Palm announced at CES 2010 that they would open up their webOS App Catalog and all its app-related data/metrics to third parties in a move to spark a crowd-sourced webOS application marketing effort. Palm doesn’t have a strong distribution platform in its App Catalog to compete with the likes of Apple’s highly visible and tightly…
Mozilla releases Firefox RC 2 for Nokia N900
If you have a Nokia N900 in your pocket (or in your hands as you read this), consider yourself lucky. Your Maemo-powered N900 is one of the only smartphones on market today that works with the public releases of Mozilla’s Firefox Mobile (Fennec) web browser. Following on the browser maker’s recent Firefox RC1 release for…
SRS announces SRS TruVoice Voice Suite for mobile devices
SRS Labs announced SRS TruVoice at the CES – a suite of voice technologies designed for mobile phones, portable media devices, Bluetooth headphones and gaming consoles. I’m not an audio tech expert, but I can pass along the TruVoice key features, which include: Improved voice intelligibility on the near-end of voice communications Active ambient noise…
Targus launches a new fingerprint-resistant line of screen protectors
The accessory maker Targus unveiled a new fingerprint-resistant line of screen protectors – the Targus Screen Protector with Clear View technology. The trick is in using a microscopic landscape of ridges and valleys that work to dissipate fingerprint oils, thus leaving the screen virtually fingerprint and smudge free. These micro-structures also reduce glare and when…
NeoReader goes Android
NeoMedia Technologies is bringing its barcode scanning app to another platform – Android, allowing users to instantly access mobile content by clicking on — actually that’s pointing their phone to — 2D barcodes. I presume you know how barcode scanning apps work, so I won’t go into details. I’ll only pass along NeoMedia CEO, Iain…
STMicroelectronics, Stantum team-up on single-chip STMTouch resistive multi-touch controller
STMicroelectronics is introducing a new multi-touch resistive touchscreen controller chip – STM32TS60, which they say is the first member of ST’s new STMTouch family. The key selling points of the new multi-touch controller are: a) it detects up to ten simultaneous touches; b) it’s cheaper than a capacitive touchscreen controller. The new chip combines the…
GestureTek brings its gesture control software to Android; Releases a new tracking engine for Windows Mobile
GestureTek announced that its patented software for gesture-based mobile device interaction now supports the Android platform. If you haven’t heard about GestureTek, you should know that they make software which effectively simulates an accelerometer by using the phone’s built-in camera to detect moves. In addition to the Android launch, the company has also unveiled a…
Preview: Spore Creatures for iPhone from CES 2010
It’s all about previewing iPhone games here at CES 2010. EA Mobile wasn’t just showing off their The Sims 3: World Adventure iPhone game in Las Vegas, they were also giving previews of the Spore Creatures game for iPhone. We had a chance to check out the new iPhone game at CES 2010, and it’s…
Preview: The Sims 3: World Adventure
If there’s one thing we love about tech conferences like CES, it’s the previews we get on unreleased hardware and software. This time around, we were treated to a preview of the latest 3D game for the iPhone – EA Mobile’s The Sims 3: World Adventure. It’s the latest addition to the popular Sims franchise,…
Etymotic Research unveils its second-gen Bluetooth headset – etyBLU2
A company called Etymotic Research has announced its second-gen Bluetooth headset – the etyBLU2. The upgraded version of the original etyBLU headset, which pardon me I haven’t heard of before, features a highly-directional, noise-canceling microphone in a fixed-boom configuration. This design apparently allows optimal antenna placement for improved range between headset and mobile phone. More…