Mobispine, the company behind the popular Java ME-based mobile news reader, has just landed an important deal with Hutchinson’s 3 network in Denmark. Under the agreement, the carrier will include Mobispine’s free client on its Planet 3 mobile portal, allowing its customers to quickly get their daily dose of news directly from their handsets. Commenting…
Opera Mini 4 final release now available
Opera Software, developer of the world’s most popular mobile browser – Opera Mini, has announced that the version 4 is finally ready for the prime time. The most important thing the new version brings — and which many users had a change to experience during three beta releases — is that it brings the full…
Comeks Shorts makes text messaging cooler
Comeks Shorts is a new service that wants to add a new element of coolness to SMS. It uses a free J2ME client that is used to visually display text messages. Using Comeks Shorts, users (mostly teenagers) will be able to send text messages using their own avatar — so called “Shortie” — which displays…
Opera Mini 4 Beta 3 is out, new bookmark syncrohnization feature
Use Opera on your desktop? Use Opera Mini on your cellphone? Well it looks like all 6 people who fit those 2 requirements are jumping for joy today. Opera has introduced a new feature called “Link,” no not Zelda. You are now able to keep your bookmarks in sync across yet another closed walled garden.…
Free XS2TheWorld Java ME app helps travellers
Recently, I’ve been tipped about the very handy app called XS2TheWorld, which “turns your phone into a multilingual holiday or business lifeline.” While more and more people are travveling nowadays, the main idea of this app is to help them find their way around in one of the major cities in the world. But this…
5 things I would like to see in Opera Mini
About 2 weeks ago Daniel Goldman, a Technical Evangelist at Opera Software, sent me an email asking for input on Opera’s next version of their Opera Mini client. He must have liked my review since I came to the conclusion that there is no reason why anyone with a data plan on a phone with…
THQ releases 3 testosterone influenced mobile games
A game based on street racing called “Juiced 2.” A game based on motorcycle racing called “MotoGP 07.” A game based on stunt driving called “Stuntman: Ignition.” Yea, these developers are petrol heads. Prices haven’t been announced and it looks like these will be sold to operators, not end consumers. I hope that isn’t the…
WoW on your mobile? Not quite, but TibiaME is trying
I lost a very good friend of mine thanks to EverQuest II. He never left his house after installing that blasted piece of software, so why am I recommending you check out this MMO for your mobile is beyond me. Krisse from All About Symbian reviews the S60 3rd Edition version, but this game will…
iPhone CPU supports hardware Java acceleration, yet it is turned off, why?
Java applications running a bit slow on your mobile? You probably don’t have Jazelle in there, a technology created by ARM that speeds up the execution of Java applications and lowers RAM consumption by a factor of 8. It also allows for multiple Java applications to be run with minimal overhead. Why is such an…
Video: Apple iPhone vs Nokia N95; Episode 3
When Steve Jobs said the iPhone would be the first cell phone to bring the full internet experience in the palm of your hand you could hear millions of S60 users around the world producing a faint moan. The iPhone uses the “Safari Engine,” a marketing term for the open source webkit project. Here is…