HTC touch pro 2 review

HTC touch is a very popular phone in the market. in this January HTC announced it's second version, HTC touch pro 2. it is almost differ from previous phone. HTC touch pro had a slider QWERTY keypad. this phone also has a QWERTY. but they have bit changed the opening mechanism. the slider mechanism is almost similar to Nokia N97's slider mechanism.
Also HTC touch pro 2 has many new features. it allows 7.2mbps HSDPA and 2.0 mbps HSUPA speed. like many previous HTC phones, this has TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation feature. and as a new thing, there is a zoom bar at the bottom of the display. it is also touch sensitive.
like previous phone it also has an Accelerometer sensor and Handwriting recognition feature. the internal memory is 512Mb and it allows up to 16GB memory cards. it has a Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS and runs with a 528 MHz processor. the Ram is 256Mb. HTC touch pro 2 has mini USB port and 3.5mm audio jack. the main camera is 3.15Mp which allows 2048x1536 pixels maximum picture resolution. it has a GPS receiver but A-GPS is not available.
unlike previous phone Touch pro 2 has a TV out. also the Noise cancellation feature.

Samsumg S3310 new samsung mobile phone

Samsung S3310 is another New samsung mobile phone which announced in 2009 February. this is a smart and well looking phone but it has most necessary features only. basically it's a 2G phone and has 2.1 inch color display.
the internal memory is 256Mb and it allows up to 8GB micro SD memory cards. S3310 has bluetooth but Wi-Fi is not available. it has usb 2.0 port also. the camera is 2.0Mp which is enough to take a clear picture. it also allows 15fps video recording.
Samsung S3310 has a stereo FM radio with RDS. this samsung mobile phone has very good media player which even allows to play MPEG4 format videos. it has very attractive appearance, silver and black for the back.

Where is the Mobile Experience going?

Apple iPhone, in my opinion, is one of the biggest influence in mobile movement for the smartphone market because it has become the "it" device for personal task management. For a commuter, an iPhone does quite a bit from media player, email communication, web surfing to unlimited potential via a friendly mobile app store (for mCommerce, utilities, etc...).

With Palm Pre coming next week, I can't help but wonder just how will this new device transform our mobile experience. If its anything like the Android, which is great but nothing exceeding what the iPhone has done, then it would just be another "flavor" of the existing mobile experience.

I am hoping for more, by more, I mean to be further detached ourselves from a personal computer and rely on smartphones solely. I want the mobile browser to be truly capable of handling secure pages, complex forms and tables, flash video and more. I want multi-tasking and more CPU power. I yearn for the day where I can truly rely on my smartphone for everything I need from a laptop.

I am anxiously awaiting for 6/6/09 to find out what the Palm Pre can deliver!

Welcome Android Developer Challenge 2 (ADC2)

After ADC I end in 2008, Google announced to held the ADC 2 in this year. you can visit the announcement at http://code.google.com/intl/id-ID/android/adc/. Well, i just read the announcement, and think to participate again. And You, the reader, You should attend the challenge too.

The challenge has started, and we can submit our application start on August 2009, according to the announcement. There are 10 categories in this challenge, as the list below :

• Education/Reference
• Games: Casual/Puzzle
• Games: Arcade/Action
• Social Networking
• Lifestyle
• Productivity/Tools
• Media
• Entertainment
• Travel
• Misc

And the Awards are very significant, here are the list:
Prizes will be distributed as follows; all prizes are in USD:
For each of the 10 categories:

• 1st prize: $100,000
• 2nd prize: $50,000
• 3rd prize: $25,000

Overall (across all categories)

• 1st prize: $150,000 (meaning the overall winner will receive $250,000)
• 2nd prize: $50,000 (meaning the 2nd prize winner will receive up to $150,000)
• 3rd prize: $25,000 (meaning the 3rd prize winner will receive up to $125,000)

In addition, attendees of selected developer events will be provided with devices intended for use in developing submissions for ADC 2.

Ok, welcome ADC2, Let's rock the challenge, hope more of us will be the winners.

iPhone used by Japanese school to keep track of students and their attendance

If American school children have to resort to some special mosquito ringtone to use cell phones at school, a university in Japan is doing the opposite: giving cell phones to students. And not just any cell phone–the iPhone 3G.According to Asiajin, about 550 students and staff members in the School of Social Informatics at Tokyo-based university Aoyama Gakuin received the iPhone 3G for free

Diagram of the life of an iPhone App Store reviewer

Now this we can appreciate! Looking at this, if you’re familiar with the seemingly random app rejections that were (and sometimes are still) happening, you’ll get a really good laugh out of it.This writer especially appreciates the “sounds of flatulence” reference, and the “we feel threatened by it” bubble as well. We remain convinced that’s why the NiN app was rejected the first time.Based on

