Entries tagged with “Palm Pre Apps” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS
CBS launched the new CBS SURVIVOR mobile Web site and Palm Pre application for Sprint customers. Those worried about the recent earthquake in Samoa, can find out that "The earthquake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, had no effect on the production of the 20th season, which the spokeswoman said was not being filmed at the time." The Palm Pre app is available through the Palm Pre App Catalog.
SURVIVOR fans will have access to full episodes, clips and videos of the eliminated Survivors, control of their CBS.com SURVIVOR Fantasy team, and the chance to win the weekly $10,000 prize when they vote in the "Player of the Week" competition.
The future looks bright for Palm Pre users who want to watch Football games or play games on their Palm Pre. If you out and about away from the Touchstone and/or a USB connection now you can charge the Palm Pre anywhere with FuelTank from Callpod.NFL Mobile Live will be available by August 1 on the Palm Pre . It will be sent to customers in an over-the-air software update from Palm.
NFL Mobile Live offers subscribers wireless access live radio broadcasts of all regular season games as well as information on their favorite teams, fantasy updates, player profiles, photos and video highlights.
When customers accept the update, NFL Mobile Live will be automatically installed. Once it's installed, type NFL on your keyboard from the main screen or the Launcher. Then just tap the NFL icon to open it. NFL Mobile Live will be pre-loaded on all Palm Pre smartphones bought after August 1
.PopCap games such as ke Bejeweled, Zuma or Peggle will be coming to Palm Pre. PopCap spokesman Garth Chouteau said that they are developing games for the Palm Pre.
Callpod 's Fueltank emergency device charger is now available through the Palm Store for use with the Palm Pre.
Fueltank can charge two mobile devices at the same time, reportedly has the capacity of seven standard mobile phones. Callpd contains a rechargeable lithium-ion battery which has more than 7 times the capacity of a standard mobile phone. Fueltank utilizes device-specific adapters, so you can customize to meet the exact needs of you and your family. Proprietary voltage regulator technology senses the amount of power required to charge your devices.
The Callpod Fueltank connects to the Palm Pre via USB connector.The Palm Store. is selling Callpod's FuelTank at a discount for $69.99. There's FREE Shipping on all orders over $49 at the Palm Store
Ovi Store by Nokia is now open for an estimated 50
million Nokia devices. Customers can visit
store.ovi.com through their Nokia device browser to access/buy games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web
and location-based services and more.The store is not open to any U.S. Nokia phones yet and will available to AT&T customers in the future. Reviewers in the U.S. who tried to download apps, had all kind of problems. PCMag's Sacha Segan could not download apps to one of his devices. Robin Wauters at Tech Crunch notes that the website was slow and content became suddenly unavaiable. A note was recieved from Nokia stating that there were high spikes on the servers.
U.S. users will have time to wait to try out the store after the glitches are fixed.
Another music phone with unlimited music for a year from Nokia announced, today, is the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic has personalization features.This phone will literally light up your life with illumination effects to react to your mood, music, or clothes you are wearing.
The Nokia 5330
XpressMusic is ideal for music and keeping in touch with your social
network. XpressMusic touch keys on the side of the display provide
instant access to music. It als has 3-D surround sound speaker.
It's easy to access social networking from the home screen. The demo shows that the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is great for a long weekend trip, to brign music along and listen in to in car as a jukebox. On the road trip they take photos and upload them to photo sharing sites for friends.
Nokia has confirmed that they will support LTE (Long-Term Evolution) not WiMAX for 4G data networking. Nokia will be making devices for LTE networks in 2010 according to James Harper, Nokia's senior manager of technology marketing.
He did not divulge what kind of devices Nokia would produce,but hinted that they would be highly data-intensive devices, during Portable Computer and Communications Association presentation held in Grapevine, Texas.
No carrier for the devices was revealed. U.S. carriers Verizon Wireless, and MetroPCS are already on the LTE bandwagon. Nokia nixed production of its N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition in January.
The Nokia 2700 classic is reportedly one of Nokia's most affordable, full featured
handsets. The Nokia 2700 can handle up to 2GB of storage via the memory card slot. Italso has an integrated digital music player and a 2.0 megapixel camera, making it equally competent for imaging and music.
"These features mean people can save, access and share files in hundreds of formats via Nokia's online service, Share on Ovi, or a number of other websites. The rich features and simple interface mean that in many cases, the Nokia 2700 classic will provide its owner's first Internet experience," said Soren Petersen, Senior Vice President, Nokia.
