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Le Motorola i1 officialisé

2010-03-23T11:41:00.000+02:00

Motorola a finalement dévoilé son i1 (ex-Opus One), ayant la particularité d’être le premier mobile Push-To-Talk. Comprenez qu’il utilisera en fait le réseau Nextel Direct Connect de l’opérateur Sprint pour permettre à ses utilisateurs d’utiliser le mobile un peu comme un talkie walkie. A côté de ça, il dispose d’un écran tactile HVGA 3.1″, d’un capteur 5 megapixels (avec flash), d’un slot microSD, du Bluetooth, d’Opera Mobile Mini ainsi que de la technologie Swype. Il est également résistant à la poussière, à la pluie, à la pluie, et j’en passe.

Par contre, inutile d’espérer que ce téléphone soit disponible à l’île Maurice avant la fin 2011.

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2010-03-21T11:04:00.000+02:00

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SONY: India ahead of UK

2010-03-20T11:44:00.000+02:00

Sony Ericsson has put India ahead of UK for the launch of their most awaited handset Xperia X10. This set would be available in India on 26th March 2010 i.e. first day first show of Xperia X10 is on next Friday. Then this phone would make its debut in the month of April in UK.

This would be first Android based smartphone from Sony Ericsson in India. Ericsson fans have been waiting for this phone from a long time. Reasons that make this phone worth a buy are:

1GHz processor.
384 MB RAM.
8 Megapixels Camera.
Capacitive Touchscreen.
4.0 inches of Screen.
1 GB internal space along with 8GB card in it (Support up to 16GB card).
Android OS 1.6.

Sony would be offering Android update very soon then people can upgrade their OS from 1.6 to 2.1. This would make amazing hardware specs supported by great software to be exploited to its fullest.

It is expected to be priced somewhere near to Rs 30,000. It would give direct competition to HTC HD2 which has same processor but higher ram but Xperia win in term of better camera and lesser prices. Let’s see next moth is also going to witness more smartphone in Indian market especially Motorola Milestone which is already a big success in US with the name Droid.

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Verizon delays Android 2.1 rollout to Motorola Droid, new date is TBD

2010-03-18T19:08:00.000+02:00

Oh, bollocks! After hearing for days that Verizon Wireless would be pushing out the highly anticipated Android 2.1 update to its stable of Droid users, along comes this. Internal company documentation clearly states that the aforementioned update won’t be going down today, and there’s no clear indication of when it will. To quote:

“The OTA software update for the Droid by Motorola is TBD. A new date will be communicated as soon as possible.
The 3/18 OTA software update will not happen as planned. A new date will be communicated as soon as possible.”

We knew things were just too quiet after the noon hour, and now we know why. An impromptu support group meeting has been scheduled for 1:30PM ET, though we’re hearing the location is still being decided…

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2010-03-18T11:21:00.000+02:00

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The failure of the Nexus One

2010-03-18T03:33:00.000+02:00

Google launched the Nexus One back in early January. Running the latest version of the Android OS. It was a very advanced phone. Outing the Droid as the best phone around. Now about 74 days after being launched the Nexus One is a failure. Conservative estimates point to only 135,000 phones being shipped. In similar time frames after introduction both the iPhone and Droid sold a million plus units each. The major question that should be asked is why such low sales for the Nexus One?

The answer seems simple, but it is a bit complex. The first major issue is that it was launched on T-Mobile, the fourth largest mobile carrier in the US. This cuts the possible install base that they could reach down to only 34 million. Typical smartphone users are increasing, but they are still only a percentage of the overall user base. The second issue was that is was launched for sale on Google’s website. The online only offer even furthers to reduce the number of people who will get the phone. Most cell phone subscribers purchase their phones through a brick and motor store or through the carriers website. Since it’s launch the Nexus One has finally hit AT&T’s wireless network bands. To be fair you can’t by the phone with an AT&T contract, yet. Now Sprint has joined the Nexus One bandwagon, and that makes four. Verizon’s Nexus One was announced back on launch with a spring 2010 release date.

With the Nexus One slated to appear on all the major carriers will it see increased sales? Possibly, but not in any significant numbers. The problem is by the time it will hit these networks new and better Android devices will be already on them or just about to launch.

Verizon is rumored to be a few weeks away from launching a new HTC Android handset called the Incredible. The Incredible is supposed to be running a 1GHz Snapdragon processor underclocked to 768 MHz, with 512 DRAM and around 6GB of Flash RAM with an MicroSD expansion slot. The camera has been upgraded to 8MP from the Nexus One’s 5MP camera. The underclocked processor may turn off users, but it should be able to be restored back to it’s 1GHz speed with some 3rd party code. The incredible will also be sold in Verizon’s store along side the Droid and other Android phones. In my opinion this is a better buy then the Nexus One, unless the N-1 is priced very attractively (which I don’t think will happen).

Sprint is getting the HTC Supersonic later this summer. The Supersonic is going to be the first 4G Android handset running on Sprint’s WiMax network. It is supposed to be running a 1GHz Snapdragon processor with 1GB of ROM, it’s been called an HD2 running Android 2.1. More information is supposed to be released at CITA when Sprint is rumored to announce the phone officially.

Now AT&T has just got it’s first android handset the Motorola Backflip. It has been gutted horribly, Google search ahs been replaced with Yahoo and you can only install apps from the Android Marketplace. This to me screams like AT&T wanted to get on the Android bandwagon and phone this in. I think it’s just iPhone love AT&T has, it will be interesting to see if a true Android device actually hits the store. T-Mobile has had the Nexus One from launch and it has not gather much sales. Will we see it in the stores? Who knows, but I have a feeling another powerful phone is being prepped for T-Mobile for a later launch. I consider AT&T and T-Mobile non factors for true Nexus One carrier support and I don’t think it will find a home on any of the other two carriers.

The Nexus One has failed, long live the Incredible/Supersonic.

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FDIMobile Unlimited Talk, Text and Web $69.95*

2010-03-10T17:07:00.000+02:00

FDI Voice added FDI Mobile to enhance your savings on all your Telecom needs. Now you can have Unlimited Voice, Text, & Web for just $69.95 per month (plus applicable taxes). No Credit Checks, No Contracts. Everyone QUALIFIES! I dont know about you but I am excited about this. Couple this with FDI Voice and you can eliminate the cost of your home phone and still maintain one.

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T-Mobile CLIQ XT spotted in the wild

2010-03-07T22:25:00.000+02:00

Looks like the Motorola CLIQ XT / Quench is getting closer to its US debut — here it is all dressed up in T-Mobile branding. We’ve already done a full video hands-on with this bad boy, so we’ll just point you to that for the full rundown, and to the read link for a few more pics.

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Motorola Milestone: Full review

2010-03-07T04:03:00.000+02:00

The Motorola Droid, and its hard-to-open box. Be careful, one false move and your new phone will pop out and fall on the floor. Luckily, this one landed in my lap.

The Motorola Milestone ($199 on a three-year contract with Telus) is much-needed and welcome competitor in the fight to dethrone the iPhone from its dominant position in Canada’s smartphone wars.

The Milestone is the same phone sold as the Droid south of the border. This naming confusion is symbolic of Motorola’s failure in fighting the iPhone. They are fighting one of the most powerful brands and iconic devices ever, but they make the awful decision to market the Milestone under different names in different markets. It’s a lot harder to build worldwide momentum for your product if you’re trying to sell something called the Droid in the U.S. and the Milestone in Canada and Europe.

Naming issues aside, Motorola has a great product on its hands, mostly thanks to the quickly improving Android OS.

Software

The Milestone’s big selling point is its operating system, Google’s Android OS. The review unit I have is running the 2.0.1 variety of Android. After two-and-a-half years of iPhone use, it was liberating to use something that could do things not approved by Apple headquarters. Android 2.0, while not the slick, user-friendly experience the iPhone offers, is a completely acceptable operating system for techies and advanced users who can live with a few kinks. It’s a shame the upgrade process on the Android side isn’t simple. 2.1 seems to be a faster, better, snappier Android, but Milestone users in Canada have no way of know when the will get that update on their phones. Google seems to be favouring the HTC-made Nexus One for updates, which isn’t available in Canada.

Searching (Google’s advertising-based bread & butter) is unsurprisingly awesome while using Android. It’s exponentially better than on the iPhone. The Android OS is able to search for websites as you type a query, allowing you to reach online destinations that much quicker. The web browser is a capable one. While it may not be as fast as the iPhone, at least you never want to throw it against a wall while surfing, as is the case with Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones.

There are bugs with Android, the scrolling is no where near as smooth as the iPhone and the OS doesn’t seem to be as responsive to your touches, but it works. Because there are so many phones that run Android, sometimes 3rd party apps seem like they weren’t designed with the Milestone in mind. That’s the price to pay for a fragmented market.

Is there an app for that?

The Android Marketplace, while missing some great titles found in Apple’s App store, is not anemic. There are a ton of good and bad apps to fill your time. Yes, it’s disappointing that some of my iPhone favourites, like Yahtzee! or MLB’s AtBat app aren’t there. Hopefully that will change with time. On the flip side however, some Apps are better on Android, like Photoshop. This is because Google allows apps to work better with each other within Android.

As well, Google obviously favours its devices, as shown with by the recent launch of an app called Gesture Search. The app allows you to search your phone by writing with your finger, and is only available for Android phones. This favouritism, coupled with Apple’s draconian app approval process when it comes to things like Google Voice, means a better experience if you want to use Google’s tools and services.

Hardware

The Milestone is a pretty sleek device. It is however just a tad too thick, making me long for a physical keyboard-less model like the still unreleased-in-Canada Nexus One. Speaking of the keyboard, it’s really bad, and I didn’t use it unless I had to. Some apps had a glitch where the virtual keyboard covered up options on the screen, so I was forced to use the slide-out keyboard in those instances. While I’ve used several gummy smartphone keyboards before, this one was worse because the keys are particularly undefined. Luckily Android’s virtual offering is pretty even with the iPhone’s.

Overall the styling is industrial yet pleasing to the eye. Although I will say I like the Milestone’s backside styling better than its front. The screen is big and bright. Really big and really bright. I holds up extremely well outdoors, and the auto-brightness feature worked very well. Paying with that 3.7 inch touchscreen is a pleasure.

Battery life seems to be better than average when it comes to traditionally juice-draining 3G devices. While you’ll have to recharge every night if you’re a heavy user, you’ll get to the charger with a little more green displayed in that battery icon.

Sleek, sexy, and with an awful keyboard.

Other points in point form

- Multi-touch pinch and zoom does work while surfing the web and navigating maps, but it doesn’t feel as awesome as the same function on the iPhone.

- The location of the lock/sleep switch is somehow difficult to press. I suspect this has to do with the thickness of the device. In fact, I find all of the button placements slightly off, ergonomically speaking.

- The camera, both picture-quality and software wise, are exceptional.

- I was able to sync music just fine to the Milestone from my Mac by using doubleTwist, a free application that tries to fight the shackles of iTunes.

- The Milestone’s speakerphone is quite loud but a little hollow-sounding.

- The Gmail app should be better considering it’s a Google-powered OS.

- One other nice touch about this phone is that it like an Apple product, it does as little as possible to remind you of your carrier. You won’t find a Telus logo upon starting up the phone or any branding on the device itself. In fact the only time the word “Telus” appears is on the lock screen. Awesome.

- Telus’ 3G network was fast and stable when I used it, so take that anecdotal evidence for what it’s worth.

Final thoughts

I admit I love my iPhone. It’s still my phone of choice, thanks to its smooth graphics and ease of use. Having said that, the Android OS on the Milestone was a complete breath of fresh air. I enjoyed having a device whose limitations are based on what developers can do with the hardware and software, not on decisions made in an office in Cupertino. I eagerly await the next OS update from Apple. If it doesn’t do much to open up the experience on the iPhone, my next smartphone purchase may very well run a flavour of Android.

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Comfortable Style Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile

2010-03-02T11:06:00.000+02:00

Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile has been exponential in introducing and popularizing the concept of slim phones. We have all seen the popularity of Motorola RAZR that has been consistently topping the popularity charts ever since its inception. The manufacturers perhaps thought of overhauling this model and launching another super slim device in the form of Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile that has been recently launched as a fashion phone in the high end mobile phone market.

To know about the Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile handset better, we must understand that it comes from the same factory as Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile, so don’t get surprised when you notice a striking resemblance of this handset with the latter. However, to talk of features, it is a much better version that hosts an array of features in addition to its glossy exteriors. First things first, let us talk about its design. Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile is a fashion phone that comes as a clamshell. Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile is a tall phone in its make and comes with a fine Black Mobile finished exterior. The Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile offers a great TFT display with a panorama of 256,000 colours. So the outer part of this device looks all the more alluring to an ordinary human eye.

The Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile reflecting the design language of the super-slim RAZR, the KRZR exudes pure luxury with clean lines, precision detailing and premium materials shrouded within a distinctive metallic gloss front finish. The Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile builds upon one of the most celebrated designs of the past decade by blending slender form with razor-thin design principles in a sleek clamshell form. Measuring a mere 16mm thin x 42mm wide x 103mm long and weighing only 3.6 ounces, the KRZR slips easily into ones pocket or purse.

Talking of its specs, Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile works on Quad-Band GSM network along with the support of hi-tech features as GPRS, EDGE and Bluetooth that enhance the connectivity in this device. There is also the feature of web browsing and e-mailing in this gadget. You may as well connect to your friends through its instant chat messenger that is meant to keep you entertained. 20 Megabits of memory are available and but there is a MicroSD slot in which you can insert a larger card to store more of your songs. Other great features include a Bluetooth connection to attach all supported headsets and converse on the go. There is a USB connection through which you can toss all the pictures you’ve taken through the 2 Megapixel cameras on your computer.

Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile has been granted an external card slot which is capable of storing ample amount of data. This change is welcome indeed as the memory was the main area of contention with its predecessor. Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile has a camera as well and it is a high resolution 2 mega pixels camera which clicks images with utmost clarity. Then there is a provision of MP3 player in this device which plays music in MP3/AAC/AAC+ file formats. Motorola KRZR K1 Black Mobile is a classy handset that fulfills all the hi-end requirements in a mobile phone. If you are looking for a fashion phone that also gives you amazing specs, Motorola KRZR is surely the device for you. For more details visit www.phoneandbeyond.com

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New Phone (Motorola Droid)

2010-02-23T19:00:00.000+02:00

I recently picked the new Motorola Droid from Verizon. I had the ENv Touch and the battery went out on it, I wasn’t actually planning on getting a new phone, but technology and new things seem to call to me.

I have to say that I am completely satisfied with the Droid up to this point. Granted, that I have only had it for 4 days now, but I usually base my opinions within the initial phases of things.

I am not going to list all the specs, if you want to see click here.

I am impressed with the speed of the phone. Web browsing is nice and quick. True web browsing, with the pages loading up in amazing time for a phone, especially when the Wi-Fi is enabled and there is a network available; but the 3G network seems to do the job just as well too.

I am not going to lie though, the phone is huge, it’s not an attractive phone. I mean if you want a phone that is going to fit in your pocket nicely, this isn’t for you. Although, the Droid HTC has all the same specs as the Motorola version, so you may want to consider that if the size of the phone is an issue. I chose not to get the HTC because I wanted the bigger screen and the slide out keyboard.

Being a fan the IpodTouch (ipod version of the Iphone), I really enjoy the similarities in the Droid that the IpodTouch has. Since I have Verizon, I had to find an alternative to the Iphone.

I also love the 5mp camera on the phone. The Picture quality the Droid provides coming from a phone is really nice to have. Not to mention that you can virtually upload the images almost instantly to any application you want. Whether it’s facebook, your email, or pic texting.

I like the Droid since I use a lot of Google Apps, and it being a Google phone, it works smoothly with the Gmail, GoogleTalk, Youtube, and some others.

I may feel differently about in a month or so, but so far so good.

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Ngalor Ngidul Tentang HP

2010-02-18T18:57:00.000+02:00

Entah bisa disebut frugal atau emang nggak mampu!

Setiap kali saya posting blog, saya lebih terbiasa melakukannya via hp. Memang sih beberapa postingan saya ada juga yang saya ketik langsung di monitor komputer. Itu juga dikarenakan keterbatasan jumlah karakter huruf pada hp yang tidak memungkinkan bagi saya untuk menulis lebih dari 5000 karakter. Meskipun begitu tetap saja draft tulisan saya tulis di hp.

Paling banter saya menulis 3000 karakter untuk sebuah postingan. Itu juga dah lumayan panjang menurutku.

Selain itu pula, posting via hp yang diintegrasikan dengan email, biaya yang dikeluarkannya terhitung lebih murah.

Murah karena hitungannya seperti ini, setiap delapan karakter dihitung satu byte. Jika saya menulis hanya 3000 karakter, maka besar kapasitas yang digunakan hanya 375 byte.

Apalagi jika menggunakan IM3 , per-kb hanya Rp 1. Paling setiap ngirim kena cash seperak doang. Ditambah biaya ini itu buat konek paling mahal nggak lebih dari 5 kb.

Klo mau posting ada fotonya gimana?

Bisa kok, tinggal di attach aja. Lagian juga foto hasil jepret dari hp biasanya ukurannya ga gede-gede amat. Resolusi si kameranya disesuaikan dengan ukuran area postingan. Klo lebih, biasanya si foto suka meleber ke samping. Paling, jadi Rp 100 klo fotonya berukuran 100 kb.

Hoh gitu toh!!

Tapi… Tapi… Ga pegel apa ngetik pake hp ampe 3000 karakter? Apalagi dilihat dari gaya penulisannya tampak baku sesuai EYD (ejaan yang dipaksain) dan tidak menggunakan gaya penulisan sms yang disingkat-singkat?

Ah ngga juga. Klo gaya nulis yang dialaykan itu baru pegel.

Sebenarnya hp-hp yang banyak dikonsumsi oleh rakyat Indonesia (kecuali merk cina) sudah menyediakan fasilitas menulis cepat atau kalau dalam hp nokia biasa kita kenal dengan T9, klo motorola iTap. Klo hp cina saya tidak tahu, belum pernah coba.

