Archive for June, 2008

Streaming radio on Nokia N95 (And other S60 devices)

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 [...]

QVGA Screens: When will they die?

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 [...]

Get all your Google Mobile applications from one place

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 [...]

Windows Mobile phone prices keep falling

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 [...]

iPhone 3G wishlist: What got fulfilled

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 [...]

3G iPhone: What does it mean for other phone vendors

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 [...]

Microsoft is down and out!

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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