Posted by YDogg on July 25th, 2008
Thanks to Kelly Sonora for sending us this link:
101 Ways to Make your Smartphone SmarterPretty useful list of cool tools and applications that will improve your Smartphone.
Posted by The Mobile Technology Weblog on July 25th, 2008
So long as we have mobile technology, we have to be concerned with batteries. Researchers at
NTT DoCoMo have completed development of an intelligent lithium-ion battery that monitors its own health (and charge status) and assembles reports that are accessible by users.
How is this possible you ask? Why through a digital brain of course. Each unit would contain an embedded 8-bit microcomputer inside the battery itself that records and stores the data. The information can then be called up to the handset by the user to see how the battery's feeling (and whether or not it's time for repaire or replacement).
Maybe you're saying to yourself "big deal, my phone does that now". Here's the real benefit to the smart battery- The information stays with the battery and not the handset, wgich means even if it is swapped out into another phone, the information will still be available.
NTT DoCoMo says the batteries will be ready for phones next year. For more details,
click here.
See full article.
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Posted by Mobiledia on July 25th, 2008
Sprint Nextel has agreed to sell nearly all its cell phone towers to a private-equity-backed firm called TowerCo in a deal that will generate about $670 million in cash for the struggling wireless carrier.
The nation's third-largest wireless provider said Wednesday it plans to lease space on the towers for its wireless phone and broadband operations, which it said was cheaper than owning the towers outright.
In recent years, wireless carriers have moved away from owning their own cellphone towers. Instead, companies like American Tower and Crown Castle International and smaller players like TowerCo have taken over ownership of towers and leased them to carriers.
"By leasing rather than owning these network facilities, we can better focus on our core business of providing communications services to consumers, businesses and government customers," said Bob Azzi, senior vice president, Field Engineering and Operations, Sprint Nextel. "Significantly, this transaction provides Sprint Nextel with additional liquidity which gives us greater flexibility in managing our company."
Sprint Nextel said it will finalize the number of towers being sold and the price when the sale closes within 90 days.
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Posted by YDogg on July 25th, 2008
Spent the better part of the last two days at
Casual Connect - a conference dedicated to the casual gaming space.
Lots of people in attendance and overall a lot of energy in the space. I was happy to see that mobile games is getting a lot of attention and the
Movaya team had a number of great meetings with current and future partners.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend many of the sessions, or the parties. One session that I had hoped to drop in on was a special Q & A with RealNetworks CEO,
Rob Glaser.
As readers of this blog may know, I spent 10 years at Real and they are now a partner of Movaya's. Real is a big player in casual gaming (
RealArcade, Gamehouse,
Mr. Goodliving) and is in the process of spinning out their games group into a separate entity.
John Cook of the Seattle PI does a brief write-up on the session with Rob that you can read
here. Glad to see that Rob is bullish on mobile games:
"...Meanwhile, mobile games have been relatively slow to take hold, primarily due to the merchandising challenges. But Glaser thinks that may change with the introduction of the iPhone, for which his company recently created a new "South Park" game. Even though the iPhone accounts for just one percent of all handsets, he hopes that it will help spark "indirect energy" for mobile games on other devices..."
Posted by Ricky Cadden on July 25th, 2008
Apple's MobileMe cloud-based synchronization service is experiencing major issues, causing some to recommend you stay away. Server hiccups are not the only thing causing negative reviews, it seems.
Read the full story here.
Posted by Ricky Cadden on July 25th, 2008
Casio and Hitachi have announced two new clamshell handsets for Japan that will be using electronic ink displays to provide users with readable, and low power consuming, information.
Read the full story here.
Posted by Ricky Cadden on July 25th, 2008
Research in Motion has quietly released its BlackBerry Media Sync application, offering enhanced multimedia convenience and iTunes synchronization for its BlackBerry smartphones.
Read the full story here.
Posted by Ricky Cadden on July 25th, 2008
Tag Heuer's previously announced Meridiist luxury cell phone has flashed its way through the FCC. This metal and leather-clad handset offers a small OLED display on its top edge that is paired with the 1.9" QVGA primary display.
Read the full story here.
Posted by Michael Oryl on July 25th, 2008
Today Samsung unveiled the financial results for its Q2 2008 period. While its handset sales were down slightly from Q1, it posted a growth of 22% from the prior year that puts its market share at roughly 15%.
Read the full story here.
Posted by Russell Jefferies on July 25th, 2008
Motorola's ROKR E8 has one of the most interesting designs that we have seen on a phone recently. While it has a simple thin bar shape, it sports some unique technology in its keypad that is sure to impress. Russ tests it out for us in this in-depth review.
Read the full story here.
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