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According to arstechnica iPhone firmware version 2.1 will be released on September 9th along with iTunes 8. If the rumours are to be believed we should see a couple of features that are unexpected, please let it be multi media messaging and copy / paste. More than likely it is the enhanced GPS to track your speed and direction which is not what we need, (give us turn by turn directions please) and the push notifications for IM. While this would be a nice addition the strain it would put on an already overworked battery concerns me greatly. Also this is Apples chance to put the numerous bugs to bed with signal strength, call dropping and application crashes. It should be an interesting week ahead and of course you will get all the latest news right here.
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The iPhone has taken a lot of criticism lately on poorly worded advertising and rightly so, we have stumbled across a video comparing the HTC Touch Pro and the iPhone browsers rendering a few different pages over WiFi and the iPhone definitely does the better job. The video shows the Safari browser loads and completes every page well before Opera 9.5. Check out the video after the break to see the differences.
A recent job posting from Redmond for a "Software Development Engineer in Test" calls for someone who "dreams about having a mobile phone based entertainment experience powered by a unified entertainment service across devices such as Zune, Xbox and PC." Someone, the ad reads, who will, "create a ‘Connected Entertainment’ experience, realized through the Zune service, that spans multiple devices such as Zune, Xbox, PC and Mobile phones." We have been saying for a while now that if Windows Mobile is going to compete in the consumer market, this is cristical to it’s success. The iPhone as a standalone phone is nice but it is the surrounding infrastructure that makes it a killer device, App Store, iTunes etc. So if this is to be believed Microsoft could be listening to what Windows Mobile users need at last. Add this to the last job posting for the Skymarket and it is all starting to make sense.
via Engadget
The Mobile Weblog have hit us with another attempt at an iPhone killer. Once upon a time, LG released a phone called the Viewty, described as an iPhone killer, which it certainly wasn’t, however it was quite a good phone. I know, I have one. On the back of the Prada II they have announced a successor to the Viewty also. They have called it the KC910.
Archosfans have posted both an unboxing and a review of the Archos 5. The humourous French site is obviously rather excited by the device, so much so that the videos are quite raw and badly shot (also beware of the music in the second.)
We are big fans of the Kinoma Play software here at Mobile Tech Addicts in fact, Gareth has just posted his impressions of the software in the reviews section. Well it is good to see that they have just released an update to the software to address a few issues and would you believe they have actually told you what those fixes are, not like Apples "Bug Fixes" statement. The update can also be done over the air, nice one Kinoma. Full details after the break.
EA have announced a boat load of new games coming to the iPhone really soon. The App Store has taken a lot of criticism since launch day about the quality of the applications and I have always thought it would take 6 – 12 months for developers to start to produce top quality apps and games. With this announcement at least it looks like we are going to see some great new games. The full list is Yahtzee Adventures, Mini Golf, Lemonade Tycoon, Mahjong, Monopoly: Here & Now The World Edition, SimCity, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09, Need for Speed Undercover , and The Sims 3. Also Spore should be in the App Store this weekend, Sunday to be precise. Full press release after the break.
In this review I will be taking a look at Kinoma FreePlay. We recently discussed the software on our latest podcast and I felt it was necessary to expand upon the device’s features having used it for a week.
O2 Wallet trial reveals 78% want to use contactless services on their mobile phone. The prospect of using your mobile phone to make purchases or pay for travel took a step forward today with the results from Europe’s largest trial of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology on a mobile phone revealing clear consumer demand for such services. Not sure what NFC technology is, check out our previous post here explaining what it is all about.
BGR has come across some specs of the Prada II. The Prada I was easily one of LG’s prettiest phones but suffered from nightmarish text entry. The Prada II benefits from a full qwerty keyboard! The Viewty’s interface was excellent and combining that with specs after the break will lead to a rather tasty phone!
According to arstechnica iPhone firmware version 2.1 will be released on September 9th along with iTunes 8. If the rumours are to be believed we should see a couple of features that are unexpected, please let it be multi media messaging and copy / paste. More than likely it is the enhanced GPS to track your speed and direction which is not what we need, (give us turn by turn directions please) and the push notifications for IM. While this would be a nice addition the strain it would put on an already overworked battery concerns me greatly. Also this is Apples chance to put the numerous bugs to bed with signal strength, call dropping and application crashes. It should be an interesting week ahead and of course you will get all the latest news right here.
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