We got a hot tip via Blackberry Cool of a new app which is in beta testing. The ArrivedOK app is a handy program which will automatically send selected recipients a message which lets them know you’ve landed once you get off your plane and turn on your mobile.
The app also saves you money by sending the message directly to ArrivedOK which then notifies everyone on your list.
So you can put in customized messages letting your friends and family you’re in safely or reminding that “best” friend to pick you up at the airport.
The application is currently free and in beta testing. Click here for sign up info.
Those of us who have been touting the benefit’s of Google’s Android mobile OS open source nature and all of the possibilities it may bring have suffered a bit of setback today. Google has announced that it will be banning certain Wi-Fi tethering apps from the Google Marketplace as it violates “distribution agreements with device manufacturers and Authorized Carriers.”
What this is means is that T-Mobile doesn’t like the idea of their HTC G1 clients of getting an app which allows them to connect their laptop to their mobile and use the mobile as a modem over the 2G or 3G network.
As T-Mobile seems to be calling the shots in this case, when other carriers and manufacturers start using the Android OS it will be interesting to see whether they act in the same way. Will they place bans on apps which don’t suit their fancy or will open source truly prevail.
As Android continues to develop we will have to keep an eye on how carriers and manufacturers will deal with peoples demands and their own.
This should be a happy day to all thoseiphone holders with long distance relationships, Or maybe not!… Well, besides relationships,my wallet is delighted to hear this story.Skype, the web communication service, was a no-brainer to get an app available for the Apple portable devices (yes, iPod touch too). I am sure they delayed it for perfection, and yes they did. Or maybe flawless minus conference call and camera/skype integration. I’ve been able to log-in and make calls,while over WiFi , to both my Skype contacts and land-line numbers. Quality of the calls has been decent too.
According to engadgetmobile, the app is crashing for jailbroken iPhones and dialing over 3G’s only working for those with OS 3.0 beta, which will be released in June. Skype will also start offering it’s service to BlackBerry in May and to Nokia N97 by the end of 2009.
A new and handy app has been added to the still rapidly grown Apple iPhone apps store and that is the DirecTV application that has been rumored.
This hand application is available for free in the Apple Apps store and all you need is a DirecTV subscription along with compatible DVR models. From there you can access schedules, program record times and see all of the upcoming program schedule through the week. All of this done over whatever connection you have access to.
So now when you forget that your favorite show is playing on the night of a late night meeting, just log into your DirecTV app and tell your DVR when and where to record.
How would you feel if you can charge your phone by your own electric energy? I would mention this technology to none of my surrounding and simply dub myself as a superhero.
This new invention is not far from reality; Scientists are mulling a technology which can convert mechanical energy from body movements or the flow of blood in the body into electric energy that may be utilizes to power a broad range of electronic devices without batteries. Professor. Z. L. Wang and Dr. X. D. Wang of the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a nano generator that generates electricity by moving your arm or take a walk. Even the beating of the heart can generate electricity to charge your iPod or cell Phone. This nano generator use low frequent vibrations with their zinc oxide nano wires and produce Electricity. Those low frequent vibrations are generated by the heart beat, the wind or by walking.
“This research will have a major impact on defense technology, environmental monitoring, biomedical sciences and even personal electronics,” says lead researcher Zhong Lin Wang, Regents’ Professor, School of Material Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology
More and more information is starting to surface about Nokia’s much hyped N97. The hugely touted phone is scheduled to be released later this year and it has some big expectations to live up to.
In the commercial below it goes over some of the more fancy features such as the intuitive touch interface, the very nice looking slide and tilt design and also the variety of internet features available. The internet and media exchange nature of the phone is the big selling point that Nokia is pushing and the promises are impressive to say the least.
We can only hope that they’ll be able to live up to all this hype.
Samsung has just released a new ad for their upcoming i8910 Omnia HD mobile. The ad starts off with some pleasant photography and operatic cinematography then goes into some of the features offered on the phone.
The fictional demo is impressive and if it can come anywhere close to the speed those floating hands are using it at, it will definitely be a winner. The ad boasts the phone having an 8 megapixel camera, widget-like functions, paneled interface for multi-tasking and then the big one of HD video recording and viewing.
We don’t have any word on official release dates yet, but if this new Omnia is able to improve on the previous i900 Omnia, we know we’re going to have a winner:
We love cellphones and everything they do for us and we’re always excited when we see a new use for them.
The Norweigan town of Tryvann, which is close to Oslo, was having problems with letting people know about skiing conditions on their mountain. Due to local weather phenomenon often it can be raining in Oslo, but snowing in Tryvann, making it great for skiing. Most people don’t know this, so how do you educate them? Well a text message triggered bus stop ad, of course.
Tryvann now has several bus stop ads that inform people when it is snowing in Tryvann and ski conditions are good by triggering fans that swirls snow around the clear paneled advertisement. This is all started by Tryvann sending a text message to the ads and starting up the fans. Pretty cool, no?
Who knows where this will go? Interactive advertisements via cellphone interface?
We at TimTechs believe without a doubt that 2009 is the year of the touch. Just look at the models that have been announced for 2009: Palm Pre,Nokia N97, Sony Ericsson Idou, Samsung S8300 ULTRATouch, Samsung Omnia HD, HTC Touch Diamond2 and Pro2 and the list goes on. These are all either full touch or heavily touch reliant devices. The movement away from keys is clear and by the success of the Apple iPhone is an indication that consumers are on board.
One of the main issues in this movement though is multi-touch functionality. While to most of us this seems like a normal and intuitive function, for companies such as Palm and Apple, this is a contentious issue that people are willing to go to the mat for. Apple has found a winning combination of ease of use and high functionality which other manufacturers are trying to emulate without ripping off. This is demonstrated by some of the features coming out for newer phones. Such as HTC’s feature on a new line of merely flipping a phone over and laying it down to activate the speaker phone. Or Nokia’s development of non-touch waving gestures to trigger functions on phones.
While this is fueling innovation and developing, frankly speaking, really cool looking stuff, it is taking us away from the standardized phone keypad which no one has rights too. That brings up the problem of universality. If these companies want to be at all successful, they have to be able to take after Apple’s easy touch interface model to keep customers interested in using the product and do so without stepping on anyone’s legal toes. Otherwise they will get into some lawsuits or customers will not be willing to put in the effort to learn a new set of complicated touch gestures for every phone they purchase.
Who do you think is going to come out on top of the multi-touch interface battle?
Are you looking to save a bit of cash on your calls from your Blackberry? Well we’ve come across an interesting and free app called Voxofon which is available to Blackberry users.
The app lets you dial out directly from your contacts and before the call is dialed it will give you a list of calling rates and options to dial. The claim is that international calls will start at 1.3 cents per minute which is a very competitive price.
We’ve yet to find any feedback on quality for this Voice over IP device, but we always to welcome the opportunity to cut back on calling rates.
Check out some of these features:
Automatic detection of international calls
International rates from 1.3 cents/minute
Call-through and call-back options
Free test calls; Sign up to get up to 30 call minutes
Use phone’s Dialer or Contacts to make calls as usual