It has a 2" 240 x 320 pixel display, Bluetooth, an FM radio, web browser and email client. The Nokia 2700 comes uses a standard 3.5mm audio socket for easy music playing.
Google is offering Google Maps for mobile
version 2.3 with Street View for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile. Street
View was previously released on Google Maps for Android, BlackBerry,
and iPhone.Street View lets users access street level imagery when looking for places, businesses, or getting directions. It gives a visual view of the street so that you can see the buildings trees etc.
Besides Street View, the new version of Google Maps for mobile also has a bunch of other new features:
- Request walking directions (in addition to driving and public transit) to get anywhere on foot,
- Receive transit alerts from participating public transportation authorities,
- See what other people think of a place by reading reviews directly on your phone.
Google overhauled the entire user interface to make the app more responsive and easier to use.
Nokia research laboratory has been established in the Hollywood. Nokia
Research Center Hollywood will work with members of the media &
entertainment industry including new technology companies and creative
talent, together with leading universities in the region to drive
long-term research activities to further strengthen Nokia's leadership
position in the convergence of internet and mobility.
The Nokia 5610 XpressMusic and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, in a
new black finish with silver accents, are available exclusively in the
In addition, the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic delivers crystal
clear sound quality, up to 22 hours of music playback and a memory capacity for
up to 3,000 songs on an optional 4GB microSD card*. Nokia 5610 also features a
high-quality 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash.
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- ABI Research vice president Stuart Carlaw says, "There has been financial
pressure on Nokia to move in this direction at some point. The sheer economics
of the number of devices it ships with the OS versus the value it gets out of
its historic shareholding clearly indicated that such a `rescue' was inevitable
at some point."
- Also according to Carlaw, "The real spice in this announcement is that Nokia
is stating that it will offer the OS in a more 'open' way. Perhaps this is an
admission that the pressure from the Linux industry is really forcing Nokia and
Symbian to change their game. Questions remain as to whether the solution will
be truly open and what the cost of a Symbian Foundation membership will
be."
- Research director Kevin Burden adds, "There are also questions on where the up and coming mobile Linux platforms would be today had Nokia taken care of this purchase several years ago. It's very possible that Nokia will eventually position the Symbian platform for mid-tier devices with another platform powering its high-end devices - a position that Sony Ericsson has already taken."
Nokia today introduced two new music-enabled devices
as additions to its XpressMusic range. The new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic
and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic offer a range of affordable music and
entertainment experiences with the most fresh, stylish designs on the
market. Both music devices are expected to begin shipping in the third
quarter of 2008.Featuring a dynamic design with 3G social entertainment capabilities, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic delivers exceptional music and web 2.0 access. With the innovative new voice-controlled Say and Play feature, consumers can merely say the name of a favorite artist or song to automatically play it. Offering an array of additional features, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic device includes dedicated XpressMusic keys, a 3.5mm audio jack, up to 24 hours of playback time, an audio chip for hi-fi sound quality, extendable memory up to 8GB, HS-USB for fast music transfer and HSDPA for fast access to data.
Google Android has been successfully installed on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.
The Wiki page at elinux.org shows how to install it and get it to work. We tried to view the page and the server is either overloaded or down.
Driving into Vegas on the Way to CTIA Wireless, amongst the cranes constructing mega massive hotel casinos, hanging from one crane was a bunch of blue-suited early adopters strapped on a flying mobile office.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a balloon? Nope it's the Nokia upwardly mobile boardroom in the sky!
Nokia demonstrated their every where any time capabilities of their Internet tablet. They strapped participants into chairs on a giant platform and hoisted the ultra mobile board room 180 feet into the air with a crane. The product demonstrated was the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, which is now WiMAX (802.16e) enabled. The tablet will swtich between WiMAX and Wi-Fi. It will support the Sprint WiMAX network coming later this year.
Sinovo, makers of SiDiary, the most popular diabetes monitoring software, and Red Five Labs, providers of Net60, the .NET framework for Symbian mobile phones, announce the upcoming availability of SiDiary for the Nokia S60 3rd edition platform.
SiDiary was written for people suffering from Diabetes by people who are themselves suffering from the disease. By enabling accurate daily monitoring of key health metrics, both the patient and the healthcare professional can make the therapy more effective.
