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It looks like the "iPhone Black" listed on AT&T's site might be, or might not be the official name for the 3G iPhone. Carphone Warehouse is currently listing accessories for the "iPhone Black". Stay tuned.
Labels: accessories, iphone
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/12/2008 02:14:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
AppleInsider has gotten a screen shot from AT&T's website listing 2 iPhone models, "iPhone", and "iPhone Black". This might be a hint of things to come, or just an error on AT&T's site. Stay tuned.
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/12/2008 12:49:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
"Hot on the heels of the official BlackBerry Bold announcement, AT&T confirmed that they will be the first US carrier to carry the next-generation BlackBerry.
"AT&T will be the only U.S. carrier to offer the [Bold] when we begin selling it later this year."
Labels: att, blackberry
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/12/2008 11:43:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
The Club Astraware Member-only discount offer for May 2008 is Golden Skull for just $9.95, that's a huge saving of $10 off the regular price!
Golden Skull is a puzzle adventure game that will take you on an unforgettable journey through undiscovered Mayan pyramids and long forgotten ruins.
Featuring amazing graphics, and an entertaining story mode, Golden Skull delivers challenging gameplay with unbelievable production value. It's a puzzle adventure game the whole family will enjoy.
There are 3 double points offers in Club Astraware this month, so members can build up their points even quicker and get even bigger discounts on games in the future! The games offering double points this month are Text Twist, Platypus, and Astraware Boardgames. Simply buy any of these games at full price and get twice the regular number of points! For example: buy a game for $19.95 and you'll get almost $4 worth of points to use against your next purchase!
These offers are only available in Club Astraware until the end of May 2008. To get your hands on them simply join or login to Club Astraware at http://www.astraware.com/club. It's quick to join and completely free too!
Readers of Foleo Fanatics and listeners of my weekly 1SRC.com podcast know that I'm a huge fan of Astraware's games. Joining Club Astraware is a great way to pick up some outstanding games for your favorite Palm OS or Windows Mobile smartphone or PDA handheld.
Labels: astraware
¶ posted by Alan Grassia, Staff Writer @ 5/12/2008 11:31:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
The new BlackBerry handset is intriguing, but the real news is RIM's new, much faster platform.
"The US' top smartphone maker, Research in Motion, today announced its first major new platform in two years. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 still looks like existing BlackBerrys, but it's packed with new power, most notably a 624-Mhz processor and
The 9000 is only the first of a new line which will come to all major US carriers (both CDMA and GSM— even on T-Mobile's 1700-Mhz band), and will appear in various form factors, much as RIM's existing platform comes in businesslike 8800, casual Curve, and petite Pearl styles, CEO Mike Lazaridis said.
Superficially, the 9000 looks a lot like a streamlined Curve or 8800. The all-important keyboard has the 8800's sculpted keys, but the rows are separated by curved barriers. The screen is higher-contrast and higher-res, at 320 by 480, and the device runs a new version of the BlackBerry OS, 4.6.
We got to play with the Bold a bit during our meeting, and found some interesting tidbits. The device feels solid, with a fake-leather back and metal accents. At 4.5 by 2.6 by 0.55 inches and 4.7 oz, it's wider, longer, and heavier but slightly slimmer than the BlackBerry Curve.
The keyboard feels better than the 8800's tight keyboard, mostly because of the space between the rows.
The new screen is simply gorgeous; it looks flush with the front of the device, and it has an excellent viewing angle.
The UI is familiar to any BlackBerry user, but some elements use 3D effects and translucency. And the thing feels fast—really fast. The camera can now record 480-by-320 videos, and can geotag photos with your GPS location. (Yes, there will be a camera-less version.) You can browse the device's memory and save files into it from e-mail."
Read PC Magazine's Hands-On with the BlackBerry Bold .
Labels: blackberry, review
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/12/2008 12:53:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
BlackBerry has just officially announced their latest, and I do mean greatest BlackBerry.
Be Bold
The BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone embodies elegant design – without sacrificing the features or functionality you expect from a premium smartphone.
Be Bold
Designed for users who place a premium on quality and craftsmanship, the brilliant display and stately design take the BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone to a whole new level.