Amsterdam Interactive City Guide 3D released for iPhone

Amsterdam now has an interactive city guide with 3D available for the iPhone and iPod Touch: the Amsterdam 3D Guide.This is the first three-dimensional panorama travel guide app in the world, specially developed for the iPhone. Users of the Apple iPhone don’t have to use their old guidebooks for the Dutch capital anymore with the Amsterdam 3D Guide.The Amsterdam 3D Guide is available now. iPhone

Austin GDC iPhone Games Summit accepting submissions

The 2009 GDC Austin’s iPhone Games Summit has been announced and is now accepting submissions, following a similar call for the Indie Games Summit earlier this week.Here’s the blurb from the organizers:“The inaugural iPhone Games Summit (September 15-16) at the 2009 GDC Austin will bring together top game developers from around the world to share ideas, best practices and discuss the future of

AT&T preparing for new iPhone launch with deployment of HSPA 7.2

AT&T has formally announced plans for deploying its 7.2 Mbps mobile data service upgrade this year, which will support faster iPhone models expected to be released this summer.AT&T said the upgrade to “High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 technology,” which delivers theoretical peak speeds twice that of the company’s current 3G network, will continue through 2011. Next year, the company will also

Several firms see Apple selling current iPhone 3G for $99 as part of their new lineup

With more and more evidence pointing to Apple’s 2009 iPhone lineup consisting of three distinct models, the Royal Bank of Canada is the second investment firm to predict that one of those models will be a repackaged version of the existing 8GB iPhone 3G that will see its price tag lopped in half.Discoveries within betas of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 3.0 software over the past several months have

Sony Ericsson Aino with 8.1Mp camera: actually it's a supper phone

Last week sony ericsson announced about this phone , Sony Ericsson Aino. Aino is not belongs to any other phone range of sony ericsson. any how this is a full featured phone which going to be launched at the end of year 2009. as i believe sony ericsson is the camera king. they launched world's first 8Mp camera phone, Sony Ericsson C905 and then announced IDOU 12Mp camera phone. now this is another high quality camera phone which has 8.1Mp camera.
Aino is a 3G phone which supports both HSDPA and HSUPA. it allows 7.2Mbps HSDPA and 2.0Mbps HSUPA speed. it's keypad opens with slider way. when it is closed it's looks like an apple iphone since this has 3.0 inch touchscreen. also it has a Accelerometer sensor.
the internal memory is 55Mb but it comes with 8GB memory card. also it allows up to 16GB memory cards. Sony Ericsson Aino has both wi-fi and bluetooth. also it has 3.5mm audio jack and USB 2 port.
as i mentioned earlier, the camera is 8.1Mp which has 3264x2448 pixels maximum picture resolution. the camera application has number of features like geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilizer, smart contrast and red-eye reduction. also there is a smart feature in this phone, that is it allows touch focusing with two fingers. the camera comes with a LED flash and supports 30fps video recording.
Aino has a GPS reviver with A-GPS support. also it has Wayfinder Navigator. there are number of other interesting features comes with this phone. it has a remote control which allows to control Playstation 3. also it has picture editing and blogging application and a youtube viewer.

Samsung S5200 cheap handsome phone

There are lots of phones in the market. some are cheap and some are expensive. some looks cool, some looks ugly. im going to post about a cool looking phone which is also cheap. this is Samsung S5200 which has very usual features only.
Samsung S5200 has 2.1 inch color display and it's a 2G phone. it has 50Mb internal memory and allows up to 8GB micro SD memory cards. the keypad opens with slider mechanism. the main camera allows quality pictures which is 3.15 megapixel. the maximum picture resolution is 2048x1536 pixels. it comes with LED flash and allows video recording also.
Samsung S5200 has number of pre-installed applications. Document viewer is a very famous one which allows to open word, exel and PDF files. also it has another funny application named fake calls. it allows to change voice and get calls. also it has good media player and good sound quality

New PSP Go Picture Revealed

Engadget posted some leaked photos of the new PSP Go due out in hours. The word is that this portable slider gaming handheld is coming out in the fall and will not be an attempt to replace the current PSP-3000. Official image has been leaked here as well. I can't wait to find out whats in store for us spec-wise although one analog stick is still pretty sucky. Definitely stirring up the mobile experience pool!

