Exactly one month ago today I wrote about an application called “Sex Offender” for the Apple iPhone that would use the device’s built in GPS to show you where registered sex offenders are living. This application wasn’t free, which may have very well been the reason it was pulled. Under California law you’re not allowed…
Opera confirms that they’re going to launch Opera Mobile for Android
Opera, the Norwegian company who makes one of my favorite all time mobile applications Opera Mini, has admitted both via Twitter (above) and with an interview at PC Magazine, that they’re going to launch a version of Opera Mobile specifically for Android. Now I know what you’re thinking, isn’t the browser inside Android devices already…
Phil Schiller admits that Apple censors the App Store like China censors the internet
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller has been having an email exchange with John Gruber, who originally broke the story about the hell iPhone application Ninjawords had to go through, that amounts to nothing more than an apology letter and a detailed explanation that there were a lot more swear words…
Live photos of the LG BL40: Default font is Comic Sans, designers beware
The Russians, or the Chinese, always get their hands on hot new devices before everyone else, and this time it’s the folks over at Mail.ru who got a chance to play with the BL40. Before even plugging the URL into Google Translate to make sense of what was being said, my heart sank into my…
Nokia N97 accessory finally makes the device’s exterior match the age of the operating system inside
In a silly little marketing blitz started by Nokia’s ad men, they’ve created an accessory that looks like the Nokia Cityman 450, which was launched in 1987, to act as an anti theft device. While this accessory isn’t going to be on store shelves, ever, it is pretty sweet/sad to look at and helps the…
Analyst: iPhone claims 32% of mobile industry profits for 1H 2009, oh really?
Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi estimates that the mobile phone industry made $6.4 billion worth profit during the first half of this year, and that Apple, with the iPhone, captured $2.038 billion of that or 31.8%. The thing about that number is that it’s an estimate based on several assumptions. Apple is one of the…
Files on Ovi now works for Mac users
Files on Ovi, which has been rebranded Ovi Files it seems, now works for people who use a Mac. The service enables you to have cloud based storage, so you can access your files on whatever computer, and more importantly whatever mobile phone, you want. No more carrying around USB keys, no more emailing files…
Samsung C3212 DuoS: Dual SIM card monoblock, $200, hitting Russia first, then the EU
Dual SIM handsets never really took off here in Finland, but Samsung keeps on making them for markets where it is much more economical to have a SIM card from each of the local operators. Actually, this is also useful for those of you who want to separate your work and personal life, yet don’t…
Over 280 mobile phone distributors from 15 provinces in China go to Beijing to fight Nokia
You’ve heard of the black market, a place where you buy things that are illegal to sell such as babies, human kidneys, drugs, automatic weapons, etc., but have you heard of the grey market? It’s fairly huge, and you’ve probably purchased something from the grey market without even knowing. All of you in America who…
An open letter to Nokia from a former employee: kill Ovi, spin off the hardware unit, become a bank
On numerous occasions people have commented that the way I write about Nokia makes me sound bitter about being fired. If I have given off that impression, then I must apologize because that is not what I’ve intended. The frustration I feel with regards to Nokia is like that of a parent who knows that…