Sayangnya, fasilitas ini jarang dimanfaatkan untuk menulis. Karena orang tidak banyak tahu bagaimana cara menggunakannya.

Padahal cara menulis T9 bisa dikatakan lebih efisien ketimbang menulis sms yang ribet. Semuanya berpulang kepada kebiasaan. Tapi klo mau nulis hingga 3000 karakter, disarankan menguasai cara menulis T9.

Pernah seorang teman mengatakan bahwa saya adalah orang pertama yang ia lihat meng-sms pake T9. Sebuah pujian atau keterkejutan.

Klo kata yang ingin saya masukkan tidak terdapat dalam program T9 gimana? Tenang saja, kata baru itu bisa dimasukkan dan disimpan bilamana ingin digunakan lagi di kemudian waktu.

Hp-nya musti yang keren?

Ga juga. Dulu aja saya pake nokia 6585 buat chating dan kirim email oke-oke aja tuh. Dengan gaya menulis T9 pula. Terus pake motorola V3, sedikit ribet tapi lumayan bisa kirim dan terima email.

Sedangkan tren masa kini, orang-orang banyak beralih menggunakan hp-nya dengan model buntet yang menjejalkan 26 huruf didalamnya. Meskipun begitu, fasilitas yang semakin lengkap justru tidak membawa efek positif dalam menulis. Tetap saja disingkat padat asal tepat.

Belum lagi fasilitas internet yang ga jauh cuman dipakai hanya untuk social network, update status, atau say helo.

Ga salah emang jika kita menggunakannya untuk hal-hal di atas. Hanya saja kita tidak sering kali luput menggunakannya seoptimal peruntukannya. Dan malah mengumpulkan gadget-gadget itu hanya untuk satu fungsi saja.

Bagi saya, asal bisa kring-kring dan sms sudah cukup. Klo saya harus bisa mengabadikan setiap moment yang terjadi. Klo saya harus selalu update dengan teman-teman di dunia maya.

Apapun alasannya, gunakan hp-mu sesuai dengan kemampuanya. Kenali fasilitas yang disediakannya dan ketahui pengunaannya.

Bener-bener ngalor-ngidul.

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Motorola Motus BACKFLIP with Android

2010-02-16T19:52:00.000+02:00

Motorola Motus BACKFLIP was announced at January 2010 and will be in market soon on first quarter of 2010. Motorola BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR syncs contacts, posts, messages and more, automatically delivering them to your home screen. This phone comes with very exciting and interesting features. This phone comes with accelerometer sensor to automatically rotate your screen, MOTOBLUR UI with live widgets to give you better experience. Here is full QWERTY keyboard with reverse flip facility and backtrack touch panel for good support. When you need to use its keyboard just flip it and all buttons will be shining and enjoy the QWERTY keyboard.

With this phone you will get connectivity with 2G, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE to give you better experience of latest technology. Enjoy all the widget on your home screen for instant access. Here you can store unlimited phonebook entries and call records. You can use up to 32 GB of microSD card and the advantage is that you will get 2 GB memory with this phone. This phone has 5 Mega Pixel of camera with LED flash and auto focus. This phone comes with Android Operating System with upgradable facility so whenever you want you can upgrade it. GPS with A-GPS support to navigate you.

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motorola v3i 9174

2010-02-13T19:51:00.000+02:00

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Motorola Mobile Phones Vs LG Mobile Phones - Genießen Sie den Unterschied mit Pride

2010-02-09T03:51:00.000+02:00

Kommunikationstechnologie hat mehrere fruchtbare und erstaunliche Veränderungen aus vergangenen Jahren stark verändert. Der technologische Fortschritt hat völlig revolutioniert die Kommunikation Konzept und seine beste Beispiel Mobiltelefone. Die mobilen Geräte sind hoch innovativ und technologisch fortschrittlichsten Geräte, die ein neues Konzept von hoch effizienten Kommunikation gegeben haben. Diese ultimative Kommunikationsmittel haben sich zu einem Grundbedürfnis heute, wie sie viele haben wir eine schöne Einrichtungen.

Heute gibt es Tausende von ultimative Handys auf dem Markt erhältlich und die Benutzer können für jedes Modell, das sie zieht die meisten gehen. Viele mobile produzierende Unternehmen haben sich als Pioniere in diesem Bereich wie Motorola, Samsung, LG festgestellt, Sony Ericsson etc. Motorola Mobiltelefone und LG Mobiltelefone sind die meistverkauften Handys, die stark sind bekannt für ihre gut aussieht und herausragenden Eigenschaften bewundernswert. Beide, der Motorola> Handy sowie die LG-Handys lassen sich am besten auf ihre eigene Weise. Allerdings vs Motorola Mobiltelefone LG Mobiltelefone Vergleich ist harte Arbeit zu tun.

Motorola Handys sind hoch innovative Geräte, die ihren festen Platz im Herzen der Kunden gemacht haben. Diese ultimative mobile Geräte sind von den neuesten Funktionen und Techniken, die für eine effektive Kommunikation notwendig sind, bereichert. Ob es um die Frage dersieht oder der Funktionsweise wird Motorola-Geräten nie enttäuschen. Diese hoch fantastischen mobile Maschinen sind mit Tausenden von nützlichen Funktionen, die die Nutzung dieser Geräte interessanter zu machen verpackt.

Sie werden sich verlieben mit dem hoch verführerischen Blicken der Motorola-Gadgets. Diese verlockende Geräten kommt mit äußerst ansprechenden Aussehen und sind schön gestaltet ist, um Kunden aufmerksam machen. Darüber hinaus steht der große TFT-Display des Motorola-Handys ein erfreuliches Anzeigeund Berufserfahrung für die Nutzer. Die Welt-Klasse-Kamera mit Autofokus und Blitz Features gibt Bilder in hoher Qualität für die Benutzer und ihnen eine spannende Erfahrung Fotografie.

Nicht nur das, der Motorola Handys auch aktuelle Connectivity-Features wie GPRS, Bluetooth, USB usw., die die Anwender mehrere Dokumente, Bilder, Hintergründe und Lieder mit ihren Freunden teilen können. Außerdem sind die Geräte Motorola auch mit großer Qualität Media-Player ausgestattet,zusammen mit einem UKW-Radio mit RDS.

Die LG-Handys geben einen strengen Wettbewerb auf dem Motorola-Gadgets. Die sehr elegante Erfindungen von LG sind attraktiv genug, um Ihre Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen. Diese einzigartigen Geräte sind mit verschiedenen erstaunlich und sehr nützlichen Funktionen eingebettet. Das wichtigste Merkmal des LG-Handys ist ihre sehr schönen Design. Sie können für eine blendende LG mobilen Gerät entscheiden, je nach Anforderung und Budget.

Sieht nicht nur, das LGGadgets sind auch mit mehreren anderen sehr fantastische Funktionen ausgestattet. Ob wir über seine großen TFT-Bildschirm zu sprechen, seiner leistungsfähigen Kamera, Connectivity-Funktionen und riesigen Speichers werden alle awesome. Sie können vermisse die äußerst angenehmen, Fotografie Erfahrung mit diesen faszinierenden LG mobile Geräte.

Heutzutage gibt es viele neue Erfindung des LG, die wir den Benutzern, ihre Business-Arbeit machen lassen. Was kann angenehmer als diese Anlage, die Sie bearbeiten Ihre Büroarbeit erlaubtnur von zu Hause sitzen. Wenn Sie von Ihrem hektischen Zeitplan müde, dann ist die LG-Handys bieten große Unterhaltungsmöglichkeiten für Sie. Sie können hören Sie Ihre Lieblingsmusik wann immer Sie wollen und können sich mit ihren hoch verwöhnen musikalische Erfahrung zu verjüngen.

Die Motorola-Handys und LG Mobiltelefone sind exzellente Kommunikations-Geräte, die Sie in vollem Umfang mit ihren sehr verlockend Funktionen erfüllen kann.

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What Microsoft could learn from Motorola

2010-02-04T19:18:00.000+02:00

If Microsoft’s lack of innovation is due to it’s departments screwing each other up, isn’t that a sign of bad leadership?

As John Gruber said today:

Can you imagine the head of Apple’s iWork team declaring by fiat that there wouldn’t be versions of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers for the iPad because he didn’t like the concept?

They can’t because if they did, Steve Jobs (and the other high level Apple execs) wouldn’t tolerate it.

Motorola was in a position not unlike Microsoft last year when they hired CEO Sanjay Jha. The ailing company hadn’t had a hit product since the RAZR, and now that the world had moved on to smartphones, it was in serious trouble.

From a New York Times article last October:

[Jha] discovered that the group making phones with Nokia’s Symbian operating system was staffed almost entirely by outside contractors. The entire project appeared to lack coordination and it was constantly months late in delivering phones. “They were fixing the same bug three or four times,” he said. “It was the contractors run amok.” Even worse, Motorola was not making money on its Symbian phones.

Mr. Jha soon decided to axe the entire Symbian product line as well as phones using several other operating systems. He wanted to simplify product development to standardize on one or two core systems.

The culmination of this revitalization was the Motorola Droid, arguably the second best smartphone behind the iPhone, and a hit from Motorola.

Microsoft has the talent and certainly the resources to make great products. They just have to stop tripping themselves up doing so. They need a leader with a cohesive strategy for every product Microsoft makes, as well as one who will look at each product thoroughly and not be afraid to say “this isn’t good enough.”

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Feedback Sports RAKK - Black

2010-02-04T11:47:00.000+02:00

Feedback Sports RAKK – Black

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The 3-point contact locks in the wheel holding the bike upright.
Simple and sweet, RAKK works on any size bike without adjustment. When your bike is out, fold the RAKK up and store it away.
If you own more than one bike, clip several RAKKs together for adjacent storage, or use them individually in whatever locations you wish.
RAKK is made of steel and coated with durable powder paint for a lifetime of satisfaction.
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Tired of leaning your bike against the wall only to leave holes in the drywall and scratches in the paint? RAKK is an elegant answer. Set it down where you want it and roll your bike’s rear wheel into the stand. That’s it!

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I am a road cyclist and started researching bike stands. When I initially looked at the stand I thought it was not going to be stable enough and would be fragile but when I got it was surprised to find out that little assembly was required and works like a charm and the beauty of it is if you have additional bikes you can attach the raaks together which is a great idea. I would highly recommend this product if you are looking for a stand that does not take up alot of space, and is stable.

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Android Review: My First Open Source Phone

2010-02-04T03:10:00.000+02:00

I was a Blackberry user. I had already been sold on smartphones, and was one of those BlackBerry users who scoffed when the iPhone came out as something expensive and shiny that could only do a fraction of what my Blackberry could, and yet was tied to an expensive plan on a single carrier.

I was aware of Android and had been running it for a while in a virtual machine hoping it would develop as a mature netbook OS. I saw the G1 come out on T-Mobile and subsequent HTC offerings on Sprint as well. And then came Droid.

By the time my two years had ended and my phone came up for upgrade, the new Blackberries were just not as impressive. The Blackberry Storm had terrible reviews from friends, and was equally unimpressive when I tried it at the store. After two years of use, I found the ball of my Blackberry was very finicky over time.

In the same I used my Blackberry for so much. It was my mp3 player, my email client, my camera, and my alarm clock. I had recently started to use Google Voice, which also integrated well on Blackberry. I got an iPod Touch, but while the touch screen worked, and an mp3 player, I was very irked by how locked down it was, and how it seemed to have comparatively less features than the Blackberry, even my two-year old one.

Enter the Motorola Droid. I got my Droid about a month ago and so far has been the answer to my post-Blackberry experience. For the most part, it has been far more stable than my Blackberry and iPod Touch have been. It again fills my need for an mp3 player, a camera, an alarm clock, an email client, a calender, and in addition, a pocket video gaming platform.

From a nerds perspective, I can get ssh and a terminal directly from the App store without having to jailbreak or root my Droid. The control over the device is amazing. For the linux user part, I like that it does not rely on a software platform to integrate it with my laptop. I just put all my music in a folder on the sD card (simply by plugging in the USB cable that came with the Droid into my computer) and Android automatically organizes the library. The same for pictures and video. No need for iTunes to do this. To be fair, this is exactly what my Blackberry did as well. Droid comes with the Amazon.com downloader so you can purchase mp3’s directly to your Droid and copy your music over to your PC’s library no problem.

The battery life is mediocre. Better than my wife’s iPhone but not nearly as good as my Blackberry was even after two years. Blackberry definitely wins in that area.

If you are a Google user, the Droid integrates with all your Google account stuff, so anything on your Google calender and your Google Contacts can be sync’d. It’s not just Google, it can do this with Outlook and Facebook as well! The Google Voice app integrates even better than with the Blackberry. Whenever you make a call you can be prompted to call through Google Voice or through your regular number. The same goes for SMS.

Similar to the Apple experience, and an area Blackberry has been trying to do, there is a common software repository called the Android Market which is full of free and paid apps. I have generally found that while there are more Apple apps, the Android apps are more useful, such as getting ssh or a good IRC client for free. The gaming experience is pretty decent too, if you don’t mind the hit on your battery life, but there’s apps for that too.

Other cool apps are an Ebay app that can scan the barcode from any label and search for that item on Ebay. Another one is Google Goggles from which the user can take a picture of something (a brand name, or a painting) and the app will come back with a Google search for it.

The Google Streetview integrated navigation system is a very nice thing to have if you happen to live in Los Angeles or any other major city, and so far has worked pretty well.

My recommendation is that if you can afford the required data package add-on, to go ahead and get the Motorola Droid. The learning curve for it is not very steep, and it is loaded with functionality. It is also one of the most stable mobile platforms available right now.

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Android Theme Gucci

2010-02-02T03:08:00.000+02:00

Gucci Theme For Motorola Android

Here is a nice Gucci Theme for the Motorola Google Android.

Click here to download (via sendspace)

Please note that using this theme requires

aHome v2.5.1 (via megaupload)

which can be downloaded by clicking to the left.

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Quoted - Motorola breakup expected, but when? - Medill Reports

2010-01-24T03:13:00.000+02:00

Motorola breakup expected, but when?

Analysts agree Motorola Inc. still needs to shed its iconic but unprofitable handset phone division, but whether the company will become leaner this year is uncertain.

“When you have such a small market share you need to have something unbelievably hot,” said Scott Testa, a professor at Cabrini College in Philadelphia and an expert on the wireless industry. “A lot of other manufacturers are coming out with Android phones. That’s not going to take them to the Promised Land.”

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=154119

Nokia makes every mobile a satnav

2010-01-21T11:46:00.000+02:00

Mobile manufacturer launches direct attack on Garmin and TomTom with free turn-by-turn direction software.

Nokia has announced that its free maps software will now include turn-by-turn directions for walking and driving. The Ovi Maps application will be compatible with 10 current handsets, including the N97 Mini, E72 and 5800 XPressMusic, and will be pre-loaded on every GPS-enabled handset sold from March 2010. The maps, in 2D & 3D, will all load onto phones either over the air or via a Mac or PC, meaning that a network connection, as is currently required for other mobile phone mapping solutions, is not necessary when they’re in use as a GPS.

In association with mapping firm Navteq, which Nokia has owned since 2007, Ovi Maps will cover 180 countries, and offer turn by turn information for 74 of those, in 46 languages. Traffic data will also be available for 10, including the UK, although its use would form part of a mobile phone tariff. Preloading maps, however, means expensive data roaming charges can be avoided when abroad.

The technology is based on “vectors”, rather than the traditional “bitmap” images used by other maps. This means the images, although of similar appearance, are about half the size, and can be stored and downloaded more easily. Information is included on major landmarks, which are shown in 3D, and the data also incorporates lane and speed camera guidance for vehicles, and shortcuts, such as through public parks, for pedestrians.

Launching the service, Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s Executive Vice President, said that offering Ovi Maps free for the life of a Nokia smartphone would act as a way of differentiating the company’s devices in a crowded market place, and allow them to defend higher prices than other manufacturers who did not offer similar services.

Google has indicated, for instance, that it is unlikely to offer turn-by-turn directions on its Nexus One handset when it launches in the UK. The services is available on the Nexus One in America however, and also already on some devices such as the Motorola Milestone in the UK.

Nokia’s developers Forum, which the company says already includes 5 million software developers, will be encouraged to develop applications to augment the contextual search functions built into Ovi Maps. Lonely Planet and the Michelin Guide will also come pre-loaded.

The move is likely to prove a challenge to makers of standalone satnavs such as Garmin and TomTom. Asked how the move could impact on those companies, Mr Vanjoki was bullish: “I would not like to be a shareholder,” he said

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/nokia/7042774/Nokia-makes-every-mobile-a-satnav.html

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Motorola Spites Google, Promises Multitouch For All [Phones]

2010-01-14T19:21:00.000+02:00

Google may not be too interested in giving their US market native app multitouch in the Nexus One, but Motorola aims to please, with CEO Sanjay Jha promising to "deliver multitouch in the majority of our devices."

Going on, he told Laptop Mag "There’s a complex set of factors, not all of them technical," which makes us wonder is he’s referring to Google’s thoughts on multitouch Androids. Google’s motto may be "don’t be evil," but giving European Nexus One owners native multitouch and ignoring other countries is frankly baffling. [Laptop Mag via Phone Arena via Engadget]

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Motorola launches Android smartphone

2010-01-07T19:26:00.000+02:00

LAS VEGAS–On Wednesday, Motorola launched its latest Google Android smartphone to the world, the Motorola Backflip. Scheduled for a global release at the beginning of 2010, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said the device would be available in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America but would not disclose any carriers. Oh gee, it couldn’t possibly be AT&T, which announced 5 upcoming Android smartphones, including one from Motorola, could it?

Motorola Backflip

The Motorola Backflip is a quad-band GSM phone with support for the

850/1900/2100MHz 3G bands (coincidentally, AT&T’s 3G bands),
Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, and
GPS.