SiDiary was initially written for the Pocket PC and Windows Mobile Smartphone platforms using Microsoft’s .NET Compact Framework. Unfortunately, in Europe & Asia, the majority of Smartphones run the Symbian OS and the Nokia S60 user-interface which are not compatible with .NET applications like SiDiary. Therefore Sinovo was missing the potential to address the single largest Smartphone platform in these territories, unless a full, costly rewrite was undertaken.
By licensing Net60 from Red Five Labs, Sinovo are able to bring their flagship product SiDiary to the S60 market in a matter of days. This should translate into an estimated five to ten times increase in the number of SiDiary users, thus improving the daily life of thousands of people suffering from diabetes.
Oracle announced new mobile interoperability with Nokia devices and technology, as a result of the ongoing cooperation and co-development between the two companies. Oracle has validated the Nokia Intellisync Device Management solution working with Oracle’s Siebel CRM platform, Oracle(R) Database Lite is now available on Symbian Version 9/S60 Version 3 enabling enterprises to mobilize their applications using Nokia devices and Siebel Wireless is now available on the Nokia E90 Communicator, an Eseries device designed for enterprise users.
Nokia had a very good year also reporting:
- 34% increase in revenue.
- 27% jump in handset shipments during the fourth quarter of 2007.
- 40% market share selling 135.5 million handsets.
- 44% increase in its fourth-quarter profit.
- Operating profit for the quarter was 2.49 billion euros, up 64% from 1.52 billion euros in the same period last year
Nokia announced that the Nokia N95 8GB had the distinction of being the first ever mobile phone to receive Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certification. The DLNA is a body advocating the interoperability of wired and wireless consumer devices. For the consumer, this accolade translates into convenient and intuitive connectivity between your DLNA Certified home electronics devices, personal computers, and your Nokia N95 8GB.
DLNA technology enables multi-vendor home ecosystems of consumer devices by building a common connectivity platform for a variety of multimedia experiences. .
DLNA has certified the Nokia N95 8GB as a Mobile Digital Media Server, allowing the sharing of content, such as music, photos or videos, wirelessly on other devices in the home environment.
Nokia showed the Nokia N95 8GB for networks using 850/1900 MHz HSDPA (high speed data packet access) in the Americas at CES. The new Nokia 95 8GB features a 2.8 inch QVGA screen with support for up to 16 million colors, eight gigabytes of built-in memory, A-GPS positioning for improved location access and enhanced battery life. The screen is bigger and it slightly thicker than the North American version, we previously wrote about.
The Nokia N95 8GB comes with the advanced feature set expected from a state-of-the-art Nokia Nseries multimedia computer. The new Nokia N95 8GB offers a class-leading five megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and autofocus, WLAN, and a full eight gigabytes of internal memory, allowing for storage of up to 20 hours of video* or up to 6000 songs**. Complete with captivating 3D graphics, the Nokia N95 8GB will also offer compatibility with the upcoming N-Gage games service. It is also a full-featured GPS device with assisted GPS (A-GPS) and a large map database covering more than 100 countries, including a number of US state maps preloaded. The Nokia N95 8GB will also support Nokia Share Online 3.0, which will be made available via Nokia Download! and will enable consumers to upload photos and videos with one click to Flickr or Vox, allowing them to quickly share content with their social communities.
The N95 8GB multimedia computer has an estimated retail price of $749 and will start shipping to Nokia Nseries retailers across the United States, the Nokia flagship stores in New York and Chicago as well as online e-tailers during the first quarter of 2008.
During Nokia World, Nokia announced Nokia Comes With Music, that enables people to buy a Nokia device with a year of unlimited access to millions of tracks from a range of great artists.
Once the year is complete, customers can keep all their music without having to worry about it disappearing when their subscription is over.
The program will launch with Universal Music Group International, and Nokia is in discussion with the remaining major international labels.
It appears that the music will come with DRM and it will cost to burn the music on a CD which may not be compatible with all music players.
Analysts say that this service could give a shot in the arm to the music business and competes with iTunes.
Nokia announced at Nokia World, the Nokia 3110 Evolve, a mobile device with bio-covers made from more than 50% renewable material. The device is presented in a small package made of 60% recycled content and it comes with Nokia’s most energy efficient charger yet, using 94% less energy than the Energy Star requirements
Like the 3110 Classic, the new 3110 Evolve is a tri-band GSM phone with a 262k color, 160x128 pixel display. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, a music player, a microSD memory card slot, and a built-in FM radio.
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