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SPB Software, a leading maker of mobile applications, announces the release of SPB Weather 2.0 for Symbian, an important addition to its quickly expanding line-up of software for the world’s most popular smartphone platform – Symbian. SPB Weather is the most powerful Symbian weather forecast program. It combines the detailed everyday forecasts for more than 10,000 cities worldwide with the beauty and friendliness of up-to-date satellite images on a 3D Globe. With all these and many other attractive features, the Windows Mobile version of SPB Weather currently holds the status of WM’s best-selling weather app.
SPB Weather 2.0 has been mainly designed with the latest touchscreen-enabled S60 smartphones in mind as those are rapidly gaining customer attention. However, it is compatible with any non-touchscreen Symbian smartphone based on S60 3rd edition FP1 and later. To support the touchscreen trend, SPB Weather for Symbian offers users a striking finger-friendly interface, as well as a home screen widgets for Nokia Symbian-based smartphones.
From 14 January 2010 Vodafone UK is simplifying country call zones and standardising zone pricing, making it easy for business customers to understand call costs when they are overseas.
Business customers who are not on one of Vodafone’s specific roaming price plans will soon benefit from a simpler regional structure of just three zones instead of the current six, and a standard price per minute rate on calls which is not dependent on the network on which they are roaming. The new zones are now Europe, USA/Canada and Rest of World.
“Our business customers tell us that when working overseas, staying in touch with colleagues and customers is essential. But if they do not travel often enough to justify a roaming package on their price plan, the current zone structure can be confusing”, says Peter Kelly, Enterprise Director, Vodafone UK. “With these changes, businesses without a roaming package will be able to budget for voice calls more effectively.”
Today the UK HTC website has added a new ROM (1.48.405.2). It adds several improvements – Opera now switches easily from portrait to landscape mode, flipping back and forth through songs on the HTCmedia player is now easier plus there’s enhanced audio quality in calls.
This is a generic update, so we’ve got the usual wait for owners of network-supplied HD2’s, but hopefully we’ll be seeing the appropriate update online soon.
Source Coolsmartphone
Link – HTC HD2 ROM Update
Rejoice owners of old iPhones! – iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G – now also you can do the same what iPhone 3GS owners could do for a long time: record videos!
The most important feature of iVideoCamera app that makes it possible is ability to export videos to camera roll (“Photos” app; YES, WE HAVE TESTED IT AND IT WORKS SUPERBLY):
Honestly!
Previously available for Windows Mobile (yuk! yuk!) now this app has been released for iPhone (yummy!) but is it any good? Has it any chance to stand out among 110,000 of iPhone apps? Read on!
All privacy issues aside Google Goggles looks like a pretty swish time saver that I know I would use. By using the camera and GPS functionality in the phone Goggles looks up information on whatever it is you point the lens at. A business, restaurant, plant or book. Business card recongnition has been around for a while and it’s like taking this feature and using if for everything. Have a look at the video after the break.
It looks like Google is employing HTC to build them a phone. Those who remember the first Android device, the G1, will remember how this was to be the big Google phone on the market, Not so it would appear. Google at putting their backing in an unlocked device designed to storm and conform the market.
It’s a GSM device running Android 2.1 and reports are that it will be released in January of 2010, stateside. With a Snapdragon processor and a gorgeous OLED display the devices looks to be the HTC Passion or Dragon with heavy Googleisation. The Dragon was to be the Android equivalent of the HD2.
MSmobiles.com is reporting that the Vodafone is halting sales of the HTC HD2. Having used the device for a week or so I’m quite shocked by this. I did experience the odd lag but not enough to make me stop using the device, as a seasoned vet of Windows Mobile I’m used to the OS having lazy days.
MSmobiles.com dares to suggest that reason the HD2 sales are being refused are that both Orange and Vodafone are going to focus sales towards the iPhone. Have a read at article and see what you think.
The Acer A1 Liquid appeared yesterday for me to play with over the next week thanks to those lovely folks at Clove. To make the most of it I have filmed a short unboxing. From the video you’ll be certainly experience some of the speed of the device. I’m most impressed so far!
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