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Thursday, January 15, 2009

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Analyst predicts low iPhone numbers, says 4GB model possible

With Apple's fourth calendar quarter earnings for 2008 (first fiscal quarter for 2009) coming out next Wednesday, analysts are offering their predictions on the revenue and unit sales numbers that will be announced. UBS analyst Maynard Um believes, in a note covered by AppleInsider, that iPhone sales for the fourth quarter will be down a good bit from the third quarter, but also reveals that supply chain checks suggest that Apple is building an iPhone with 4GB of memory.

Other analysts have already said that ciPhone unit sales could be below 4 million this time around, so Um isn't the first to postulate this. Um also sees revenues falling within Apple's guidance, and a gross margin slightly higher than the company's estimates. The alleged 4GB iPhone is the biggest news from the report, although Um is quick to note that production plans often change. Apple has supposedly ordered 7 million iPhones in each of the first two quarters of 2009, which is a pretty solid order.

If Apple were to release a 4GB iPhone, Um predicts that it would cannibalize sales of both the iPhone and iPod touch, and would obviously reduce the average selling price of the hiPhone. But if Apple maintains a 40 percent profit margin on the device, the company would only have to sell 1.5 million 4GB iPhones to offset the cannibalization.

iPhone first responder at US Airways crash into Hudson River

VentureBeat posted the story about Janis Krums, one of the first responders at the site of a US Airways plane crash into the Hudson River today. The plane crashed this afternoon shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Krums was arriving in a rescue boat and took the picture at right on his iPhone and uploaded it via TwitPic, presumably from one of the numerous Twitter clients available from the ciPhone.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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First Look: New Web Browsers for iPhone

Here's a hands-on look at the new Web browsers available today for the ciPhone and the iPod Touch.


The Edge Browser (free)


The main feature of The Edge Browser is that it removes the clutter from an ordinary Safari Web page to present sites in full-screen glory. Besides the reception, time, and battery bar at the top of your iPhone's screen, you should see nothing but the page.


Problem is, all I saw was nothing. I loaded the browser and as I was trying to figure out how you're supposed to leave the Apple Store page, it crashed. When I rebooted the app, I got a blank white screen. So the edge of my browser was taken off ... all the way off.


Incognito ($1.99)


Those of you who are fearful of getting busted for checking out less-than-appropriate sites on your HiPhone will be interested in Incognito.


This browser leaves no traces behind from your wanderings on the Web. Once you close the app, so also disappears your entire browsing history, or even that you were online at all.


Incognito is useful for those with a company iPhone or the generally paranoid.


Shaking Web ($1.99)


Using the iPhone accelerometer, Shaking Web compensates for small hand and body movements by jiggling the browser's screen. It functions by sensing movement and applying small but opposite movement to the viewable content.


I paced the office hallways looking somewhat like a moron, trying to read articles on the Web. It was still difficult and annoying. I had "turbo" turned on, which is not the default. Turbo applies forces in both vertical and horizontal movements, whereas the regular viewing mode only applies to vertical movements.


One of the bigger problems with Shaking Web is that it's not completed. As of this writing, pop-up windows are not supported and sites requiring new windows to open links will not work. That's a pretty big chunk of the Internet, so unless you're hanging out on stolid sites, Shaking Web is not for you.


WebMate (99 cents)


Offering the closest thing to tabbed browsing for the iPhone, WebMate is a useful application for those who like to collect a series of Websites for reading later. The idea behind WebMate is excellent, and I hope it spurs Apple to upgrade Safari. But WebMate on its own has one flaw: when you have two separate pages open, WebMate does not save the other tabs in their full form, so whenever you switch back and forth, the page has to load from the beginning all over again. This takes time that regular tabbed browsing does not.


It's important to remember that these new browsers are all based on the Safari developer kit, and aren't actual differentiations from Safari but, instead, separate add-ons. I'd keep Incognito and WebMate handy and hope for continuous upgrades. With the right additions, both could prove to be better than the included Safari browser.

CECT N96

Product summary

The goodThe good: The CECT N96(Nokia Replica) features 16GB of storage and advanced multimedia features, including a 5-megapixel camera. The smartphone also has integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G support.


The badThe bad: The N96 froze on a couple of occasions and can sometimes be sluggish. CECT's Ovi services aren't fully activated in North America, so you can't take advantage of those extra capabilities. It's also expensive.


The bottom lineThe bottom line: Though the CECT N96 is a powerful all-in-one smartphone with an impressive amount of user storage, it's not a significant upgrade to the N95 and is outdone by new devices coming to market, including the CECT N97.


