Mobiles

Here's a pleasant human interest story on a rainy (at least in Seattle) tax day:

Last December, Bernie Peng, a financial software programmer from New Jersey, reprogrammed his girlfriend Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score.

Li reached the needed score -- and said yes.

The reprogramming was a tricky task and took him a month.

"I thought it was pretty cool, in a nerdy way," Peng told The Star-Ledger of Newark.

The couple plan to marry over Labor Day weekend, and PopCap, the Seattle company that makes "Bejeweled," will fly the couple to Seattle as part of their honeymoon.

"Most video game companies would frown on people manipulating their games," said Garth Chouteau, a spokesman for PopCap. "But it won him a woman. As a bunch of geeks, we have to say, 'Bernie, hats off to you.' "

The company is also supplying copies of "Bejeweled" to hand out as favors to the wedding guests. In the hugely popular PC and mobile game, players score points by swapping gems to form vertical and horizontal chains.

Start from 16th April, Apple UK will sell the 8GB iPhone £100 cheaper which is reduced from £269 to £169. The 16GB remains at the same price though. Carphone Warehouse will be giving a £100 voucher for those customers who have bought the iPhone in the past 30 days.

3G iPhone is said to be available in the next few months, probably at WWDC 2008, which will be held from 6th June at San Francisco. The new 3G version will have 8GB ($399), 16GB ($499) and a rumor 32GB ($599) version.

Source [T3] via [iPhonebuzz]

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Powered by Windows Mobile OS, the T-Mobile Shadow is made by HTC as an affordable smartphone. Today the Shadow II is leaked by tmonews, it has a sleek design with a rounded edges. If it will follow the first version, the Shadow II might be in slider design and have a SureType keyboard, support T-Mobile MyFaves and Hotspot@ Home services.

Source [tmonews] via [engadgetmobile]

ICO Global Communications has successfully launched its North American geosynchronous satellite, ICO G1. ICO will be conducting alpha trials for its fully interactive mobile video, navigation and emergency assistance service to be known as ICO mim (mobile interactive media) later this year. The mobile television component of ICO mim will use the DVB-SH standard, and is the first deployment of DVB-SH in the United States.

“With our launch of ICO G1, ICO is now poised to deliver a new generation of mobile services for consumers,” commented Tim Bryan, chief executive officer of ICO. “We look forward to meeting our 12th and final FCC milestone by May 15, 2008, when we anticipate certifying that ICO G1 is operational. Later this summer we will commence market trials in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Raleigh Durham area of North Carolina for our mobile interactive media service, ICO mim, which we expect to launch commercially later in 2009.”

ICO has been conducting the first-ever trials of the DVB-SH standard in North America in Las Vegas. In conjunction with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, ICO will be conducting mobile demonstrations of its ICO mim service in a specially equipped car on April 16 and 17.

via [phonemag]

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