It’s not the major-ish firmware update that the European spec Nokia N95-1 got a little while back, but the more recently launched US version of the Nokia N95 – designated the N95-3 – just got its own firmware update. The new firmware Version 11.2.009 is ready to rock on all American Nokia N95’s – the…
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BenQ Siemens’ pop-up slider on sale on eBay – BenQ Siemens SL98
BenQ Siemens churned out some interesting handsets in their final days as a legit manufacturer. One of our favorites was the BenQ Siemens SL98 reverse slider – rather than sliding the screen upwards to reveals a keypad (like the more traditional sliders that we’ve seen), the screen pops up out of the body. Now, you…
Willcom shows off Android prototype – multi-tasking on Android is a go
Ever since Google blitzed the blogosphere with their Android and OHA announcements, we’ve been waiting on news of manufacturers tooling up their Android-based wares. It looks like Willcom, our favorite wacky-mobile-phone manufacturer in Japan have an Android-based reference board up and running. The image you see above is the Willcom reference board running Android on…
Make music with your iPhone – control Pro Tools in real time with the iPhone
This is most definitely one of the coolest third-party iPhone applications that have yet to hit the third-party application market. The iPhone’s capacitance-based multi-touch screen is perfect for on-the-fly, simple manipulation with a brush of the finger. So, it makes sense to put it to good use – like controlling your Pro Tools setup so…
Opera Mobile 9 coming in H1 2008
Opera Software will be releasing the latest mobile (not Mini) version of its browser somewhere in the first half of next year. Apparently, roughly at that time “a global mobile phone manufacturer will begin pre-installing Opera Mobile 9 on their Windows Mobile smartphones.” Now, the doors for the speculations are widely open. I guess we’ll…
Nokia 6300 now available in all black
Nokia 6300 is certainly one of the Finish giant’s best selling device, so it doesn’t surprises to see them releasing it in another color. The black is good, the black is safe and I know a few people who wouldn’t buy the 6300 because it isn’t black. To those people – how about now? You…
New versions of Oxygen Phone Manager II for Nokia, Symbian OS phones released
Oxygen Software has released new versions of their popular “better PC Suite” applications – Oxygen Phone Manager II for Nokia and Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian OS phones. The first application — now in version 2.17 — is only slightly changed and features several improvements in the Phonebook, Export and Call Register menus. In…
iPhone Playstation emulator coming soon!
Forget about GameBoy and NES emulators — your iPhone can do much more. Apparently, soon we’ll have the full Sony Playstation emulator available for both the iPhone and iPhone Touch. The developer “zodttd” is working on the software called PSX4iPhone, and according to him users could expect that up to 75% of the original games…
Apple, Volkswagen end partnership talks; No iCar in the near future
Back in September, we reported that Apple and Volkswagen are discussing partnership. We hoped Jobs&Co will co-operate with the German giant and that at some point in the future we’ll see more user-friendly and hi-tech equipped cars as a result. Now, I’m sorry to report that the talks have ended leaving most of us from…
Bully buttons alert teachers via SMS in Australia
Young nerds in Australia should thank mobile technology for providing the new ways to report and stop bullying. Apparently, schools around the country will get the new “Bully buttons,” which students push when they are being bullied. Instantly, if there are surveillance cameras around, they’re swinging around and record the area around the button. In…