The BlackBerry Bold is named "Bold" for a reason, check out the very impressive specs:
*HSDPA and EV-DO versions (including an AWS-capable 1700MHz version) (HSDPA for AT&T, EV-DO for Verizon and Sprint)
480 x 320 display
625MHz CPU, 1GB internal flash memory
1GB of onboard memory, with support for up to 16GB MicroSD cards
802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (with A2Dp), GPS, MicroSDHC
480 x 320 video recording, photo geotagging
4.5 x 2.6 x 0.55-inches, 4.7 ounces
For more information on RIM's top of the line CrackBerry head on over to the official site for the BlackBery Bold .
RIM has not set an official launch date for the BlackBerry Bold, but the BlackBerry Bold will make its way to the top 4 US cellphone carriers, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon.
Labels: blackberry
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/12/2008 12:41:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
1SRC Podcast 180 is now available or your listening pleasure. This week Alan covers:
*Palm Sr. VP & CFO has given a presenttaion at today's Merrill Lynch conference.
*WMExperts.com says that the Treo 800w will arrive on 7/22.
*TamsPPC has some additional details on Zeppelin and Skywier.
*1SRC Editorial: Multiple Mobiles.
Labels: podcasts
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/11/2008 05:44:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
MacRumors has posted the above screenshot found under Preferences in the 5th iPhone Beta. It looks like Apple will give you the choice of running the 3G iPhone at 3G speeds, but will also easily allow you to turn off 3G to save battery life.
Labels: iphone
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/10/2008 10:31:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
In more signs that Apple is getting ready to release the 3G iPhone, Apple's own online store is now listing both the 8GB & 16GB iPhone as "unavailable".
This "unavailability" is not only on Apple's online store, Apple Retail Stores in New York and New Jersey are also completely out of iPhones. Something is brewing...
Labels: apple. iphone
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/10/2008 03:08:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
I just ran across a link on the Microsoft Windows Mobile website for the Office Mobile 2007 upgrade.
Depending on the build of Windows Mobile 5.0 installed on your smart devices the upgrade will be free for some users while others will have to pay $49.95 for the upgrade kit. (Yikes!) Before purchasing the upgrade, I strongly suggest that you check with your smart device vendor to see if they have any Windows Mobile upgrades available. You might be able to upgrade your install of Windows Mobile and then qualify for the free Office Mobile upgrade.
On the Microsoft Office Mobile Upgrade or Purchase page, there is a simple series of questions that helps you determine if your device qualifies for a free upgrade or not. Microsoft was nice enough to publish a Office Mobile 6.1 FAQ so you can learn about what is included in the latest version of Office for Windows Mobile devices before pluncking down the cash for the upgrade. Upgrades can be purchased from Handango, and volume licenses are available if you have a fleet of Windows Mobile 5 devices to upgrade.
I see this upgrade being important for users who find themselves with a Windows Mobile 5 device with no vendor provided upgrade to Windows Mobile 6, and who need support for Microsoft Office 2007 files. If you are a non-corporate user who doesn't need the latest and the greatest, I would skip the upgrade until you need to purchase it. $50 is a lot of money to gain support for Office 2007. DataViz Documents To Go 10, which added support for Office 2007 on the Palm OS platform, only ran customers $29.95.
Labels: windows mobile
¶ posted by Alan Grassia, Staff Writer @ 5/10/2008 11:43:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
The new company, which will be named Clearwire, will be focused on expediting the deployment of the first nationwide high-speed mobile WiMAX network.
Intel Corp. (INTC), Google Inc. (GOOG), Comcast Corp. (CMCSK), Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and Bright House Networks will collectively invest $3.2 billion in the new company, based on a target price of $20 a share of Clearwire's common stock, subject to a post-closing adjustment."
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/07/2008 09:39:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
Added Features:
API Changes
iPhone OS 2.0 Beta 4 to Beta 5 API Changes
Documentation
NEW: API reference largely updated to beta 5 API.
NEW: The documentation set installed with the SDK is a skeletal set consisting of indexes. To install local copies of the iPhone OS documentation, be sure to subscribe to the iPhone OS documentation set in the documentation window and force an update.
NEW: New conceptual document with beta 4: View Controller Programming Guide for iPhone OS.
NEW: New document with beta 4: iPhone Simulator Programming Guide.
Simulator
NEW: You can now pass a flag to preserve data files while uploading for Run/Debug/Go.
UIKit
NEW: You can now add the view of a UIViewController to an arbitrary view.
Coming Soon
UIKit
Support horizontally transitioning the keyboard out on a navigation controller pop.
UIViewController support of alternate landscape view.
The default font size for UITextView will be reduced.
