Google’s Nexus One vs. iPhone, Droid and Palm Pre
The below info is American-focused but you can get an idea of the benefits and pitfalls of each phone. Also, as I have always maintained, go for the phone which would suit your particular needs. Not everyone needs an iPhone despite it’s Cool status, which seems to be slowly dying out now. If you’re a business person, get a Blackberry. If you’re an all media, social, business, game and traveller junkie… stick with the iPhone… It’s all about utility, yo.
All info was thanks to Billshrink
About Time, A Phone Charger Powered by Movement.
by Muhammad on July 11, 2008
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We’ve all seen the citizen watches and others which are powered by movement and sunlight, etc. Orange, the mobile carrier, have developed a phone charger powered by “dance energy”.
Adrants points out that they got help from with development of the charger from GotWind, whose unfortunate name refers to renewable energy research, not the thing that happens when you pull Uncle’s finger. The charger works with a system of weights and magnets which creates an electrical current every time you move.
From the Press Release…
“The Orange Dance Charge is the result of months of research into alternate, sustainable energy sources to power mobile phones during summer music festivals…”
The Charger was tested at the Glastonbury Festival.
: Orange, Mobile, Cellphones, Charger, Dance, Movement
Free GPS for Your Mobile Phone!
by Muhammad on June 2, 2008
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Amaze GPS has launched their new Version 4.2 which includes a free download for Java enabled phones so you can get GPS Navigation without spending one heck of a load of cash on GPS specific phones!
It is free to download and use and it contains wide coverage of maps including aerial photo in Europe, North America, Australia and parts of Asia and Africa.
You can start downloading Here…
Thanks Riy!
Technorati Tags: Amaze GPS, Mobile, Technology, Free GPS, Java, Download
Mobile Update: iPhone 2.0 and Google’s Android
Android phones, using a Linux-based open source operating system, will allow users to tweak and customise their own user interface, differing from traditional Windows or Symbian based handsets.
2) Worldwide Launch of iPhone 2.0 on June 9th, including South Africa!
Technorati Tags: Mobile, HTC, Technology, iPhone, Android, Google
Adobe’s Open Screen Project: Making Flash the Center of Mobile Internet
by Muhammad on May 8, 2008
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Adobe is really eager to get at the core of mobile internet and at the same time grab a big piece of the pie of the mobile internet device arena. The mobile internet sector is extremely fragmented with Apple (using XCode), Mozilla and Microsoft’s Silverlight playing in the same field with different platforms and frameworks.
The question comes in here as to whether Adobe’s Flash/Air combo will stand up to the challenge and triumph. The success of Apple’s iPhone in terms of increasing the penetration of mobile internet usage has prompted Adobe to take a serious look at it’s Flash model in bring in the major changes with it’s Open Screen Project. Currently, only 30% of mobile internet devices support flash, compared with 98% of desktops. Since the current iPhone doesn’t support flash, with this initiative we could see Flash included in the next iPhone release.
The main points which Adobe is driving with the project are…
* Removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications
* Publishing the device porting layer APIs for Adobe Flash Player
* Publishing the Adobe Flash® Cast™ protocol and the AMF protocol for robust data services
* Removing licensing fees – making next major releases of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR for devices free
The project is backed by major technology companies such as ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Marvell, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless.
Even with all this in mind the main question still remains… Will this end fragmentation of this market or will it merely liven up the competition?
