In the past, we’ve seen some demo videos of the new UI in Symbian^4, there was also Nokia’s UI concept proposal before that, and now new pictures of the Symbian^4 homescreen have surfaced on the Symbian Developer Wiki . These are built in an emulator, using the Qt for Windows SDK. Symbian^4 will feature a complete Qt-based UI redesign compared to its predecessors (such as Symbian^3 powering the upcoming Nokia N8 ).
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New pictures of the Symbian^4 homescreen surface
Apple have just concluded a hastily convened press conference, to respond to the growing bad press the new iPhone 4 has been receiving, in regards to the now infamous reception issues, popularly known as the ‘iPhone Grip of Death.’ The press conference started with a short presentation, led by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and he started off by pointing out that all phones will suffer some kind of reception issues when held in a specific manner, citing the BlackBerry 9700, HTC Eris and Samsung Omnia as examples. After explaining all the testing that the iPhone 4 went through before release, Jobs said that Apple were aware of the reception issues the iPhone 4 had, but didn’t see it as such a big deal, seeing how this is something that all phones suffered from to some degree. The rate at which a phone shows the signal dropping is calculated on a software algorithm, which differs from phone to phone. Apple have noted that there was a flaw in their calculation, which was resolved by a software update rolled out for all iPhone handsets through iTunes, which started going live yesterday.
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Apple Responds to iPhone 4 Antenna Issues
We know OS 6 is coming soon, but how soon?
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BBGeekcast: July 16, 2010 – Episode 125
The Samsung Galaxy S based Vibrant for T-Mobile USA is a very nice Android 2.1 powered smartphone that features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and a 1GHz processor. It has great specs, but some issues. Learn more in Michael’s full review, with video
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Review of Samsung’s slightly flawed gem for T-Mobile USA, the Vibrant Galaxy S smartphone
An increasingly popular gadget in the modern day world happens to be mobile phones . It’s a thing that is common between a street vendor on the streets of Karachi and a CEO sitting in the posh suburbs of New York. With such a robust demand of this infamous gadget, there is little or no surprise that the newspapers and other forms of media are bountiful with a plethora of news about the same. Latest mobile phones and accessories are a fad amongst users across the globe. From youngsters to adults, everyone wants to stay connected and know the latest trends of the industry these days
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Hottest Mobile News
With so many different BlackBerr models on different carriers, RIM does face some issues when updating devices. They have to get things ready for both CDMA and GSM, and then for multiple devices on each. It doesn’t make for easy upgrades
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BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 7/12/2010
The HTC Hero has been with us for around a year now, and still has a loyal following amongst HTC fans, with its early implementation of the Sense UI and decent spec for an Android device of its time making it the phone to have back then. And even now, the Hero still ranks as one of the top devices on the market, but one thing that has been holding it back is the fact that the Hero, or G2 as T-Mobile prefer to call it, still runs on Android OS 1.5 This means that some of the newer updates for Google applications and apps from the Android Market are incompatible with the Hero, which quickly led to user frustration, and a long patient wait as deadline after deadline for the promised update to a later Android OS version came and went.
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HTC Hero Receives Android 2.1 Update OTA on T-Mobile
There are sometimes questions we receive that we can’t find a good answer to. Sometimes it’s because we don’t have the proper experience with that specific question, but most of those times we can find the answer elsewhere. Still, there are always a few that we just can’t answer.
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Revalidating your Hotmail account on your BlackBerry
VideoBox by LiveMixing, Inc. is a video app that gives access to popular video sharing sites and allows users to watch, download and share videos with friends. VideoBox features a search function, email and also allows users to push video from their computer to their phone. The app is free and is ad supported. It appears the primary sources of videos on VideoBox are YouTube and Vimeo.
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Get Free Video Search and Sharing with VideoBox
If you ran to the whack-a-mole booth when visiting a favorite arcade or just love to squash insects then Cartoon Roach may be just the game you need. It is one of those games with a fun, simple concept that makes for a great time killer; the object is to go nuts smashing roaches as they scurry across the screen. But you can’t get too crazy because some of them are “good” roaches and squashing them will spell your end. The more roaches you smash earns additional weapons and tools. After a few smashes you will notice golden stars accumulating at the bottom of the screen — now shaking the device will kill off all evil roaches
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Cartoon Roach Has Smashing Fun
The term ‘iPhone killer’ has been applied to many handsets, as manufacturers have strived to produce a mobile phone that matches the market appeal of the Apple iPhone. And, although there are many worthy alternative handsets available nowadays, none have really achieved the status of the ‘iPhone killer’. However, that may be about to change, and the contender for the title is a handset that no one could have predicted just a few weeks ago….. ….We’re talking about the iPhone 4
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The iPhone Killer
When the iPhone 4 launched, there was a rush and quick shortage of the iPhone 4 Bumper Case . When Apple announced the cases, there were five colors announced (black, white, orange, blue, green, and pink,) but when the device launched, only the black case was available.
