Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Mobile real-time information.
Google now has LIVE traffic data on their mobile version of Google Maps.
The Mountain View, California-based company said that Google Maps for Mobile would allow mobile phone users to chose a destination within Google Maps and select \"show traffic,\" said Gummi Hafsteinsson, product manager of Google Maps ...
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Pantech has released a new phone which allows for "finger writing" recognition.
No one is quite sure what this means or how well it works, but from my take it seems that it is not different than the type of input you get on a pda.
According to the press release:
Consumers ...
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Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Missed this yesterday...
The premier mobile browser OperaMini has been upgraded to 2.0. I have already downloaded it on my Sprint phone and am very impressed (so far). Here's my 5 minute review:
The menuing system is intuitive and easy to use. Simple visual enhancements such as screen wiping during forward and ...
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
When the first ( and second) iTunes phones were released, the chief complaint, aside from not being an iPod, was the 100 song limitation.
It was only a matter of time before hackers figured out how to beat it.
Read: Engadget Mobile
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
Part of the Blackberry's appeal is it's ability to have email pushed to it (as opposed to it's user needed to "check" their mail.) We all know the Blackberry's looks aren't sellng units. Now any conventional cell phone has the ability to get "push email" with emoze.
emoze currently works with ...
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
Via MocoNews.net, we learn that Google has won a patent for voice enabled search.
That beats T9 or iTap for sure!
Too bad my deep voice doesn't jive well with most voice recognition systems.
Read: MocoNews.net
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
Nearly all phones on all providers let you style your phone with cool ringtones and wallpapers. Some even support videotones! However I feel that some cell phones have an advantage over others based on their UI. Verizon's Samsung A950 and Sprint's A920 are practically identical from the outside. Blue vs. ...
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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
Children beware! Parenting by remote...
Signup requires permission from both the parent/guardian and the person being tracked. Sprint seems to be pushing the need for "open communication" between both parties, and as such sends a text message to any handset that has been located to let its owner know that somebody ...
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Thursday, April 6th, 2006
Woohoo!
Maybe now Verizon will be able to ditch their new, crappy, red-bar interface.
Adobe executives wouldn't spell out details of the pact, but said Verizon Wireless will be able to download ringtones and wallpapers powered by Flash software.
Let's see if they allow Flash to be played inside their wap browser...
Mark ...
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Monday, April 3rd, 2006
The gamer in me is making me post this. I guess we can thank Grand Theft Auto and the Pixelantes for this. ;)
Mobile titile, "Office Massacre" was due out this month, and would have been released had it not been for criticism in the press for being socially irresponsible. The ...
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