Transcoding is something no one likes to do. Everyone prefers buying a player that supports whatever format you have natively. This is why I purchased a Philips DVP-642, one of the very first DVD players on the market that could handle DivX and XviD files. Either phones lack the horsepower or the software hasn’t been…
Archives for 2007
Saving up for Spain!
I obviously haven’t been blogging that much this week. I’m not proud of it, but I do have a valid excuse: Spain. I want to land in Madrid with as much pocket money as humanely possible. I’ve been putting in a lot of hours with my Helio related duties to make this happen. Pick your…
New firmware versions available for Nokia E50, E60 and N80
Owners of the popular ESeries E50, E60, and NSeries N80 models should be pleased to know that the new firmware versions are available for their respective devices. As usual, the firmware updates should fix the known bugs and problems with the previous firmware versions, and even update devices’ preinstalled applications. So, go on – make…
FreeConference.com Is Back! – AT&T And Qwest Lift Ban
The underdog wins! We were rooting for David in this Goliath tale of small startup FreeConference.com vs. AT&T and Qwest – turns out we were rooting for the right team! FreeConference managed to get their service un-blocked by AT&T and Qwest after rallying for public support and filing suit against the telecommunications giants. But you…
NTT DoCoMo Simplifies Vocoders For Mobile Phones – Longer Battery Life To Follow
We all take the little vocoder in our mobile phones for granted. We just talk in one end, and listen through the other, thinking nothing of it. But, it’s essential technology for all wireless communications. The vocoder (voice encoder) processes your voice and digitizes it for transmission. The problem is that vocoder quality (and so…
E61i unboxing pictures
Ed has the complete set over at E-Series:
iStockphoto, AMUSE launch mobile imaging service
Calgary’s iStockphoto is set for entering the mobile space, and is rolling out an initial stock photographic image offering in Europe. Getty Images owned iStockphoto is working with AMUSE Entertainment Group B.V. to allow mobile users to download wallpapers from a selection of 5,000 iStockphoto’s images. Two companies are working with the UK carriers to…
Iran-made cell phones coming this June
We already know that Iran is making nuclear power-plants, but cell phones? At least, I wasn’t aware of that. Anyhow, according to the senior Iranian telecoms industry official, the first 300,000 phones made in Iran will hit the market in June. The upcoming devices will be sold under the ITMC brand, and will be made…
Will: HTC Making More Moves, Phraze-It, And Nokia N95 PRON
Hey Dusan, you’re right, nothing’s worth a kidney. I guess it’s only worth a pinky or ear lobe – I can do without those. And, I like features (who doesn’t), but having more options and flexibility is better. Cough…WinMo…cough. Cough…craploads of software development…cough. The not-so-little-anymore smartphone manufacturer from Taiwan is making moves all over the…
Mobile advertising to reach $3 billion by 2008, $19 billion by 2011
A new study by ABI Research predicts that the global mobile marketing and advertising market will be worth about $3 billion by the end of 2007/Q1 2008. By 2011, the value of this market will reach $19 billion, including mobile search and video advertising. Next, ABI Research expects some of the highest levels of spending…