Personal Gripe on iPhone's Usability

Okay, the iPhone camp has been taking plenty of complaints on the lack of "copy & paste" function from the get go; for a day to day user, there are a few more annoying missing features which enhance iPhone usability, I sincerly hope to see these hiccups resolved in future updates:

* Text/SMS character counter - a simple backwards counter can help SMS usage
* Share a "Contact" via Email or Text, this is helpful when you tell someone, "I'll text you his or her number", currently there is no easy way of doing so, other than memorizing the number
* Share Google Map set pin location via Text/SMS, this is great amongst iPhone users (currently only sharing via Email is permitted)
* Make a software based "Home" button (this reduces the wear and tear on the only home button)
* Ability to save docs & PDFs
* Ability to save images w/o suppressing it to lower resolutions (much needed when downloading detailed images, like maps)
* Ability to adjust LCD brightness while watching a video in iPod (very irritating to go to settings to access brightness control in middle of a movie)
* Send Notes via Text SMS (currently only email allowed), it should warn you about character length and suggest email if exceeds 160 character count

sony ericsson yari-HSDPA 3G phone with 5Mp camera

sony ericsson launched another new phone, sony ericsson yari. this phone is special because it has high standard features. specially Yari doesn't belong to any other series, it's a individual phone. this phone will be launched on end of the year 2009.
Sony Ericsson Yari has 2.4 inch color display. it has slider mechanism keypad. also it has a Accelerometer sensor to identify when turn the phone. Sony ericsson Yari is a 3G phone which supports 3.6Mbps HSDPA connectivity. it has 60Mb internal memory and comes with a 1GB memory card. also Yari supports up to 16GB memory cards.
Sony Ericsson Yari has a high quality main camera. it is 5Mp which comes with a LED flash. the maximum picture resolution is 2592 x 1944 pixels. the camera application allows Geo-tagging and face detection features. also sony ericsson Yari has a image stabilizer. the camera allows 30fps video recording.
Yari has full featured GPS receiver with Wayfinder Navigator. also it supports A-GPS feature. even Yari is not a Walkman series phone, it has Walkman type media player. them media player supports many file formats and has TrackId music recognition feature.
this phone comes with many built in applications. it has a picture editor and blogging application, youtube viewer and shake control

Nokia 6600i slide new 3G phone: symbian s60

as you all know Nokia 6600 is a world fa moused phone which launched long time ago. in year 2008 Nokia launched 6600 slide phone. it's a 2G phone. 6600i is the newest version of it with many new features and 3g. 6600i slide allows UTMS 3g and the maximum download speed is 384kbps. it has 2.2 inch color display and even this is a bit cheap phone, it has a Accelerometer sensor.
it's a good music phone. the media player supports many file formats like mpeg4. also slide 3G has another new built in application named Flash Lite 3.0. the GPS feature is not available in this phone but it has Nokia maps. the internal memory is just 20mb but it comes with a 1GB memory card. also slide supports up to 16GB memory cards. it has 3.5mm audio jack and micro USB v2.0 port.
the main camera is very special , because it's a 5Mp auto focus digital camera. also the camera comes with two LED flash. the maximum camera resolution is 2592x1944 pixels. unlike many other phones, this phone allows video recording from both cameras. front camera allows 15fps and main camera allows 30fps video recording.
Nokia 6600i slide has a FM radio with RDS and it is available in Black and Silver colors.

Nokia Announces the 6730 Classic for Vodafone

Nokia today announced the feature packed mobile Nokia 6730 classic, which begins shipping in June and will be available exclusively across Vodafone's global footprint. Mobile internet, Vodafone Music Client and personal and business email access along with mobile navigation capabilities are all included in the Nokia 6730 classic. The device utilises S60 software which means customers can easily

Sony Ericsson Showcases the Aino with Intuitive Touch UI

Sony Ericsson today showcases Aino. Get the best of two worlds with the keypad combined with an intuitive touch UI in media mode. An intuitive media browser gives users a clear overview and one touch direct access to their content.Control your PLAYSTATION®3 and access its media content on your Aino anywhere, anytime using Remote Play with PLAYSTATION®3. Remote Play with PLAYSTATION®3,

Sony Ericsson Launches the Yari for Mobile Fun

Today Sony Ericsson launches Yari the ultimate phone for mobile fun, whether it’s gaming you’re after or multimedia action. Nothing to hold, nothing to twist – except your body - gesture gaming technology gives users a unique gaming experience no matter where they are. With a variety of games to choose from, whether you want to keep fit and stay in shape or just want to beat your best score at

Sony Ericsson Announced the Satio for Mobile Entertainment

Sony Ericsson today announced Satio which provides you access to all your media in one place – just tap directly into your favorite features with the five standby panels and you’re ready to go. First introduced in Barcelona as the ‘Idou’, Satio puts the future of mobile entertainment in the palm of your hand. You can watch your favourite movies on the bus or catch up with your TV shows while on

Verizon Wireless to Introduce 3 New LG Mobile Phones

Verizon Wireless will be introducing three new LG Mobile Phones, just in time for summer. LG enV3 is available Friday, while LG enV TOUCH and LG Glance will be available June 5.Features they all offer: * Text, picture and voice messaging with threaded message feature * Bluetooth headset-capable o headset, hands-free (car kits), object push (for vCard and vCal), and phonebook

