Three weeks ago today I, and about 50,000 other people, walked through the two towers that stand at the entrance of the Fira de Barcelona and attended the first day of Mobile World Congress 2010. This was my second time at the show, and for some of my colleagues it was their third visit, so…
New GestureTek concept lets you interact with imaged prohjected from your device.
In one of the most intriguing videos I’ve seen in a while, GestureTek demos a possible glimpse into how we may interact with our mobile phones in the future. The demo shows how this new technology may be utilized when two people are trying to set up a meeting with the calendars on their phones.…
Apple looks to overhaul mobile advertising
Apple is looking for a designer to “redefine” mobile advertising and this could have a huge impact on how developers make money on applications. According to the job posting, the iPhone maker is looking for an experienced developer to overhaul how mobile advertising is done. Most of the ads in apps today are simple text…
HTC Desire, Legend and HD Mini slated to hit UK April 1?
HTC may not have announced an official launch window for their latest and greatest smartphones – the HTC Desire, Legend, and HD Mini – the folks over at Amazon UK have posted their own expected launch date. According to the online retailer, the Legend and Desire headliners are “expected” to go live in the UK…
Windows Phone 7 to Support XNA and Silverlight, Leaves WinMo Apps Behind
If you haven’t already got the picture, Microsoft is cutting off its ties with legacy Windows Mobile devices as they advance into Windows Phone 7, and that includes third-party software. No doubt some people who are used to the old ways might get a little emotional over the issue. Charlie Kindel, who has been working…
Microsoft’s Pink phone is real, coming to Verizon
Microsoft’s long-rumored Project Pink phones have been leaked and at least one of these underwhelming handsets will be coming to Verizon. The spies at Gizmodo managed to grab a few blurry shots of the slide-out QWERTY device above, and it is being code-named Pure. There’s no word on what operating system will power Pure but it…
Microsoft brings first app to Android
There’s no love lost between Microsoft and Google, but that’s not going to stop the Windows-maker from creating an app for Android. The Tag Reader is available now for free in the Android Market and it scan Tag barcodes and display information about it on the handset. This can include videos, details, a phone number,…
Ultrabrief: Opera Mini 5 Beta, written as a native Windows Mobile app, released today
Opera Mini, a 3rd party browser that uses remote servers to compress websites before delivering them to your phone, started out as a Java application. It actually still is, but that’s slowly starting to change as of today. Opera has just launched Opera Mini 5 Beta [read my review here] as a native Windows Mobile…
Virgin America ditches Flash to target iPhone, smartphones
In order to appeal to iPhone, Android and other smartphone users, Virgin America has eliminated Flash from its new website. Virgin America is likely trying not to get in the middle of the holy war that’s going on between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Adobe, but it wants to reach as many people as possible…
HTC HD2, Motorola CLIQ XT T-Mobile Release Dates Leaked
According to some internal docs, the Motoro9la CLIQ XT should be arriving on T-Mobile March 10th and the HTC HD2 (listed as “Dark Handset” here) should be coming on March 24. Just yesterday, we heard some pricing details on these two: $139.99 for the CLIQ XT, and $199.99 for the HD2, both on contract. Our…