From the Washington Post: The ultimate goal for these cheaper 3G smartphones is to drive more consumers to use mobile data, or a INQ Mobile CEO Frank Meehan told Unstrung, “You need to drive data usage higher right across all the handset segments. You want the majority of customers, not the top-end of the community [...]
Point 3 – “Don’t Build for Just One Device”. For me, this is a real indication of progress, because the whole mobile web game to date has been massive effort to support multipe devices. Luckily the current generation of high-end mobile browsers is excellent in terms of support for modern features. Many phones use a [...]
From Engadget, news of an “epic” bug in Android: It turns out that G1 firmware revisions RC29 and earlier literally interpret everything you type as command-line operations, so if you happen across a legit command, it’s going to get executed — with superuser permissions, no less. No, seriously. Just go to the messaging app, the [...]
But really, it’s gotta be K-Tel doesn’t it? Kogan Android phone by Christmas
From Engadget, the solution to those gnarly hardware performance issues for convergent devices that have to have e-verything – break it up. It almost seems like a good idea, in that you can custom your phone to focus on what you’re interested in – like web browsing / email. But if you’re interested in more [...]
Wesabe have a helpful page that shows some key interactions from the mobile and iPhone services. This is demonstrated by a short description accompanying a screenshot from an iPhone and a Motorola Razr (early version methinks). The Motorola has a pretty ordinary web experience, so it’s not the strongest contender the regular mobile device world [...]
If you come to this event expecting to hear anything about mobile Flash I don’t think we have very much about it. Not that it’s not a technology that’s in play, but it’s just not something – it’s not open. It doesn’t allow development of services very easily. It’s not in deployment by individuals or [...]
A 2.0 release that includes offline support for J2ME and Blackberry. Includes email account switching between Gmail and Google Apps accounts. Introducing Gmail for mobile 2.0
Almost identical to the highly successful original, the new telephone has a hidden secret. In one smooth movement the ultra-thin keyboard slides from under the handset. As serenely as it appears it slides invisibly, effortlessly away – a modern icon of mobile style and design with an extra competitive edge. Looks a little old-school HTC [...]
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