Skyfire Launches its 1.0 Version Mobile Browser

Today Skyfire is announced the launch of its mobile browser 1.0 version is now available for free download at get.skyfire.com. Over one million consumers have installed and used the Skyfire browser in just under five months, making it the fastest growing downloadable mobile browser in North America. This demonstrates the explosive consumer demand for exact-PC like full internet browsing on mobile

U.S. Cellular Announce the Samsung Gloss SCH-u440

Samsung Telecommunications and U.S. Cellular announce the availability of the Samsung Gloss (SCH-u440). The compact flip design of the Samsung Gloss makes it fashionable and functional, while the QWERTY keyboard is ideal for people who want to quickly send a text message to a friend. Key features of the Samsung Gloss include: * Full QWERTY Keyboard * Stereo Bluetooth Enabled * 1.3 Megapixel

Calling all developers for Android Developer Challenge 2!

I'm excited to announce the second Android Developer Challenge (ADC)! The first challenge was a huge success with over 1,700 entries that resulted in 50 excellent winners. With the recent release of Android 1.5, as well as the availability of devices in multiple markets around the world, I'm pleased to announce the second ADC.

We've expanded ADC 2 to involve a very important part of the Android community—the users who will be running these applications. Users of Android-powered devices with Android Market will be able to download a special Android judging application and use it to download and rank applications submitted to the Challenge. The results from this round will determine the top ranking applications in each of the 10 categories. These top applications will then be ranked by a combination of users and a panel of Google selected judges through a similar process as the first round to determine the final winners.

I've already seen a lot of great apps on Android and I look forward to seeing even more innovative and unexpected cool apps that will come out of this Challenge! For more details on ADC 2, please see the official site. Start your engines and good luck!

Zune HD looks amazing, not 100% there

Microsoft announced an update to its otherwise mediocre music player today. The new Zune HD (the "HD" here stands more for HD radio, not HD video on device @ 480x272 although it supports HD output for external devices at 720p) looks very slick with a pretty cool looking UI powered by OLED dsiplay, but I am not sure if it has what it takes to de-throne the mighty iPod/iPhone franchise.

In today's market, we are looking for more features, from a music device standpoint, the Zune HD looks to be a very good alternative but why not turn it into a Smartphone. Its not as if Microsoft doesn't have access to Mobile OS, I just don't understand why they didn't attempt the obvious.

Android Icon Guidelines

For our second post in our series on Android UI, we're releasing our Icon Design Guidelines and an Android Icon Templates Pack. These should make it a lot easier for you (or your designer) to develop all the icons your applications need, so they fit with the other icons in the Android environment.

The Icon Design Guidelines document describes how to design and export icons that fit within the Android framework. It includes a wealth of detail about icons in the Home screen, menus, the status bar, tabs, dialogs, and lists.

The Android Icon Templates Pack is a collection of template designs, filters, and settings that make it easier for you to create icons that conform to the general specifications given in this Guidelines document. We recommend downloading the template pack archive before you get started with your icon design.

The Templates Pack provides templates in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator file formats, which preserves the layers and design treatments we used when creating the standard icons for the Android platform. You can load the template files into any compatible image-editing program, although your ability to work directly with the layers and treatments may vary based on the program you are using.

Samsung i637 jack phone with full QWERTY keypad

This phone seems like a blackberry phone in appearance but it is a Samsung phone. it is another high quality business phone with full QWERTY keypad. the name of this phone is i637 jack which means it's a member of Samsung "jack" family. as you know Samsung BlackJack is one of the famous phone in this range.
OK lets take a look at this phone. it's a 3G phone which supports 3.6Mbps HSDPA internet speed. i637 has 2.4 inch TFT colour display and the resolution is 320 x 240 pixels. this phone runs with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS. it has 528 MHz processor 256Mb RAM and 256Mb internal memory. also i637 supports up to 16GB micro SD memory cards.
Samsung i637 jack has both bluetooth and wi-fi. the main camera is 3.15Mp and the maximum picture resolution is 2048x1536 pixels. this phone comes with AT& package. it has built in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and also has AT&T Navigator.

there are number of other additional features with windows mobile OS

- Windows Media Player 10
- Windows Live, Yahoo!, AOL
- Adobe Flash Lite
- Microsoft Outlook Mobile
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
- Voice memo/dial

Nokia E52 The newest Nokia E series phone

The common thing of Nokia E series phones is almost all of them have full QWERTY keypad. but this phone is differ from them since it has a simple keypad. Nokia E52 is a 3G phone which supports 3G HADPA and HSUPA. it supports 3.6Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA.
This phone has 2.4 inch TFT colour display which supports 240 x 320 pixels resolution. Nokia E52 has 3.5mm audio jack and mini USB port. the internal memory is 60MB but it supports up to 16Mb SD memory cards. also it comes with 1GB memory card.
The main camera is 3.15MP, it has a built in LED flash. the maximum picture resolution is 2048x1536 pixels. Nokia e52 has ARM 11 600 MHz processor and Symbian S60 OS. it has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. also it has Digital compass to find directions easily.

