Coming Attractions: Sugar
March 31, 2009
A wicked curve ball earned him a shot at the big leagues, but Dominican pitcher Miguel Sugar Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) quickly learns that opposing batters are only one of the challenges he faces as he arrives in Iowa and begins to deal with temptation and disappointment. Written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (the team that brought us Half Nelson), Sugar comes to theaters on Friday, April 3.
Possible Screenshots of Windows Mobile 7 Emerge
March 26, 2009
“Windows Mobile 6.5 won’t be released until later this year, but Microsoft has already mentioned the next version, Windows Mobile 7, several times. The software giant hasn’t revealed very much about this upcoming version, but some screenshots may give the world a hint of the direction it is going.These images were given to wmpoweruser by an anonymous source, not released by Microsoft, so they can’t be confirmed as accurate. It’s possible these are internal mock-ups created during the development process, not final plans.
New Today Screen
One of them, shown at right, is supposedly the new Today Screen. Its most interesting feature is a band of application icons placed horizontally near the top of the screen. The user is clearly expected to scroll through these with their fingertip, and tap on one to open it.This band also also includes a status update, as the number of missed calls and unread messages are displayed on the appropriate application icons.Windows Mobile has always put icons with system status at the top of the screen. If this leaked image is accurate, Windows Mobile 7 will for the first time feature status icons at the bottom of screen too.Curiously absent is the Windows Start Menu, which has been part of the user interface since the beginning of this platform. However, there’s a button at the bottom of the screen that may be used to display a list of all applications installed on the device.
Coming When?
The first phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 will be released during the fourth quarter of this year.Windows Mobile 7 is scheduled for 2010, but there’s no official word on when this will be. According to the source of today’s leaked images, the debut will happen in spring, putting it just 6 months after the release of its predecessor.” via brighthand.com
iPhone and iPod touch games dominate IGF Mobile awards
March 26, 2009
Stuart Dredge (pocketgamer.biz) reports that games for iPhone and iPod touch registered a near clean sweep of the Mobile awards at this years Independent Games Festival (IGF) at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) with six of the seven categories being won by games made for Apples platformat a time when indie developers are buoyant thanks to the opportunities offered by the App Store.
App Store Pick of the Week: Gas Cubby
March 26, 2009
Want to track gas mileage the easy way? Use Gas Cubby. You can enter all the information quickly and easily while your gas pumps. A great addition to iPhone or iPod touch, the app lets you track mileage data for multiple vehicles, create charts, and export the data to a spreadsheetGas Cubby also tracks vehicle maintenance and will even remind you to change your oil.
Portraiture 2 brings state-of-the-art retouching tool to Aperture
March 26, 2009
Newly engineered for Aperture 2, Portraiture 2 from Imagenomic lets portrait photographers dramatically reduce the amount of time spent retouching portraits. Using the new plug-in, Aperture customers can automatically generate skin tone masks, save them as presets, and achieve perfect skin with a click. The plug-in offers extensive controls for refining and previewing masks. Download the trial version today.
Dell’s Smartphone Gets Cold Shoulder
March 26, 2009
Efforts by Dell to force its way into the hot smartphone market may have hit a snag, with an industry analyst claiming its prototype device failed to please carriers — which means the computer-maker may consider buying a mobile company to help bolster the effort.
“In terms of specifics, we hear …
BlackBerry 9630 Niagara Review
March 25, 2009
Palringo launches its IM Software for Android Phones
March 25, 2009
“As one of the best mobile IM software on iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile, the Palringo software is now available on Android Market for Android phones. The free application now supports Google Talk, MSN, Facebook, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, iChat and QQ. Within your friends who are using Palringo, you can also share you location and view your friend location on the map.Palringo for Android can also run in the background on the phone and notifies the owner when they receive new messages from their buddies.” More photos here:
Acer's First Android Smartphone Will Debut in September
March 25, 2009
Rumor: New iPhone Announcing in June
March 25, 2009
“Is the annual new iPhone product announcement become a tradition? According to an insider info on BGR, AT&T and Apple is set to announced the third iPhone in mid-June for year 2009. The new iPhone 2009 is said to be faster in software processing and also the wireless HSDPA connection with the new wireless chipset. It is not sure how will Apple change the new iPhone 2009 hardware design, it would be a surprise if they add a sliding QWERTY keyboard.” via slashphone.com