UIAlertView and UIActionSheet will no longer inherit from UIModalView, as UIModalView is being removed.
UIActionSheet titles will be limited to 2 lines.
Labels: iphone sdk
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 09:56:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
"AT&T Mobility
Vacation Schedules
To: All Employees
Last year at this time we asked that all vacations be scheduled before June 15 or after July 15, to ensure adequate store staffing and to give everyone an equal opportunity to benefit from an exciting product launch. Thanks to your hard work, we experienced excellent sales during the mid-summer period. This year, the numbers you produced in 2007 will be hard to beat; but as a business, we must rise to the challenge, and make every effort to exceed last year’s sales results. Your management team is counting on you!
We’ll meet the challenge “head-on” by providing an exciting Summer Promotional Launch to enable your sales to soar. We again anticipate heavier than normal customer traffic in our stores, providing an excellent earning opportunity for every front line retail sales consultant (RSC) in company owned retail stores.
To ensure proper staffing during this period, Sales personnel planning to take approved time off are encouraged to schedule their vacations before June 15 or after July 12 to participate in the heavy selling period
Previously approved vacation will be allowed where voluntary rescheduling is not feasible
No additional vacation will be approved for 6/15 – 7/12."
The Boy Genius received this leaked memo last year . The latest memo is almost a year to the day of the original iPhone launch memo;)in case you were wondering the validity.
Labels: apple. iphone, att
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 02:12:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
"According to the survey, which polled Consumer Reports' subscribers for their experiences with 10,000 desktop and laptop computers, Apple's help desk staff far and away had the highest success rate among computer manufacturers," Reed reports. "Apple's tech support team helped their customers solve problems with their computers more than 80% of the time. Industry-wide, help-desk teams from all companies solved their customers' problems around 60% of the time."
Labels: apple
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 12:09:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
WMExperts is reporting a possible release date of July 22nd for the Sprint Treo 800w. The Treo 800w is shaping up to be a very powerful device in terms of features. This will be Palm's first Windows Mobile Treo to feature a 320 x 320 resolution screen, WiFi, EvDO Rev. A, GPS, and 256MB of memory.
Labels: palm, sprint, treo, windows mobile
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 11:07:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
VMware has released VMware Fusion Beta 1. Features include:
1. When it launches, VMware Fusion 2.0 will be a free upgrade to all VMware Fusion 1.x users. This is as a sincere thank you to our early supporters who have partnered with us to make this product so great.
2. VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 offers first “true” multi-display support for virtual machines—your virtual machines will see as many individual Mac displays as you attach to your Mac (you have to see the demo video to believe it)
3. Next gen 3D acceleration: We up the ante with experimental support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2.
4. Dead Simple Switching to VMware Fusion: Integrated importation of Parallels Desktop and Virtual PC for Mac virtual machines. *And* integrated Boot Camp conversion, letting you take your Boot Camp from “physical to virtual” with a couple clicks.
5. Dozens of usability and general improvements: Easy virtual machine printing, totally re-designed Settings Editor, easier Shared Folders, and the list goes on and on.
Labels: VMware
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 11:00:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
Re-defining the perception of advanced mobile phones… the HTC Touch Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design.
Featuring a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed steel and flawless faceted edges, the HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to behold as it is to use.
With HTC’s vibrant touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, and ultra-fast HSDPA internet connectivity… the HTC Touch Diamond offers a rich online experience to rival a notebook computer, allowing you to interact with Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia as freely as you would with a broadband connection.
Your contacts, favourite music, videos and photos are no longer an uninspired line of text. With TouchFLO 3D, album artwork, video stills and snapshots of your friends’ and family’s faces are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips.
A 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera will help you capture the perfect moment in style and with a massive 4GB of internal storage you can keep all the files you need. The integrated ultra-sensitive GPS will help you find your destination as quickly and efficiently as a dedicated satellite navigation unit.
Style and substance in a phone are no longer mutually exclusive. The HTC Touch Diamond has arrived.
Highlights:
*2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the pixels of most phones.
*Vibrant TouchFLO 3D user interface, responding perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media… all vividly displayed as photos and artwork powered by the 3D graphics processor.
*HTC Weather - providing a constant view of weather at home and abroad.
*Surf and download at broadband speed with HSDPA internet connectivity.
*3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera for quality stills and video.
*4GB of internal storage to preserve more photos, music, files and exchanged data than ever before.
*Integrated GPS for use with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience.
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 09:15:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
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