Archive for August 25th, 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008 143 views
Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
Nokia’s Indian division recently announced that its customers there would be able to snatch up Ộs of their own starting in September, so it comes as no surprise that European carriers are starting to confirm September release windows, too. Dutch carrier KPN, specifically, has announced that the N96 will start to flow its way in just a few tantalizingly short weeks — September 15, to be exact — while other carriers will have to wait an additional month until October 15 to get in on the action. One month isn′t much of an exclusivity period, but when it comes to Nokia’s most anticipated phone of the last few months (Tube notwithstanding), we′re sure KPN will take what it can get.
[Via Mobile Phone Helpdesk]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008 107 views
Filed under: Handsets, KDDI
As carriers go, Japan’s KDDI au seems to spend more time than just about anyone dreaming up crazy concept handsets — some of which actually go on to become production models (this is Japan, after all). Alongside those Yamaha-branded musical instrument phones, KDDI has been showing off the plywood-inspired “Ply,” an expansive touchscreen backed by a number of layers that represent the phone’s various functions. Said functions are actually pretty far-fetched — there’s a printer, pico-projector, and analog clock with a minute hand that actually swings out beyond the body of the phone itself, for example — but the phone itself is pretty stunningly beautiful, so we’d love to see it on the streets of Tokyo even if it meant nixing the printer.
[Via textually.org]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008 122 views
Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA
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If you’re looking for pictures from every conceivable angle of Sony Ericsson’s first foray into the danger-fraught tar pit that is Windows Mobile, well, here you go. In fact, Smape goes so far as to take a look at both the black and metallic versions of the X1 (but don’t get to attached to the metallic one just yet, seeing how it might have gotten the axe in some markets), noting that they’re assembled exceptionally well and exude a premium look that’s rarely seen in the WinMo realm. Unfortunately, they’ve dinged the keyboard for the same crappy feel observed elsewhere, something we’re all hoping gets fixed by the time it hits production in a couple months’ time. With that wild panel interface, you might expect some pretty miserable performance when you have the thing going at full tilt fortunately, though, Smape reports that lags occur “only occasionally,” which is better than “frequently” or “always” as far as we’re concerned. Camera performance is said to be better than the Touch Pro’s, though both HTC and Sony Ericsson (via HTC, ironically) still have plenty of time to tweak that via a well-placed firmware update or two. At any rate, we’re definitely looking forward to seeing this thing finally materialize so the Touch Pros and X1s of the world can start duking it out in those rough, dog-eat-dog professional trenches of the world.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008 176 views
Filed under: Software, Apple, OS X
Developers are mad as hell about the copy / paste situation on the iPhone, and they’re not gonna take it anymore. Despite rumblings of the long-overdue feature making an appearance in version 2.1, a grass-roots effort has been started in the form of OpenClip.org to implement a totally independent, third-party clipboard solution that apparently manages to remain entirely within the bounds of Apple’s airtight SDK agreement that significantly limits what App Store apps can and cannot do. Some eleven apps are already listed as having pledged support for the OpenClip standard, which will inevitably be wiped out if Apple decides to do something official — which, let’s be real, should′ve happened ages ago. Follow the break for a video demo of OpenClip in action.
[Via MacRumors]
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