Archive for June, 2008
Traditional radio is slowly dying as internet radio stations are catching up fast - the obvious advantage being location independence. You can tune into any radio station irrespective of your geographical location. With new mobile devices offering you 3G and Wi-Fi data connectivity, many mobile radio players have started appearing on the internet.
If you are [...]
June 30th, 2008 | Posted in S60, mobile, n95, nokia | 4 Comments
Here in the 21st century, it is still an irony that many smartphones still ship with the QVGA (320×240) screen. Though the trend is slowly changing with the likes of HTC Touch Diamond, Toshiba G series and Apple iPhone, it is a pity that almost all S60 phones shipping today still sport QVGA. Of particular [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Posted in apple, iphone, mobile, n95, nokia, opinion, windows mobile | No Comments
Google keeps expanding its portfolio of mobile phone applications for various platforms. For Windows Mobile and S60 platforms, Google provides plenty of standalone applications which enhance your mobile phone’s usability in many ways. For example, the Google Maps and GMAIL clients are excellent little applications that give a great user experience for these services on [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in info, mobile | No Comments
Here is a tiny little Pocket PC phone with a 2.6″ QVGA screen from ASUS. At INR 12900 (US$ 300), the ASUS P320 is a steal. Sporting the archaic TI OMAP 850 processor, the P320 also has a SiRF star III GPS chip. (how many billions did Texas Instruments make with this tortoise inspired OMAP [...]
June 25th, 2008 | Posted in mobile, windows mobile | No Comments
Revisiting my 3G iPhone wishlist reveals that only a few of my most wanted items will find their place in iPhone 2.0 firmware. Here is a rundown:
What I will get
GPS Chip
General Software Improvements: Contact Search
Better battery life. We have to wait for the reviews to come in to see how much of Apple’s claims are [...]
June 10th, 2008 | Posted in apple, iphone, mac, opinion | No Comments
This is probably the first time Apple is offering a product at a significantly lower cost than its rivals. The new iPhone, which will compete with the likes of Nokia N96 and several other 3G Windows Mobile phones which sport equally good features, applications and hardware capabilities. Compare Apple’s $199 iPhone 3G to an unlocked [...]
June 10th, 2008 | Posted in apple, iphone, mobile, n95, nokia, opinion, windows mobile | No Comments
Rarely get to see this happening with a major website. But as of this hour, the Microsoft site seems to be down. Any webpage request fo the domain microsoft.com is returning a 404. Other domains belonging to Microsoft seem to be fine.
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June 3rd, 2008 | Posted in info | No Comments