The BBC has launched a live television service for mobile phones – but has warned users they need a television licence to use it.
The new Live TV service is currently in beta, and only appears to work with a small selection of handsets, including the Nokia N96 and 5800, (We have tested and it does not work with the iPhone although the index and program selections do.)
The Orange Application Shop is now live in Belgium, France and Great Britain, offering customers access to game titles and apps. These app stores are also open to developers who wish to submit their apps aimed at the three great European mobile phone markets.
If you watched or read the details on Robbie Bach’s keynote at CTIA last week then the only real point of note in the Windows Mobile world was the announcement that you can get designer wallpapers for 6.5 phones, heck they even showed a video within the keynote of a fashion designer who had created one. Well a new ROM has been leaked to XDA Developers and as usual Pocketnow have installed it and put together a video showing some of the available themes. Not sure this floats my boat but hey, each to their own.
Haven’t tried this software personally but spotted this over at msmobiles and it looks very interesting. This is how the developer describes the software.
Speedbooster helps you get maximum performance out of your mobile device. We’ve designed it to be completely safe for your hardware, and easy to use. The built in Benchmark module will easily show your performance gain.
SpeedBooster 2.0 is composed of 6 parts, built to work together to make your device faster and more powerful. In simple terms, we could say that SpeedBooster is "SAFE overclocking", since it allows you to focus the CPU power to various programs running on your device, without stressing the hardware. Besides this, a large number of tweaks have been added to control the functionality and performance of the Memory, Video and Storage!
There are a couple of video demos of the software after the break, if you have used it let us know in the comments.
The Samsung Android smartphone spotted last month could arrive sooner than expected, with the first Google OS handset from the company now shipping in June. According to Dr Won-Pyo Hong, executive VP of global product strategy for Samsung’s mobile division, the plan is to release their preliminary Android device – outside of the US – in June, as opposed to the original July estimate.
Finally, after more than a decade of waiting, it looks like gadget fans are about to get their hands on the Holy Grail that is real, honest-to-goodness fuel-cell power. The long-awaited route to limitless battery life when away from a mains supply is being swept clear by Toshiba, which says it will begin commercial production next month.
Methanol fuel cells for recharging the batteries of standard laptops and mobile phones will start rolling off Toshiba’s Yokohama production line in May. Although initial prices will be somewhere between ¥10,000 (£68) and ¥50,000 (£340), the company says it will cut that substantially when output peaks.
Better yet, Toshiba says it will be able to start building PCs and phones with fuel cells built in before the end of this year, which means users will simply need to carry a small bottle of methanol for days-long running times.
Via Techradar
HTC announced the HTC Snap at CTIA earlier this week and now we have a video hands on with Eric Lin from HTC. The Snap is the true successor to the T-Mobile Dash if your from the US or the MDA Mail if your from the UK or Europe. Basically it is a Windows Mobile Smartphone or Standard device, no touch screen, it runs a faster processor and 3G / HSDPA and has a fine looking front facing QWERTY keyboard. Due for release Q2 2009. Take a look at the video after the break.
In Madrid yesterday, Telefónica gave a demonstration of how real services work on a 4th generation mobile network using LTE (long term evolution) technology. This is the first time that an LTE prototype network has been connected to the real network (3G & 2G), an indication that applications could be just around the corner.
This first demo included a VOIP call and a video call using the LTE mini-network installed at the HQ for this purpose by Ericsson, a video conference and data & image download with speeds well over 140Mbps: ten times faster than the current speed offered by the 3G network over HSPA technology.
Commitment to technological leadership and innovation is one of Telefónica’s key objectives.
Via Press Release
One of the biggest features at the iPhone 3.0 software announcement was Bluetooth Audio (A2DP). Now let me put on record now that if you like music and listen to it through a pair of high quality headphones then Bluetooth Audio may leave you feeling a little underwhelmed when it comes to quality. One area that it will come in handy though is in the car. The guys at Kicking Tires have the latest beta firmware and paired an iPhone up with a stereo system in a Toyota Venza and provided a quick video demonstration of how easy it was to set up. Take a look after the beak.
When it comes to getting the story first and the video to back it up Dieter Bohn is the man. He broke the story yesterday that the Palm Pre would have an application available to run old Palm OS applications providing a little legacy support for the Palm fans out there. Well now he has captured a video demo of the application and shared it for all to see. We have it after the break, kudos to Dieter and Precentral.
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