As part of Acer’s inaugural push into the smartphone space, the computer-maker turned mobile phone vendor used the Mobile World Congress world-stage to showcase their new Windows Mobile UI overlay, the widget-based Acer Shell UI. The whole idea behind a Windows Mobile UI overlay is to give the customer a more intuitive and finger-friendly UI…
Touchatag Introduces RFID Developer APIs, Enterprise Solutions
One of the companies showing off at Showstoppers was Touchatag, which you might know as tikitag; they had been working on a 2D barcode scanner and RFID detector which allowed for contactless close-range communication between tagged objects and your phone. In addition to their rebranding, Touchatag is now offering an extended API for developers to…
A sneak peek at i-mate’s credit card sized i-mate Centurion
The model name for i-mate’s upcoming super-slim Windows Mobile smartphone conjures up images of an American Express credit card. And so it should. The not-yet-announced i-mate Centurion’s name is something of an ode to the credit card that inspired its size and form-factor. Barely thicker than half a deck of playing cards and almost exactly…
F-Secure announces mobile security software for Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphones
F-Secure is all proud to announce that they are the first anti-virus company to support Nokia’s new touch-enabled platform, S60 5th Edition. Even though there’s nothing special that could happen to you if you use your Symbian-powered smartphone carefully (i.e. read the screen alerts before actually pressing a button), some people prefer extra protection. And…
Visto goes Android, too
Just when we talked about SEVEN and their “Android move,” another mobile messaging company announced the same offering. It’s VISTO with its Visto Mobile 6 that now support Google’s mobile OS platform. Those not familiar should know that Visto Mobile enables users to take their email, contacts and contacts with them, no matter where they…
Scalado optimizes new imaging solution for TI OMAP 3-powered devices running Windows Mobile 6.5
Mobile imaging software solution provider Scalado announced that its image technology has been optimized for the Texas Instruments’ OMAP 3 processor-based smartphones running on the newly unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. As a result, users of the mobile phones that use Scalado’s technology will have an exceptional range of imaging capabilities, including: image management, browsing,…
Opera Software strikes partnership agreements with Yahoo!, Vodafone
Opera Software just got stronger for two partnership. First they announced a deal with Yahoo! to bring Opera Mini to more mobile phone users around the world. Under the agreement, Yahoo! will distribute Opera’s Java ME browser via Yahoo! Mobile and also as a standalone download from Yahoo!’s mobile web sites. In the other news,…
Motorola’s sad little booth at Mobile World Congress 2009
Time and time again Motorola pushes us to the negative end of the PR spectrum. Motorola’s presence in Hall 8 of the Fira Barcelona was sad, to say the least. Rather than concentrating on mobile hardware (a business that’s been nothing but a drag on Moto’s bottom line in recent quarters), the RAZR-maker came to…
Quickoffice goes Android; Allows only viewing of files
Quickoffice’s popular mobile office suite is officially announced for Android-powered smartphones, T-Mobile G1 aka HTC Dream, at the moment. Unfortunately we’re still not talking about a full blown, feature packed software here. The initial version of Quickoffice for Android allows viewing of Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, only. Editing, I guess, is reserved for some…
Truphone adds AIM to its iPhone/iPod Touch app, PayPal to pre-payment methods
Truphone announced that AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is now on the list of supported IM services for the company’s iPhone and iPod Touch applications. This adds to the list of other IM networks supported by Truphone that include Google Talk, Skype, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. Voice calling is still not supported with AIM,…