The smartphone’s design is really what sets it apart, however. At first glance, the Backflip looks like a sleeker, smaller version of the Motorola Cliq, but instead of a slider design, the opens up like a book. In addition, in its closed state, the full QWERTY keyboard is located on the back. For those concerned about durability, Motorola said the keyboard is strong enough to take a beating and keep on clicking but of course, that remains to be seen.

Motorola Backflip

Another unique feature of the Backflip is the trackpad, which Moto calls Backtrack, located on the back of the display (when the phone is open). It works just like a traditional trackpad, allowing you to navigate through menus, flip through photos, scroll through the home screen panes, and more. It’s certainly an interesting twist, but we’re not completely sold on it. You can also interact with the smartphone through the 3.1-inch HVGA touch screen.

Motorola Backflip

Like the Motorola Cliq, the Backflip uses Motoblur software and though it will launch with Android 1.5, the smartphone will be upgradeable to Android 2.1.

Other highlights of the smartphone include a

5-megapixel camera,
a 3.5mm headphone jack,
2GB internal memory (expandable up to 32GB),
and a full HTML browser.

You can view our hands-on photos of the Motorola Backflip below and get some of our first impressions of the device. There’s a lot we like about the device, but there are also some things we’re weary of but check it out for yourself and let us know what you think!

Source: http://ces.cnet.com/2300-31045_1-10002116-5.html?s=0&o=10002116&tag=mncol;thum

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Google's Mobile Chief Andy Rubin on the Google Phone & the Androidification of Everything

2010-01-05T19:00:00.000+02:00

Andy Rubin’s business card identifies him as the Vice President of Engineering at Google (s GOOG). In reality, he’s the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine’s mobile chief. From the time Google snapped up his tiny startup, Android, to today, when it officially launched the first Google Phone, Rubin (and his partner Rich Miner) have been behind virtually every mobile move made by the company.

And until very recently, Rubin had maintained that Google wasn’t going to make a Google Phone. So when news of the Nexus One first broke, I was flabbergasted that after all the denials it was actually doing so. To that end, I asked him: How is Google suddenly in the hardware business?

“Google isn’t building hardware,” Rubin said. He noted how Apple’s (s aapl) iPhone typically carries the tag “Designed in California,” which explicitly points to that company’s hardware roots. Not so with Google. “We are not designers and there are no hardware or industrial designers on my team,” said Rubin. Instead they leave it to companies such as HTC, which has made the Nexus One.

More Google Phones to Come

“For the first time, we’re issuing purchasing orders to the manufacturers so we are now their customers,” he added, “which means we can now have more influence on the device.” That influence is quite visible in the Nexus One, as I point out in my review. And Rubin said Google is working with manufacturers in addition to HTC that also want to benefit from the sales push on Google’s web site.

Andy Rubin with Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha at Mobilize 09

Those words won’t placate some of the company’s partners, which according to my sources are livid at Google’s decision to promote the HTC-built device, which works with T-Mobile USA’s 3G network. Motorola (s MOT) and Verizon (s VZ) , which have collectively spent close to $100 million promoting the Android-based Droid, are said to be particularly miffed at this decision to launch the Google Phone. One look at the Nexus One and no one in their right mind would even consider the Droid. More importantly, imagine competing with the company that makes the OS itself.

“People shouldn’t focus too much on the device (Nexus One),” said Rubin. “What’s more important is the strategy behind the devices.” Instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on marketing, Google is simply “going straight to the Google customers,” he said. He believes that such a strategy could fundamentally change the way people buy cell phones — in other words, over the web. Already, as he pointed out, people are buying devices (and gadgets) online.

The way I see it, Google has a couple of major problems: It’s facing a splintering of the Android experience, thanks to the growing number of user experience efforts such as HTC’s Sense. And in order to quickly get traction in the marketplace, Google needs to attract more developers. To overcome these challenges, the company needs to seed the market with what it feels is the device that best showcases Android’s capabilities.

150,000 True Fans

Rubin hopes his company can sell, at the very least, 150,000 Nexus One devices. Why? “Because if there are that many devices out there, you are likely to run into someone with a device somewhere,” he reasoned. To be clear, that number is only applicable to the U.S., even though the device will be available in the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Google won’t have any trouble selling that many devices. There are more than enough fanatical users of the company’s services, such as Gmail and Google Maps, to make that happen. The Nexus One and subsequent Google Phones will continue to be tightly integrated with Google’s services.

Cell Phone As a Platform

When I asked Rubin about some of the shortcomings of the Nexus One and of the Android platform in general, he was candid in admitting that there was still work to be done. “We could have easily seeded the developers with this new device with a higher-resolution screen, but we decided to wait till the announcement was made,” he said. Now that the device has been launched, Google, he said, was looking to aggressively woo developers. Expect it to make some major announcements on that front soon.

The world has changed, Rubin argued. Up until now, the software inside the phone and the web were two different entities living in two different worlds. What Android represents is the ethos of the web brought to the cell phone world. “As a company we iterate a lot and now you have a cell-phone platform that you can quickly iterate upon,” said Rubin. “When were you able to do that on Symbian?” Ouch! (Related: Symbian Executive Rips Into Google’s Android.)

I think that’s what makes Android such as interesting platform, as I explained in my essay, The Androidification of Everything. When I asked Rubin where Android could show up next, he said it could be anywhere — from set-top boxes to large-screen devices, even desktop PCs.

[Via http://gigaom.com]

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The Google phone: What the heck?

2010-01-05T11:00:00.000+02:00

Becoming a mobile-device maker seems like madness, but Google’s not crazy.

Why on earth would Google (GOOG) want to go into the business of making cell phones?

CEO Schmidt presides over an increasingly mobile-oriented Google. Photo: Google.

By now most followers of tech news are aware that the company has been testing a product dubbed the Google Nexus–the highly anticipated “Google phone” set to be launched today. But does Google’s move into territory dominated by specialists like Nokia (NOK) and Motorola (MOT) and consumer electronics stalwarts like Apple (AAPL) and Samsung make sense?

Google is an Internet advertising company, after all, trafficking in search terms and text ads. The company has partnered with myriad handset makers and carriers to bring its Android operating system for mobile devices to consumers. Why would it ever want to bypass its partners, putting out its own phone?

It’s simple: Google is seizing an opportunity to speed up innovation. “No one is going to be able to innovate as quickly as Google can with all these fantastic engineering resources they have plus lots of cash in the bank,” says Forrester Research’s Charles Golvin. “They’re doing this to light the way—to say, ‘here is everything Android can do.”

Nexus = razor blade, Android = razor

There is much excitement about the snazzy Android operating system. It holds the potential to support all kinds of services. Developers are watching it carefully and have plans to create applications for it in the future. But with limited resources, many have not actually abandoned the platforms they’re developing for currently. Says one Boston-based developer, “We’re keeping an eye on it. But we’re sticking with Apple, RIM and Microsoft for now.”

As of third quarter, Android-supported phones only accounted for 5% of the market according to IDC. Compare that to Apple’s iPhone, which has 29% of the market, or RIM’s (RIMM) Blackberry devices, which collectively dominate with 44% of the market. And though developers are excited by the future prospects of Android, many report Apple’s closed platform still makes for a more elegant application—with a lot more potential users. And RIM is the key to the corporate user.

All bets are on Android to catch up over time, but time is a luxury that Google can’t afford in this fast moving market. Sure, dozens of Android-supported phones are being developed, but they are often produced by hardware makers, not software companies. Google has partnered very closely with a number of these companies to bring new features to consumers. Motorola’s Droid, for example, runs Android 2.0 and includes a full GPS system. But they’re not moving fast enough for the Internet search behemoth. By revealing a new device with a speedier response and a number of upgrades, Google shows off what is possible with Android and encourages its partners to adopt the technology.

Going with the Flo?

It’s a familiar play among large tech companies. Consider what the chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM) has done with FLO TV, a business that aims to provide live television to cellphones. Visit the San Diego campus, and you’ll be given a tour of the television studios that bare a striking resemblance to GE’s CNBC. Qualcomm makes chips and licenses software. It has no interest in getting into the TV business, but CEO Paul Jacobs understands that if his company can seed a TV business on mobile devices, then device makers will buy the special chip required to air the network. Result? Qualcomm sells more chips.

Of course if Qualcomm ends up in the TV business, the company won’t turn down the revenue. And by the same token, it could very well be that Google one day makes so much money off advertising on mobile platforms that it can afford to subsidize devices itself, bypassing the carriers entirely. But a move that disruptive is a long way off. First, Google has to convince an iPhone-obsessed nation that there’s an app for that—on Android.

[Via http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com]

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Motorola MILESTONE/DROID Preview-GSMArena

2010-01-03T11:00:00.000+02:00

Motorola must have enjoyed the feel of ropes against their back. There’s no other explanation for the MILESTONE. They obviously needed to be pushed against the ropes to remember what made them the world’s largest manufacturer. It’s been a long road for them, with plenty of milestones. But that last one marks the end of a particularly steep downhill stretch.

We haven’t seen an Android phone generate so much hype since… the first one, the T-Mobile G1. The Motorola MILESTONE seems to be the powerhouse that the Android family needed and obviously many customers were looking forward to.

Here’s the link

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Best Tech Ideas of 2009

2009-12-31T03:26:00.000+02:00

‘The year’s “single best tech idea” is a simple trick that makes reading web pages a lot easier, writes David Pogue in the New York Times. Called Readability, “it’s a free button for your web browser’s toolbar.” Click it, and it “eliminates everything from the web page you’re reading except the text and photos. No ads, blinking, links, banners, promos, or anything else.”’

Some more of the list:

MiFi: This Novatel gadget, available from Verizon or Sprint, allows you to carry around your own personal hotspot.

Droid docks: The Motorola Droid is a fine phone, but its docks get the glory here. In the car, the dock turns the phone into a GPS system. At home, a “handsome” alarm clock and weather display.

ITYPE2GO: This $1 iPhone app is both funny and useful. Text and walk at the same time, safely: The app “superimposes what you’re typing over a live camera view, so you can see where you’re going even while you’re focused on the screen.” –complete list at NY Times

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Gaza then, Gaza now

2009-12-29T03:44:00.000+02:00

My last piece was more of a report and musing on the events of the Gaza Freedom March. However, I want to publicize a more concrete action/reaction of Gaza in relation to the US Government.

Mohammad from Kabobfest wrote a concise, yet startling summary of conditions in Gaza. Including, but not limited to:

-Six months before the war, 70% of Gazans were surviving on less than $1 per day

-Prior to the war, the siege led to 98% of Gazan industrial operations become idle

-Before 2007, 70 truckloads left Gaza with exports per day. After the blockade, there have been zero.

Instead of responding with Humanitarian Aid (aside from a few Viva Palestina like operations), the United States and International community at large gave their tax money to Israel, allowing them to perform a siege that:

-Left 600,000 tons of rubble strewn across Gaza

-Destroyed 46% of farmland

-Lost 120,000 private sector jobs leaving 40% of Gazans jobless.

Though Israel executes this abuse of human rights, the United States enables it. It is essential that you find out how you can take a stand against this, publicize this information and educate those around you, and continue boycotting products (such as Motorola, who manufactured bomb fuses dropped during “Operation Cast Lead) to weaken Israel, demand justice, and right the wrongs.

(Resources for contacting/writing Congress)

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Motorola mobile-phone business

2009-12-26T02:58:00.000+02:00

Motorola apparently has reorganized to combat mobile phone business in anticipation of its plans to split businesses into a separately traded.

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(Credit: Motorola) Although that was Motorola, at a time yet to release is a statement about the changes that seem to develop products, rapid adaptation in response to consumer needs, reports the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Reuters y.

Motorola has reported combining two categories of phones, mid / high level of features and mobile multimedia phones, into one department, according to the Tribune. And the name of a group of executives was Rob Shaddock, senior vice president of mobile devices, is the director of consumer products in the Journal and Reuters. The paper added that John Cipolla to Senior Vice President for half of the high-level products, Steve Lalla group supported by mass-market phones and Todd DeYoung focused control has been promoted as a responsibility to ensure that the mobile phone company in proportion to the overall strategy and will be directed to the right market.

The market share of Motorola mobile decline mainly to a lack of compelling new products. Moving in January, under pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn, the company will consider separating the mobile phone unit from the rest of society in an effort to increase shareholder value and revive the struggling economy. Late last month, formally announced the project and has now held that a round of layoffs.

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Motorola MOTORIZR ROKR Z6 BLACK Unlocked

2009-12-22T11:26:00.000+02:00

With their Razr, Krzr, and oddly fashionable Pebl lines, the goal of bringing new unlocked cell phone designs to keep customers intrigued is something that Motorola can be counted on doing. Now with the unlocked Motorola Z6, they have combined all the best aspects of past GSM cell phones in a spectacular package that is rounded out by great features. more Details…

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First Ever FoneFrenzy Podcast On Monday December 21st, 2009

2009-12-17T03:49:00.000+02:00

That’s right! We are starting our Podcast this coming Monday. The Podcasts are going to cover the most relevant information in mobile technology. You can subscribe via iTunes, Zune, Juice, and Winamp or the player of your choice. We’ll put the time up later but expect it sometime Monday evening PDT via our feed.

So if you have something you would like us to cover in our first Podcast, leave a message on this post and we’ll pick out the best questions or topics and cover them on our Podcast. We’ll even give you credit for the question or topic so you can feel special.

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Android 2.1 Ported To Motorola Droid

2009-12-15T19:11:00.000+02:00

Sholes.info reportedly ported over the Flan Android 2.1 on Verizon’s Droid handset. Although the port was successful, there were quite a few problems with bringing over this build to the Droid. Below is a summary of a few of them:

1. Keyboard backlight is no longer functioning properly. The only way to get the keyboard to turn back on is to use the Power widget and toggle the brightness. This is a one-time fix and needs to be done repeatedly.

2. Superuser and the su binary for local root and escalated privileges no longer works (even if pushed to the device). If you drop to a terminal and execute “su” it seems like it wants to do something and then ultimately gives a “permission denied.”

3. Landscape mode app drawer acts weird. The little “home” icon on the screen is off-centered and when pressed launches the Camera application.

4. The Messaging app still notifies you of Messages even when it’s set not to.

5. The carrier shows up as T-CDMA 64

6. General, non-repeatable inconsistencies with the home screens. Issues like no longer being able to swipe to change home screens, or not being able to launch apps from the home screen.

7. Automatic brightness is also not working.

8. App drawer not working properly in landscape, probably because the phone it is for does not have a landscape mode in home, therefore, app drawer cannot handle displaying in landscape properly.

9. It seems that notifications are fairly jacked up as well. For instance, the Email app always makes a sound because the Default sound is set. But attempting to change it to “silent” results in a crash of the Email app itself.

Feeling like taking a stab at it with your coding guts? Here is a link to the image file. PLEASE NOTE: We are not responsible if you brick your phone.

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Holiday party smackdown: Googlephone v. pigs-in-a-blanket

2009-12-15T11:00:00.000+02:00

Sorry, Google. The apps (and by that we mean appetizers) won out.

At long last there is proof of Google’s (GOOG) long-anticipated smartphone. Late last week, the online advertising giant started handing out an Android-powered phone to employees. While refusing to detail the specs, the official Google mobile blog refers to it as a “mobile lab.”

The Googley vagueness continues on the blog, where it is described as, “A device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities.”

Of course, the gadget-obsessed immediately ran to the Federal Communications Commission to get those specs, and photos have been popping up all over. So, we now (mostly) know that it is a sleek-looking touch-screen phone made by HTC, powered by a high-end Qualcomm (QCOM) processor and featuring the latest Android 2.1 OS. From the looks of things, this GSM phone could operate on any number of networks abroad, but seems destined at least for T-Mobile in the United States.

With all the Googlers eager to show off their new gizmos, and this, the calendric peak of the holiday party season, it was inevitable that in the Bay Area at least, the two would combine. Sure enough, a friend attending a holiday party over the weekend in San Francisco with a number of Google folks making merry was presented with the new phone. “Mostly, I wanted to see the photo of the engagement ring that was on it,” she says, requesting anonymity. “It wasn’t an iPhone, and besides, there were pigs-in-a-blanket and these really good mini-cheeseburgers, and I was hungry, so I didn’t pay too much attention. “ So there you have it.

Table stakes: iPhone quality hardware

Discounting for a moment that this occurred in gadget-jaded Silicon Valley (and that the mini-cheeseburgers were really good), it does offer a point worth examining. Great hardware is the minimum starting point in the smartphone market these days, and it doesn’t get anyone’s blood racing by itself. As a piece of hardware, the Google phone, dubbed the Nexus One according to employees, had better be on par with an iPhone. If not, as we have seen time and again with would-be competitors, it will be a non-starter.

Let’s assume Google’s phone is tip-top in the hardware department. What sells smartphones these days has as much to do with the software running the phone and the applications available as the hardware. Again, Apple (AAPL) leads the pack by a wide margin with its mobile apps store.

Google’s open-source mobile OS Android has been getting mostly good reviews, especially in its latest incarnation running on Motorola’s (MOT) Droid phone. What Google needs to do, however, is get more Android phones out there to attract more developers and get the critical application mass it needs.

What has everyone most excited at the moment is the (rumored) prospect that Google will sell its Nexus One as an unlocked, carrier-agnostic piece of gear starting in January. Fine, as long as the phone is still relatively cheap. If Google comes out with a $500 unlocked phone, it will fade as quickly as all of Nokia’s similar unlocked and pricey efforts.

But if Google sells its phone contract-free for the same $199 the iPhone sells for (with a two-year AT&T (T) contract) it will have a monster on its hands. How could that happen? Google, rather than a carrier could subsidize the phone, and make up the cost via mobile advertising (it just bought AdMob), or maybe just take a hit to build a market. Google can certainly afford it. Either way, Android gets very huge, very fast, and that is what Google really wants.

