….. making it the fastest growing independent mobile application store, apparently! Mobango has announced that in the past 12 months it saw a 500% increase in mobile applications downloads from the same period a year earlier.
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Mobango sees a 500% increase in downloads in the last 12 months
It’s “Failures!” month here at Make: Online. Throughout February, we’re going to be celebrating the flip side of making, doing, and risking: Sometimes things don’t work out as we plan. On the other hand, sometimes things work out exactly as we plan, but when the passion of inspiration is gone and we look back in the cold, sober light of morning we come to a painful realization: I just made a giant piece of crap. Thus it is that I hereby inaugurate a limited weekly series of posts called “What Was I Thinking?” in which I will be publicly cringing to recall celebrating some of my own more humbling morning-after moments. And possibly those of others.
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What Was I Thinking? Part 1: Light fishture
Not only does Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team (or SAHDMT for short) does have one of the greatest names I’ve heard a video game developer ever have, but they also have combined the fun of kicking a soccer ball around with the fun of brutally murdering zombies. With that in mind, and my years of killing virtual zombies, I decided to take their flagship title, Pro Zombie Soccer , for a spin. Pro Zombie Soccer has you playing as a highly-skilled soccer player named Jax. While looking for something to munch on, Jax is attacked by a super zombie who happened to be an even better soccer player than he was named Julinho. With that bite, Jax is infected with Julinho’s soccer skills, so he decides to use his newly acquired skills to take out some attacking zombies
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Hands-On Preview: Pro Zombie Soccer for iPhone (with Video)
During ARM’s Q4 2009 and full year 2009 earnings call today ( 22 page transcript ), ARM CEO Warren East showed a sneak peak of the company’s roadmap for 2010 and the bit that stuck out for us mobile phone geeks was the ARM Eagle. Based on the same ARM v7 architecture that the Cortex A8 and Cortex A9 share, the Eagle is said to take ARM’s application processors “onto yet another level of high performance”. We’ve yet to see any Cortex A9 powered devices hit the market yet, and while Will did get a chance to play with some early A9 powered NVIDIA Tegra 2 tablets , they were far from final.
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ARM Eagle: You thought the Cortex A8 and A9 was fast? Wait until you see the Eagle flying!
Vodafone UK has launched a new online business centre, which brings information on its full range of mobile, fixed and unified communications offerings together in one place – as part of the business pages on vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ).co.uk. To make it even easier for business customers and partners, the new site has also been redesigned so that it is segmented according to three types of customer: small business, medium and large business and public sector. Every section has the same consistent design, which should ensure quick and intuitive navigation for customers – however, the small business section has been the focus of the first phase of the business site’s development. Additional functionality and content will be added to the site over the next two months as the medium and large business and public sector areas are expanded further. The first phase of the new online business centre is live today and can be viewed at here .
