Remember Microsoft’s ZenZui “zooming user interface?” Now forget its name – cause it has been changed to Zumobi. And while we’re still wondering how will the change of the name reflect to the future releases and whether we’ll actually see the ZUne phone which will be the flagship product with Zumobi UI, the team behind…
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Orange recalls the first shipment of Sony Ericsson W910i phones?
Softpadia is claiming that the France Telecom owned mobile operator is recalling the first shipment of Sony Ericsson W910i phones. Orange customers are experiencing problems with their newly bought Sony Ericsson W910i phones. Apparently, the device has some serious problems with the basic phone functionality which results in switching off after ten seconds and not…
Small Nokia 5200 toy looks sooo cool
Yeah, I should have probably wait for the weekend to publish this, but I just couldn’t help it. What you’ve just saw is the world’s smallest Nokia 5200. Naturally it’s a toy and you can’t use to actually make a phone call, but it’s cool nevertheless. It can SLIDE! Wow, my congrats to the designer/sculptor…
Orange to release the “world’s first” solar-powered Bluetooth headset – Iqua BHS-603 SUN
Even though it seems kinda logical to think of Bluetooth headsets as ideal solar-powered accessories, we still wait to see the first such device released. Actually our wait is about to end, as Orange is preparing to release the “world’s first” Bluetooth headset that takes the power from the Sun – Iqua BHS-603 SUN. Apparently,…
Spotlight search coming to iPhone next year?
The iPhone SDK is coming in February next year and apparently apart from the support for the third-party apps, we may also see the iPhone enhanced with Spotlight-like search. According to analyst at PiperJaffray – Gene Munster, we should expect the contextual search feature allowing the iPhone users to locate contacts, emails, phone numbers and/or…
Venturi Mini Car Bluetooth Hub sounds promising; Coming this December
Just when I thought it’s the Motorola ROKR T505 that I want to use for my car, the little known company (at least for me) Venturi has released its Mini Bluetooth car hub. Basically the new device combines all the functionalities of the MOTOROKR T505 — speakerphone and FM transmitter — but also adds A2DP…
Microsoft getting into the mobile content business by acquiring Musiwave
Nokia has a music store, albeit only in the UK right now. Sony Ericsson will be launching Play Now Arena in the first half of next year. Now Microsoft has just purchased Musiwave for an undisclosed sum, giving them a foot in the content delivery business. Musiwave wasn’t a very profitable company, but they did…
ACCESS releasing Palm OS Garnet emulator for Nokia’s Internet Tablets
ACCESS, the people who purchased the spin off of the software division of a once healthy company known as Palm, are announcing the release of a beta virtual machine that will allow people who own a Nokia 770, N800 and N810 to run Garnet applications. The VM will be out by the end of the…
Googe cultivating Android development community with $10 million petri-dish
Petri-dishes are great for cultivating bacterial communities- they provide all nutrients that appeal to growing colonies of (usually) bacteria. And, now Google’s using their own petri-dish of sorts to cultivate the Android development community – except Google’s petri-dish is filled with $10 million of cold, hard, cash. Google’s calling this petri-dish the “Android Developer Challenge.”…
Vodafone’s fights iPhone defection by taking customer service offline
We love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but they usually amount to nothing more than paranoid thinking. Then again, sometimes the coincidences can’t be ignored. The Inquirer’s got a conspiracy theory that’s just too juicy to dismiss off-hand. The theory goes something like this: iPhone launches in Europe Vodafone is…