Would that upset Google’s roster of current Android customers, including Motorola, Samsung and some of the wireless carriers? Sure it would, but this isn’t about the old-school wireless ecosystem, it’s about the mobile Web and Google’s designs to own it. If Google wants it, it needs to step up. If no? Those pigs-in-a-blanket sure look good.

[Via http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com]

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Google Phone a Reality?

2009-12-13T03:14:00.000+02:00

Is this the G-Phone?

There is strong news around the tech blogs that a HTC-made, Google Phone is in the wild amongst Google employees. Google did confirm that there is something brewing. This is very important because currently Google just develops the Android OS, while it is up to manufactures (like HTC, Motorola, etc.) to make the hardware. With the so-called Google Phone (or G-Phone) it would mean a phone fully developed by Google to their liking. You can expect tight integration between the hardware and software. For manufactures who implement the Android OS it could be uneasy news.

Here are the facts from TechCrunch: The hardware manufacturer of the “Google Phone” is HTC, and it will be sold as an unlocked GSM phone (so technically it would work on both T-Mobile and AT&T). The phone will be running Android 2.1. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and it will have a beautifully bright-lit OLED touchscreen. It has no physical keyboard, two mics (one mic will try to eliminate background noise), and a camera. Rumors are that it is thinner than the current iPhone. A projected release date of January 2010 has been mentioned.

For cell phone manufactures who are Android partners, this could take away from their sales. If the reports are true, the G-Phone definitely makes Apple’s iPhone 3GS look silly and dated. Where the Droid was equal to the iPhone, the G-Phone should eclipse both. Nokia and Symbian need to innovate now in order to keep their market share lead. For Palm and Microsoft, this marks the beginning of irrelevancy in the smartphone market. Lastly, Verizon gets left out on what potentially could be the best phone on the market.

The real winner? Google. It is the correct move for the company. It ensures extremely tight integration of software and hardware that rivals the iPhone. They can create their own branded phone and no one will stop them because they have the manufacturers by the balls with their amazing Android OS. This is something Microsoft never dared to do in the PC market…but then again this is what separates Google from the rest.

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Droid killed itself

2009-12-12T11:00:00.000+02:00

This video is made on iPhone 3G S. iPhone is the only phone in the world on which you can do this kind of editing. You can add up clips,trim clips,change the speed of the video, make it reverse and add voice over.

Droid Does? No actually it sucks.

Droid can not have apps over 256 MB because Android has limitation. It can store apps only on internal memory not on Memory card. iPhone can have hundreds of wonderful apps.

Droid’s camera has focus problem its terribly slow. iPhone’s tap to focus is fast and effective

Android has hardly any app that can match the quality of Apps that Apple’s App store has.

Droid cant download video from websites. iPhone,iPhone 3G,iPhone 3G S and iPod Touch can directly download videos and full length movies from many websites

Droid cant play HD content iPhone 3G S plays 1080 P video

iPhone lets you add any web link to your home screen for one tap access. And it has 11 Pages to store Apps,Web apps and Web links

Droid has only 3 Pages and 256 MB. How many widgets,apps and web links can you add?

Droid doesn’t have TV out. iPhone can stream HD movies from your computer over 3G or Wi-Fi and have it displayed on HD TV. So if you have iPhone throw DVD player to trash.

Droid talk about Multi Tasking which is the funniest part coz it cant let you talk and browse the internet simultaneously over 3G.

Droid is a technologically backward phone with false claims.

Verizon is so greedy that it wants money even on VoIP calls.

Yes on iPhone you can make unlimited calls to any US landline or mobile using VoIP. BUT if you want to make a call on Droid, you have to call a local no. from there you will be redirected to your desired destination.

No wonder Verizon(with VODAFONE) could manage to get only 1.2 million customer in last quarter and AT&T alone got 2 million.

On iPhone, you can talk and surf simultaneously over wi-fi and 3G. You can check mails while listening music. You can play Radio (FLYCAST) in the background. You can do Voice recording while surfing the web.

You can listen to songs while playing games. No matter what you are doing as soon as you get a message on any social network, you will notified immediately.

Droid has interchangeable batteries. Who gives a crap about it. Droid has no interesting features so may be Droid users will be changing batteries to keep themselves busy.

iPhone users has 100,000 ways to get entertained and be productive.

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Un bon article pour relativiser: Android : Nouveauté, révolution, évolution ? (source: le journal du Geek)

2009-12-06T19:02:00.000+02:00

Je ne sais pas pour vous mais Android est devenu en quelques mois un peu l’OS mobile à la mode. D’ailleurs, quand on y repenss, dans le choix d’un smartphone, le hardware est devenu secondaire au bénéfice de l’OS que l’appareil embarque mais surtout de l’écosystème autour de l’OS. En effet, l’OS mobile est devenu, avec son écosystème, un élément essentiel dans le choix d’un smartphone. Je parle bien de smartphones et non de la téléphonie au sens large parce que bon, le grand public n’est pas encore, AMHA, sensible aux arguments marketings des différents OS.

Evidemment, qu’on aime ou pas, il faut remercier Apple et son iPhone pour avoir accélérer l’arrivée de l’internet mobile et donc la refonte de tous les acteurs du marché. D’ailleurs, en y repensant, ce sont les nouveaux venus qui ont quelque part réussi à tirer leur épingle du jeu puisque les acteurs historiques comme Windows Mobile ou Symbian sont encore en train d’essuyer les plâtres de leur virage pris à 2km/h excepté peut-être pour Blackberry qui a réussi à garder un OS plutôt agréable et un hardware cohérent.

Alors qu’Apple a imposé son OSX mobile en très peu de temps, c’est au même moment que Google lançait son Android, un OS mobile disponible en Open Source et à destination de tous les constructeurs. Du coup, les constructeurs n’avaient pas grand chose à perdre si ce n’était acquérir une license et surtout, avoir la possibilité de personnaliser l’OS de Google à leur image. Et donc quelque part, c’était tout bénèf, un minimum d’investissement, de l’Open Source pour la communauté et les développements ainsi qu’un capital sympathie qui gravite autour de Google et donc, de son OS. Le seul hic en fait était de savoir quand il fallait se lancer sur un terrain encore vierge pour Android mais ultra-concurrentiel avec OSX Mobile, Blackberry, Symbian S60 et Windows Mobile.

Du coup, c’est HTC qui a ouvert le bal avec deux modèles d’essai, les Dream et Magic, qui ont eu le mérite d’être les premiers sur le marché. A cette époque, point d’interface personnalisée constructeur encore, c’était l’interface pensée par Google et il faut dire que ce n’était pas super génial. C’était fluide mais il manquait quelque chose, c’était fade et ça se différenciait à peine des autres. Heureusement, HTC l’avait bien compris et avec leur expérience sur la personnalisation de Windows Mobile 6.1, la marque taiwanaise a sorti, le Hero, un nouveau smartphone sous Android avec cette fois une interface personnalisée comme la marque asiatique sait si bien faire. Nommée Sense, elle a permis à la fois de mettre en valeur HTC en tant qu’intégrateur et Android avec ses multiples possibilités. Le succès fut au rendez-vous et unanime. D’ailleurs, le Hero a souvent été présenté comme la seule alternative potable par rapport à l’iPhone d’Apple, et ce n’est pas rien.

Avec le Hero, les constructeurs ont pu voir l’accueil chaleureux que leur réservait le public pour peu qu’ils soient capable de sortir un smartphone avec une interface utilisateur pensée. Alors que HTC réitère avec un modèle d’entrée de gamme, le Tattoo et en attente du successeur du Hero qui devrait être annoncé lors de la Mobile Word Congress 2010 à Barcelone en février prochain, les autres marques ont annoncé à tout bout de champ la sortie l’année prochaine de gammes complètes dédiées à Android comme Samsung ou Acer.

On l’a vu plus haut, le succès d’un OS mobile ne dépend pas uniquement de l’interface mais aussi de l’écosystème qu’ils sont capables de gérer autour. On l’a vu avec l’iPhone couplé à iTunes , et bien chaque OS mobile essaie de recréer ce fameux duo, Android avec l’Android Market, Windows Mobile avec le Windows Marketplace, Blackberry avec son Blackberry AppStore ou encore Symbian avec l’OVI Store. De tous ces duos et en dehors du couple iPhone/iTunes, il faut dire que l’offre est plutôt maigre. Microsoft a d’ailleurs la palme avec un Marketplace des plus pauvres à sa sortie. Nokia s’en sort à peine mieux. En fait, RIM ne s’en sort pas trop mal et seul Google a réussi son entrée en tant que challenger. Certes, ce fut laborieux au départ mais avec les succès des HTC Hero et Motorola Droid, les développeurs arrivent de toute part et c’est pour notre plus grand plaisir, hein ?

Bon, ce n’est pas encore du niveau de l’AppStore d’Apple mais ça arrive plus vite qu’on ne pourrait le penser.

C’est donc en 2010 qu’on verra de plus en plus de mobiles sous Android et mieux encore, on aura de plus en plus d’interfaces personnalisées à la Sense de HTC. D’ailleurs, en tant que Geek, on est impatient de voir tous ces nouveaux modèles, en commençant avec le nouveau Motorola Milestone/Droid qui arrive dès le 15 décembre prochain en exclusivité chez RueduCommerce.com ou encore le Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. D’ailleurs, c’est assez drôle de voir comment l’OS mobile de Google a réussi à redorer l’image ou plutôt le capital sympathie pour certaines marques en perte de vitesse, je pense notamment à Motorola ou Sony Ericsson. Peut-être reverra-t-on des marques déchues comme Sagem ou Alcatel ? D’ailleurs, Sagemcom semble très actif en ce moment mais on en reparlera plus tard.

Et ce n’est pas fini, puisqu’Android a la particularité de ne pas s’adresser qu’aux mobiles ou smartphones mais aussi aux MID ou tablettes Internet. D’ailleurs, il en existe déjà une sur le marché avec l’Archos 5 Internet Tablet qui reprend ce qui a fait succès de l’Archos 5 mais maintenant avec Android comme OS embarquée. Bon, ce n’est pas encore certifiée par Google mais avec la sortie (déjà) d’Android 2.0, ça devrait faciliter le travail d’intégration d’Archos qui, pour l’instant, fait un peu tout à la mano pour rentre compatible sa tablette internet avec Android.

De même que pour les MID et les tablettes internet, Android arrive aussi sur les netbooks, on le voit déjà sur l’Acer Aspire One D250. Certes, on peut se demander l’intérêt d’un OS mobile sur un netbook mais pourquoi pas. D’ailleurs, avoir la même interface pour ses appareils de la vie de tous les jours, ce n’est pas plus mal, non ? On pourra noter cependant qu’Android permet d’avoir un OS opérationnel en quelques secondes et c’est plutôt utile dans le cadre d’une utilisation tournée vers internet et les mails.

On est encore dans les prémices et beaucoup de choses peuvent encore changer, Apple n’a toujours pas annoncé sa tablette internet, le nouveau Maemo de Nokia n’en est encore qu’à ses débuts mais semble prometteur, Windows Mobile arrivera sans doute un jour à maturité, surtout quand on voit ce que peut faire Windows Mobile 7 (voir le Zune HD par exemple). Bref, il y a encore plein d’interrogations et c’est dans doute en 2011 voire 2012 qu’on verra si un éditeur aura réussi à détrôner Apple ou pas.

http://www.journaldugeek.com/2009/12/06/android-nouveaute-revolution-evolution/

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Motorola Sholes Tablet - Upgrade Conundrum Continued

2009-12-03T19:32:00.000+02:00

I see what’s happening now, I’m clearly about to enter a 6-7 month period where I am paralytically afraid to upgrade due to the impending Best Phone Ever

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™ being released just a month from whenever I begin to feel slightly safe to upgrade.

I made brief reference to the Sholes Tablet in my post on the HTC Passion a couple weeks ago, but a few new images have slipped out courtesy of a Boy Genius Report find that seem to confirm a few of the interesting upgrades from the existing Droid in the form of an HDMI port, an 8 megapixel camera, and finally a xenon flash. Other than going on a no keyboard diet the rest of the phone remains exactly the same as the Droid we know today.

Dropping the keyboard I don’t need, adding the HDMI port and to a lesser degree the xenon flash are the only things of interest to me here. The jump to 8 megapixels is more concerning than exciting as we’ve seen time and again that getting too far ahead in the megapixel race just leads to noisy unsatisfactory photos and video. Other than what most interpret to be a software related glitch to the Droid camera right now I’ve seen mostly positive things about it so hopefully Motorola is managing to at least maintain that standard here.

I’ve seen a few people on various forums and blogs whining that an HDMI port is unnecessary and a waste of space and I couldn’t disagree more. Obviously this isn’t the sort of thing you are likely to use every day, but with the multimedia capabilities of these phones I think a video out is an absolute no brainer and why would you hit short of an HDMI port given the choice. It would be great to just pull out the HDMI cable when visiting my family and display all the new photos and videos of my daughter’s shenanigans.

So what are we looking at here Motorola? Two months? Six months? The Droid is likely going BOGO as early as tomorrow; one would assume that means the HTC Passion is coming in the next two weeks as previously predicted. Once upon a time that would have made me think that I was safe to upgrade as nothing new would be coming down the pike for several months, sadly/thankfully those days are done.

Seeing this seemingly near production quality Sholes Tablet have anyone back in a holding pattern or is it still bring on the Passion and the Sholes Tablet can be damned to the same black hole of mystery as the oft rumored VeriPhone?

[Via http://technogasms.wordpress.com]

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Motorola Aura - Expensive Motorola Phone, But is it Worth the Price Tag?

2009-11-28T11:16:00.000+02:00

Motorola is offering a new Aura mobile phone to all of those individuals who are looking for a new phone. When it comes to this new cell phone, we believe you will really enjoy it as it is just what you need. For years, we have been waiting for a great new mobile phone like this, but it seems no one wanted to make it. Then along came Motorola and we are very thankful for this handset. What is all this about over a little device? Well, we are going to tell you that within this article.

First, we would like to start by telling you that the new Motorola Aura mobile phone is well worth the money and if you have the money, then you should get this gadget. We’re sorry if we sound like a sales add, it is just that we are very excited about this new phone and we would like to get the news out. This new handset is highly fashionable and that is what we have been looking for. When you walk past the Motorola Aura, it will be sure to gain your attention, because it has a round interface. If you look at the other mobile phones, you are not going to find a round interface that is quite like this one. This is because the lens is made from real sapphire crystal. We don’t believe there is any cell phone that has a lens made from sapphire crystal.

We believe this was a perfect invention because cell phone lens are known for being scratched. Yes, cell phones get shoved in pockets, shoved in corners and shoved in purses; they are doomed to be scratched. This is not the case with this new device because Motorola made it almost impossible for the screen to get scratched. The screen resolution on this new phone is also out of this world. You will be getting high resolution that offers you sixteen million colors and don’t forget about the 300 DPI. Now, you are probably trying to figure out if there are sixteen million different colors, but there is and this cell phone proves it.

Once you get past the looks of this new cell phone, you will see that it has some great things to offer. Whilst it may not have as great of a camera as the other cell phones, it has a 2 -megapixel camera. However, the looks and the communication make up for the camera. This new phone also has 2 GB of memory that has been built in, so you should never have any problems with running out of room for the memory. You will be able to hold tons of messages, e-mails and don’t forget about the calendar that comes with this cell phone. When you purchase the sell phone, you will be getting just what you should expect from a cell phone, a great communication device that will never let you down.

The Motorola Aura has recently been joined by the new Motorola Jewel flip phone, for further details on both of these new models please visit our mobile phone website.

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Most modern Apple iPhone 3G Black 16GB

2009-11-26T11:43:00.000+02:00

The biggest change is on the back of the iPhone 3G, which is now made of smooth but durable black plastic instead of the aluminum back found on the first iPhone. Apple iPhone 3G Black is an update to the popular iPhone 3G, itself an update of the original iPhone. The third generation smartphone is available in 16GB and 32GB varieties, both of which can be had in black or white.

The iPhone 2megapixel camera appears to be identical in quality to the original, which is to say pretty good outdoors and somewhat iffier indoors.

On top of the application store support and enterprise features, the iPhone 2.0 software also includes several new end user features as well. Very handy tools like contact search, and full work support complements the already available Microsoft Office file format support, with the phone also being able to open PowerPoint presentations. With iPhone 2.0 you can also bulk delete messages from apps like Mail, and parental controls have been added to control the spending and viewing habits of the younger audience.

Second, the iPhone 3G feels better in the hand and is less slippery. The only downside is that the glossy back, like the front, picks up fingerprints quickly. The updated email client works with IMAP and POP3 accounts and has presets for Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, and Apple, but the big story is Microsoft Exchange support, making the iPhone a viable business phone. MS Exchange ActiveSync also lets you wirelessly sync contacts and calendars, and you can receive email on the phone as soon as it hits the server.

Another new feature is the built in GPS module, which adds real time position tracking to the Google Maps application. Lastly, the new iPhone has a non recessed 3.5mm headphone, so no adapter is required to use non Apple headsets. From the hardware perspective, one of the most anticipated enhancements to the platform is 3G data access, which gives the new iPhone its name simply the iPhone 3G. Despite the higher drain of 3G data, the battery life of the iPhone 3G remains solid up to 5 hours of 3G talk time and 300 hours standby is achievable. On GSM networks the iPhone 3G is rated for 10 hours of talk time. For more details: http://www.phoneandbeyond.com

[Via http://differentman.wordpress.com]

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Android, the new Symbian?

2009-11-24T03:00:00.000+02:00

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 has recently been announced with the awesome inclusion of the Android OS, but with multiple brands jumping on the bandwagon is Android treading a familiar and dangerous path?

Android operating systems are infiltrating the world’s handsets. Starting quietly on the innocuous HTC, the monster OS is sneaking its way onto giant brands such as Samsung, Philips, Motorola and soon Sony Ericsson. The consolidation of multiple brands to a single OS has rarely been seen before and is a testament to the usability of the system. It’s also a unified backing against the brilliant iPhone, whose exclusive operating system is showing no signs of migration and threatened to dominate the market before the multi-tasking Android made a case for itself as a serious contender. Placing Android alongside Palm’s WebOS, there are seemingly no other platforms which present a decent alternative to the iPhone’s utility and ease of use.

