By Stefan Constantinescu on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 10:08 PM PST
In Applications
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
This is what the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows Mobile Browser Team is working on: Deepfish.
~ 6 minute video. At the end I just end up being a bit disappointed that there are no touch screen S60 devices on the market. I bet Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has something similar in the labs, but that’s in the labs. Microsoft will launch this as a mere software upgrade.
I can’t wait until the S60 Browser is detached from the S60 operating system and available for download. I’m tired of reformatting my phone once a month to avoid paying $30 for Opera S60.
By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 9:36 PM PST
In Announcements, Partnerships, Services
Yahoo News reports that VeriSign has entered into a deal with Visa to allow payments for services and goods via mobile phones. The Visa mobile platform not only allows for mobile payment, but will offer users of the service promotional offers and rebates.
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By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 9:19 PM PST
In CTIA Wireless 2007, Devices, Rumors
You know when someone messes up sooo badly that its even funnier when they try to fix it? Well, that happened to UTStarcom (NSDQ: UTSI) at CTIA. They dropped the ball when they put up a HUGE banner depicting the upcoming Sidekick ID. That’s the kind of mess up where all you can do is shake your head in embarrassment. And to make matters worse, the boys at UTStarcom covered up their mistake with a good ole can of black spray paint. Thanks to the guys at Gizmodo for their investigative photo-taking. Click on for more pics.
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By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 8:56 PM PST
In Announcements, Security, Windows Mobile
Like the headline says, do NOT use the new encryption feature in Windows Mobile 6.0 to secure your storage card’s data.A blog post on the Windows Mobile Team Blog confirms that, while encrypting your data poses no problems, when the device craps out on you so will the storage card.
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By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 8:38 PM PST
In Alcatel, Announcements, Partnerships, Technologies, Verizon
Verizon and Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) just inked an equipment deal to upgrade the CDMA carrier’s wireless network. Alcatel-Lucent will get $6 billion to provide 3 years worth of gear and tech support to expand Verizon (NYSE: VZ)’s network. “The Network” wants to add VOIP and video calling features to its, uh, network. In order to enable these features digital microwave radios, optical cross-connects and bandwidth management devices from Alcatel-Lucent will be added to the current infrastructure. Verizon is pushing for an all-IP based network and the integration of these new services will help make that a reality.
By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 8:03 PM PST
In Announcements, Applications, Java, RIM (Research in Motion)
The infamous Blackberry (NSDQ: RIMM) line of mobile phones from Research In Motion, commonly referred to as the “Crackberry,” is getting a development push from RIM. With the mobile phones industry redefining itself with more features and computing power, RIM wants to ensure that their mobiles can compete on the same playing field.
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By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 7:40 PM PST
In Announcements, Applications, Palm, Palm OS
If you are using a Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Treo 700p and have been itching to watch your SlingBox’s TV tream on your mobile phone, consider your itch scratched. You can now download a beta version of the SlingPlayer Mobile software for Palm OS from SlingMedia’s website.
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By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 7:39 PM PST
In AT&T, Announcements, Apple, iPhone, iPhone OS
Trash the iPhone?! Who would dare think such a thing? Well, apparently, John Dvorak thinks Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) should do away with their iPhone. He cites overconfidence, on Apple’s part, based on past success with the iPod – clearly Apple best selling product.
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By Dusan Belic on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 1:48 PM PST
In Announcements, Devices, Nokia, Symbian
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced three new devices, each targeting the specific segment of users. We’ll briefly go through each of them. Let’s start.
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By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 12:42 PM PST
In Announcements, Applications, Windows Mobile
Hot on the heels of their ZenZui “zooming tile” browser for mobile phones, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Live Labs just announced the limited-public beta version of their new Deep Fish Mobile Browser. The new mobile browser aims to put a stop to horribly-inaccurate mobile renderings of webpages and brings a desktop browsing experience to your Windows Mobile-based phone.
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