Phones

Palm launches Palm Software Store

Palm have launched an official on-device application store for both Windows Mobile and Palm OS powered handsets. Palm have called on PocketGear, an app distributor which has rounded up around 50,000 smartphone applications since launching in June of 2008, to power the boutique. It’s a bit strange to see a handset manufacturer so openly sharing their application store’s spotlight with a third party, but it ensures that Palm’s got a full catalog on day one. At launch, over 1,500 developers have already submitted their virtual goods to the Software Store. You can download either version from this link.

via Crunchgear

Windows Mobile Media Center Sideshow gadget

If your a Windows Mobile user and use Windows Media Center with Vista you should take a look at The Digital Lifestyle’s video of the Sideshow gadget in action. Ian has put together a great video which looks at some of the features of the gadget including Now Playing, browsing the guide data, playing music and selecting pictures. We have the video after the break and if you into Media Center you should sign up at The Digital Lifestyle as it is a fantastic resource for all things Media Center and Windows Home Server.

WordPress for Symbian S60 users

The guys over at SymbianWorld have discovered Wordmobi, a WordPress client for your S60 device which is a freeware application that works on all the latest S60 devices. Using Wordmobi you can write and edit posts, edit and write comments and create new categories. It works with wordpress.com blogs as well as with self hosted blogs using wordpress.org. So you can manage your whole blog on the go. Here you can download Wordmobi. However, first you need to download and install Python for S60.

via SymbianWorld

Firefox Mobile coming to Symbian in 2009

Mozilla’s Christian Sejersen let slip this little nugget of information on his blog stating that, “In Q3 2008 Symbian had 49.8% of the total smartphone sales (and 57% in Q2) according to Gartner compared to 11.1% for Windows Mobile and 7.2% for Linux. “So in order for Mozilla to be relevant in the smartphone space we need to have a presence on the Symbian platform.” This could mean that the release of the Firefox for Mobile browser, dubbed ‘Fennec’ could happen on multiple handsets, rather than just a slow, and staggered roll out.

Orange launches Technocentre in UK

Orange today announced the launch of a Technocentre in Britain, designed to help develop new and exciting “twenty-first” century services for its customers in the UK and across the Orange footprint. The Technocentre represents a significant investment in the UK and will open on January 5th 2009. It will expand on the work of other Technocentre facilities around the world and will see UK and Group developers working on products and services for more than 170 million France Telecom customers, including 115 under the Orange brand. The new facility will also work on projects that are specifically aligned to UK customer needs.

Windows Mobile now have a YouTube Channel

Microsoft have started to produce how to videos for Windows Mobile which is definitely a good thing and they have set up their very own YouTube channel. There are only a few videos there at the moment but it is good to see some love being shown in the Windows Mobile direction. You can check out the channel here.

via wmpoweruser

Palm to announce Nova at CES

According to a report from BusinessWeek, Palm will announce the long awaited replacement for their ageing OS at CES next month. According to the article Palm is due to unveil the long-awaited operating system, code-named Nova, as well as the first of a family of products that will run on it. While Palm has protected its plans with Apple-like secrecy, Rubinstein and others say the goal is to create products that bridge the gap between Research In Motion’s BlackBerry devices, oriented to work and e-mail, and Apple’s iPhone, oriented to fun.

Ustream.tv Prepping Mobile Client

Qik has been out for sometime now, and has yet to receive a real threat in the industry to rival its video streaming service for the iPhone. However, if this video is to be believed authentic, then we might just have a worthy alternative to Qik.

The OPhone

The China-only Lenovo OPhone is the best cellphone so far we’ve seen that will be running on Google Android. The specific OS is a tweak of Android dubbed the Open Mobile System. Specs haven’t been made available but the word is that this will likely replace the much-delayed and perhaps permanently aborted Chinese iPhone:

2008’s Top 10 Windows Mobile Apps, news and review

ClintonFitch.com has released its picks for Top 10 Windows Mobile Apps for 2008. The question now is: Do you have some or all of them in your Windows Mobile device?