Frighteningly, the only previous operating system to successfully migrate between multiple brands is the limited and stagnant Symbian. Its original and usable design got stuck in the mud and was incapable of progressing at the same rate as the hardware; a bit like a Bugatti Veyron with a wind up choke or Michael Bolton. With the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 comes the responsibility of power, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor lurks inside the recently announced Android phone. Surprisingly the X10 is only going to run Android Donut, placing it firmly in the rear view mirror of the Motorola Droid and its Android Eclair upgrade despite possessing a sizeable chunk more power.

The very fact that the Eclair upgrade exists is proof that Android is still very much on the move, let’s hope that other brands see fit to employ the added goodness that Google, Android’s developer, have granted its OS. However, if major hardware makers like Sony Ericsson are unwilling to adopt upgraded operating systems, there’s a chance that development could slow just as it did with Symbian. Here’s hoping that Google doesn’t drop the ball on this OS and continues to push the boundaries of mobile technology or it might become a dinosaur like Symbian.

Charles Thompson

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Unboxing the HP Mini 311

2009-11-22T03:13:00.000+02:00

Hot on the heels of the Motorola Droid, the friendly people a Verizon sent me an HP Mini 311-1037NR review unit!

It’s a netbook with an Intel Atom N270 processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, and an 11.6″ screen. Of particular interest to me is the Gobi radio from Qualcomm (built-in WWAN) which supports both EVDO and EDGE/HSDPA networks…

The Mini 311 is rather large for a netbook – even the Acer Aspire 1410, a regular notebook with a similar price, yet more powerful hardware, is slightly smaller and thinner. I recently wrote:

I think current netbooks are too big and bloated – 11.6″ screens and full keyboards are great but how about smaller packaging? To me, older netbooks with 9″ screens are still the ideal in terms of system size and weight.

Take a look at my unboxing pictures, and stay tuned for some mods – contrary to the Sony VAIO P, the Mini 311 already features a SIM slot, so enabling GSM/UMTS is only a matter of hacking the software

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¡Un Compañero Práctico y Bonito: Motorola Z6!

2009-11-21T19:06:00.000+02:00

El Motorola Z6 es un celular Práctico, de diseño innovador, muy bonito y comodo. Una de sus principales funciones es la del reproductor MP3. Si tu intención es un celular muy bonito, rápido, efectivo, para escuchar música, viajar seguido y mantenerte comunicado, el Z6 es el tuyo. Características: • Tamaño: 105.5 x 45.5 x 16 mm.

• Peso: 105 grs.

• Duración Batería: 220-420 min de voz / 200-400 hs Stand by

• Frecuencias: 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz

• Pantalla Color: Sí.

• Resolución: 320 x 240 / 262K Colores

• Cámara de Fotos: Sí.

• Zoom: 8x.

• Resolución de la cámara: 2mpx.

• Agenda Calendario: Sí.

• Posiciones Directorio: 500

• Calculadora: Sí.

• WAP/ GPRS: Sí. Versión WAP 2.0+

• EDGE: Si

• Mensajes Multimedia: Sí.

• Infrarrojo: No.

• Bluetooth: Sí.

• Tecnología Java: Sí.

• Memoria interna: 64mb.

• Discado por Voz : Sí.

• Vibra: Sí.

• EMS: Sí.

• SMS MO-MT: Sí.

• USB/ Mini USB: Síí

• Mail (POP3): Sí

• Reproductor MP3: Si.

• MP3 Ringtones:

• Video Streaming: Si

• Video Recording: Sí.

• Video Playback: Sí.

• Función modem para laptop: Sí.

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What does Google gPhone mean to Android phone vendors?

2009-11-19T11:20:00.000+02:00

Reports suggest that Google will partner with phone maker HTC to deliver the much hyped and awaited Google phone; the gPhone as some like to call it. The Google branded phone is rumored to be out in early 2010 with advertising starting in January.

As PC World’s Ian Paul suggests, the driver behind a Google branded phone is to “own the customer experience” through the gPhone. While this makes complete sense for Google, what does it mean for Android, and more importantly, handset manufacturers building Android-based devices?

First, let’s consider whether Google would use Android improvements required for the gPhone as a competitive differentiator versus other Android handset makers. The Android license doesn’t require derivative works to be contributed back. However, I’ll give “don’t be evil” Google the benefit of the doubt and assume that they will contribute Android improvements back to the Android community. In this respect, the gPhone helps the Android community.

Next, let’s look at brand. Until now, Android-based handset manufactures have been able to trade on the Google brand. Competing against the Google brand will be altogether different. Matt Asay nails it when he concludes that Android is winning over Symbian because of Google’s brand. Taken one step further, would a consumer purchase a Google gPhone over a similarly featured and priced Android-based phone from Motorola, LG or others? I would. Would a consumer pay more for a Google branded phone over, say the Motorola DROID? Yes, that’s why Google’s brand is the seventh highest valued brand according to BusinessWeek/Interbrand.

Finally, can Google actually design and manufacture a superior device versus Motorola, LG and other handset vendor? That remains to be seen. Google can hire experienced designers and work with manufacturers such as HTC. Google expertise in creating compelling, yet easy to use, user experiences could be the competitive differentiator here. If Google can come up with an innovative way to interact with the gPhone, akin to the iPhone’s “pinch to zoom out” or “flick to scroll”, then the gPhone starts to be real interesting. These innovative interactions will require API support inside of Android and new hardware designs. The former may be available to all Android handset vendors, while the latter would not, thereby providing Google another point of competitive differentiation.

In some respects the gPhone, which Google has insisted it had no interest in building, is a kick in the shins, or higher up, to Android handset makers. Google, friend and foe at once seems like a common trend these days.

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You Can't Ring & Ruin My Life!

2009-11-12T02:58:00.000+02:00

Remember those days of carefree indulgence back in college or school or even the womb? You could do whatever you wished without anyone bothering you or asking you irritating questions. Life was so beautiful, with little misery to discover and a lot of fun to explore. Then, some jackass went and invented the mobile phone.

It’s bad enough to have one phone, but when you try to adhere to statistics (India has almost a 200% cell-phone penetration), you get stuck with two phones and a very short fuse. Constantly trying to please every one of the 900-odd contacts on both phones, most of whom just give you a missed call hoping you consider them important enough for you to call back, can be quite a challenge if you’re not taking anger management classes. Since my anger management involves some highly charged romantic moments with my girlfriend, whom I shall diplomatically call a bombshell, and since I can’t meet her as often as I would like to these days (due to our respective careers and not anything else), I am almost always one phone call away from losing my cool.

This morning, I had the (mis)fortune of running out of balance on my prepaid number and reach the end of the month’s grace period on my postpaid one, and at 9 in the morning, I was ‘temporarily disconnected’ from the entire world. It was such a beautiful feeling – I became nostalgic and went up on the terrace, placed both my phones in front of me and danced around in my underwear singing ‘It’s My Life’ and screaming,

“You can’t ring and ruin my life!

You can’t ring and ruin my life!

I control you, fuckers!

Tra-la-la-laaa….

You can’t ring… You can’t ruin my life…”

Just as the chorus built up a bit and I became more and more animated, one of the phones beeped. I stopped mid-sentence, “I control you fu-” and stared at the pair of life-ruiners in front of me. One of them definitely had beeped. Was I dreaming? I went closer, slowly, hesitantly, and saw that my Motorola phone was flashing “I New Message”.

How could this be? I knew for a fact that there was no balance in either of the phones. I couldn’t receive messages! This was not possible! Then, it struck me that if this phone could receive messages, then what’s stopping it from ringing! I let out a guttural scream of pain, grabbed both the phones and ran inside. When I flipped the phone open, the message was from a client of mine and it read, “Nikhil, can’t reach you. Please call.”

I felt like a piece of shit as I stood in line, trying to recharge both the phones, a few hours later.

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Qik and Droid Together At Last - In DVD 720×480 Video Of Course

2009-11-10T19:26:00.000+02:00

Not all Video Streaming sites are created equal and to prove it, Qik has announced a beta program for the Motorola Droid. The service allows you to post DVD quality video and stream it live in 720 X 480 quality.

With this device we are raising the bar on quality – yet again! Qik for Droid can now capture of DVD resolution (720×480) video – first ever by any live mobile video provider. If you are interested in giving this beta version a try send an email to droidbeta@qik.com

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droid /'dɹɔɪd/

2009-11-10T03:47:00.000+02:00

There was a frisson of excitement in the cellular telephony market a few days ago with the launch of a new mobile phone called the Droid. As the owner of a very old Motorola® MOTOKRZR™ phone and tied to the Verizon network, this new technology could be the ersatz iPhone® I have been looking for.

Motorola Droid

So, over the unseasonably warm Ohio weekend, I took a trip out on my Triumph® motorcycle to the local Verizon store, where I was able to get my hands on this new smartphone. It is, as the marketing suggests, a pretty cool device and offers the same general features as Apple® iPhone, as well as access to new apps – even if there are currently fewer on offer than the iTunes® store.

The word droid is clearly a contraction of android, which the OED defines as “An automaton resembling a human being.” (OED, Vol. I, p.452.) However, the phone in no way, shape, or form resembles a human being – unless the human being under consideration has had a horrific accident in a car crushing machine.

So how has this change comes about?

The first mention of android is in Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopedia; or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences, which was published between 1722 and 1751. Here, he says, “Albertus Magnus is recorded as having made a famous androides.”

By the mid-20th century, androids were also seen as being part human. The Spectator magazine on 19th September, 1958, said, “Today SF [science fiction - Ed.] must be more than a blood-and-sex day-dream spattered with words like android (robots made of flesh and bone).” This also marks the distinction between a robot (from the Czech word robota meaning “forced labor”) and android.

The use of the circumcised form, droid, appears to have originated in the first of the Star Wars series of movies back in 1977. Incidentally, this lopping off of the linguistic foreskin is called apocope, from the Greek apokope, which means “cut off.”

Imperial probe droid

This notion of Star Wars being the progenitor of droid is reinforced by the very recent filing for Droid as a trademark by Lucasfilm Ltd. They claim specifically that they want the mark reserved for;

“Wireless communications devices, including, mobile phones, cell phones, hand held devices and personal digital assistants, accessories and parts therefor, and related computer software and wireless telecommunications programs; mobile digital electronic devices for the sending and receiving of telephone calls, electronic mail, and other digital data, for use as a digital format audio player, and for use as a handheld computer, electronic organizer, electronic notepad, and digital camera; downloadable ring tones and screen savers; cameras, pagers and calling cards.”

I add all this information to highlight the fact that words can be very, very serious business. Many people think that etymologists (folks who are interested in word origins) are geeks who live in cloud cuckoo land. Not so. In fact, trademarking is an area of business where etymologists can be very useful folks to have around.

More interesting is that the filing comes now, just prior to the release of the Motorola Droid, which doesn’t appear with a trademark but is cited as being “under license from Lucasfilms Ltd.” The actual filing is dated October 9th, 2009, which looks suspiciously like a last-minute dash by the Lucas attorneys to snag the mark before Motorola.

The word android is rooted in the Greek word ὰνδρο, meaning “man,” and the suffix -ειδῄς, “having the likeness of.” It’s the same root as the word androgyne, a being with the physical characteristics of both a man and a woman. More commonly, the word hermaphrodite is used for such as blended person. This comes from the myth of Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who became half-man, half-woman after the gods fused him with the nymph, Salmacis.

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus - Navez (1892)

The adjective form of the word is androidal, meaning “like an automaton,” but it is rare. A quick Google search reveals 150,000 ghits, most of which seem to be the names of companies.

Now not only can the iPhone brigade get their dose of The Word Guy on their phones but now the Droid set can join in with words on the web.

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Motorola DEXT MB220 Unlocked Quadband

2009-11-07T11:24:00.000+02:00

Motorola has been silent for a long time, but it has finally brought out the Dext – the first phone in years that can be spoken of in the same breath as the Palm Pre and HTC Hero.The Dext is a pretty big device, thanks to packing a full QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1-inch capacitive touchscreen. It feels like two phones merged together – with a super thin iPhone-a-like on top with a chunky physical keyboard beneath.Apart from its large and responsive touchscreen, the inclusion of a full keyboard on the Dext gives users the choice of text input. The keys are well formed and rubberised, with a decent amount of travel and space around them.

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The Droid

2009-11-05T19:26:00.000+02:00

Tomorrow will be a very exciting day. Tomorrow is the launch day for Verizon’s new kickass Android device. It’s about time Android came to Verizon. The Motorola Droid is going to be the number one Android device out, at least for now. It’s going to be running the same processor as the iPhone, have a huge touch screen display, and a 5 megapixel camera. It’s pretty exciting stuff that there will finally be a phone that can play in the same league as the iPhone on the best network around.

I’m pretty excited to dump my Storm and get a Droid. The Storm is a piece of junk, and I’m pretty positive the Droid will eat it alive. It’ll be nice to have a hardware keyboard, the best mobile operating system out there, and all kinds of other awesome stuff (like turn by turn navigation) on America’s Most Reliable Network (with the most 3G coverage). The best of both worlds. Tomorrow.

If you want to learn more about the Droid check out the review on endgadget – here.

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iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid, comparación en vídeo

2009-11-05T11:45:00.000+02:00

Una comparativa de ambos teléfonos ya era absolutamente necesaria. En un lado del ring tenemos al actual rey (iPhone 3GS) y culpable de la revolución que ha visto el mercado de la telefonía últimamente. En el otro, tenemos al aspirante (Motorola Droid) con procesador más pontente, más pantalla y un sistema operativo Android 2.0 de lo más atractivo. ¿Quién va a ganar?

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More Details on the Motorola Droid & Other DROID Devices.

2009-11-03T19:39:00.000+02:00

Motorola Droid

Well if you don’t already know, the Motorola Droid is kinda a big deal for Verizon, Google, and Motorola. Reviews around the tech industry are positive about the Android-powered device (see links below). To sum up the past several weeks of information, DROID is a series of phones on Verizon that will be running Google’s Android OS. HTC will be releasing Droid Eris on Verizon’s Network also. But the Motorola Droid is Verizon’s flagship handset for the DROID lineup right now.

Also there is confirmation of a GSM-version of the Motorola Droid to be released in Europe. Overseas the device is known as the Motorola Milestone. As of right now, the Euro-version does have multi-touch support (meaning you can do finger gestures like pinch zooming a la Apple iPhone), which the US version has not confirmed or demoed – score one for the Europeans. However, U.S. GSM users at AT&T and T-Mobile should not expect the Motorola Droid/Milestone to come out in GSM form stateside, but nothing is stopping them from nabbing a Euro-version.

The Motorola Droid will be released in Verizon stores nationwide on Friday, November 6th at a price of $200 on contract of course. Several of the Verizon Wireless stores nationwide will be opening at 7am or 8am local time to launch their flagship device. Also the cool dock cost $30. With the marketing blitz and tremendous specs and rave reviews, expect the Motorola Droid to be a success.

Gizmodo’s Android 2.0 Review (this is the OS in the Motorola Droid)

Gizmodo’s Motorola Droid Review

Gizmodo’s Google Navigator Review (this is included in the Motorola Droid)

Engadget’s “Panel of Thoughts” on the Droid

Engadget’s Motorola Droid Review

CNET’s Motorola Droid Review

PCWorld’s Motorola Droid Review

My Thoughts on Motorola Droid

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Droid/Milestone EURO-version Hands On (with Multi-Touch)

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Gold Stars For Motorola, McDonalds; Trader Joes - Vonage Sits In The Corner

2009-11-01T11:44:00.000+02:00

Remember this mystery I shared in last week’s blog?

Let me refresh your memory:

Here’s another mystery. Currently I connect Comcast -> Motorola Surfboard Surfboard SB5101 Modem – > Vonage V-Portal -> Computer

If I try to eliminate the Vonage V-Portal for tests, I can’t connect to the Internet via Comcast -> Motorola Surfboard SB5101 Modem – > Computer, without rebooting the modem
If I perform action #1, then I can’t connect to the Internet via Comcast -> Motorola Surfboard Surfboard SB5101 Modem – > Vonage V-Portal -> Computer, without rebooting the Modem, followed by rebooting the Vonage V-portal.

I did contact Motorola technical support and they shared this with me:

“The SB5101 uses a Lease table to assign IP addresses to devices. When the modem is connected to the internet service provider, it only has one IP address to assign: the IP address that the ISP gives you. Once a device connects to the modem and obtains that IP address, the modem associates the two together in its lease table. The modem will keep those two associated for an unknown amount of time even after the device is shut down or disconnected from the modem. When you power cycle the modem, this clears that Lease table and allows any device to obtain that IP address.”

“This method of assigning IP addresses has been addressed in newer versions of the modem’s firmware so that it will dynamically update the lease table for any device without the need of a power cycle. Unfortunately, the ISP controls the firmware, so you cannot upgrade that firmware yourself. The ISP automatically updates the firmware on all modems installed on their network to be sure they match what their systems support. This also includes downgrading firmware to versions that their systems support.”

“The only thing you could do at this point is to either contact your ISP to see if they will update your firmware for you. If they will not, then we’ll have to stick to power cycling the modem each time you switch the connection.”

“Alternatively, you could also purchase a router to connect to the SB5101. That way, the router would handle all the IP Addressing and the modem would only have to recognize the connection to a single device: the router.”

Vonage Lessons learned:

Time to beat up Vonage…to be fair, I’m not anti-Vonage (companies like Lingo probably wouldn’t fair much better) . This week, I tested talking to the University of South Africa via Vonage – very nice – when 0% packet loss. I’ll wait a year and see…do they fix their problems?

At least I give Motorola credit. They knew what the problem was – shared the current status – then confirmed a firmware fix would arrive, in the near future.

Remember my discovery in last week’s blog with Vonage?

