Yahoo just can’t win a trick lately. Having avoided the takeover by Microsoft they’ve had to sit back and watch themselves be over-taken by Google on Opera’s mobile web browser.
When a company reachs such ubiquity that the verb of using their product is synonymous with the product name, Googling on Opera mobiles seems pretty inescapable.
Riding the crest of a recent wave which has seen Googling integrated in Nokia Search App and the move from integration in Opera’s desktop software slide into their mobile alternatives Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, Google seems unstoppable.
The move adds nearly 100 million people using relevant Opera products to the Google empire. It’s good to be Google, Yahoo - not so much.
Apple’s COO Tim Cook speaking at an investment conference suggested he has “really good confidence” the company will reach their 10 Million iPhone benchmark.
With the long awaited SDK to be released March 6th with “exciting new enterprise features”, indications that Apple may consider expanding beyond single carrier model “we’re not married to any business model”, unlocking becoming much easier and expansion into markets such as Ireland (March 14th?) and Italy, it’s not hard to see why the future of the iPhone is bright and getting brighter.
Long accused of ‘borrowing’ technology China has responded with a little techonlogical marvel, the WP812, their first waterproof handset.
Not entirely dissimilar to Nokia in design the touchscreen equipped handset’s waterproof functionality is just the thing for forgetful types who err…put their phones through the wash, shower fully clothed or repair underwater cabling.
The days of considering Korea’s LG low end manufacturer’s seems to be at an end with the savvy company following up on the success of their Prada and Viewty with three new handsets aimed squarely at the fashion crowd.
The LG KF750 (pictured) reportedly features 5 megapixel camera and secondary VGA video calling camera and a microSD slot. The LG KF240 is aimed at emerging markets such as Latin America and Asia and may release its 2 megapixel goodness as early as next week.
The KF300 is till somewhat of a mystery, but the triumvirate of fashionista goodness is expected to get an airing at CeBIT in Germany next week, so stay tuned for updates.
The Nokia N82 will see a firmware upgrade with Nokia Maps 2.0 software featuring geotagging in Q1 2008 according to the official S60 blog.
The new feature allows photos taken with the N82 to be geo-located, that is to say, location information can be added automatically to image files once geotagging has been enabled.
Sure to be especially useful for dazed hangovers, hard to find car parks and awful for those in need of an alibi. The geotagging trail is a truth unto itself.
It was inevitable really that popular home phone alternative Skype would edge into the ultra competitive mobile market. Aiming to complete compatibility with Symbian S60 this year, the move is good news for owners of Symbian S60 phones such as the Nokia N82 and N95 who will enjoy 3G VoIP SkypeOut and Chat.
The application operates on S60 2.6 but there is work under way to have it ready for the 3rd edition, great news for WiFi enabled N80 owners, but what about the rest of us? We will keep you posted.
This innovative new concept phone from designer Quian Jiang consists of a series of interconnected collapsable fabric discs that respond to a series of gestures such as squeezing to hang up.
While smartphones seem to gain weight as features increase the Soft Phone manages to stock a full QWERTY keyboard and offers an alternative direction of electronic fabrics. Perhaps wearable devices will be de rigeur in the not so distant future for those not ready to implant them in their arms.
Couple of innocent enough looking phones right? Wrong! Warning warning, Toshiba has released robot phones that feed on the blood of the innocent.
Well maybe not yet, but given the recent blood powered phone it’s not impossible. But I for one welcome our new Robot-phone overlords.
Following on nicely from yesterdays Toaster phone, the Toshiba 815T PB robot phones actually do their best Optimus Prime impersonation, transforming and all.
If you’re not already stockpiling weapons and rations and planning to send bots back in time to save John Connor, then you’re probably more interested in the QVGA screen, 3.2 megapixel camera and 3G connectivity.
Unless you hail from the land that brought us Godzilla, i.e. Japan, then there may be a wait for a release date. But then again, they may be closer than you think.
If you’re the paranoid type you may want to watch for any squirrely types packing the latest in USB spyware: the Recovery PRO software and SIM Recovery Pro Reader.
Able to work with any standard SIM card and any phone that supports removable SIM cards, the system allows you to simply place the SIM into the USB reader and save for later use.
Of course this isn’t just for jealous lovers and industrial espionage, the ease of SMS recovery and backup has many uses for Joe Office who wishes to save information on his PC for future use. Especially useful for those using smartphones such as the HTC TyTNII or Blackberry 8800 for work and pleasure.
But even Joe Office may just want to know who’s been talking about drinks last friday.
