Skype Lite has been available for sometime but it was limited in what it can do. Now Skype is launching it new Skype app for the iPhone using the Apple store. This is the first string of releases of a much improved Skype for mobile phones. Last week Skype 3.0 launched for Windows Mobile and Blackberry in May with Symbian and Android are close behind. The new Skype for the iPhone has most of the desktop applications features such as: open chats, chat history, a dialer, “my info,” and contact information.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was pulled just one week after it hit the store shelves. There was no specific problem officially listed at the time but its seems that users complained about the performance of the mobile phone. Well a new update at http://www.nokia.com/softwareupdate available forit seems that sales will shortly resume. The software is meant to fix the old issues as well as add a few features like the ability to use both the front facing video calling cam and the digital still camera at the same time.
Starting this summer MySpace Mobile will offer support for Windows Mobile and Microsoft Silverlight. It was announced today they the New MySpace mobile application will be available on compatible phones this summer and shortly after on the Windows Marketplace3. SOme manufacturers such as LG will preload the app on their phones in the later in 2009. This is a big step for MySpace which has seen its active user count drop in recent months.
The ever popular micro-blogging website Twitter has struck a deal with Vodaphone UK to allow users to send and receive Twitter updates as SMS messages on their cell phones. Twitter users can choose which people they would like to follow via SMS and they will receive their updates to their phone. Like wise you will be able to send your tweets, @reply and follow other users right from your mobile phone. The service will befor a limited time and then you will be able to get different packages based on your use.
This video was posted by a Blackberry Pearl user. It shows the phone as the user tries to access his Google Apps and then places the phone next to a LED Flashlight. As soon as the mobile phone is placed next to the flashlight it starts to blink wildly. As soon as the phone is moved away it stops. It seems the phone is possessed or has a mind of its own. The odd thing is that the flashlight does not have a radio control of any kind. The user also reports that his phone is a factory refurbished model Blackberry Pearl. Anyone with one of those experience the same thing?
Word is that Opera is about announce its new Opera Mobile 9.7 at the CTIA Wireless 2009 next week. The new cell phone browser by Opera is to feature Opera Turbo and the new rendering engine Pesto 2.2 that is so popular with its PC Opera 10 browser. Opera Mobile 9.7 will support Ajax and Flash so you can use your favorite sites like Myspace, Facebook and Twitter too. Here are some screen shots of the new browser to get you going.
Apple started selling the famous iPhone without a contract in what could be a stock clearance move to make room for a new iPhone release. Just pop by your local Apple retail store and check out the iPhone 3G as it is being offered at $599 for the 8GB version, and $699 for the 16GB version and no contract obligations or carrier locks. You can then simply log on to the iTunes store and activate your phone as you please. More importantly is that this could lead to a new iPhone release and makes me wonder what could be new.
At one point we reported on a blog by Orange that was calling for all readers to submit their retro phones. All sorts of phones were submitted. If you can remember that far back you will see classics like the Motorola 8800X which was described as “the brick” for many years and for a good reason too. Readers dug up phone like Sony CM-H333, motorola MR201, and Ericsson T28 World. The Ericsson even had old school tetris on it and a plug in keyboard for easier texting. This walk down memory lane is worth it as you chuckle at the relics of time. If you can’t get enough you will want to check out website Tech Radar since they feature one retro phone each week
2 whole years since the first Samsung Alias was released we are getting word of the next generation of the Alias line. The phone will be a clamshell design but with a kick. It will have dual hinges and the keypad below will dynamically change depending on how the clam was opened. If opened in landscape mode the keypad will display a QWERTY keyboard for easy texting. While if opened in portrait view it will display the standard numeric keypad for easier calling. This is a great idea and should make for a great phone. The Alias 3 will also have a touchscreen on the front which will allow you to control your music without having to open your phone.
Seems that the popular video game developer EA Mobile sees the iPhone and iPod Touch as viable alternatives to Sony’s PSP and Nintendo’s DS systems. EA Mobile spokesman Travis Boatman has spent considerable time at this year Game Developer Convention with Apple’s team to announce the new games. Gaming website PocketGamers is reporting that as many as 12 games are expected to be released including franchise favorites such as: Madden NFL, Wolfenstein, Command and Conquer, and NBA Live. All the more reason to get in on all the Apple gadget fun.
