Google`s awaited Phone will debut
September 24, 2008
The highly anticipated Google powered will be avalible in one more month. It will sell for under $20 less than the Apple iPhone. The device is made by HTC and the provider is T-mobile. However the main buzz is that it runs Google Android, which is Google open source mobile operating system.
The phone comes with three pre-installed applications: Ecorio, measures your eco footprint, ShopSavvy, scans bar codes to tell you the price, BreadCrumbz, which can create a map using photos. Although it dosen`t support DRM protected audio files, it has an Amazon app where you can purchase songs.
The phone has a built in compass which gives Google map a 360 degree feature. Its browser is based upon Webkit, which is the same thing Chrome is based on.
Other apps allow support for Gmail and Youtube. The touchscreen is similar to the iPhone.
It has a 3.17 display, and .62� thick, has a full QWERTY keyboard and swivels up similar to the Sidekick. The phone will be released on October 22 for $180. So far Apple dosen`t have to fear yet.�
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Google Street View goes mobile
September 17, 2008
A new version of Google maps mobile has been released. The new version includes many new features mainly Street View and Walking directions.
The best feature is probably the Street View. We know this from the web version of Google Maps, which lets you see a picture of the actual street. You can literally walk up and down some streets. Now you can be at the street at look at the photo. Pretty cool and creepy.
The second feature is the walking directions, which I didn`t understand why they had it online until i heard about the addition to the mobile version. So if take a walk and get lost you can get your way back. Or if you have a craving for some type of food you can look up the directions and walk over there.
Here is a Demo:
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Sprint and T-Mobile Announce New BlackBerrys
April 1, 2008
At the CTIA proposed new Blackberry devices.Sprint will now feature a Blackberry Curve 8330 with GPS and Sprint TV.T-mobile will get the Blackberry Pearl 8120 with Wi-Fi and new video and music players.
Sprint’s Blackberry Curve 8330 will be available to purchase in April for $179.99 while getting a two-year service agreement and $100 rebate.The 8330 will have a 2-megapixel camera with video recording, music and video players, a 3.5-mm headphone jack, GPS, support for 8GB MicroSD memory cards, and high-speed EVDO Rev 0 Internet access.
The T-Mobile BlackBerry 8120 will be available to purchase also in April. T-Mobile did not say what the price is.It will have It features a 2-megapixel camera with video recording, new music and video players, a 3.5-mm headphone jack headphones, and the Pearl hybrid keyboard.
Popularity: 4% [?]
The Mobile Revolution
March 4, 2008
What a week in the mobile community.The new mobile OS`s are:Symbian, Windows Mobile, Apples mobile OS X and Googles Android.They are environments that allow application to work on many OS`s.
Sun seems to be in the lead.And Adobes Flash Lite following.Microsoft stated Tuesday that it was developing a mobile version of Silverlight,which is like flash.And Google is making a mobile version of Google Gears so people can use online application offline.
Apple is only allowing applications that use their mobile safari browser.However it will not allow flash ,which stinks cause alot of games and video content is in flash.However the iPhone does have their own Youtube player and can view video in Quicktime format.
Microsofts Silverlight which is brand new is for allot of online application but focusing on video.Nokia announced that it will use Silverlight on their new S60 smart phones and midrange Series 40 phones.This great news for Microsoft because Nokia is the world`s top cell phone maker.
Google Gears allows is going mobile for applications like Zoho ,which is office on the web.THis means that users will be able to save their documents and then view them when they are not online.
Popularity: 4% [?]