OK Vonage – give me an explanation (Or for that matter, any competitors like Lingo can take a stab):

How come when I run tests with http://www.pingtest.net and http://www.voipreview.org, they both show a significant packet loss – at the same time I experience voice degradation via Vonage?
How come every time I recycle your device for 30 seconds – then run tests on with http://www.pingtest.net and http://www.voipreview.org, they both show zero packet loss – at the same time I experience excellent voice quality via Vonage?

“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.” - Douglas Adams

Let me share a cool layman’s article on packet loss at http://is.gd/4JhHN, before I discuss my technology discoveries this week. Another article by the same author at http://is.gd/4Ji1D, shares an interesting thought: “In my experience, and that of others I’ve seen on the forums, Vonage devices seem to work better when placed behind a more effective router.” Would this minimize my packet loss concern? Maybe I test this with inexpensive routers, like those found at http://is.gd/4JkFx or http://is.gd/4JjOI?

Vonage tech support says things like, “it could be anything. It might be the router, the Comcast connection… blah, blah, blah.” A former Motorola electrical engineer – who has several patent applications over the years…designed and build cell phones…says it’s the Vonage router. I also contacted a “computer hardware genius”, studying computer engineering technology at DeVry University …says it’s the Vonage router. Common sense says that if I power down their device…then power back up…where packet loss is non-existent…it’s the Vonage router. What do you think?
I had a strange problem this week, where I worked with Vonage level 3 support (normally I get level 2). The level 3 support person spent 4 hours with me, trying to diagnose the problem. We came away with a mutual respect for each other.
The problem in item 2 was a Comcast issue. My Motorola Comcast modem is leased by Comcast. Guess what they did? They unregistered my modem on their side. Why? They mixed my account up with some other account. Excuse me? You win the Curly Stooge tech support award.
I mentioned that Google Voice works well with Gizmo5 (see http://www.gizmovoice.com/). Question: If I took a laptop to Mexico and initiated a call to a US number – would that constitute a free call?
I now have Windows 7 running and I’m impressed. Office Depot will install Windows 7 free in store – regardless of where you brought it http://is.gd/4I5fI

Or ask this question of Vonage – What is your definition of “unlimited service?”:

I recall seeing some Vonage TV commercials where they advertised unlimited world service. Yet if you carefully review their terms of service, they state that 5,000 minutes/month is what they consider normal, for usage with normal residential plans. Where did they get this number? Especially when Skype considers 10,000 minutes/month normal for their unlimited plan?

Or things like they can cancel a 30 day money back guarantee any time – without notice?

Suppose you brought sometime from the Internet. They offered a 30 day money back guarantee (like Magic Jack does). You send the product back after 15 days. They refuse to refund the money, because they claim they can cancel a 30 day return policy any time.

How would you feel? Tell me!

This is similar to some Magic Jack complaints I found via Google. Yet Magic Jack has no excuse - Vonage does – it’s stated in their “terms of service”.

Or (if I read this correctly), if you don’t cancel within a precise time frame – after one year of service – they can automatically renew you for another year?

What? Come again? I feel like I’m an actor in the TV series Star Gate – in order to return to earth, I need to enter the Star Gate within a certain time frame. Else, I’m stuck on a remote alien outpost for another year.

There’s So Many “Loopholes” in Vonage’s “Terms of Service”, an elephant can squeeze through – Lingo probably wouldn’t fair any better – didn’t they change their contract length from 1 to 2 years a few months ago?

One good thing I did was to buy another surge protector. Why? Plug the Vonage device into surge protector 2. Plug surge protector 2, the Motorola Cable modem, and other electrical components into surge protector 1. If I need to reboot the Vonage device, I just use the surge protector’s off/on switch. I can even boot the modem – followed by the Vonage V-portal – all by using surge protectors’ off/on switches.

McDonald’s Now

I’m not sure if you visited the McDonalds’ headquarters in Oak Brook. I have several times over the years. There used to be this former Roman Catholic priest (now deceased), who became a spiritual healer. Someone in his audience worked at McDonalds, so they were able to hold spiritual healing seminars there.

Someone else I knew had a connection with McDonalds. There were different presenters of homeopathic medical topics, over the years. It’s interesting that many medical doctors were audience members. There’s actually no disconnect between homeopathic medicine and spiritual healing. I find them to be quite complimentary. You can ever throw in traditional medicine into the mix and I would see them as potentially fitting together.

Speaking of McDonalds – their coffee is very good! Let’s not forget the excellent price also! I know some would rather pay he premium prize for Starbucks. Or buy these very expensive beans, rather than the excellent Trader Joe (a grocery store chain) “Joe” variety. I’ll tell you what. I rather invest the money I save, not going to Starbucks. Let me stick with McDonalds and Trader Joes store blends.

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The Motorola DROID: Verizon's iPhone Cure

2009-10-29T19:25:00.000+02:00

Motorola is releasing their antidote to the iPhone sickness with the DROID. The Droid is an Android phone that will be front and center on Verizon on November 6th for $199 (with a contract). (Funny that Verizon’s CEO stated that Apple’s decision to let the iPhone run on Verizon was all theirs, especially considering Verizon was the first to REJECT the iPhone.)

Android 2.0 will be front and center, along with Visual Voicemail, a 3.7-inch display (854 x 480 resolution), 5 megapixel camera (with dual-LED flash), a bundled 16GB memory card and a beta version of Google Maps Navigation. There’s also a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3G, WiFi, voice-activated search and over-the-air Amazon MP3 downloads.

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HTC: Your next fave smartphone?

2009-10-29T10:53:00.000+02:00

The largest smartphone maker you’ve never heard of wants to capture the hearts – and dollars – of the U.S. consumer.

Motorola’s (MOT) Droid phone is getting a ton of buzz, and that’s by design. Verizon Wireless (VZ) chief Marketing Officer John Stratton has said the marketing campaign behind its iPhone competitor will be the largest in its history.

But the Google (GOOG)-powered device isn’t the only smartphone the company is likely to begin selling at the start of November. Though no one has officially confirmed, the carrier is expected to announce a second device that will also run on Google’s Android operating system at half the price: the HTC Droid Eris.

Haven’t heard of HTC? You aren’t alone.

Since 1997, the Taiwanese smartphone maker has built a business out of creating “white label” devices for companies like T-Mobile (DT) and Palm (PALM) to brand and distribute. It’s been lucrative. After Apple (AAPL) and RIM (RIMM), which together command 73% of the North American market according to IDC, HTC ranks third. That’s right: No. 3.

Though it only has seven percent of the market, that figure doesn’t tell the whole story. Until recently, HTC simply never put its name on phones it made. (For example, most of the devices represented by T-Mobile, which has six percent of the market, are made by HTC.)

From “white label” to consumer brand

But as the market heats up, HTC wants to be more than a white-label hardware provider. Jason MacKenzie, who runs HTC’s North America operations out of Seattle, calls it a “major shift in strategy.”

So last December, HTC bought the San Francisco based design firm One & Co so the designers could work more closely with its engineers. HTC’s latest devices sport the company’s logo. And this fall, HTC made its largest investment ever, pouring millions of dollars into an ad campaign that includes everything from bus stop billboards to prime time tv spots that tout the slogan “HTC: quietly brilliant.” The first three will go live on October 29.

If HTC hopes to remain competitive in this market, this move is crucial. When the company made its brand debut last year, as the hardware device behind the T-Mobile G1 with Google, it was the only Android device on the market. But within the year, more than 20 Android devices will be go on sale. As is evident with the Motorola Droid, not all of them will get equal marketing treatment by the carriers.

Devices trump carriers

At the same time, consumers’ buying habits are changing. They no longer go to a preferred carrier like AT&T (T) or Verizon Wireless to review different phone models. Instead, they increasingly ask for phones by name, most often requesting an iPhone or a Blackberry.

So will a “quietly brilliant” phone impress consumers enough to have them seeking out HTC devices over the iPhone? IDC analyst Ramon Llamas is skeptical. “I’ve got to tip my hat to these guys because the devices are very good,” he says. “But branding oneself takes time, you don’t get instant street cred.”

MacKenzie expects to spend time. He says the marketing investment is the first of many to come.

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Motorola Announces Industry Leading High-Density Decoupled Upstream Module for its Integrated CMTS Solution

2009-10-27T11:00:00.000+02:00

Motorola’s RX48 Upstream Module helps cable operators economically deliver upstream bandwidth to meet growing subscriber demand

October 26, 2009

HORSHAM, Pa. – October 26, 2009 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Home & Networks Mobility business today introduced the Motorola RX48 decoupled upstream module for its BSR 64000 Integrated Cable Modem Termination System (I-CMTS).With the addition of the RX48 upstream module, Motorola is helping cable operators economically meet their subscribers’ demands for higher average and peak upstream bandwidth, which continue to accelerate, as they react to the ever-increasing popularity in social video, media and high-definition videoconferencing applications, and lucrative commercial service opportunities.

The Motorola BSR 64000 I-CMTS solution, with the new RX48 decoupled upstream module, offers nearly 1.5 Gbps of upstream capacity per module. The upstream-only module is the “sister” card of the TX32 decoupled downstream module, the industry’s highest-density downstream solution, launched in November 2007. The combination of these two high-density decoupled modules, along with the simplicity of the integrated design of the BSR 64000, will provide industry leading flexibility and scalability. Through this highly scalable upstream solution Motorola can help cable operators achieve up to a 60-percent capital savings over traditional upstream and downstream modules. In addition, the RX48 delivers significant energy efficiency, with a per channel power reduction of 81 percent over previous modules.

When combined with S-CDMA, the RX48 represents the most comprehensive upstream solution available in the market today. With S-CDMA, cable operators can unlock additional usable spectrum in their networks to increase upstream capacity by up to 50 percent. By deploying the RX48 decoupled upstream module in conjunction with S-CDMA, cable operators can use this new capacity to increase average data rates through higher order modulation, or implement DOCSIS 3.0 upstream channel bonding to achieve up to 150 Mbps of peak upstream bandwidth.

“Motorola has a long history of hybrid-fiber coax innovation and engineering leadership that continues with the announcement of our RX48 upstream solution. With the RX48, cable operators can rapidly grow their upstream service offering and provide a long-term platform to support evolving IP video services,” said Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president and general manager, Access Networks Solutions, Motorola Home and Networks Mobility. “In addition to the targeting of new commercial services, Motorola helps cable operators harness the full potential of the upstream spectrum and enables greater speeds and capacity to existing DOCSIS 1.x and 2.0 environments and offering even richer media experiences to tomorrow’s DOCSIS 3.0 connected subscribers.”

The RX48 decoupled upstream module will be available to customers in mid-2010. Motorola is showcasing the RX48 decoupled upstream module as part of its comprehensive BSR 64000 I-CMTS solution at the 2009 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo®, October 28-30th in Denver, Colo. — Colorado Convention Center, Booth # 4116.

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Android 2.0

2009-10-24T10:05:00.000+02:00

A partir de ahora en bemoderno vamos a comenzar a introducir noticias referentes al mundo de las tecnologias.

Desde xatakamovil llega este primer analisis del que va a ser el telefono pionero en Eclair, o lo que es lo mismo Android 2.0.

Para terminar de caldear el ambiente, y una vez presentado “oficialmente” el teléfono, BGR ha decidido colgar unas cuantas imágenes de calidad, comparándolo con otros teléfonos, nos cuenta algunas impresiones e incluso nos dejan un vídeo en el que podemos verlo en funcionamiento.

Comentan que tanto el software como el terminal no son finales, pero si están lo suficientemente terminados para sacar conclusiones del aparato, y sobre todo sacarnos de muchas dudas que se habían creado al destaparse la página web oficial.

Desde el punto de vista hardware, me gustaría hablar del procesador Texas Instruments OMAP3430, con el que nos aventuramos a opinar que su frecuencia de reloj, 550 MHz era poco para lo esperado, pero no lo son si tenemos en cuenta que a su lado se encuentra una GPU PowerVR para apoyarlo en materia gráfica, también me gustaría confirmar que cuenta con 256MB de RAM, que en conjunto consiguen un terminal muy interesante en términos de potencia.

No me voy a poner a repetir las especificaciones que ya podemos ver en la anterior entrada, así que voy directo al grano:

La cámara de 5 megapíxeles cuenta con flash de doble LED.
Se han acordado de colocar un LED de notificación como tienen los terminales HTC, buena idea.

Los cuatro botones de navegación son sensibles al tacto, y no tienen vibración al ser usados, no hubiera estado mal unos botones convencionales.

Si hablamos de calidad de construcción, aquí parece ser que Motorola no ha fallado, presenta buenas terminaciones y está confeccionado con materiales metálicos, y aunque pueda parecer pesado (169 gramos), resulta reconfortante que sea por los materiales utilizados. También destacan la implementación del mecanismo que oculta/muestra el teclado.

Vamos a por la estupenda pantalla, que es capacitiva, y la mayor en un terminal Android (3.7 pulgadas), se ve realmente nítida, y es tan sensible como lo puede ser la que tiene un iPhone.

Un tema conflictivo ha sido el teclado desde que se filtraron las primeras imágenes, la unidad que tienen los chicos de BGR funciona bastante bien, pero no es perfecta, quizás determinado por la estrechez del diseño la teclas no tienen mucha altura ni separación. Esperando a saber si será muy diferente en su versión final, concluyen con que el teclado es bastante eficiente una vez adaptados al mismo.

Un artículo aparte se necesitaría para hablar de Android 2.0, así que espero que nos informen pronto sobre él, por ahora nos comentan que funciona a la perfección con Droid, da la sensación que se ha simplificado la interfaz, y se han mejorado cosas como la unificación de la bandeja de correo, los comandos y búsquedas por voz, un nuevo Google Maps, presenta un mejor soporte multimedia, y el navegador también es nuevo.

Por último me gustaría hablar del accesorio que ya nos informaron que aparecería con el terminal, un dock de carga que también sirve como estación multimedia, aunque una vez visto en el vídeo a continuación, parece más un reloj despertador con tiempo meteorológico incluido.

Es interesante contar que para BGR casi todas las cosas que no gustaron en el Motorola DEXT, han sido solucionadas por Droid y Android 2.0, y que enmarcan al nuevo terminal en el mercado como un competidor de BlackBerry o teléfonos Windows Mobile, pero que es más diferente a un iPhone de lo que publicidad nos hacía imaginar.

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Droid Teaser Campaign

2009-10-20T17:53:00.000+02:00

I happen to be a big fan of teaser campaigns. I love the sense of mystery and anticipation and love to be the first in the know.

Droid, the new smartphone from Motorola and Verizon launched their new teaser campaign this weekend and it didn’t disappoint.

The first thing that stood out to me was the direct assault on Apple and the iPhone in this spot. It was a very clever commercial, using a mocking visual style of the “hip” apple spots. I liked the usage of “i” in every statement. This functioned in two different ways:

1. It made consumers aware of weaknesses of the iPhone (which people assume is perfect) and that their product would address those issues.

2. It was a great way to use Apples brand awareness against them by using their attention grabbing reputation to raise interest in the Droid spot.

People may have been thinking they were watching an Apple ad, but were quickly educated when the Droid information came up.

The marketers at Droid pulled out all the stops; they even included some hip peppy music in the background much like Apple does in all their spots. The spot also did a good job of turning a 180 when Droid came up and made sure that everyone understood this wasn’t an iPhone commercial.

It’s also important to note that the commercial didn’t say a lot about the product. It pointed out the flaws of the iPhone, and said that those same flaws would not be found in their new product.

A perfect teaser campaign.

The final line of copy in the spot was http://www.droiddoes.com – which is a site with basically no information. It shows the commercial again, has an email sign up and a counter which uses some fictitious characters; aka we don’t know exactly when it’s launching. The perfect accompaniment to the TV spot.

This teaser campaign had it all, kudos to those at Motorola and Verizon. Kudos for making the investment of running one; it will pay off.

In a world full of instant information, and a hyper segmentation of media (including bloggers like myself) a mysterious and aggressive teaser campaign can be an extremely effective tool for gaining awareness.

Honestly, do I really care about the next smart phone that isn’t an iPhone or Blackberry? No…

But am I now interested in this new product which straight up started a street brawl with Apple?

Hell yes.

As we know, Gen Y is the instant information generation. When this campaign started to run this weekend, you know huge numbers of curious Gen Yers filled Google with their Droid related queries. Now the phone is already in the consideration set of many, and consumers know almost nothing about it. Now that’s what I call marketing.

Now of course, a teaser campaign is nothing without a more information-driven sister campaign following it. It will be interesting to see what Droid comes out with closer to its launch (which by the way is rumored to be October 30th). If Droid is as good as it claims, will they be able to keep up this momentum and pose some a threat to giant Apple. Stay tuned as more updates come out.

I’m going to quote Steven Bellach who recently spoke to a Master’s branding class at San Diego State University:

“When positioning in a commodity category, focus on category benefits and own one – or speak the loudest”

Droid not only spoke the loudest, but yelled AT Apple… pretty gutsy.

What do you guys think of the campaign? Did it work for you?

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Androiden-Fleissarbeit

2009-10-20T10:33:00.000+02:00

Für alle, die sich mit dem iPhone nicht anfreunden wollen, denen Windows Mobile ein Graus ist, und die nichts dagegen haben, sich von Google durchleuchten zu lassen, ist Android wahrscheinlich eine bedenkswerte Alternative, und an – zumindest angekündigten Handys für das Google-OS besteht tatsächlich auch kein Mangel.

Da sind wir dann den Kollegen von TechCrunch überaus dankbar, die eine Liste der nach derzeitigem Stand absehbar käuflichen Modelle (samt Specs) erstellt haben.

Mit insgesamt sieben Geräten liegt HTC deutlich vorne, aber immerhin dicht gefolgt von Samsung (fünf) und Motorola (vier), wobei nicht nur rein optisch das auch von George Lucas geschätzte Motorola Droid den besten Eindruck macht.

