Less than 40 lines of code and quite a humorous way to advertise the Mobile Python Book. Check it out: The Nokia 5500 has an accelerometer and pretty soon it will be standard on all mobile devices. While the applications created using this technology are useless now and mere tech demos, they do demonstrate that…
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Option’s iCON 225 USB HSDPA modem fits every pocket; Has nothing to do with Steve Jobs
Yeah you’ll be certainly able to use Option’s iCON 225 USB modem with your MacBook, even though you won’t get Steve Jobs’ bio with it. The tiny modem measures 63x26x13 mm, making it as large as any other flash memory stick. Hack we’ve even seen bigger flash drives in the past. Anyway, Option is already…
USB connector cellphone strap – the most useful strap ever
Now I don’t whether you use cellphone straps or not, but if you own one of the supported (by this strap – read on for explanation) BlackBerry or HTC devices you may want to get yourself this useful cellphone strap. Yeah, I said it’s useful and it’s a strap. The idea behind this accessory is…
Breaking: S60 becomes fully LAMP compatible
LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and the P can be either Perl, PHP or Python. Everything you need to run a full web server can now be installed and run on your S60 device! What does this mean in the future? How about having a computer that is nothing more than a display, keyboard,…
The agony and the sheer ecstasy that was the Nokia N82 product launch
There is a fine line between happiness and pure unadulterated ecstasy. Nokia helped 5 bloggers from all over the world cross that chasm, with style, at the N82 product launch event in Finland. From left to right we have Devin, Mark, myself, Jeremiah and Jay. We’re standing in front of Nokia Headquarters in Espoo about…
Archos may be prepping a SIM-enabled music player
Back to the land of speculation and hearsay we go. The latest whisper on the grapevine seems to suggest that Archos, makers of personal media players, will be expanding their lineup next year with media players that rock SIM cards. The rumor is rooted in a report from France’s Challenges magazine. So, why put a…
Bango Button pushes content to your mobile phone
Getting content on your mobile phone should be as easy as clicking a print-button. At least Bango thinks so. With the increasing demand to put content onto mobile phones, the company has debuted their “Bango Button” – a one-click solution to push media to any mobile phone. The Bango Button allows the user to launch…
Man sues everyone over international SMS text messaging patent
What did we say about the litigation-happy society that the US has become? It looks like another joker is coming out of the woodwork and has filed suit against 131 companies for infringing on his patent regarding the sending and receiving of SMS text message to/from foreign countries. Digital Trends is reporting that Aris Mardirissian,…
LTE gets a boost with GSMA support – 4G is now LTE
The GSM Association is set to push the next-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard into the hearts and minds of people around the world with the association’s recent vote to support the emerging 4G standard as the next step after HSPA. Following on recent successes in LTE’s field-tests and Verizon’s consideration of the technology for their…
Sony and NXP team up on Moversa mobile payment system
As everything in our lives becomes more closely tied-in with mobile technology, we’ll see many of our daily activities start integrating with our mobile phones. Mobile payments, for example, are just starting to gain steam and will undoubtedly be the future of retail. Why carry around multiple credit cards and a wallet if you can…