Apple Approves 100K Applications for App Store
October 29, 2009
Over 93,000 of these applications have already found a home in iTunes, a jump of over 8,000 from September.
Video: Android 2.0 officially announced
October 28, 2009
“I am excited to announce that the Android SDK now supports Android 2.0 (also known as Eclair).Android 2.0 brings new developer APIs for sync, Bluetooth, and a few other areas. Using the new sync, account manager and contacts APIs, you can write applications to enable users to sync their devices to various contact sources. You can also give users a faster way to communicate with others by embedding Quick Contact within your application. With the new Bluetooth API, you can now easily add peer-to-peer connectivity or gaming to your applications. To get a more complete list of the new capabilities you can add to your applications, please go to the Android 2.0 highlights page.Current developers can use the SDK Manager to add Android 2.0 support to their SDK as well as update their SDK Tools to revision 3. New developers can download the Android SDK from the download site. After the download, Android platforms must be added using the SDK Manager.Android SDK Tools, revision 3 is required to develop for Android 2.0. It includes support for code coverage through the Ant build system, as well as Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) support for the SDK and related tools. For those of you who develop using Eclipse, we are releasing ADT version 0.9.4 through the usual Eclipse update mechanism.Over the next few months, we expect to see more and more Android devices being released. These devices will be running Android 1.5, 1.6, or 2.0. We are also planning a minor version update of Android 2.0 towards the end of the year, and that will be the last update for 2009. Below are some of the things you can do to be better prepared:
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Download the Android 2.0 platform and make sure your existing apps continue to work on new devices running Android 2.0.
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Make sure that your apps work when using the WVGA (800×480) & FWVGA (854×480) emulator skins. We expect devices with these types of screen, running Android 2.0 to be launched soon.” via android-developers.blogspot.com
The Nokia N97 gets v20 and a new lease of life
October 28, 2009
“Yes, it’s out. For some product codes at least, with a changelog below. The next-gen Nokia N97 v20.2.019 firmware (a.k.a. PR 2.0), the biggest, most ambitious and most eagerly awaited firmware update in Nokia’s history, is now available via Nokia Software Update. In short, RAM management is better and you effectively get a lot more flash memory on C: – plus the delights of kinetic, intuitive scrolling in all applications, transforming the S60 5th Edition experience, and a mountain of smaller fixes.You can check for updates by going into the ‘Sw update’ application in your phone.Although the Nokia N97 does include UDP (User Data Preservation), and you should be able to apply this update over the top of your existing v11 or v12 installation, for anyone with any technical knowledge, I’d suggest taking a slightly longer route.Firstly, I’d suggest a backup (to memory card or PC), just in case. And then a sync of your data (e.g. to Outlook or Ovi or Google), just in case(!) Then, if you don’t want to apply the update straightaway, wipe your N97’s C disk with the usual *#7370# (default password 12345) and THEN apply the update. Then you can restore your data and files from memory card, PC or online source in the usual way.Doing what I suggest might seem like a pain, but this is a major operating system update and you’ll end up with a faster, leaner phone with more space on C: free. Read more inside..
Nokia launches 6788 TD SCDMA Symbian phone
October 28, 2009
“Nokia today announced the Nokia 6788, its first device for TD-SCDMA Chinas domestic 3G standard, at an event in Beijing. The Nokia 6788 is specifically designed for China Mobiles network,featuring a 5-megapixel (2592 x1944) camera with a dual-LED flash, a 2.8? QVGA display, and the hugely-successful Symbian S60 platform, the Nokia 6788 allows people to instantly share the things that matter to them most.The Nokia 6788 is expected to be available at the end of December 2009.
Nokia 6788 TD-SCDMA Specifications:
- User Interface: S60 3rd Edition
- Dimension: 105.6 x 54.9 x 18.0 mm (L x W x H)
- Weight: 158 g
- Display: 2.8 inch QVGA LCD, TFT display with up to 16 million colors (240 x 320 pixels)
- Battery: Nokia Battery BL-6F, 1200 mAh
- Memory: 4 GB on-board memory, plus 8 GB expansion via microSD memory card slot
- Video playback: MPEG4 VGA @ 30 fps
- 5 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens
- Flash: Dual LED camera flash and video light
- Talk time: Up to 250 min (TD-SCDMA), 200 min (GSM), 150 min (video telephony)
- Standby time: Up to 210 hrs (TD-SCDMA), 200 hrs (GSM)
- Video playback: Up to 6 hrs (offline mode)
- Music playback: Up to 15 hrs (offline mode)
- Micro USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
- 3.5 mm stereo headset plug
- Bluetooth 2.0 EDR with A2DP stereo audio
- GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)” via slashphone.com
Fun: Astraware Brings Boardgames to Android Platform
October 28, 2009
Budget-priced software pack includes seven classic games, among them Chess, Backgammon, Ludo, and Checkers.
Platform Tracks Text Messages for Financial Services Industry
October 28, 2009
Compatible with Blackberry and Windows Mobile smartphones, TextGuard—recently upgraded to version 4.0—monitors and archives text message conversations for FINRA compliance.
Iambic Updates Agendus for BlackBerry
October 28, 2009
A new Split View is among the many new features and enhancements added to the popular personal information manager for smartphones.
Boingo Simplifies Wi-Fi Network Discovery for BlackBerry
October 28, 2009
New app automatically notifies RIM smartphone users when they’re in the vicinity of a Boingo hotspot.
Google Brings Android 2.0 to SDK
October 28, 2009
Developers can now start integrating the boatload of new features and enhancements brought to Google’s smartphone platform operating system update into their applications.
Rumor: Verizon to Launch Droid Early Next Month
October 28, 2009
Droid won’t be an individual smartphone. Rather, it represents a family of handsets powered by Google’s Android platform.