On December 30, 2006 I posted a list of 20 things I would have liked to see Nokia do, how exactly did they do? Read on to see the results and expect a new list with requests to be posted before the clock strikes 12 and we’re in 2008. I’ve copied and pasted the list…
Reminder: Opera Mini rocks, give yourself and loved ones the best Java browser around for xmas
I can’t say enough about Opera Mini and Peter Ha from Crunch Gear agrees with me: Let’s be perfectly honest with each other for a few minutes: most built-in mobile Web browsers make me (and probably you) want to scratch my eyeballs out. Any Java-enabled device not running Opera Mini is a travesty. You’re just…
To see the future of mobile people look to Asia, what about the music business?
Ed Peto from The Register was in China trying to understand the music scene and has come back with some data and a money shot quote that is hard to ignore: “What is certain is that the record label as you know it is dead and in its place have risen “digital entertainment companies”, who…
Video: NSFW iPhone parody ad
There was an article floating around on Digg a while back of some guy on an airplane being a prick and telling the pilot that his claim of intolerable weather conditions were false since his iPhone said that was bullshit. Well someone made an iPhone parody ad of that and it’s funny: Update: Dusan posted…
Brief: T-Mobile not blocking Twitter, mobile net neutrality is safe
T-Mobile customers in the USA have been having problems with the SMS based interface of Twitter, I reported that they were doing this intentionally. T-Mobile released a press release saying the rumors that they are actively blocking Twitter were false, but do admit their was a glitch in the system and that they’re working with…
Nokia patents MagSafe like charger for their mobile devies
Apple fans who have purchased a laptop in the past year or two are familiar with MagSafe technology which dislodges the charging cable if enough force is applied; this is enabled by the use of magnets. Nokia is trying to do the same thing, but on their mobile phones. I don’t really see how this…
Tons of pictures of the unannounced black Nokia 6300 leak
Last week Dusan wrote about an all black 6300 and there was only one picture available at the time. Chinese site ZOL has got the scoop with a device that looks like it came straight out of the factory and if you thought the original 6300 was handsome then you have to check out these…
S60 users now have full access to the entire YouTube library
While iPhone users have to wait for the YouTube to convert their videos into h.264 format, S60 users can install emTube and enjoy the entire collection right now. This application is one of the first to take advantage of S60’s Open C support, meaning that the standard c++ code written to decode videos in the…
Picture of a Google Android device in the wild
If you’ve used the emulator then you are familiar with the design of the product above. Not much information to be said except that it comes from Gizmodo who says that their developer friend thinks the OS is better than Windows Mobile 5. When your bar is Windows Mobile 5 then I guess everything looks…
Ribbit is proof that the Valley is on crack
“Silicon Valley’s first phone company” as Ribbit likes to call themselves, just received $10 Million in VC funding. Ribbit will give developers the opportunity to create applications that enable telephony features to be integrated straight into a website or service on your phone or desktop. In Ribbit’s next release you will be able to record…