Free Plantronics Car Charger for Voyager Pro Owners

If you purchased the latest bluetooth headset from Plantronics, the Voyager Pro, remember to register it at Plantronics.com to receive a free car charger. The unit I received comes in two pieces, a USB-Cigarette charger with an output of DC5V @ 180mA (which should power most of your devices capable of charging via USB) and another MicroUSB cable for charging the Voyager Pro.

Kindle for iPhone 1.1 released

If you are into the whole e-book thing and have been annoyed at the few glitches in the iPhone version of the software, go and download the latest update. It’s definitely worth it for those folks.Here’s the list of changes, taken from the product page:• Read in portrait or landscape mode• Pinch to zoom images in books• Select alternate background and text colors to improvereading comfort in low

Documents To Go for iPhone Submitted for App Store Approval

Good news for all those still looking for an ‘Office suite’ type app for the iPhone, and don’t care for QuickOffice: Documents To Go – a very popular solution in this category on the Palm platform for awhile now and one that many have been waiting to see come to the iPhone who use it for document writing/editing, has now been submitted to the Apple for approval – and Dataviz (who make it) hope it

Nokia Presents Next Step in Social Location with Update of Ovi Maps

Nokia today presented the next step in its social location journey with the announcement of the latest version of Ovi Maps, fast becoming a unique, dynamic and personalized canvas - synchronized and shared between the mobile and the web - upon which people will be able to add personal location-based content. This also marks a shift from the one-size-fits-all static bitmap maps commonly found on

T-Mobile Launches the Samsung SCH-t349 Messaging Phone

The Samsung SGH-t349 is now available from T-Mobile USA. The compact and slim messaging phone features a 20-key, partial QWERTY keypad, XT9 predictive text and auto-word completion. The lime green bar-style handset makes messaging faster and easier with access to E-mail, Instant Messaging and picture, video and text messaging. The t349 features a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder with

Sprint Announces Pricing and Availability of the Palm Pre Smartphone

Sprint today announced pricing and nationwide availability for the Palm Pre phone, offered exclusively from Sprint. Palm Pre will be available nationwide on June 6 in Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, select Wal-Mart stores and online at Sprint.com for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate. Running on the new Palm webOS mobile platform, Pre brings together

Microsoft's MyPhone Beta Now Available

Microsoft today announced that its MyPhone (announced last February) service for Windows Mobile phones is now available. The free application that supports 25 languages allows Windows Mobile 6.0 or 6.1 device to download the software and begin using the service.Microsoft My Phone syncs information between your mobile phone and the web, enabling you to: * Back up and restore your cell phone's

Nokia Announces the 6600i Slide - Smallest 5 Mega Pixel Camera

Nokia today announced the Nokia 6600i slide; Nokia’s smallest 5 megapixel slider to date. Having it in your pocket you will never miss a moment to bring stories alive with the great snapshots.In addition to its superb imaging capabilities, the Nokia 6600i slide comes in a compact and elegant design which it has inherited from the commended Nokia 6600 slide. The brushed steel covers and chrome

Nokia Beta Labs Experimental Research Project - Nokia Friend View

Nokia Beta Labs has an experimental research project called "Nokia Friend View". Nokia Friend View is a location and micro-blogging service that helps users stay in touch with their close friends. Nokia Friend View lets users share where they are and how they feel from home, work, or on the go. With Friend View it is easy to meet up at only a moment’s notice.Nokia Friend View works with Nokia

Nokia Announces the 2730 Classic, 2720 Fold and 7020 Internet Ready Phones

Nokia brings the Internet in emerging markets closer to reality with the announcement of three new mobile phones that open the door to information, entertainment, family and friends. The Nokia 2730 classic, Nokia 2720 fold and Nokia 7020 each come Internet-ready, and work with Nokia's range of emerging market services such as Nokia Life Tools and Ovi Mail, creating solutions that help people get

Lightning talks at Google I/O

Google I/O is approaching, and with over ten quality talks lined up, we should all strive to be attentive, avid learners. But for the last Android session of the conference, we thought it would be fun to unwind and open up the podium for lightning talks. This is where anyone can take the stage for six minutes and talk about anything. If you've done a cool hack involving Android, if you've devised a clever technique for a common problem, or even if you just want to get up on your soapbox for six minutes to appeal to your fellow developers, this is your time to be heard.

For those planning on attending Google I/O, we need you to submit and judge lightning talk proposals through a Google Moderator series we've set up. Please go ahead and start submitting your proposals. You only have 250 characters to describe the talk, which may be 110 more characters than you've been used to these days.