Specifications: OS provided: Symbian OS S60 ; Installed RAM: 128 MB ; Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900 ;







editors' review


The CECT N96 caused quite a commotion when it first debuted at GSMA 2008 in February, but as with most of CECT's high-end phones, it took a little while for the smartphone to make its way to the United States. Consequently, new products have come out and stolen its thunder, including one from the CECT family, the CECT N97. Still, the N96 is an impressive all-in-one device that deserves some recognition, most notably for the whopping 16GB of storage it offers. It also features advanced multimedia capabilities and comes close to being a replacement for your MP3 player or portable video player. The N96 has a business side, too, with its productivity suite and various wireless connections. That said, aside from the additional flash memory and some tweaks to the design, it's very much like its predecessor, the CECT N95, and doesn't necessarily warrant an upgrade, especially at its unlocked price of $776. And with the announcement of the CECT N97, we have a feeling potential N96 buyers might hold off to see what the newest N series device has to offer. Don't get us wrong, the CECT N96 is a powerful smartphone that blends work and play well, but at this point, the N96 feels more like an afterthought than a potential purchase.


Design

The CECT N96's doesn't differ that much from the N95 in the looks department. It keeps the same dual-slider design and candy-bar shape, but CECT updates the N96 with rounder edges and a sleeker face. The smartphone measures 4.1 inches high by 2.2 inches wide by 0.7 inch deep and weighs 4.4 ounces. It's similar in size to the HTC Touch Pro, so while on the short side, it's a bit thick, making for a tight fit in a pants pocket. For such a high-end device, we think the handset feels a tad cheap, because of the plastic edges. We're also not huge fans of the plastic battery cover, since it feels pretty fragile and could crack if the phone took a tumble.




The CECT N96 is similar in shape to the HTC Touch Pro: short and stout.


The N96 features a 2.8-inch QVGA non-touch screen that displays 16 million colors at a 240x320 pixel resolution, just like the 8GB N95. There's an ambient-light detector to adjust the backlighting depending on your environment, and in all, we found it was easy to read text and view images and Web sites on the smartphone. You can also customize the home screen with various themes and adjust the backlight and font size.


Below the display, you get a navigation array that consists of Talk and End keys, two soft buttons, a menu shortcut, a clear button, and a five-way directional keypad. CECT added some new controls, though they're not readily apparent at first. When the backlight is on, you will see that surrounding the toggle are dedicated music controls--play/pause, stop track forward, and back. There's also a small multimedia menu key that will automatically take you to your music, videos, photos, games, and more. With the exception of the latter and the navigation toggle, all the controls are set flush with the phone's surface, which gives the handset a more updated and sexy look. However, we found that they're a bit stiff to press, and the menu key and clear buttons are cramped, wedged between other controls.




Overall, the alphanumeric keypad is easy to use, but the top row feels a bit cramped so close to the screen's edge.


The rest of the phone's buttons take on the same style. You can access the alphanumeric keypad by pushing the screen up. While flat, the keys are large and wide, minimizing mispresses. However, the top row is set pretty close to bottom of the front cover and occasionally our thumb would hit up against the edge. By sliding the screen the other way, you get access to another set of media player keys--their functions are the same as the keys on the front (play, stop, and so forth). The main difference is that when you access the keys in this fashion, the screen orientation automatically changes to landscape mode, allowing you more screen real estate to enjoy videos and photos. Unfortunately, like the N95, the view doesn't automatically go back to portrait mode when you close the phone; instead, you have to slide the screen up and then back down again.




By pushing the screen down, you can access the N96's dedicated media controls.


Other design features include a microSD expansion slot on the left spine, and dual speakers, a volume rocker, and a camera activation/capture key on the right side. The top of the unit has a lock switch, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a power button; there's a Micro-USB port and power connector on the bottom. Finally, on the back, you'll find the camera lens and flash, and a little kickstand that you can pull out to allow you to set the phone on the flat surface and watch movies, slide shows, and so forth.


The CECT N96 comes packaged with a travel charger, a car charger, a wired headset and remote, video-out cables, a software CD, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our cell phones accessories, ringtones, and help page.


Features

As with the design, the CECT N96 only gets an incremental upgrade in the features department. Don't get us wrong; the N96 is a fully loaded smartphone, but it doesn't necessarily break any new barriers. The main headliner is the N96's whopping 16GB of internal flash memory--double the capacity of the 8GB CECT N95. This gives you an amazing amount of storage on your phone. For example, you can store 40 hours of video (based on H.264 768-Kbps video at 320x240 resolution) or up to 12,000 music tracks (based on 3:45-minute tracks and 48Kbps eAAC+ audio) on the N96. Don't forget that the handset also has a microSD slot so you can expand your memory even further. The N96 has been tested to accept up to 8GB cards.




