N97 mini spotted

It looks like Nokia has a few tricks up its sleeve in the near future as a blurry photo reveals a number of unreleased and unannounced handsets. First is the N97 mini, which is easily distinguished from the full-sized N97 due to its lack of a d-pad on the keyboard. Next is a device that looks much like the 5800 XpressMusic, except the one pictured above (to the right of the N97 and N97 mini) has a chrome bezel. Could it be the rumored 5900XM? The white slider below the N97 mini has us baffled and yet completely uninterested. We’re also guessing that the black slider pictured to the next to the 5900XM is the same handset as the white slider, though the blur-factor makes it a bit tough to tell. Bottom line: 1) Expect a few new devices next month from Nokia World and 2) Nokia has a thing for chrome.

[source BGR]

Blackberry goes social with MyBlackBerry

News has come out thatResearch In Motion will soon be launching its very own social networking site.

The network will of course be based on Blackberrydevices and their users. The service will be called MyBlackBerry and is currently accepting invited users for beta testing. The site is already up and running, but no imagery or information on the features is currently available

TomTom hits for iPhone

The Internet, Twitter and various blogs are awash with excitement as TomTom has arrived for the iPhone. There are a bunch of different flavours and thanks to Phil for the screenshot above. Pricing looks good.  However I dare saw there might be some criticism for the GPS accuracy. TomTom have taken the steps to launch a cradle with inbuilt GPS to increase the signal for something along the lines of £113.

SongTweet for iPhone released – tweet your current song!

We are looking through latest apps regularly and once we notice something of interest, we report here.

In Windows XP/Vista/7, when you use Live Messenger (aka MSN Messenger) you can show in status line of the messenger: what song is currently played in Windows Media player. This app works similarly but instead of Windows it uses iPhone or iPod touch and instead of Live Messenger it uses Twitter:

Twikini updated to v1.2

One of the best Twitter clients for Windows Mobile has been updated to version 1.2. This is easily one of the fastest clients you can get on Windows Mobile, I us it myself from time to time.

Project Chronos – Awesome looking shooter for Android

A reader just sent in this video that previews an upcoming game named Project Chronos.  Details are scarce, but I wanted to share it because we don’t see too many 3D games on Android.  The game is a first person shooter in full 3D that centers around the realities of war.  Other than Bendroid, not many developers have figured out OpenGL ES on Android.  Hopefully, this is a sign of more great looking games to come.  Check back later this week when we get some more details on Project Chronos.

ngmoco dropship for iPhone – review (now it is free!)

dropship is a game for iPhone and iPod touch, that is made by ngmoco – a company specialized in making iPhone games – and now this game is free! So, you might be thinking that a company that has received15 million dollars from vulture capitalists (as opposed to indie developers, who have only a little bit of free time and cheap Mac mini off eBay) would be able to do some good games, right? Right? No. This game sucks. Probably ngmoco released it now for free, just to attract gamers to their other, better, newer, games…

Here is how this game looks like:

Palm is watching you.

Palm has responded to claims that its new flagship phone the Palm Pre abuses owner’s privacy rights.

The company’s statement issued after an owner discovered that location, list of third party applications, application usage as well as crashes were being sent back to Palm.

In the response issued by Palm it stated that it took the users privacy "seriously" and gave users ways to turn said features on and off.

Joey Hess software developer and Pre owner found his handset was sending this information back to Palm over a secure connection.

In its privacy policy, Palm does state that it uses geographical data to help with location-based services. It also added: "Our privacy policy is like many policies in the industry and includes very detailed language about potential scenarios in which we might use a customer’s information, all toward a goal of offering a great user experience." This has left both owners and developers wondering why so much data is needed and why they weren’t told what it had gathered.

Source: The BBC

Toshiba TG01 review at PhoneArena

PhoneArena have reviewed the new Tosihba TG01, a phone we had remarked upon in a podcast some weeks ago for looking a little laggy when it came to the Today Screen overlay. Thankfully that seems to have just been an early Rom. This looks, a couple of downfalls but one of the best Toshiba phones in a while

Toshiba has been MIA for some time now, but seems quite intent on making it back to the cell phone market by trying to shake the reigning concept of what high-end cell phone hardware means. Does the brute force of the Toshiba TG01, and its 1GHz Snapdragon chipset get along with Windows Mobile, probably the best business oriented operating system as of now? Is the result a marvel of modern technology? Can the gigantic 4.1-inch screen win over customers and pip competition at the post? Read on to find out.

[ Original review]

HTC patents magnetic stylus for capacitive screens

Capacitive screens have received  a great reception for their sensitivity to touch, but has left many stylus affectionados who appreciate the precision and other advantages of a stand-off pointing device feeling left out.