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Vodafone UK launches new online business site
Vodafone UK has announced that its Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) Secure Remote Access solution has been awarded the CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM) certificate by CESG, which is the information assurance arm of GCHQ. For those of you that aren’t familiar with GCHQ, they are the boffins behind intelligence in the UK – so an OK from them is a BIG OK! Vodafone UK has become the first UK mobile operator to receive the CCTM mark, which verifies the claims companies make for their security solutions for data confidentiality, integrity and availability in the modern government IT environment. The CCTM certificate means that UK public sector organisations, including those in local authorities, the National Health Service, education, criminal justice, policing, Central Government and the Ministry of Defence, can now recognise Vodafone Secure Remote Access v2.8 as a solution that has had independent assurance testing, under CESG governance. Vodafone Secure Remote Access helps organisations to protect their networks, devices and data – principally by ensuring staff comply with IT security policies when away from the office. In the tests the solution was tested for its functionality in Connectivity Control, Application Control and Security Policy. In line with the standard CCTM process, the claims made by Vodafone in these areas were reviewed by CESG to confirm they were unambiguous, relevant and representative of Vodafone’s marketing. You have to wonder whether this is going to help Vodafone win more deals in the business sector – I’d be inclined to think yes, this is going to give them a definite advantage of their competitor operators in the security arena – now it just depends on how much of an emphasis companies put on that – time, and sales data, will tell! Related News from IntoMobile: Pointsec's data encryption solution released F-Secure announces mobile security software for Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphones Mocana NanoPhone Security Suite for the Android Mobile Platform Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 earn Federal security certifications Pointsec Builds Leadership with First-to-Market Data Encryption Solution for S60 Platform Share this:
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Vodafone is first UK Operator to be awarded Government quality mark for remote worker security solution
Anyone that regularly reads IntoMobile will know that I think the Groovemaker range of Apps are awesome – sitting in a perfect niche between recreational music, and professional music production – they are kinda like the guitar hero of mobile music production, but there’s real productivity in here too – it’s no game! Recently, IK Multimedia, the creators of Groovemaker, released ‘Groovemaker Reggae’ – I’m now writing down my thoughts on the App, having used it quite extensively! More after the jump… Download, loading, and opening tracks Groovemaker isn’t the smallest of apps, but then again it’s got an fair amount of file-weight since it includes lots of really high-quality apps. I used iTunes on the Mac and then synced the iPhone as the fastest route to getting Apps installed. The App loads quickly once installed, and then the first time you open any of the included tracks, the App needs to unpack them
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Usage review: Groovemaker Reggae for iPhone/iPod Touch
Nokia C5 , one of the first phones to be included in Nokia’s new (and unannounced) Cseries family of devices, has reportedly appeared in some leaked photos for the first time. The C5 looks like a regular non-touch Symbian S60 candybar, which makes me wonder: what’s the deal with the new Cseries? Is Nokia launching a new series just for the sake of adding new names, or is there something that will differentiate the Cseries phones from the rest of Nokia’s non-touch Symbian handsets? Regardless of the answer, the Nokia C5 features a 2.2 inch QVGA display, Symbian S60, HSPA connectivity, A-GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP camera, FM radio, 50MB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support – so, yeah, it’s a mid to low-end phone that will probably have a low price
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Nokia C5 leaked; still not clear what the Cseries is all about
Today the Samsung T139 Mayon made an appearance on the company’s web site. This entry-level clamshell, headed to T-Mobile, features dual displays, VGA camera with video capture, Bluetooth, aGPS and an HTML browser. It supports Java applications and has …
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Samsung Publishes Details On T139 ‘Mayon’
In case you had any doubts, the Motorola Zeppelin seen last week is, indeed, running Android (OS 1.5, to be exact) – some new photos of it have appeared in Brazil confirming this. According to Gizmodo , the Motorla Zeppelin should be available in Brazil starting March, together with the Motorola BackFlip (which is already available in China and will be launched by AT&T, too). Like the BackFlip and Verizon’s just-announced Motorola Devour , the Zeppelin will come with the MotoBlur interface. The phone also features a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash and (probably) a HVGA touchscreen display
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Motorola Zeppelin shows its Android UI (with MotoBlur) in Brazil
Nokia ( NYSE: NOK )’s Cseries and Xseries rang of devices was discovered by Aleksi Moisio, writing for Finnish news site Digitoday, way back in July of last year . We all know about the Xseries, such as the X6, the first Nokia smartphone with a capactivie touch screen, and the Nokia X3, a lesser known, but highly important music phone for emerging economies.
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Photos: Nokia C5 leaks [2.2 inch screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, Symbian powered]
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool : When we last covered recotana’s Open Sound Controller (OSC) library for Arduino (ardOSC) , he had an Arduino talking to an iPhone using the OSC protocol . The project worked quite well, however you had to manually connect the two together by specifying their IP address. Now, by adding an implementation of Bonjour , the Arduino can link up to the iPhone automagically, allowing one to easily get on with their mixing.