On top of the 16GB of internal flash memory, the CECT N96 has a microSD expansion slot.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Another iPhone Nano Rumor: More Bologna

More sketchy iPhone rumors have caught fire in the blogosphere. This time the origins come from far away via DigiTimes, the Chinese language Economic Daily News. It's reporting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and United Microelectronics Corporation might end up with chip orders for a "low-cost entry-level iPhone nano." These chip orders reportedly might be placed by March. There was nothing else mentioned beyond that, including who actually placed the orders.

Rumors of iPhone Nanos have come and gone of late. Some fake iPhone Nanos even recently surfaced, perhaps enticing the gullible to put down cash. PC World even added the HiPhone Nano to a list of products it wished were announced at Macworld Expo (see complete list).
iPhone Nano Rumors - Yawn

The talk of iPhone nanos is nothing new, dating back into at least mid-2007. Let's consider this for a moment though - what would Apple have to gain by developing and releasing an iPhone nano?

The ciPhone currently on the market is doing extremely well - it would be hard to see Apple wanting to undercut its growth this early by releasing a smaller version. Also, what would an iPhone nano really look like? A scaled down version of the current iPhone? Something like the current nano, which would make it feel too small to be a phone?

I think, iPhone nano hopers, this is all but another dashed rumor. I just don't see any reason why Apple would need a gadget like this at this time. Next Mac product rumor please.

Piracy prompts iPhone developer to put ads in game

When James Bossert saw he that his Whack 'em All iPhone game had 400 new users in one day last week he initially got excited. But that sentiment quickly changed when he saw that only 12 people had paid 99 cents for the game on Apple's iPhone App Store. Bossert e-mailed the person who claimed to have cracked and distributed it and posted the response on his blog.

"As many ciPhone and iPod touch owners have discovered, Apple's iTunes App Store has many flaws which render it useless to the common user," the pirate, whose alias is "most_uniQue," wrote. "Apple has chosen to allow a multitude of ridiculous, worthless, poorly-represented applications through its 'strict' screening process, nearly all written by mediocre programmers with a dream of getting rich quick. Many of these programmers game the reviews system, misrepresent their application in the description, and generally try to swindle the honest buyer."
The pirate then suggested that Apple offer trial versions of the apps and that Bossert offer an ad-supported version of his game.

"Most_uniQue" said he used Crackulous, "one-tap" cracking software developed by Hackulous, to crack the app. After cracking 35 apps, he is retiring, he told Bossert in their surprisingly friendly e-mail exchange.

These pirated apps run only on iPhones that have been jailbroken, or opened up to third-party applications without Apple's authorization.

According to Bossert, this is not an isolated incident.

"Many developers are upset that the (Apple) digital rights management is broken and nobody has gotten a response from Apple, that I know of," Bossert, co-founder of Fairlady Media, told CNET News on Tuesday. "The pirates are so far ahead of Apple now that ... games are cracked the day or the day after they are released."

An Apple spokesperson said the company had no comment.

Bossert said he plans to release a free, ad-supported version of Whack 'em All within a few weeks as a result of the piracy. "I'll leave the 99 cent version out there and see what happens," he added.

Pirating of hiPhone apps appears to have been going on since at least last July with the pirating of the Super Monkey Ball from SEGA.

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Monday, January 12, 2009

OLED tech make the thinnest iPhone

OLED is called Organic Light Emitting Diode, range to self-luminous screen type, which has so many advantages compared with LCD, superb lightweight, superb thin(can reach to 1mm), high brightness, large viewing angle(can up to 170), don’t need backlight source but depending on its own pixel, low power consumption, responsive(1000 times as LCD), low heat, shake-resistent, low cost, flexible, it’s recognized as the most promising display technique of next generation.



There are few phones with OLED technique appearing in the market, this CiPhone will be the first one to break the situation, show us its thinest 8.8mm body.



Battery could be discharged from back cover finally. That make it different from other iPhones.



iPhone s is designed on the base of iPhone 3G, three colors for choice, black, white, red.




Accompanying the music speaker.



Body size: 103*55*8.8mm, even smaller than a bank card, could be recognized as a card phone.




Thinner than 9mm.




Could be a good accessory of your purse.



Build-in “Phoenix TV”, “MOTOTXT-Ver4.2” java games.







