At the CTIA, Facebook has announced their mobile platform to allow deeper integration between mobile phones and the website. As far as we can tell, the platform has been improved with two key additions. First, Facebook introduced a new FBML tag, “fb:mobile”, to allow Facebook application developers to show content exclusively to mobile phones. Second,…
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Google preparing China-specigic products
China is THE place to be for all major Internet players. And while all them are lagging behind the country’s leading search engine, Baidu, they keep working to enhance their offering in the “world’s fastest growing economy.” Lately, we’ve spotted an interview with Google’s President in China sharing some of his company’s plans. Apparently, the…
Berg Insight: Ad-revenue model to change the mobile industry
We’ve heard numerous times telecoms will either have to change or die at some point. Now, we have Berg Insight predicting that ad-based revenue model is going to have a profound long-term impact on the development of the mobile industry. Traditionally, carriers made (and are still making) their money by managing network traffic — i.e.…
First live pictures of the Nokia N82 leak
What exactly is that round bubble above the dpad? Are the keys really that thin? My Sony Ericsson W880i was hell for the first 48 hours, then I got used to the keypad very fast. These keys look to have the same layout. Specs are still what we knew in May: 5 megapixel, WiFi, HSDPA,…
Pocket Player 3.5 brings iPhone-like touch-scrolling and media UI to a Windows Mobile smartphone near you!
Do you like the iPhone’s flick-scrolling feature and media player UI, but just can’t part with your precious Windows Mobile device? Well, if you’re a proud owner of a touchscreen WinMo phone – that’s Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC or Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional – then Conduits’ Pocket Player 3.5 will satisfy your media-browsing demands. With…
Psion Teklogix announces their ruggedized iKon Windows Mobile smartphone
If you need a phone that can take a licking and keep on ticking (or calling, as the case may be), Psion Teklogix might have just what you need. The company is celebrating its big “40” (that’s mid-life crisis territory in people years) with the launch of their new “iKon” smartphone. With a 3.7-inch VGA…
Apple goes live with iPhone Dev Center – web apps only for now
Don’t jump for joy just yet. Apple has just launched the iPhone Dev Center as part of their Apple Developer Connection, but it isn’t some early iPhone SDK release. The new Apple iPhone Dev Center is concentrating on the iPhone web-app development environment for now. The iPhone Dev Center offers tips, tricks, coding samples, and…
Verizon Wireless backs off FCC lawsuit over upcoming 700Mhz spectrum auction
We didn’t really think it was going to matter anyway, but it’s official now. Verizon wireless has backed off its lawsuit against the FCC over auction rules regarding the upcoming 700Mhz spectrum auction. According to The New York Times, Verizon Wireless “abandoned its legal challenge of the Federal Communications Commission’s rules for its auction of…
Palm trades 25% stake to Elevation Partners for $325 million
Palm’s been falling behind on the innovation front that gave them the market edge all those years ago – there’s no denying that. But, things could be on the up and up for the laggard smartphone manufacturer. Palm has just announced that they have finally secured the $325 million deal from Elevation Partners (U2’s Bono’s…
iFuntastic 4.6.1 gets jiggy with iPhone v1.1.1 – jailbreaking and cracking you iPhone v1.1.1 just got easier
And they just keep coming in. Remember when iFuntastic launched for the pre-v1.1.1 iPhone? Remember how easy it was to jailbreak and customize the iPhone’s UI? Well, good news, the latest hack/crack to return to the iPhone is iFuntastic 4.6.1. The iPhone hacking GUI brings custom ringtones, homescreen changer, custom system sounds, and point-and-click jailbreak…