Aber auch von der Spitzengruppe abgesehen macht die Auflistung klar, dass der Android-Markt spannend wird: Die alten Platzhirsche wie SE, Samsung und LG wollen natürlich dabei sein (wenn auch erstmal vorsichtig), aber mit Acer, Archos und Dell sind auch ein paar fürs Smartphone-Geschäft neue Namen dabei, und sogar Klon-Billiganbieter wie Huawei scheinen sich was zu versprechen. Da sind wir mal aufs Weihnachtsgeschäft gespannt … [dieter]

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Motorola Supplies du with Latest IPTV Set-top Boxes for Improved Video Experiences

2009-10-20T02:00:00.000+02:00

Motorola accelerates personal media experiences in the Middle East, delivering advanced high-definition VIP series IPTV set-tops

October 18, 2009

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – October 18, 2009 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that its Home & Networks Mobility business has supplied UAE telecommunications provider, du, with state-of-the-art VIP series IPTV set-top boxes. Motorola is du’s premier set-top provider, enabling the telecommunications firm to deliver high-quality IP video services to its customers.

As a world leader in advanced IP video solutions, Motorola’s set-tops facilitate the delivery of exciting new revenue-generating TV and entertainment experiences, including high-definition (HD) programming, while enabling telecommunications service providers like du to exercise greater control over capital and operating expenditures.

Farid Faraidooni, executive vice president, commercial, du, said: “We pride ourselves on bringing our customers highly engaging, world-class media experiences. With Motorola’s set-top portfolio, we can provide interactive access to the broadest range of HD content, as well as offer our customers superior flexibility, choice and control when they enjoy entertainment in their homes.”

Ali Amer, vice president, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility, added: “Consumer trends show an appetite for personalized media experiences. Key features of Motorola’s latest set-tops enable du’s customers to enjoy customized viewing experiences, such as recording and playing back high-definition IP-based video content. The availability of such technology highlights Motorola’s leadership in the IPTV arena, and we are pleased with du’s ongoing deployment of our IPTV set-tops as part of their cutting-edge array of technological offerings.”

The VIP12xx series set-tops support both high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) digital video services. Using the VIP1200E and the VIP1216E set-tops, du customers benefit from sharp picture quality and ultra-clear sound, while enjoying advanced interactive features like intuitive channel search and display, advanced browsing, instant channel changes, whole home DVR with client scheduling, media sharing for pictures, and music on their TV.

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DroidDoes, ¿se viene el iPhone killer?

2009-10-18T17:57:00.000+02:00

Verizon (una compañía de telefonía en EE.UU.) está dando que hablar con una campaña llamada “DroidDoes”, con la cual lanzarán en Noviembre un nuevo móvil Motorola con Android 2.0. El video es bastante corto, pero resume varias de las carencias del famoso iPhone, y diablos que algunas son bastante ciertas (a pesar de que poseo uno).

Probablemente veremos pelea de ñoños con esta tontera, pero de que está interesante, lo está. Personalmente creo que Android es un producto increíble, y está dejando claro que es el mejor rival para destronar al iPhone.

DroidDoes.com

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Will Wal-Mart's Straight Talk squeeze wireless carriers?

2009-10-15T10:00:00.000+02:00

Back to the future: Straight Talk phones like the LG 200C might be dowdy, but growth in the prepaid market could eventually squeeze carrier profits. Photo: LG.

Look out, U.S. wireless carriers: Wal-Mart is teaming up with billionaire Carlos Slim’s América Móvil to train its price-crushing might on cell phones.

In time for the holiday season, the mega-retailer on Wednesday announced a nationwide roll-out of the new prepaid Straight Talk service, offered through América Móvil subsidiary Tracfone Wireless. Unlike mainstream wireless plans that pair cutting-edge phones with higher monthly fees and multi-year contracts, pre-paid services like Straight Talk offer cheaper phones, lower fees and no contracts.

Wal-Mart will offer two Straight Talk options: a $30 monthly plan that comes with 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30 megabytes of data, and a $45 monthly plan with unlimited voice, texts and data. Straight Talk uses Verizon’s (VZ) wireless network.

The bargain-basement prepaid approach makes sense in a down economy, where consumers are looking for cheaper options and fewer can pass the credit checks that come with traditional phone plans. Prepaid plans have been a hot ticket in this market, which explains why Wal-Mart (WMT) is taking Straight Talk from a year-long pilot in 234 stores to a nationwide, 3,200-store launch.

Why does this matter? It’s not just about price. The all-you-can-eat Straight Talk plan is only $5 per month cheaper than offerings from rival Boost Mobile – plus, the Straight Talk phones aren’t going to impress anyone. The cheapest, the LG 200C, costs $40. The somewhat better looking Motorola’s (MOT) RAZR V3A is $100. Both might have been cool four years ago, but not today.

No, the interesting thing here is the evolution – and proliferation – of prepaid.

With Wal-Mart in the game, the other pre-paid players will feel pressure to offer both lower prices and cooler phones; and with low-cost smartphone software like Android gaining steam, it’s only a matter of time before decent smartphones arrive hit the prepaid market. (Sprint (S) CEO Dan Hesse said as much at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in July.)

Over time, those cooler phones and no-contract plans could start to lure customers away from mainstream wireless services. That’s good for penny-pinching consumers, but bad for carrier profits.

Николь Кидман (Nicole Kidman)

La evolución de los teléfonos móviles

2009-10-13T09:50:00.000+02:00

Interesante el artículo que publican en Muy Móvil sobre la evolución de los teléfonos móviles y como hemos pasado de los teléfonos con displays de dos líneas a los teléfonos multitáctiles y con complejos sistemas operativos, cámaras de 12 megapíxeles, etc.

Aún más curioso es el hecho de que hasta estos últimos años las dos compañías que más hacían evolucionar los terminales móviles y su percepción de ellos eran Motorola y Nokia, que han dejado paso a otros de más “reciente” creación como Apple, HTC… El que peor parado ha salido es Motorola, que ha pasado de innovar con la creación del primer teléfono al que se le podía llamar móvil hasta los terminales ultrafinos como el Razr V3.

Puedes leer el artículo completo aquí.

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Motorola V330 - Cellular phone - not specified - GSM

2009-10-08T02:32:00.000+02:00

Review Motorola V330 – Cellular phone – not specified – GSM -$0.00

The V300 is a tough act to follow, but Motorola has a winner on their hands with their V300 successor, the V330. With welcome additions like Bluetooth, quad-band GSM and high-speed EDGE data capability, and a VGA camera with video capture, the V330 packs a powerful new punch.

Take a closer look at the V330’s functions. You can also see it in action.

Design

The V330 features a sleek clamshell design with a large, high-resolution 176 x 220 pixel, 65,000 color screen. The outside cover of the handset sports a supplementary 96 x 32 monochrome display that can display time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. Up and down buttons for volume control are placed on the left side. Most of the phone’s features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset’s control pad. A USB-capable data port is housed on the unit’s top edge, and there’s a standard jack to accept universal hands-free headsets.

Calling Features

The V330 supports polyphonic ringtones as well as MP3 ringers, allowing you to use portions of your favorite songs to alert you to incoming calls. You can also assign pictures and ringers to your most common callers. A number of ringtones come preloaded on the phone and more ringtones can be downloaded from T-Mobile’s t-zones service. There’s even an included application, MotoMixer, that enables you to mix your own ringtones.

Speed dialing, which allows you to call pre-programmed numbers with one button is built in, as is a vibrating alert. A speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear. Meanwhile, voice activated dialing makes calling your friends, family and associates as easy as saying their names. The V330’s phone book can hold up to 1000 contacts; if you have that many friends and colleagues, more power to ya’! Lastly, the phone’s Bluetooth connectivity means that your favorite Bluetooth headset is fully compatible.

Messaging, Internet and Tools

The V330 has all the bases covered when it comes to messaging and Internet connectivity. The phone features support for AOL Instant Messenger (T-Mobile messaging charges apply), and there’s also a built-in web browser for t-zones downloads and mobile web browsing. T-Mobile’s t-zones service lets you receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.

The V330 comes with a built-in email client (with support for POP3, SMTP and IMAP4 email standards), and traditional text messaging, as well as video, picture and sound messaging are also supported. iTap text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit– a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the V330 including a voice memo recorder, a calculator, a calendar and an alarm clock. You can also use the phone’s Bluetooth capability to set up a wireless link with a Bluetooth accessory or connect to a computer or hand-held device to exchange and synchronize data. The phone supports the SyncML PC synchronization standard, which can be used with Motorola’s Mobile Phone Tools PC application to manage and synchronize contacts, calendar and other data with your PC.

Imaging and Entertainment

With 5 MB of internal memory storage, the V330 shines in the entertainment department. The phone’s VGA (640 x 480) camera features a 4x digital zoom, image quality options, and an auto-timer so you can be in your pictures, too. Capture stills and then send them to your friends via MMS messaging or email, or to your PC via USB or Bluetooth. The V330 adds video capability, too, meaning you can capture short video clips and, just like photos, share them how you see fit. The phone also supports custom graphics for wallpapers so you can dress up the phone to suit your fancy.

If you’re into mobile gaming, the V330 has you covered. The phone ships with a full version of Pinball, as well as trial versions of Bejeweled and NFL 2005.

Vital Statistics

The Motorola V330 weighs 4.3 ounces and measures 3.5 x 1.9 x 1 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 425 minutes of digital talk time, and up to 235 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

What’s in the Box

V330 handset, lithium-ion battery, travel charger, user’s manual.

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2009-10-06T10:17:00.000+02:00

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Wap.youpark.com provides mobile users with thousands of popular mobile applications and games that support popular devices/platforms like Symbian, Java, Smartphone, Palm OS, Pocket PC and Blackberry.

Motorola Motorola Barrage - A ,,megerősített" mobiltelefon

2009-10-01T10:25:00.000+02:00

A legtöbb gyártó portfóliójában időről-időre feltűnik egy elpusztíthatatlan mobiltelefon. Így van ezzel a Motorola is. Ha már a Nokia előrukkolt a Nokia 3720 strapabíró telefonnal, akkor nekik is lépniük kellett, így megalkották az akár a hadászatban is helytálló Motorola Barrage mobilt.

Motorola Barrage mobiltelefon – Tulajdonságok

Azon felül, hogy a Motorola Barrage víz-, por- és ütésálló még sikkes kihajtható elrendezésnek és az alábbi tulajdonságoknak örvendhet:

1170maH akkumulátor
2 megapixeles kamera (videó rögzítésére is alkalmas)
2,2″ kijelző
1 méter mélyen 30 percet bír ki működőképes állapotát megtartva
Szélsőséges meleg/hideg meg se kottyan neki
Zenelejátszó külső érintőkijelzős irányító egységgel
Sztereó hangszóró

Forrás:

Motorola Barrage Takes a Military Grade Beating

Kapcsolódó linkek:

Nokia 3720 – Az új strapabíró mobiltelefon

Motorola Barrage – Szép? Okos? Starpabíró?

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Is Microsoft relevant?

2009-09-23T09:50:00.000+02:00

Ellison asks if Microsoft matters. Photo: Oracle

Oracle’s Ellison gives the tech world a topic. Discuss among yourselves.

Does Microsoft matter? That’s the question the noted Microsoft (MSFT) hater and Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison found himself answering at a Silicon Valley event Monday night. The short answer, as Jon Fortt reported here, was yes.

The longer version of his answer on the one hand shows Ellison as the old zen master that he is, making a backhanded and self-serving swipe sound like an innocuous observation. At the same time Ellison raises a fascinating point that’s worth exploring further.

First consider his comments in their entirety, when asked about the relevance thing by former Sun (JAVA) president and Motorola (MOT) CEO Ed Zander.

They make a lot of money. I think they’re clearly relevant. I divide the computer industry into two groups. And I know for a long time I was constantly picking a fight with Microsoft. Now Oracle’s constantly picking a fight with IBM. (IBM) Because you’ve got to pick your enemies very carefully, because you’re destined to become most like those enemies you select.

Microsoft, culturally now, is a very consumer-centric company. They’ve got the Xbox. They’ve got Zune. … I think they are obsessed with Apple (AAPL). They’re obsessed with Google. (GOOG) … Under the new administration at Microsoft, I see all of their energies going into being successful in the consumer space.

Larry’s rap v. Oracle’s 10-K

The funny thing about Ellison’s clever positioning is that Oracle considers Microsoft a major competitor in nearly every important market in which it competes. A quick look at Oracle’s last 10-K, the regulatory filing where companies are required to list their significant competition (as opposed to musing about who they like to think they go up against), reveals how Oracle lines up against Microsoft.

“In the sale of database software,” Oracle discloses, ” our competitors include IBM, Microsoft, Sybase” (SY) and others. (Presumably these are listed in order of market share because the order changes. Note that Microsoft is the No. 2 foe in Oracle’s most important market.) “Our middleware competitors include IBM, Microsoft, SAP,” (SAP) and so on. “Our applications compete against offerings from . . . SAP AG, IBM (through Maximo, MRO Software, Ascential Software, Cognos), Microsoft (through Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, Dynamics Snap, Dynamics SL),” and others.

This shpiel continues as Oracle lists the enemy in content management and collaboration products (where Microsoft is listed first), development tools, operating systems (an understatement regarding Microsoft), and virtualization products. Microsoft appears in each grouping.

Enterprise software still rules

Suffice it to say that Oracle competes against Microsoft and that’s it’s awfully clever of Ellison to highlight Microsoft’s grudges against two consumer-oriented companies with whom Oracle doesn’t currently compete. (In fact, neither Apple nor Google appear anywhere in Oracle’s filing.)

This still leaves the larger questions of Microsoft’s relevance and to what extent it is culturally a consumer company. If you want to pick on Microsoft, Zune (it’s floundering iPod wannabe), its online business, and Xbox are good places to start. Only the latter has had a modicum of success, and even then not a profitable success.

But has Microsoft forsaken the “enterprise” for the home? Microsoft’s two divisions that focus almost entirely on business customers — one called the”Microsoft Business Divison,” also known as the Office franchise, and the other called “server and tools” — accounted for 57% of the company’s revenues last year and 85% of its operating profits. Yes, Microsoft most certainly is a business-focused company.

Still, Ellison has a point. His old (and current) foe spends oodles on its flailing consumer businesses, and CEO Steve Ballmer certainly seems to devote a tremendous amount of energy to them. He’s famous for saying Microsoft never quits and that these newer businesses will crush the ball eventually.

They’d better. In a recent article I referred to Microsoft as a monopolist. I consulted a handful of experts on the term who assured me that hobbled or not a company operating under agreements with antitrust regulators can still be called a monopolist. Those monopolies are in its business segments, though, and they’re under attack. At least today it seems laughable that Microsoft would ever become dominant on products like music devices, cell phones or search engines. Is Microsoft relevant? Absolutely. But for how long?

Motorola, Your Best Choice For Mobile Communication Products

2009-09-22T10:10:00.000+02:00

Who pays? Well anyone and everyone who needs a mobile …. and perhaps for those who do not think that we need. Those who need a clear, business in the office or outside the store, meeting with clients, suppliers, contractors in the field. Travelers, whether in a trailer, hauling a trailer in a car or a motorcycle need for mobile communication devices, mobile phone. People are "9-99", he says, can use all the different devices are available from the mobile communications company Sony Ericsson How can one benefit from ownership of mobile communication devices, let alone offered by Sony Ericsson?, Communication, Answers to the first part of this question, security, communications, when it is urgent. I use a personal example of how the business. I returned from the sale of meetings in rural mountain road driving in an effort to Southern California later in the afternoon to avoid traffic. Then I turn the car around on the, Communication, road shoulder and some people who stopped to help injured cyclists. I stopped and asked if needed help. One of them asked, "have a mobile phone? And I was able to contact emergency assistance to the cyclist. For travelers, such as car, truck, or running slow, a mobile phone is an expensive asset. I know my front wheel falling-up, Communication, truck (cab -over camper) came from (including fingers), when traveling, Communication, on a lonely stretch of I-5 in California. with a mobile phone, tug was only an hour away by car! So what to do with mobile communication products with Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson Why ask? Ericsson offers a range of products to, Communication, meet the needs of each customer type. No matter where individuals, families, companies or governmental request, whether for entertainment, security, or just stay in touch, Motorola has secured, Communication, . Sony Ericsson has the technology to transform facility, formerly known as mobile phone, remote control general for life. Sony Ericsson is a leader in multi-mode, multi-band communications products. technology enables network operators and retailers to create and implement, Communication, new business opportunities through new services and products for the home. Sony Ericsson is the leading provider of integrated radio communications and information technology solutions, with more than 65 years of experience in meeting the requirements of public safety, government and commercial customers worldwide. History, Communication, has much to do with, Communication, "why Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson and web site says, Communication, it is the best. http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=115-110 Check out this page and you will see that since its modest beginning in 1928, Motorola has a long history of innovation. Motorola is known around the world for innovation, Communication, and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by the vision of mobility, Motorola is committed to helping people to you and stay connected simply and seamlessly with people,, Communication, information and entertainment that they want and need. Sony is the creation and implementation of the "must have" products, that "it" experiences and powerful networks … with a full compliment of support services, Communication, that you want and need. What will this mean for you? This means that you can trust and make sure that I know that when you choose Motorola mobile communications products, Communication, to select the best! If you ask me where I go to a number of Sony Ericsson with a beautiful view, innovative products for mobile communications? If I could, I would recommend this web s, Communication, ite. http://www.bestmotorolacellphonesinfo.com

Rumors: Ανταγωνιστής του iPhone από τη Microsoft;

2009-09-22T01:03:00.000+02:00

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Δεν έχει επιβεβαιωθεί ακόμα τίποτα, αλλά σύμφωνα με 9to5mac η Microsoft θα παρουσιάσει δύο νέα smartphones, πιθανότατα στο CES τον Ιανουάριο του 2010. Σύμφωνα με τις φήμες, τα δύο smartphones αναπτύχθηκαν κάτω από το project “Pink” και είναι αποτέλεσμα συνεργασίας της Sharp με τη Microsoft (και όχι της HTC όπως είχε ακουστεί παλιότερα). Η μία συσκευή έχει squircle σχήμα, ένα slide out πληκτρολόγιο και μικρόφωνο από κάτω, κάτι που κατά τη γνώμη μου είναι μειονέκτημα καθώς όταν κάποιος θα μιλάει θα πρέπει το πληκτρολόγιο να είναι έξω. Η κωδική ονομασία της συσκευής είναι “Turtle” και μοιάζει σε μεγάλο βαθμό με το Motorola QA1[next] away.gr

Resum�o dos �ltimos dias!