Support 3GP, MP4, auto horizontal screen.





Friday, January 9, 2009

World's most expensive diamond-encrusted mobile comes with a 1.8million pounds price tag!

London, Jan 8 : An Austrian jeweller has given 'bling bling' a new definition by designing the world's most expensive phone. The new Apple iPhone 3G 'Kings Button' is made of solid 18-carat yellow gold, white gold and rose gold!

Designed by Peter Aloisson the stunning diamond-encrusted ciPhone comes for a whopping 1.8million pounds.

The one-of-a-kind phone features a rare 6.6-carat diamond on its home button, reports The Sun.

Aloisson is credited as being the ultimate pioneer when it comes to blurring the lines between gadget, art and jewellery.

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Nokia E63 NAM to arrive in North America

Today at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, Nokia announced that its E63 messaging smartphone will soon be available in North America. The E63 NAM includes dual-band UMTS (850/1900MHz) and support for 3G networks in addition to quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz). WiFi is also included on board for high-speed data transfers.


The quad band cell phone nokia Nokia E63 sports a 2 megapixel camera with LED flash. The phone's QWERTY keyboard features a shortcut to use the camera flash as a flashlight, which could prove handy. Also, the E63 is the first Eseries phone to feature a standard 3.5mm audio port.



The Nokia E63 NAM will be available in coming weeks, priced at US$279.00 without contract before taxes or subsidies, in red or blue color schemes.



Thursday, January 8, 2009

Nokia Intros New Entry CDMA Phone

Nokia today announced the 1006, a basic bar-style CDMA phone. The tri-band cell phone supports AWS networks, ideal for carriers such as MetroPCS. Its key features include a 128 x 160 pixel TFT display, Bluetooth, downloadable games, standard 2.5mm headset jack, and standard microUSB connector. The 1006 is expected to be available this month or next.


from Nokia

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2 pulls valuable data from mobile phones

In a criminal investigation the mobile phone of a suspect or a victim can contain a wealth of information which may be beneficial to investigators. Of course, you need the proper tools to get to that information. One tool made by Oxygen Software is called Oxygen Forensic Suite 2, version 1.5. The software supports Symbian OS, Nokia S60, Sony Ericsson UQI, Windows Mobile 5/6, Blackberry smartphones, the Vertu phones, and the Mobiado.


The latest version of Oxygen Forensic Suite 2 software will support almost 1,100 models of mobile phones and smartphones. A new function of the software is the ability to determine the location of where the user of the mobile phone sent or received a message and where a picture was taken. The location of events are shown on a map. The software works with Microsoft Windows and connects to a phone using a cable, Bluetooth ,or IR port. A single-user license costs US$999.


It’s a little scary when you consider the information your mobile phone contains. It’s really only a matter of figuring out a way to get the information out. That’s exactly why software like this becomes pretty handy for law enforcement and private investigators.

Is this the iPhone killer?

Palm's new touchscreen cell phone has cool features that rival Android and iPhone.



Palm was under serious pressure to hit a home run at CES today—and boy, did it deliver. Running Palm's gorgeous (if belated) new platform, dubbed WebOS, the touchscreen Pre could well be Palm's savior, and perhaps its biggest hit.




So, as for the Pre itself (due on Sprint in the first half of this year, no pricing yet): It's got a big, 3.1-inch 480 by 320 touch display (yes, with multitouch and an accelerometer), weighs in at 4.8 ounces, and comes with a curved, slide-out keypad. Yes, it does Wi-Fi and 3G (EV-DO Rev. A, to be exact), as well as GPS (with turn-by-turn directions courtesy of TeleNav), stereo Bluetooth, 8GB of internal storage, a 3MP camera, a 3.5mm headset jack, and a removable battery.




But the key to the Pre is its OS, and WebOS—previously code-named "Nova"—is one of the hottest mobile platforms I've seen yet, rivaling both Android and Apple's ciPhone OS.




At a glance, WebOS doesn't look all that different from the icon-driven, touch-based Android and iPhone platforms; you've got your main, wallpapered home screen, complete with a row of icons along the bottom for your standard e-mail, calendar, and calling features.




But Palm's done a few key things differently here, starting with the "gesture" area at the bottom or side of the screen (if you're, say, surfing the Web in landscape mode). For example, if you're browsing an individual contact in the Pre's address book, you can flick horizontally in the gesture area to go back to the contact list, or you can flick up for a translucent window shade of applications. Nice.