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Bleeding Edge TV 355: Orange iPhone 4 Bumper Case
If piloting a helicopter and rescuing innocent anime babies stranded all over the world is your idea of fun, then Baby Rescue by Kooapps LLC is the game for you. Using basic touch screen controlls combined with the accelerometer feature of the iPhone, you pilot a helicopter across colorfully animated landscapes with the mission of rescuing all babies on the level. An arcade style game, Baby Rescue has simple-to-understand controls that are somewhat challenging to master. The cutesy sound effects and colorful graphics combine to make it a pleasant game for any age, though it was clearly designed to appeal to kids. (…) Read the rest of Baby Rescue is Pint-Sized Piloting Fun All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010.
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Baby Rescue is Pint-Sized Piloting Fun
In our best free summer travel apps , along with our massive top free BlackBerry apps list, we featured WorldMate. I first learned about the app at WES 2008 and have been hooked ever since. As I said in the summer apps post, it’s like the folder my dad used to keep when my family traveled
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New feature from WorldMate automatically captures your itinerary
Word searches are all the more fun when you’re searching for the bizarre words rather than the mundane. Word Absurd by developer new-comer Trephination Proved Worthless LLC is a collection of word searches where the hidden words are slightly more unique than the standard fare. Logically grouped according to categories, Word Absurd words aren’t in your average Sunday paper puzzle. Word Absurd features a broad array of categories from Down of the Farm (things on a farm) to Doggy Style (pets). The words aren’t displayed on the puzzle screen and hunting for words relevent to the category is half the fun
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Word Absurd is an Uncommonly Good Word Search
HelloTXT is designed to update your myriad of social networks from within one application. It is a great concept, but a bit buggy in its current form. HelloTXT is a universal app that works across iOS devices. All the major social media networks are here: Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Google Buzz; over 50 in total
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HelloTXT Seeks to Streamline Social Media Posting
I really hate to contribute to the mounting skepticism regarding whether Windows Phone 7 has a chance, because at a certain point it can become self-fulfilling. On the other hand, you as consumers need to make choices, so it’s important to be open about the issues. And those issues are: Will developers be motivated to create apps? Will manufacturers make the phones?
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Skepticism Mounts Regarding Microsoft’s Mobile Platform
BlackBerry have given us another sneak peek of their upcoming new Operating System, OS 6.0. As well as on forthcoming devices, the new OS is rumoured to be compatible with some of the more recent BlackBerry devices, such as the BlackBerry 9700 . This would be good news for many loyal BlackBerry users; the videos of the new OS seem to indicate a touch-based interface, which would restrict availability on current devices to the Storm and Storm 2 , hardly the most popular of recent BlackBerry handsets. The new features of OS 6.0 include integrated feeds from social networks, a universal search option, and the all new web browser, which offers a significantly improved browsing experience
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BlackBerry OS 6.0
According to a recent report , in the last 18 months more than one billion mobile phone connections were made, making the total number of connections more than 5 billion. This means on average that for every six people in the world, five own a mobile phone. In some countries, mobile penetration is more than 100%, and in the UK alone 30 million phones are sold, every year.
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5 Billion Mobile Phone Connections Worldwide
Have you noticed Sony Dash? the most advanced alarm clock today from Sony now has been available for you wherever you are. As long as you are be able to import this device from USA, you will find it work anywhere. This is a good news for Sony Dash owner, as previously this alarm clock only worked in USA region, as the company had prevented it for outside USA usage
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Sony Dash Can Be Used Worldwide
In a shocking bit of news a week ago, Microsoft discontinued the Kin phone, leaving many to wonder what’s going on. Also, this week we’ll note the appearance of the latest and greatest Android phone, and will touch briefly on Microsoft’s confusing array of sync services. read more
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The Story Behind the Death of the Kin Phones; Android Rising