2009-09-19T17:55:00.000+02:00

Só porque eu tive que dar um tempinho nas postagens do blog, varias novidades agitaram o mundinho dos celulares. Então vou correr atrás do prejuízo e fazer um compacto de tudo de mais importante que ocorreu nos últimos dias.

Poderíamos resumir tudo em apenas uma palavra: ANDROID. O sistema operacional do Google dominou os principais lançamentos e anúncios.

Primeiramente, foi divulgado o Dext (Clip para os americanos), o smartphone com Android da Motorola que todos aguardavam. O aparelho apresenta como principal diferencial uma interface customizada através de widgets e a integração com as redes sociais, área que a Motorola já vinha explorando em outros aparelhos. O Dext deve chegar ao Brasil até o final do ano !

Especificações técnicas aqui.

A LG não quis ficar fora da brincadeira e também anunciou seu primeiro celular com Android. O LG GW620 ainda não tem data de lançamento e só será lançado inicialmente na Europa. Mesmo com algumas informações incompletas, eu ainda prefiro o Dext. É a tela capacitiva de 3,1” e interface customizada do Motorola contra a tela de 3” resistiva e o Android padrãozinho do LG.

Especificações técnicas aqui.

Agora vou falar das novidades que desembarcam no mercado brasileiro até o final do ano.Além do Motorola Dext, já citado acima, temos também dois importantes lançamentos que chegam em breve: O HTC Magic e o Samsung Galaxy.

O HTC Magic chegará em Outubro, porém seu preço ainda não foi divulgado. O mais interessante é que o aparelho virá com a elogiada interface HTC Sense, diferente da interface padrão do Android que é encontrado no aparelho desde seu lançamento internacional. Se essa medida será só para o Magic brasileiro, eu não sei, mas que é uma ótima notícia para nós, isso é!

Especificações técnicas aqui.

O Samsung Galaxy deve chegar mais cedo, ainda em Setembro. Será exclusivo da TIM por algum tempo e custará R$1799,00 no pré-pago.

Especificações técnicas aqui.

O Show ME Tech irá fazer um comparativo entre os 3 Androids verde-amarelos para que facilitar a sua escolha!

Prepare-se para a invasão do robozinho!

André Abrão – andre.s.abrao@gmail.com

GPS Cell Phone Basic Tips

2009-09-17T09:50:00.000+02:00

We all are dependent on our cellphones but few of us know the basic features of these phones. Find something very basic here which we all ought to know. The utility of the `global positioning system` or GPS as it is more commonly known is tremendous and GPS cell phones are the latest innovations using tracking system. These phones can identify your location as well as the nearby areas and also give step-by-step direction to your destination. Of course, the right software and service package has to be loaded on to it for the cell phone to become GPS enabled.

If used within the automobile, the GPS cellular phones work with a receiver. By subscribing to a navigation service and inserting the right software which is in conjunction with your phone, the system allows you to receive driving directions. If you wish to use the tracking system outside the automobile, then an integrated GPS cell phone is required.

People who are constantly on the move will find the GPS cellular phones a handy device as their movements can be tracked. It will allow you to call for assistance from anywhere and your location will be tracked. For instance, if your car has an accident in a remote area, emergency help can easily be reached to you with the help of this tracking system. Even for the average hiker in the mountains or the woods, this device has become indispensable as it means being able to call for help instantly if the person is injured or in any danger.

Cell phones are continuously transmitting and receiving signals to and from the operator tower which is nearest to its location. Wireless communication has made it possible that the cell phone is active even in the standby mode. GPS cellular phones work on the same premises as the navigation tool which is generally used for remote trips. Cell phones are thus equally easy to trace and both GSM as well as CDMA phones which are GPS integrated, can be tracked using the system.

The mechanism of the GPS devices is that the signals received from these cell phones are identified by the service provider by identifying the operator/operators nearest to the location. These numbers are then compared with the relative strength of the signals received and the strongest signal is then identified. This procedure enables the cellular phone to be tracked within 100 meters of its exact location. This is very useful if the person is lost or in danger or unfortunately, as has become more common in today`s times, to trace a potential terrorist or miscreant.

Another add on to this invention is the child GPS locater device which if integrated in your phone is going to give you immense peace of mind as a parent. You will know exactly where the child is all the time by just looking at your cellular phone and you can check on the child silently without having to call him up 20 times! Of course, parents, please be aware that, morally, this does not mean a license to snoop but is meant for keeping a genuine look-out for your child when he is away from home. And even when the child or children are with you, the GPS cellular phones are an amazing comfort in over-crowded places like amusement parks or shopping malls where children are likely to get lost.

Of course, with any advanced technology the issue of privacy always raises its ugly head. But, that is the price one may have to pay for convenience`s sake and regular check-up of the device for malicious softwareFree Articles, updating cell phone features with the service giver and having a pre-determined tacking system with family and friends will help you make the optimum use of this technology.

Author: Roberto Sedycias

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Motorola MC9500, Ponsel Dual SIM Card Super Tangguh

2009-09-17T00:49:00.000+02:00

Motorola telah memperkenalkan sebuah PDA dengan format yang berbeda dari PDA tradisional. Device PDA Motorola MC9500 tersebut memiliki desain unik untuk memasuki adapter WAN (Wide Area Network), plus fitur sensor gerak yang biasa ada di smartphone. Motorola MC9500 ini didesain untuk engineer, otomasi penjualan dan retail. Seperti modelnya yang tampak kokoh, Motorola MC9500 didesain agar mampu bertahan untuk penggunaan luar ruangan, namun device ini menjadi yang pertama dengan kemampuan WAN.

Pengguna smartphone Motorola MC9500 dapat switch kemampuan ponsel ini antara jaringan mobile GSM/HSDPA dan CDMA/EVDO sesuai permintaan pengguna. “Pengguna tidak selalu membutuhkan WAN, sehingga mereka dapat menggunakan hanya Wi-Fi dan menambah subsystem WAN sebagai peripheral terpisah. Pengguna dapat melepas keypad dan memasukkannya sendiri, sehingga tidak perlu dikirim balik ke Motorola.” ungkap Kristy Lupis, manager product Motorola.

Smartphone Motorola MC9500 juga dilengkapi teknologi sensor interaktif untuk support berbagai aplikasi, seperti switch secara dinamis display ponsel ini antara modus portrait dan landscape, membuat sleep mode. Paket baterai Motorola MC9500 ini dilengkapi fitur tombol indicator untuk memberikan informasi level pengisian baterai, juga ‘kesehatan’ baterai sehingga pengguna dapat mempertimbangkan apakah baterai sudah harus diganti atau tetap dipakai. Pengguna juga dapat memilih 4 tipe keypad, dari alphanumeric dan calculator atau layout ponsel numeric.

Motorola MC9500 mampu berjalan di system Windows Mobile 6.1 dengan ukuran display 3.7 inch touchscreen dan berbasis processor Marvell 806MHz XScale PXA320, dengan RAM 128MB, dan memory flash 512MB. Selain itu, juga memiliki microSD card di belakang baterai dengan kapasitas 32GB. Konektivitas yang dimiliki termasuk Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, IrDA wireless, dan bisa dikombinasikan dengan scanner atau camera digital. MC9500 didesain untuk tetap aman ketika jatuh dari ketinggian 1.8 meter, dan anti air. Untuk harga Motorola MC9500 berkisar $2,495 hingga $3,295.

10 most potentially hazardous smart phones

2009-09-15T10:24:00.000+02:00

One of the scariest unknown technology risks of this decade is the issue of radiation from cell phones. There’s still an open question about whether long term exposure to these mobile devices will cause damage or disease to human beings.

The Environmental Working Group has a comprehensive new study that surveys the scientific research on cell phone heath risks and provides radiation data for most of the current cell phones in use. Here’s how the EWG explained the mission of its study:

We at Environmental Working Group are still using our cell phones, but we also believe that until scientists know much more about cell phone radiation, it’s smart for consumers to buy phones with the lowest emissions. The U.S. government ought to require cell phone companies to label their products’ radiation output so that consumers can do the numbers at the point of sale. It doesn’t, so EWG has created this user-friendly interactive online guide to cell phone emissions, covering over 1,000 phones currently on the market.

The EWG study looks at all mobile phones, but since smart phones are becoming a standard tool for businesses and IT professionals, I’ve drilled down and looked at the list from a smart phone perspective. I’ve broken out the 10 smart phones that produce the most radiation, the 10 that product the least amount of radiation, and a list of the radiation ratings of some of the most popular smart phones that did not make either of those two lists.

When you look at these lists, keep in mind that the EWG has also included some older models that are no longer being sold but are still used by many workers and consumers. Also note that “W/kg” stands for watts per kilogram, a measurement for power density.

The 10 smart phones with the highest radiation

T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (1.55 W/kg)
Blackberry Curve 8330 (1.54 W/kg)
Palm Treo 600 (1.53 W/kg)
T-Mobile Shadow (1.53 W/kg)
Palm Treo 650 (1.51 W/kg)
Blackberry Curve 8300 (1.51 W/kg)
Blackberry Bold 9000 (1.51 W/kg)
Sony Ericsson P910a (1.50 W/kg)
HTC SMT 5800 (1.49 W/kg)
BlackBerry Pearl 8120/8130 (1.48 W/kg)

The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, an HTC smart phone powered by Google Android that debuted to lots of fanfare this summer, topped the list of the worst radiation offenders. However, other popular smart phones dominated the list as well, especially BlackBerries and Treos. The BlackBerry Curve, the best-selling smart phone on the market in 2009, was a close second on the list, and it was joined in the top 10 by its cousins, the BlackBerry Pearl and the BlackBerry Bold.

The 10 smart phones with lowest radiation

Nokia 9300i (0.21 W/kg)
Nokia 7710 (0.22 W/kg)
T-Mobile MDA Wiza200 (0.28 W/kg)
Samsung Impression SGH-a877 (0.35 W/kg)
Nokia 9300 (0.44 W/kg)
Samsung Propel Pro SGH-i627 (0.47 W/kg)
Samsung Gravity SGH-t459 (0.49 W/kg)
BlackBerry Storm 9530 (0.57 W/kg)
Nokia E90 (0.59 W/kg)
Nokia N96 (0.68 W/kg)

Nokia, with five models in this top 10, and Samsung with three, were clearly the winners in terms of smart phones that emit the least amount of radiation. It’s also interesting to note that although both of these companies produce dozens of different models, neither of them had a single model that made the list of the worst radiation offenders. The surprising member of the low-radiation club was the BlackBerry Storm (RIM’s first touch screen device) since so many of the other popular BlackBerries were on the high-emitters list.

Other notables, from lowest to highest

HTC Touch Pro (0.91 W/kg)
Palm Pre (0.92 W/kg)
iPhone (0.97 W/kg)
Samsung JACK i637 (1.04 W/kg)
T-Mobile’s Google G1 (1.11 W/kg)
Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 (1.14 W/kg)
iPhone 3GS (1.19 W/kg)
Samsung BlackJack II SGH-i617 (1.20 W/kg)
Motorola MOTO Q 9m (1.30 W/kg)
iPhone 3G (1.39 W/kg)
BlackBerry Tour 9630 (unknown)

If there’s another phone you’d like to look up, here is the full list. Also, when seriously evaluating any smart phone on any of these lists, make sure you click through and look at the EWG page with the details of the phone’s radiation emissions using different connections and doing different activities. The number listed is the maximum radiation rating, but it can be deceiving in some cases until you look at the whole picture.

For example, the iPhone 3GS has a rating of 1.19 W/kg, which is a middle-of-the-pack rating. However, 1.19 is its maximum radiation level, which only happens when it is connected in UMTS 1900MHz mode. In its other four modes, it averages 0.63 W/kg, which is more consistent with the lower tier of radiation emitters.

Safety tips

As part of the report, the EWG also provided safety tips for cell phone users who are concerned about radiation. Here is a quick list of the tips. You can click through to the original list for more detail on each of the items.

Buy a low-radiation phone
Use a headset or speaker
Listen more, talk less
Hold phone away from your body
Choose texting over talking
Poor signal? Stay off the phone
Limit children’s phone use
Skip the “radiation shield”

IT professionals might consider distributing this PDF to employees who use company cell phones or posting it on the corporate intranet. Of course, you should consult senior management and your legal department before distributing something like this since it involves employee health.

Bottom line

While there isn’t conclusive scientific evidence proving that cell phones cause illnesses or diseases in humans, the EWG report does point to research that has shown links between prolonged cell phone use and brain cancer, salivary gland tumors, migraines and vertigo, and decreased male sperm count (from carrying a cell phone in the pocket).

A lot more research still needs to be done, but in the meantime it makes sense for mobile manufacturers to limit cell phone radiation whenever possible and for users to be aware of which phones produce the most radiation so that they can take steps to limit radiation exposure as a precautionary step.

Source: Techrepublic

Simulador Flash del skin MOTOBLUR, el androide de Motorola

2009-09-14T17:17:00.000+02:00

Si tienes curiosidad por probar el skin Android de Motorola (de nombre MOTOBLUR), no pierdas tiempo y dirígete a la página del fabricante siguiendo este enlace para usar un simulador del software. Aunque la aplicación Flash no permite acceso total a todas las opciones del móvil DEXT, es suficiente para ofrecernos una idea bastante completa del sistema operativo y los cambios que incluyó Moto. Parece que la integración que han hecho con servicios de internet como Facebook y Twitter funciona muy bien con las opciones de Android (incluyendo el acceso fácil a aplicaciones y las notificaciones)

Moto CLIQ is here...

2009-09-14T09:49:00.000+02:00

Motorola’s first Android based phone ”CLIQ” is here…with a chance of great open development.

It has MOTOBLUR,which makes it the first Moto phone with social skills.

It has cool looks and quite stylish slider.

And basically its “Android”,so Android developers will not leave the chance to develop cool apps for this phone…

Lets hope it provides a great user experience.

Check out its specifications here

Pictures from space for $150

2009-09-13T18:35:00.000+02:00

Ever wanted to be able to launch a balloon into space, track its location via GPS, take some photographs of the curvature of the earth, and recover the balloon, all for the low low cost of $150? [Oliver Yeh] sent in his teams project, Icarus, which does just that. The group of MIT students found that they could use a weather balloon filled with helium to reach heights of around 20 miles above the earth; their particular balloon achieved 93,000 feet (17.5 miles). Then, utilizing only off the shelf components with no soldering, conjured up a GPS tracker using a Motorola i290 Prepaid Cellphone. They then used a Canon A470 loaded with the chdk open source firmware to take pictures. After seeing the results of their launch, the team hopes that this could rejuvenate interests in science and the arts.

Συγκριτικό Android κινητών

2009-09-12T02:26:00.000+02:00

Συγκριτικό Android κινητών-koutsou.gr

Δεν είναι πολλές οι επιλογές για κάποιον που θέλει ένα Android κινητό. Τουλάχιστον μέχρι στιγμής. Όλοι οι κατασκευαστές προσπαθούν να πετύχουν το μεγαλύτερο σκορ όσων αφορά τον δείκτη απόδοση/τιμή. Και όσο για την απόδοση αυτή μεταφράζεται είτε σε hardware είτε σε software. Και μην μου πείτε ότι όλα έχουν Android OS. Η HTC με το Hero πλάσαρε το Sence UI όπως έκανε και η Motorola με το Dext και το MotoBlur, έτσι ώστε να δώσουν το κάτι παραπάνω στο Android OS.[next]

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Blurry Moto

2009-09-11T17:46:00.000+02:00

Earlier today, Motorola unveiled MOTOBLUR, a mobile social media OS of sorts that runs on top of Google Android. The company plans to introduce its first MOTOBLUR handset – CLIQ (and an international version called DEXT) – before the holidays

The assumption underlying this product is that “social networking” as it exists today is a job that people are specifically hiring devices to help them do. There are several problems with this assumption:

1.SN is rapidly evolving. As any new medium, it takes several iterations before it’s “good enough” to solve the underlying problems. Whatever emerges (twittering, fb, or as yet unknown) will be a moving target. Users are moving quickly between these services. Assumptions about value of “stickiness” based on the social graph are proving to be flawed.

2.SN is not a “job” per se. SN is a means by which people communicate and try to get something done in their lives (i.e. getting a job, getting laid, suppressing loneliness, etc.) SN will compete with various other emergent technologies that solve these underlying jobs. These disruptors could be gaming metaphors, media-centric packages, virtual spaces, etc.

Therefore building a hardware product that is positioned and intertwined with SN is highly risky.

By the way, about 1.5 years ago Nokia considered doing the same thing. SN was on everyone’s mind as the next big thing, just like email was 2 years before that. These service fads come and go. It’s no surprise that one product development cycle later the devices are emerging even though the value of the service has rapidly evolved in new directions. This points out the fact that you can’t make hardware dev cycles match service/software dev cycles. The only way to play this from a hardware perspective is with a platform approach e.g. iPhone. Let the ecosystem solve the job to be done and collect rents. I’m always surprised that this lesson from the 90s is still being forgotten by the device guys. BTW, I understand the NOK Solutions logic a bit better. It is not a major departure from the track NOK is on now. The power base remains with devices, as it has for 15 years or more.

On another level, MOT is a going concern issue right now. The approach with CLIQ is, by definition, niche. I don’t see the product as broadly attractive solving MOT cash flow issues. If they sell more than 2 million units, I’d be surprised. (note: N97 got to 2 million on the back of massive distribution power but SE Xperia did not cross 1 million and Pre will struggle to get to 2 million.) The “bet” on Android is weak and not a bet really on anything correlated to earnings growth.

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