Voting is open from now until the moment the session starts. We'll take the eight highest rated talks and will call upon each speaker to take the stage. Remember you only have six minutes. Exceed that, and our security force tackles you off the stage. Thanks and see you all at I/O!

Virtual worlds in education and Moodle

Today I'd like to share with you my recent paper about using virtual worlds in education, with a special focus on how we can use virtual worlds with Moodle. I wanted this paper to be a basic introduction to why virtual worlds are good for education, and also provide a basic overview of some of the most interesting virtual worlds/tools on the market today.

Here is the embedded version from Scribd:

Virtual worlds in education and Moodle

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Internet & Technolog Research Virtual worlds second life

I presented this paper at the 3rd International Slovenian MoodleMoot with a live demonstration of Webline.lite (a super easy way to add avatars to any website), and I hope I managed to encourage some teachers to think about virtual worlds as a possible addition to their online courses. This year I was positively surprised to hear so many teachers using blogs and wikis in their classrooms, so perhaps next year I won't be the only weirdo talking about virtual worlds anymore :)

3-D TV on Mobile Phones

3-D TV on Mobile Phones.This is an interesting European funded research project which began January 2008 called MOBILE3DTV. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate the viability of the new technology of mobile 3DTV. The project develops a technology demonstration system for the creation and coding of 3D video content, its delivery over DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) and

A little cloud computing, very good Mobile Experience

I've decided to get back to the gym this season. This time around I've been taking my routines a bit more seriously than before by tracking my progress and switching them up in between days. Thanks to Google Docs and it's mobile browser support, it has been helping me keep track of my routines over my smartphones in the gym. Whether I am using my iPhone or G1, I can access Google Docs via mobile browsers and pull up a spreadsheet I am using to remind me what exercises to perform.

Not that this is anything groundbreaking, but it beats carrying a notebook and a pen around the gym; plus I am already using my phone as an iPod at the gym anyways. PS - another Mobile Experience related to working out: Just before heading out to the gym tonight, my G1's WeatherBug App sent me a Poor Air Quality alert; knowing that, I decided to stay indoors and ran on the thread mill instead of outdoors. Nice!

Why a new iPhone (III) is Immenient?

I just realized I have not been sent any PR on new iPhone accessories for quite some time. Top accessories manufacturers must be quietly ramping up new design and production line for the upcoming iPhone to be announced over the upcoming WWDC.

Official G1 Cupcake 1.5 First Impressions

As mentioned earlier, I got the latest system update for my G1. Now running firmware 1.5, aka Cupcake. Here are some of my first impressions:

* More polished: transition in between menus and graphics are a bit softer, dynamic and feels more elegant
* Better UI: onscreen keyboard w/ auto-correct feature; Gmail's most used feature are readily below each email, everything just feels a bit more convenient with the update
* Onscreen Keyboard not as robust as iPhone's but the word suggestion is VERY handy!
* Chrome/Browser much improved, very smooth and URL bar/search makes good suggestions like desktop Google toolbar; still unable to edit blogspot posts however and can't handle Lotus notes webmail (same fate as iPhone's mobile safari)
* Camcorder: simple operation, with an on screen record/stop button; two video quality (MMS is low, SD storage is High); YES, it supports upload to YouTube (via YouTube app)
* General performance feels a bit faster all around
* I have not played with this update long enough to comment on battery life

It definitely feels like this update has iron'd out a lot of kink; I think I am falling in love with my G1 all over again.

I gots the G1 Android w/ Cupcake 1.5 Update

Booted up my G1 tonight and was prompted with a message asking me if I want to get a system update. "Heck yeah," I said, while suspecting this may be the highly anticipated Cupcake 1.5 release. Sure enough, after it rebooted, I noticed some visual differences and the firmware version confirmed it being the latest and greatest. I haven't played with it a heck of a whole lot. On screen keyboard and autocorrection is nice but I may have to re-calibrate my touchscreen since the delete button is not working very well. More updates later!

The Coolest Clock Ever

Is this a digital clock or an analog clock? It's both. The Sweds are awesome designers, bar-none.

UK Criminal Evidence Delays

UK Criminal Evidence Delays.Due to delays in passing evidence to the defence certain building blocks of evidence used against a defendant are not being held by the prosecution, but worst still, the expert who obtains, for instance the tests and results, holds on to them because they claim their client (the Police) haven't made that a term of the instructions to pass them over. The police say they

What do you want in the next iPhone?

With Palm Pre to be released just two days prior to the WWDC conference, many have suggested some rumored features of the new iPhone, 3rd generation. Apple's historical record has never failed us, I have to imagine Apple is planning something big in anticipation of the Palm Pre. I would personally like to shoot for the stars and hope for the following features:

* Front Camera w/ Video Conference support; carrier, Skype or Gtalk Video
* Improved CPU, RAM and GPU to handle even more powerful applications
* OLED display with higher resolution
* Larger and longer battery life; imroved battery efficiency
* Make the top and bottom strip solar panels to either charge, maintain or prolong battery life
* 5MP camera w/ Xenon Flash and Video Recording
* 32GB Storage
* MicroSDHC Slot

What do you think of the likelihood? Vote on my survey to the right of the page.

