From the monthly archives:
Hyundai is probably known a whole lot more for their vehicles than for their mobile phones, but Hyundai Mobile does a bit of business in the low end market in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
And Hyundai were at Mobile World Congress 2009 showing off a couple of mobile offerings suck as the Hyundai MB-400, the Hyundai MB-910 and the Hyundai MB-105 Chico.
Looks like Apple may have upset some official bodies with an application they let into the iTunes App Store, and that official body is the Nevada gaming officials.
Apparently Nevada gaming official were tipped off about an Apple iPhone and Apple iPod Touch card counting app which can enable a gambler to gain the upper hand at Blackjack.
Apparently according to Nevada laws governing cheating using a device to aid in the counting of cards is a felony. The other point is the application incorporates a ?stealth mode? and thus could easily be missed. Not too sure if Apple are going to pull the app or not though.
At Mobile World Congress 2009, Microsoft features an area of recent Windows Mobile powered handset, now most where nothing we haven?t already heard about, some dating back years.
However in amongst the historic remembrance was a Samsung Valencia, which was outed by Expansays as the Samsung C6625 with a price tag of $365.
The thing is it appears Samsung doesn?t know anything about the Samsung Valencia and only Microsoft are showing the handset, so obviously decided not to make the announcement at this event, which seems kind of strange to have it on show but not announce it doesn?t it?
Probably out of most normal mobile phone users price range we have the luxury mobile phones, and the Apple iPhone is one that garners a lot of bling.
We have one such blinged Apple iPhone for you today, which has been adorned with Swarovski crystals and a blue Sapphire.
The Swarovski and Sapphire Edition hits the bank account to the tune of some £1,395 and is available right now. The iPhone?s bezel has 124 clear Swarovski crystals while the navigating button is 18ct gold with 28 Swarvoski crystals and inset with a deep blue sapphire.
The Mobile World Congress is only about the new hardware on offer it?s also about the new software side of things such as a brand new Yahoo! Mobile application which is available for the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android via the Webkit browser.
Yahoo says this new application is ?a highly-personalized mobile starting point to the Internet? and provides ?an open environment within which consumers can bring together their favourite content and services.?
Yahoo has also announced a partnership with Opera and thus the Opera Mini 4.2 browser is to be integrated in Yahoo! Mobile smartphones, and the app will be available generally as of March 2009.
No doubt my favourite smartphone of the moment has to be the Nokia N97, and the lads over at Intomobile got some hands-on playtime with the Nokia N97 while at the Mobile World Congress 2009 and have delivered a load of clear images along with a video.
The Nokia N97 just looks the biz, with its 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash, WiFi, GPS, 3.5 inch sexy touchscreen, full slide QWERTY and 32GB of storage.
Truphone has unveiled its plans for a single-SIM, multi-country mobile service that will enable users to make calls in supported countries at local rates.
The mobile communications company says a key aim of the Local Anywhere service is to eliminate the hassle of switching SIM cards or the expense of often-exorbitant roaming charges when callers use their handsets on foreign trips, according to voip.biz-news.
It?s been a while since we mentioned the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 handset, but if you own one how would you like the ability to personalise the smartphone with a few new panels?
Well now you can because Sony Ericsson has unveiled 4 new Xperia X1 panels which will be available to download as of March.
The four new panels for the Xperia X1 are?a new CNN panel to keep you on top of the latest news and CNN content?a new Mytopia panel so you can play poker and bingo games?an ?On the Road? panel which has a simple large icon layout?and a unique Skype panel for rapid access to Skype via your Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.
Truphone has unveiled its plans for a single-SIM, multi-country mobile service that will enable users to make calls in supported countries at local rates.
The mobile communications company says a key aim of the Local Anywhere service is to eliminate the hassle of switching SIM cards or the expense of often-exorbitant roaming charges when callers use their handsets on foreign trips.
For all you ninja iPhoner wannabees out there the guys over at Appliya have developed a new app for the Apple iPhone which is a virtual ?Katana? application for the Apple iPhone and Apple iPod Touch.
Similar to that of the Lightsabre app for the Apple iPhone, Katana for the iPhone delivers all the expected exaggerated sword wielding sounds one would expect to hear when fighting with a Katana.
iPhoners can grab Katana for 30 percent off the price up until the 28th of February, which means if you?re quick you can get Katana for the iPhone for $1.99 from Appliya. We have a short video below so you can check out the app in action before adding it to your iPhone arsenal.