapers and television. Just like the iPod, Apple is hoping to become king of many more fields and control even more of the content we use today. A good or a bad thing?
“With the new tablet device that is debuting next week, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape businesses like textbooks, newspapers and television much the way his iPod revamped the music industry—and expand Apple’s influence and revenue as a content middleman.
In developing the device, Apple focused on the role the gadget could play in homes and in classrooms, say people familiar with the situation. The company envisions that the tablet can be shared by multiple family members to read news and check email in homes, these people say.
Despite its digital legacy, Apple is betting that its Tablet can revitalize television, magazines and newspapers in the way iTunes changed music. Ethan Smith joins the News Hub panel to discuss.”
50 apps multi-tasking on a Palm Pre Plus
Take a look at the video below which shows 50 apps loaded up on a Palm Pre Plus which is astonishing. It does slow down after 30 apps, but it is still very impressive. More at pre central.
HTC Diamond3 coming in June
WMPU has quoted a reliable source as saying that the HTC Diamond3 (Obsession) will start shipping in June through AT&T and T-Mobile USA. The strange part is that it is a Windows Mobile 7 device so June seems a bit early, but time will tell. Here are the specs-
CPU: Qualcomm QSD8250; 1GHz
GSM HSDPA
Device Size: 112 x 56 x 11.7 mm
Memory (RAM/ROM): 512MB/512MB
Internal Storage: 4GB
External Storage: MicroSD (up to 32GB)
Screen Size/Type: 3.7-inch capacitive AMOLED “Multitouch Supported”
Camera: 5.0 Megapixel AF with flash; HD 720p video@ 25fps
Video Support: Windows Media Video (WMV), MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) H.264, DVR-MS4
Audio Support: Windows Media Audio (WMA), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC-LC), FairPlay DRM, MP3 (.mp3)
Battery: Removable 1230 mAh
Talk Time: Up to 10 hours
Standby Time: 240 hours
Internet Use: 6 hours (3G), 7.5 hours (WiFi)
Video Playback: 7 hours
Audio Playback: 24 hours
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Tamoggemon releases TouchCalc Lite for S60v5
Tamoggemon has released a lite version of TouchCalc for S60v5- “Ever wondered why you have to tote around a scientific calculator AND a mobile phone for performing the simplest of calculations? At Tamoggemon’s, we wondered – and created TouchCalc Lite.
TouchCalc is developed specially for touchscreen usage. Large keys make entering computations easy, and various input assistance features make accessing the wide library of supported functions easy. Nokia N97/N97 mini users furthermore benefit from a keyboard-optimized view.
Formulas and terms can be entered into the program as they are written in the real world – for TouchCalc, 5+5*5 is 30 and not 50.
Five memory banks allow you to store and retrieve results of calculations with but two clicks. Of course, their values are persisted even on power-off.
Finally, TouchCalc Lite contains a high-performance graphing engine which can plot each and every function supported by TouchCalc in blazing speed and amazing clarity. Ever wondered how a sine looks? TouchCalc knows…
TouchCalc Lite can be purchased for 3 Euros via the Ovi Store (http://store.ovi.com/content/23527); a version for Sony Ericsson‘s phones will be made available in the near future.
Further information on the product is at Tamoggemon’s web site (http://www.tamoggemon.com/s60/tcal/index.html).”
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Pen v keyboard v Newton v Graffiti v Treo v iPhone
Pen v keyboard v Newton v Graffiti v Treo v iPhone is a test of data input speeds undertaken by Phil Gyford and he comes to the conclusion that a full-sizedhardware keyboard is quickest and that an iPhone is quicker than a Treo, pen and paper, Newton and Palm’s Graffiti. I guess this could be expected, but a test against a BlackBerry, HD2 and maybe a Nexus One would be more topical. Thanks to Trevor.
“For some time I’ve been meaning to test my small collection of PDA/smartphone gadgets to see which of their methods of input was quickest. The iPhone’s software keyboard? The Newton’s handwriting recognition? Palm’s Graffiti? With the possible imminent arrival of a tablet from Apple that will save the world, it seemed a good time to get round to the test…”
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Nokia makes walk and drive navigation free on its smartphones
Nokia has joined Google and is going to offer free navigation with its smartphones. Is this the start of a trend where navigation will be seen as a standard inclusion in a smartphone alongside PIM and email?
Espoo, Finland – Nokia has today announced plans to release a new version of Ovi Maps for its smartphones that includes high-end walk and drive navigation at no extra cost, available for download at www.nokia.com/maps. This move has the potential to nearly double the size of the current mobile navigation market. The new version of Ovi Maps includes high-end car and pedestrian navigation features, such as turn-by-turn voice guidance for 74 countries, in 46 languages, and traffic information for more than 10 countries, as well as detailed maps for more than 180 countries.
“Why have multiple devices that work that work in only one country or region? Put it all together, make it free, make it global and you almost double the potential size of the mobile navigation market ,” explained Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. “Nokia is the only company with a mobile navigation service for both drivers and pedestrians that works across the world. Unlike the legacy car navigation manufacturers, we don’t make you buy maps for different countries or regions even if you’re only visiting for a few days. We offer both navigation and maps free of charge, with all the high-end functionality and features that people now expect.”
“The large-scale availability of free-of-charge mobile phone navigation offerings using high-quality map data will be a game changer for the navigation industry,” said Thilo Koslowski, Vice President Automotive and Vehicle ICT at Gartner. “Such offerings will accelerate mass market adoption for navigation solutions and shift innovation focus to location-based services that go beyond traditional routing benefits.”
For Nokia, removing the costs associated with navigation for drivers and pedestrians allows the company to quickly activate a massive user base to which it can offer new location features, content and services. This is part of Nokia’s strategy to lead the market in mobile maps, navigation and location-based services. The move is also in line with Nokia’s vision that the next wave of growth will be centered on the location-aware, social internet — as the ‘where’ people are doing things becomes as important as the ‘what’ they are doing.
QOTD: The coolest smartphone brand?
What do you think is the coolest smartphone brand? I personally think that BlackBerry is becoming very cool, against all the odds, and that now it is being seen as one of the phones to carry.