Update: Apple rumor mill is churning fast, a rumored release date of 7/17/09 for the next gen iPhone(III) is now making rounds.

Palm Pre, $200 AR, Yours on June 6th, 2009

For those of your thirsty for the new Palm Web OS, you will only have to salavate for 18 more days as Palm Pre will be released on Saturaday June 6th, 2009. Bring $300 to your local Best Buy, Walmart, RadioShack or obviously, Sprint Store and expect a $100 rebate when you signup with their qualified data plans.

Some notes to self:

* $200 AR price is very competitive to the best of breed (8GB iPhone 3G, BlackBerry Storm, etc.)
* Launching 2 days prior to Apple's WWDC conference, where a potential new iPhone may be out
* Palm and Sprint must have worked like crazy to make the June deadline but I think it would have been more effective if they could have launched this in April/May
* Personally, I'd hold out two more days to see what Apple has up in their sleeves, last thing I need is because I couldn't hold out 48 hours and committed to an inferior smartphone

Affiliates and Coupon Sites Invade Mobile Experience

Recently, I shared a story where I placed an order via mobile using Amazon.com app and what a great mobile experience that was. With mobile users in mind, the folks at FreeShipping.org, a popular affiliate marketing publisher has decided launch an iPhone app to provide free shipping and discount coupons to all popular online retailers. As an online marketer by trade, it was nice to see my 8-5 job's affiliate marketing codes on the "FreeShipping" app. Whether an online retailer is ready or not, the mobile commerce is happening and cool apps like "FreeShipping" will take the eCommerce eco-system to mobile.

The "FreeShipping" iPhone app is the second app this company has produced. Their first app launched is called "Coupon Sherpa" (couponsherpa.com) which is catered towards accessing printed coupons for brick and mortar stores. Already an iTunes staff favorite, "Coupon Sherpa" is also providing great mobile experience for users. I can't think of how many times when I walk into a brick and mortar store wanting to buy something only wishing I had printed out the 30% off friends and family coupons that I saw on my favorite affiliate marketing websites. With this app, you can easily retrieve the coupon on your iPhone and show it to the store clerk.

Both apps are great compliments to each other and as for me, it becomes another great mobile experience addition!

Rogers to Offer LG Xenon

LG's Xenon is now listed on the Rogers Wireless' website. It is the latest addition to the carrier's Quick Messaging line-up, which also lists LG Neon, Samsung Gravity and Propel handsets.Xenon is going for $79.99 on contract and $279.99 contract-free, and offers the following features: * Quad-band GSM/EDGE; * Dual-band HSPA; * 2.8" 240x400 touchscreen; * Sliding QWERTY keypad; *

New HTC Touch Diamond2 ROM Upgrade for Asian Users

A new ROM upgrade v1.40.707.1 is now available at HTC support site for HTC Touch Diamond2 users in Asia. The most notable change is the phone's updated radio, but we can't tel if it will improve reception of battery life. Anyway, if you're willing to update your device, download link and instructions can be found here.

Samsung Exclaim hitting Sprint in June?

Sprint will soon be getting a new QWERTY dual slider, the Samsung Exclaim. previously rumored as Cello, this messaging handset offers the following features: * QWERTY keyboard; * QVGA display; * EV-DO; * 2Mpix camera with video recording; * A-GPS; * BluetoothThe expected release date is June 7th on Sprint.

Android BigFoot Details

Here are some previously unknown details about the BigFoot (the upcoming Android phone), which featured in T-Mobile roadmap leaks before. Apparently, made by Motorola and will be selling as T-Mobile G1 v2... Yeah... Technical specifications below: * Size: 115.7x53x16.3 mm; * GSM Quad-band, HSDPA 900/1700/2100; * 3" QAVGA LCD display; * 3Mpix camera; * 1500 mAh battery; * 100MB + Micro

FCC Approves ZTE C90

ZTE's latest handset known as the C90 has appeared at the FCC site. It is a cheap QWERTY slider for the MetroPCS' network, and will boast the following features: * QWERTY; * Ti-band CDMA; * Stereo Bluetooth with A2DP; * microSD slot supporting up to 2GB; * 1.3Mpix camera; * GPS

Sanyo SCP-2700 Now Available from Sprint

Sprint has released the new Sanyo SCP-2700, which was announced two months ago. This budget messaging phone comes in “impulsive pink” and “deep blue”, and is available for just $29.99 on a 2-year contract after $50 mail-in rebate.Features include: * QWERTY keypad; * 2.5" 65K color QVGA display; * 1.3Mpix camera with geotagging support; * Navigation; * Bluetooth; * Voice control;

Prisoner - 60 years sentence for having a cellphone

Prisoner - 60 years sentence for having a cellphone .Derrick Ross, a prisoner at Coffield unit correctional facility received a 60 years sentence, according to a staff report in The Palestine Herald newspaper on the 14th May 2009, for being in possession of a cellphone whilst serving sentences at the correctional facility for other crimes. .According to the Herald: "Ross was found to be a

Montblanc Pen for $10 or less (Hack!)

