Over at Problogger they have posted an excellent guide for the mobile blogger. The article is a very well written list of what to know in blogging, what to do and most importantly how to do. They have even taken the time to point out some of the shortcomings of the iPhone when it comes to the Blog.
In a rather bold statement game wizard John Carmack believes the iPhone to more powerful than the PSP and DS combined, even going as far to say its almost as strong as the PS2 and Xbox on their original release. Does the iPhone have earth shatter mobile power locked inside it? Maybe worth a look when they unlock this raw power to play … scroll through contacts*.
Thanks to Gizmodo
* I know its a bug… any opportunity for a cheap shot
In an exciting announcement Orange have confirmed that they will be increasing the coverage and reliability of their 3G network. Have a read at the following and if you are on Orange you will be cheering for the end of 2008.
Microsoft make the Windows Mobile operating system. Nokia recently purchased symbian. Yet this report seems to believe that Microsoft and Nokia will work together on taking the iPhone down a peg or two with a Zune phone. I’ve quoted the article after the break:
Phone Report has taken a look at the Nokia 5800. This is Nokia’s attempt at the iPhone market and on paper if looks to be a mightily impressive setup. I would like to see an OS overhaul on this device as the S60 OS is showing its age and this phone is not yet ready to go. Have a look for yourself, I’m sure it will appeal to many folks out there.
Gizmodo, Phone Arena and Mobileburn all have new reviews of the Sidekick 2008. There doesn’t seem to be too much wrong with it. A couple of little niggles here and there but nothing that the kids would complain about. Of course we are all looking for 3G, GPS and Wi-fi now. They don’t dwell too much on the interchangeable covers thankfully. We have the Mobileburn video review after the break.
Just received another update from Superetrader and they tell me they will have free stock of the Samsung Omnia i900 from the 11th August which is a week on Monday 7 days earlier than first announced. I will be getting one and I am really looking forward to doing a very detailed review of this Windows Mobile Professional device as it fits my needs perfectly. I will be doing a lot of comparisons with the iPhone 3G along with HSDPA speed tests and usability tests. Let me know if there is anything specific you would like to see either in pictures or video in the comments or direct to [email protected]
I have been reading a lot about the now you see it now you don’t application Netshare and if you read my review of the iPhone 3G this was one of the big missing applications on the iPhone 3G for me. The possibility to use the iPhone to tether to your laptop and use the connection is very important especially as a cost saving exercise reducing the need to have two subscriptions. Well I have been reading that the App has now appeared back in the iTunes App Store however not in the UK. I headed off to the nearest free WiFi hotspot (a hotel car park in France) hoping to get in on the action but it is nowhere to be found and the direct link tells me it is not available in the UK. Looks like O2 may have put the brakes on this for us. Such a shame, hopefully they will change their minds soon.
According to jkOnTheRun HTC are still on course to release an Android handset in the last quarter of this year. HTC has long been rumored to be working on the HTC Dream handset and this announcement is interesting to say the least since no one can determine how far along Android has come in the development cycle. It will be cool to see an Android phone from anyone and HTC has a good shot at being one of the first if not the first so we’ll see come Q4.
via jkOnTheRun
Steve Trotto, via Yahoo, has hit upon the news that: Microsoft conceded Wednesday the it missed its targets for Windows Mobile, shipping 18 million copies of the cell phone operating system in its just-ended fiscal year.
For some time, executives had been saying the company would ship more than 20 million copies in the 12 months ended June 30
Andy Lees, who recently took over the mobile unit from Pieter Knook, told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that some phone makers shipped devices later than Microsoft had expected. Lees declined to name the manufacturers in question.
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