Just spent a great hour discussing the impending launch of the iPhone 3G with Michael Manna of the T4 Show. In this episode (65) we discuss O2 iPhone 3G contracts, O2 HSDPA networks, pay as you go, highs and lows from the WWDC iPhone 3G announcements, what was disappointing and what was good and the upcoming App Store.
You can listen to the show directly here. or subscribe in iTunes here.
Thanks to Mike for inviting me onto the T4 Show.
Spookcall, the UK’s first caller ID-spoofing service available to the general public, has decided to close less than one week after launch.
We reported the launch of the controversial service on Monday. It allowed anyone to impersonate any other phone number on a call recipient’s caller ID display. Spookcall also offered customers the ability to disguise their voice using software. It cost £5 for every 10 minutes of faked calling.
You may have noticed that there haven’t been any posts from me for a few days but the reason is that Tracy has just given birth to our gorgeous baby girl, Chloe.
They are both doing really well and came home yesterday. I’m enjoying looking after them both!
Chloe was born at 13:17 on Wednesday 11th June and weighed 7lb 3oz. I’d like to thank everyone in the Castleacre maternity ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn for looking after Tracy and Chloe.
Chloe was delivered by Caesarean Section which means that Tracy needs a bit of extra looking after so I may not be posting much for a little while.
Posted by: Matt
[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Windows Mobile Blog]
Vodafone UK is the most reliable and the fastest network for mobile broadband according to LCC International, the largest independent wireless engineering company in the world.
The conclusion follows 28,000 network tests throughout March, April and May 2008 and comes a month after Vodafone UK announced it would start to do more to simplify mobile broadband for customers and talk less about theoretical possibilities and more about real speeds and actual benefits.
LG has launched a sliderphone handset with an integrated Bluetooth earpiece – a world first, the company claimed.
The handset’s dubbed the ‘Decoy’ – or, more formally, the LG-VX8610. As you can see from the pics, the headset slips into a bay on the back, where it’s kept charged up and ready to be released at the push of a spring-loaded button.
O2 today announced a deal with BT Openzone to enhance the unlimited Wi-Fi package offered to all iPhone customers. From July 11th, iPhone users will have access to more than 3,000 BT Openzone premier Wi-Fi hotspots as part of their monthly tariff, for no extra cost.
I have had the Asus Eee PC 701 in my hands or should that read hand, for the last few days and to be honest I wasn’t expecting very much from this as I have used quite a few UMPC devices before all running Vista and found the compromises to be too great to be useful and performance very poor.
Well I have to say my opinion has turned full circle after using this little device for a couple of days.
Vito software, a Russian mobile software development house has recently updated to of their applications SMS-Chat and Fun Contact. Both applications make SMS and Contacts on your Windows Mobile device far more finger friendly. I’ve been using them every day for a while and after the jump you’ll find some more details on these excellent applications, available for sub £10 each.
Having launched the new iPhone and with the new SDK on the way Apple have added in a couple of clauses to curb what developers can do with the GPS built into the new iPhone. According to Electronista the agreement states that the GPS cannot be used for real time navigation applications.
Looks like Apple are planning to keep the navigation pie all to themselves. TomTom are known to be working on an application, so the question is do they have an exclusive agreement?
So, what’s the use of GPS if you can’t get real time data out of it? I think we’ll see the most innovative GPS aware applications coming from areas outside of navigation. Some sort of "what are people listening to near me" type of app is going to be a good bet!
Another new software title from Astraware, this time Bubble Babble, a cute word puzzle game. Full details in the press release below:
Astraware is excited to announce the release of Bubble Babble – a brand new word game for Palm OS and Windows Mobile smartphones and PDAs.
Challenge your word power with this undersea bubble-bursting brain teaser! Link together letter bubbles to form words and impress Wordsworth Smartygills – your friendly fishy host! Bubble Babble includes a fun interactive tutorial to teach you how to play with the bubbles and make words from them. Score points for each word you make. Impress Wordsworth with more complex or unusual words and he’ll reward you with shiny shells for your collection!
Bubble Babble has 4 entertaining play modes which are perfect for both adults and children, for all levels of skill or vocabulary:
Each day Wordsworth Smartygills will tell you the Word of the Day. Make this word during play to earn a special award!
Use multiplier bubbles to enhance your points score, and get help from Stella Starfish, in her wildcard bubble! Unlock higher difficulty levels as you play – it can help you keep your brain sharp and maybe learn some interesting new words!
Bubble Babble is available for smartphones and PDAs running Palm OS(R) 5 and above, and Windows Mobile Professional, Classic and Standard devices running Windows Mobile 2003 and later. The game is available from http://www.astraware.com/bubblebabble priced $19.95, with a limited time new release discount.
Posted by: Iain
[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Astraware, GTS World Racing, Windows Mobile Blog]
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