Material:
Pilot G2 Pen - $1ea. (find here)
Montblanc Rollerball Refill - $6 ea.
(find here and here)
Hacksaw (like this one)

Instructions: I won't take any credit in this hack since I got the full instruction originally on Instructables. The original instruction used a G2 Pro, but one commenter suggested using even the cheaper G2 (w/ a full clear tubing) for a better looking outcome. I decided to test out using the clear G2 for myself since I had some refills around.

Result: It's a pretty cool hack. I do have a nice Montblanc pen but I hardly ever use it because I am always losing my pens. With this hack, I have the benefit of using Montblanc's high quality refill in a pretty cool looking display pen case. The hack itself and how easy to implement makes it a cool project!

X12 Stun Gun Freezes People at 88 Feet Away

X12 Stun Gun Freezes People at 88 Feet Away.Promoted through Gizmodo and The Raw Feed and announced by Taser International this is another offering of how to zap people, but this time it claims to be painless, apparently. "The X12 is the latest stun gun which can fire a jolt through the air wirelessly through nonlethal bullets which can cut through clothing to paralyze a perpetrator within an

A808 Watch Phone With Bluetooth

A808 Watch Phone With Bluetooth.The spec for the A808 Tri-band (GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHZ), GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity, a 1.3 inch touch screen and interestly not only keyboard but handwritten input. Additionally it comes with an MP3 / MP4 multimedia player and FM radio. And it's made in China...The SIM is underneath the back cover and the cover carries an Apple-logo. Anyone examined this

Samsung i7500 newest Google Android OS phone

There are several Google Android phones from many mobile phone brands. the most popular Android phone is T-mobile G1. the Android OS is very special because it is a open source OS. also it based on linux. Samsung i7500 is the first Samsung phone which has Android OS. also it is the newest Android phone.
it is a 3G phone which support both HSDPA and HSUPA. i7500 supports 7.2Mbps HSDPA and 2.0 Mbps HSUPA connectivity.it has 3.2 inch OLED capacitive touchscreen which supports 320 x 480 pixels resolution.
Samsung I7500 has a Accelerometer sensor and Handwriting recognition feature. it has very powerful hardware to properly run Android OS. the processor is Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz and RAM is 128Mb. the internal memory of this phone is 8GB and it supports up to 16GB memory cards. i7500 has mini USB port and 3.5mm audio jack.
the main camera is 5Mp and the maximum picture resolution is 2592 x 1944 pixels. it has built in LED flash and supports geo-tagging.
the Google Android OS comes with number of built-in applications like Google Search, Maps, Gmail,YouTube, Calendar and Google Talk.

Review: Agent18 Slim ClearShield

Fascinated by GeekMorgan, the dude who made his own custom iPhone 3G GameBoy case, I decided to review the Agent18 Slim ClearShield iPhone 3G case myself (Amazon $23 shipped). For those of you unfamiliar with Agent18, they are a small firm based out of SoCal making pretty cool accessories for iPhones, iPods and even Zune products.

The Slim ClearShield has a pretty basic two-piece sandwich design holding the iPhone 3G in the middle. Ever since an incident I've had with my Griffin ClearBoost coming apart after I dropped my old iPhone to the ground, I have been preferring the slider-style cases (ie. Griffin Clarifi, Incase Slider, etc...). Agent18 Slim ClearShield, however, has a pretty sturdy clip design holding the two halves together nicely; as a safety, I did affix very small strips of clear tape to support the corners for added holding strength. Overall, the case is very easy to use, it comes with a screen protector, iPhone 3G dock adaptor (so you can use OEM dock to charge w/ the case on, very smart!) and two other Agent18 swapable badges (light gray and green colored). The cutouts are large for easy access even if you have fat fingers. With the case installed, your iPhone will remain its classy appearance without adding too much bulk to its overall dimension.

I did some research and have concluded that this is probably the best case to make your own iPhone 3G Gameboy case. For some reason, its quite hard to find all clear cases for the iPhone 3G. I am arranging a review unit of the Griffin iClear for iPhone 3G to see if I can produce a custom case of my own coming up, stay tuned.

Overall, if you want a no-frill, high quality clear case for your iPhone 3G, Agnet18 makes a very solid choice. MSRP $35