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Control your iPhone using an Arduino
The crack between my car seat and the armrest is like a Bermuda Triangle for cellphones and loose change. The Drop Stop is a flexible wedge that attaches to your seat belt catch in order to fill the gap. It’s one of those brilliant, no-brainer ideas that will probably make a fortune. I mean, it’s either this or get tighter pants—and my boys need to breathe. Product Page ($20 via Red Ferret )
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Drop Stop Keeps You From Getting Stuff Caught In Your Crack
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the National Intelligence Committee that the United States is at risk of a “crippling” cyber-attack , and without the proper tools to defend against such an attack. Blair counseled the US to “deal with that reality,” saying that catastrophic consequences would result if it did not deal with said reality. Specific problem areas he cited include the fact that more and more, foreign companies supply both the hardware and software for private businesses. Blair also noted the fact that the net has served as a breeding ground for “homegrown radicalism.” You don’t say?
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Director of National Intelligence says major cyber attack could wreak havoc on the U.S. of A.
One of the juicy tidbits that found its way into the latest Nexus One update was the synchronization of starred items in Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) Maps between mobile and desktop. Happily, Google is offering this update to all Android users in Google Maps for Mobile 3.4. If you’ve used GMail at all, you’ll be familiar with the concept of starring – it’s basically a flag that lets you access items later quickly
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Star Syncing Comes to Google Maps on Android
AT&T ( NYSE: T ) has just announced a new mobile app developer contest that is offering a sizable $40,000 prize pool for developers that enter the contest. The AT&T Open Call – Apps For All! contest is a re-imagining of the Fast-Pitch Platinum Awards, so if you’ve dabbled in that contest, you’ll be familiar with this contest. The contest will pit developers’ apps against each other for a chance to win $10,000 in each app category, as well as the AT&T Open Call Award and other app promotion opportunities. The apps will be judged at the CTIA 2010 show in Las Vegas this coming March, and the deadline for all app entries is midnight (PST) on March 1st, 2010.
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AT&T launches Open Call mobile app developer contest
Launched in November 2009 with Android 1.5 on board, the Samsung Galaxy i5700 will be upgraded to Android 2.1 sometime in the second quarter of the year (in April, May or June). The info comes from Telix.pl – they claim that Samsung Poland has confirmed the upgrade, so it must be true. The Android 2.1 update will be made via the Samsung Kies software suite that should be available through the Samsung Apps application store.
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Samsung Galaxy i5700 Spica to get Android 2.1 in Q2
Do you love your iPhone? Do you love your keys? Why not combine your love for both with these iPhone icon keychains. Nothing says “I’m a geek and I’m damn proud of it” like a keychain based on app icons from your smartphone
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iPhone icon keychains for iPhoners with keys
Section: Peripherals , Storage Let’s face it, we can never have enough storage space on our hard drives. Current hard drives that use perpendicular magnetic recording technology already have densities of 300-400 GB per square inch, and they are capable of achieving up to 1 terabits per square inch density. The technology is being pushed to the limits and alternatives need to be considered to lift the theoretical density limit
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Hitachi achieves a storage density of 2.5 Terabits per square inch
Make a successful transition from your PC to a Mac – Unplggd The Internet has been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize – Switched Hands on the Olympus E-PL1 – Crave Lego wallets may be fab but may not be so functional – Oh Gizmo! Verizon debuts Devour with Motoblur – Gizmodo
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Daily Tech: How to Make the Switch From PC to Mac
The only thing keeping your Nexus One from laying the smack-down on Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL )’s iPhone is this small software update that Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) and T-Mobile ( NYSE: DT ) are sending over-the-air (OTA). Packed inside an update no more than a couple dozen megabytes lies the power to enable multi-touch pinch zooming on your N1. So, why let something like a random update roll-out stand between you and multi-touch zooming on the Nexus One’s browser, Google Maps or gallery apps? You can force update your Nexus One and flip the switch on your multi-finger goodness right now! The force update process is super simple. You don’t even need to root (jailbreak) the Nexus One to do it
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Force update your Nexus One with multi-touch pinch zooming