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Seasoned tech blogger. Host of the Tech Addicts podcast.
In an interview with the BBC News channel in the UK Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised that Microsoft would take the battle to Google in search – and beat off any challenge in the field of mobile phone software. Last week saw the launch of the first phone based on Google’s open-source Android platform. But Mr Ballmer said an open-source solution would not be attractive to phone manufacturers, and predicted that Windows Mobile phones would stay ahead of Blackberry, Apple’s iPhone and Google Android in the smartphone market.
We have all read recently about Apple’s rejection of the Podcaster application because it was too similar to the core operations of the iPhone firmware, we even discussed this on the podcast, well they have now released it through the Cydia Installer application which you get if you jailbreak your iPhone. Mobile Tech Moment have done just that and posted a video of the application in action which we have after the break.
TaskData is a powerful productivity application for business users who work in a Microsoft Windows environment. The new iPhone 2.0 software upgrade has given us fantastic ActiveSync synchronization capabilities with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange server environments for e-mail, calendars, and contacts. Now with TaskData you can finally complete your Outlook experience on your iPhone by working with your Tasks
Microsoft plans to continue charging handset makers licensing fees for use of its Windows Mobile operating system, not responding to the free offerings of Google and Nokia, Reuters reports.
Tmonews.com have a neat news introduction to the G1.
The fingerprints show up nicely in the light as the iPhone and G1 seem to go head to head on the show however they say that the iPhone’s lack of keyboard is a "big complaint", a statement I think most would disagree with, I know one person in particular. Video after the break.
The guys over at Mobile Mania have got their hands on a pre-release Xperia X1and have posted lots of screen captures and a video of it in action with a side by side comparison with the HTC Touch Pro. Visit their site to take a look at their video and see how poorly this performs switching screen orientation and the stuttering of the moving panels. Please let this be a device with an old Rom and not a final version. We should have our device in for review next week, but until then we have a few pictures after the break.
FunContact is a finger-friendly contact manager for Windows Mobile Professional devices that allows users to manage contacts with a flick of a finger. It provides very convenient finger scrolling of the list of contacts together with useful features like creating separate lists of favourite contacts with one tap, detailed calls history with missed calls indication.
O2 and Carphone Warehouse are both now selling the iPhone 3G as a Pay and Go handset. If you don’t want to commit to an 18 month contract you now don’t have to although the upfront prices for the handset are a bit on the high side. £349.99 for the 8 Gig and £399.99 for the 16 Gig and remember this phone will still be Sim locked to the O2 network and there is still no unlocking solution yet. Full details after the break.
Our latest podcast is now available to download, in episode 6 we discuss the Skyfire and Opera browsers with flash support, iPhone 3G charge converters and some App talk , HTC Touch 3G, some info on O2 and Vodafone UK Networks and loads more. You can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or download the mp3 file here. Full show notes after the break.
Steve Trotto over at Mobile Tech Moment has taken a detailed look at iBlogger for the iPhone. This application lets you post to your Blog from your iPhone. With support for many of the most popular Blogs you can’t go wrong with this application if your a keen blogger. Check out the video after the break.
In an interview with the BBC News channel in the UK Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised that Microsoft would take the battle to Google in search – and beat off any challenge in the field of mobile phone software. Last week saw the launch of the first phone based on Google’s open-source Android platform. But Mr Ballmer said an open-source solution would not be attractive to phone manufacturers, and predicted that Windows Mobile phones would stay ahead of Blackberry, Apple’s iPhone and Google Android in the smartphone market.
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