by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
Do you work in an industry where you require a mobile phone that can stand the pace? Well we first saw leaked images of the rugged Samsung SGH-A837 at the end of August and it could well be the mobile phone you need.
The Samsung SGH-A837, although not officially announced is expected to hit AT&T later this month, and should be considered as AT&T?s answer to the rugged mobile handsets that rivals Sprint and Verizon have on offer.
The Samsung SGH-A837 is said to be 3G capable and features push-to-talk, Bluetooth and a 1.3 megapixel camera, and it is also said he Samsung SGH-A837 is able to survive the daily beating.
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
Ok, it?s no secret that nvidia was taking a shot at Windows Mobile with their ?Tegra? line, competing against the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon and Intel?s Atom.
We never thought it they would get major pick-up but it?s looking like they are now. But the guys over at wmpoweruser have noted a couple of interesting factors on an nvidia press release.
The first one being, Opera 9.5 is getting optimized for the Tegra platform and second you will get the optimized version of Opera 9.5 for free if your company powers up their gadgets using the Tegra platform. Although it?s likely that devices based on the Tegra will not be out until sometime next year according to nvidia.
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
Google has pushed out the Google Mobile Apps for BlackBerry, which will give BlackBerry owners a comprehensive mobile phone application which bundles many of Google?s key features in one streamlined app.
Google Mobile Apps for BlackBerry is a free download and one of the most complete bundled apps issued by Google to a major carrier.
The Google Mobile Apps for BlackBerry offers up access to search history, Google Suggest, fast Google search, easy access to Google products such as Google mail Google Maps and Google News along with Google Apps Support.
BlackBerry users can gain Google Mobile Apps for BlackBerry by visiting m.google.com on their handset.
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
The world?s third largest maker of mobile phones, Motorola Inc, has claimed in a lawsuit that BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion Ltd is stealing its workers, which is a violation of an agreement between the two rival companies.
Research In Motion has apparently since February targeted at least 40 Motorola employees who can not work at the new company without divulging trade secrets, said the lawsuit Motorola filed in Cook County Illinois on September 4th.
Motorola has asked a judge to bar Research In Motion from using Motorola confidential information and soliciting or hiring Motorola employees, and also is seeking $50,000 damages.
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
Do you like instant messaging and own a BlackBerry? Well if the answer is yes then you will be pleased to hear that you can now take advantage of two of the biggest names in IM services.
BlackBerry smartphones worldwide can now get AIM and ICQ instant messengers, and it is also hinted that AOL email will also be available.
There have been a few rumours that some carriers aren?t quite up to scratch with this yet so there maybe a few errors encountered by some. It is looking as if Verizon is the only carrier at present to have AIM and ICQ working flawlessly.
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
AT&T has announced they have deployed assisted GPS tech (A-GPS) within its network to enhance existing and planned location based services used with aGPS devices.
Also AT&T further announced it is to launch 2 new navigation apps in the next few weeks, MapQuest Navigator along with AAA Mobile navigator. These new apps are new additions to the existing AT&T Navigator and AT&T Navigator Global Edition.
This deployment of the A-GPS will prime the AT&T network for more expansion this year into the LBS category, and will include launches of location enabled social networking and family orientated services.
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
Touch-screens have been available for quite a while and it was the Apple iPhone that actually refocused the public eye on the touch-screen unlike never before.
In 2007, shipments of touch-screen mobile devices increased 91 percent, and ABI Research forecasts touch-screen mobile phones revenue will reach $5 billion in 09.
Kevin Burden, research director for ABI Research says, ?Nearly all mobile handset manufacturers are getting into touch screens to a greater or lesser extent. The acceptance of touch screens to date has varied by geographic region, which has been a significant factor in determining the success of individual handset vendors.?
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
Opera Software and NVIDIA Corporation have joined to bring full desktop web browsing which includes JavaScript, video content, and accelerated vector graphics to smartphones and internet devices.
NVIDIA is to offer an optimised Opera 9.5 browser in a pre-integrated suite, third party and in house software for NVIDIA Tegra of computer on chip Windows CE and Windows Mobile solutions.
Tegra powered Opera 9.5 is to provide mobile users with a wide and full desktop style browsing experience along with hardware accelerated image, rich media, and in-page video playback.
Mobile devices incorporating the Opera browser which is powered by NVIDIA Tegra hardware is expected to become available some time in 2009.
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
Chante Wright was going to testify against a criminal when she was gunned down in Philadelphia, and police believe it was a hit organised from inside prison by an inmate with access to a mobile phone.
In order to prevent similar crimes happening, authorities? across the US are following Maryland corrections officials? example and using sniffer dogs trained to sniff out mobile phones.
Maj. Pete Anderson, commander of a canine unit that sniffs out cell phones inside Maryland prisons says, “We owe it to the victims to not allow inmates to continue to run their enterprises from behind our bars.”
Take a look at the video below:
by Techno Witch on September 11, 2008
We know Apples iPhone can do some pretty amazing things, like you can use the iPhone to control your home automation systems and iTunes, but did you ever think it would be possible for you iPhone to control RC cars?
Josef Prusa and his brother have done just that, in less than a week they managed to turn their 3G iPhone into an RS car controller. It hasn?t been possible yet for them to connect the RC car correctly to the 3G iPhone, unfortunately the WiFi signal has to go through a computer before reaching it.
You can now even use the 3G iPhone?s accelerometer for controls and the brother?s project is fully functional.