A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wednesday. The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use the Google search engine with their voice, mistook the word “iPhone” variously for “sex,” “Einstein” and “kitchen sink,” said the Daily Telegraph.
A study from an Iranian university has found that the electromagnetic radiation emitted from mobile phones can cause the mercury in fillings to loosen and be released. The study, conducted by the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences using 14 students, measured the amount of mercury present in their urine after use of a mobile phone. Worryingly, the study states: “The microwave radiation emitted by mobile phones has a significant impact on the release of mercury.”
Phones 4u will be the only retailer to sell the BlackBerry Storm in the UK. The “Best Retailer” in UK will make the phone available to its consumers in 450 stores, this November. The official specifications of the phone state that the phone will feature a 3.25″ display with button-like feedback, with 480 x 360 pixels of resolution. A 3.5mm is present, as well as Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G HSDPA, and DMA/EV-DO Rev. A, microUSB port, and accelerometer (motion sensor). The Storm will be shipped with a built-in GPS receiver, and a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus.
Tracy and Matt have published a review of the mighty HTC Touch HD. It’s an extremely thorough review and seems to concur with Chris’ take on the device. For a second opinion, it’ll make for familiar reading.
Adobe Systems has begun a new, higher-power effort to spread its Flash technology to mobile devices. The company has worked for years on a lightweight incarnation of its Flash technology for mobile phones, but it now is working to bring the full-fledged Flash Player 10 to higher-end smartphones, Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch said at Adobe’s Max conference here. “We are midst of evolving Flash Player 10 for mobile,” Lynch said. “We’re taking the full Flash Player and making that run on the higher end of the mobile market.”
“With the growing popularity of mobile Internet and online services, and without a built-in tool for tracking data usage on Windows Mobile devices – crossing the data plan limits and receiving painful phone bills – is easy. Spb Wireless Monitor is a safeguard and can help stop the pain: it is a tool for measuring data traffic and calculating the network charges, according to set tariffs. First introduced to market over 6 years ago, Spb GPRS Monitor has come a long way: a four-time prize winner in the Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine’s Best Software Awards, shipped in over a dozen devices by ASUS, HTC, O2, Samsung, and T-Mobile, it has over 3,000,000 loyal customers worldwide.”
We have been having a lot of problems with our current web hosting supplier Dreamhosts as we are sure you have noticed over the last few weeks the service level has dropped so low we will be changing to a different host hopefully over the weekend. We apologise for these recent problems and hope you will bare with us while we sort this out over the weekend.
We have just received the HTC Touch 3G in for review and have put together a short video look around the device and a brief demo of the TouchFlo 3D, first impressions are it is really small and very comfortable in the hand with great performance to match. No accelerometer on this one and a fixed focus camera only. Full review to follow after a few days use, any questions leave them in the comments and we will try and answer them.
Celio, makers of the REDFLY have just announced two new products, the C7 and C8N. The C7 is a smaller version of the current REDFLY, has a seven-inch screen and five-hour battery. The C8N is the same size as the current REDFLY, but has an additional media port that allows users to play video from their iPods, iPhones, Zunes, select Windows Mobile devices, as well as display images from digital cameras. Available the week of December 1, 2008, REDFLY C7 and C8N can be pre-ordered today from select Celio resellers listed at www.getredfly.com for a suggested retail price of $229 and $299 respectively.
The guys over at Pocketnow have just done a comparison test with the HTC Touch HD and SE Xperia X1 to see how each of them handles video playback using CorePlayer. The results are pretty close, but the Touch HD just edges it which was quite surprising. Added to the slightly better video quality you also have to consider the extra 0.8 inch screen size which also adds to the viewing experience. Check out Pocketnow for the full details.
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