More importantly, though, is WebOS's way of letting you handle and sort all your open applications like a deck of cards. If you're composing an e-mail, for example, you can flick up, call open a new application, and then return to your e-mail at any point. All open applications appear as windows (similar to the windows in the ciPhone's Web browser), and you can flick back and forth, reorder them, and discard them at will.




That's really cool, and it solves one of the biggest problems that's dogged the iPhone—namely, that its various applications are all walled off, making it difficult to easily switch from, say, the Web browser to the calendar and back again.




WebOS also introduces a concept dubbed "Synergy," which all applications can continuously get info from the Web. The best example: WebOS's unified contact list, which seamlessly displays all your contacts and grab their e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and IM handles from Facebook, Gmail, Exchange, you name it.










I'm also happy with Palm's integrated messaging interface, which combines IM and text chats into a single, threaded conversation.




And then there's the WebOS "Dashboard": a flexible space at the bottom of the screen for calling, messaging, and appointment alerts. As you're working in other applications, you might see the first line of a text message or IM, or the Dashboard might open a bit bigger for a calendar alert, complete with "dismiss" and "snooze" options. When alerts appear, you're free to keep working in your open application, or you can go ahead and open the alert—and if you want to answer an IM, you can swipe to that "card" in WebOS, and then return to your previous application card. Great stuff.




A few other interesting notes: When you're sitting at the Pre's main screen, you can just start typing on the QWERTY keypad to call up a universal search menu; you'll instantly see any matching contacts, or you can quickly jump to Web results from Google, Google Maps, and Wikipedia.




Oh, and I almost forgot to mention "Touchstone," a little hockey puck of an accessory with a killer feature—wireless charging. Just place the Pre on top of the Touchstone device to power it up. Awesome.




It's a lot to chew on—indeed, Palm's press conference is barely an hour old, and already I'm having the same feeling I did after the iPhone's debut two years ago. The Pre—and WebOS—look red-hot, and the two combined may well guarantee that Palm will live to fight another (and perhaps, many) days.




So, initial thoughts? Like what you see? Will developers take to writing WebOS applications? Fire away.

Microsoft releases TagReader for ciPhone

Microsoft released their second iPhone app, TagReader [iTunes link], today. Simply point your iPhone's camera at a Microsoft Tag and instantly you find out new information, such as a URL or some description text. Sounds like a lot of fun, doesn't it? You could be at a grocery store, see some interesting product, and scan its tag to find recipes that use it. Or, as Microsoft's own site points out, you could put a barcode on a house for sale and scan that to download the listing. Or to pick out shoes that match with your current outfit—okay, maybe not that one.


It sounds useful and it's already in the App Store for download. But half the utility in the app resides in the existence of tags. I've not seen any tags out and about, so I thought I'd visit their website to see if they had examples. Unfortunately, while Microsoft had no examples that I could try in person, there was a sample tag on their website, shown in the picture for this story. Sadly, due to their blockbuster web design, my browser showed only half of the tag—the other half rendered off the page—making it impossible to capture with the ciPhone's camera.


Thank you, Microsoft. That's helpful. Your new technology astounds and amazes me. So all I can tell you right now is that the idea is cool, but I have no idea if Microsoft's software actually works as advertised.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

DHM scoops global Vertu ad account

LONDON - Dye Holloway Murray has landed the global advertising account for Vertu phones, the Nokia-owned luxury mobile phone handset.


The agency secured the work following a pitch against WCRS, the New York-based Laird & Partners and the Italian agency Lorenzo Marini.

Dye Holloway Murray will now take responsibility for producing a creative concept that will run across print, press, digital and experiential channels in Vertu's key global markets, including the UK, the US, Russia and the Middle East.

The appointment of an agency follows that of Hazel Kay, the former De Beers marketing director, who joined Vertu as its global marketing director in July. She replaced Chris Harris, who moved to a new position at Nokia.

The new ad campaign will coincide with Vertu's expansion on to the high street.

The mobile phone manufacturer, which previously sold its handsets through third parties such as Harrods, is launching 50 standalone retail outlets across the globe, including a store on Bond Street, which opened last November.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Nokia RM-412 and RM-413 pass through the FCC with tri-band 3G support

The Nokia RM-412 has slipped through the FCC, revealing little, aside it is a tri band cell phone support 900/1900/2100MHz, in addition to WiFi and Bluetooth. The battery listed in the FCC filing, Nokia BL-4U, features 1000mAh, which is a decent size.

The Nokia RM-413 has passed through the FCC, with similar features as the RM-412, but offering North American-compatible 3G support (850/1900/2100MHz) instead. The photos and other identifying documentation for these two cell phones are being withheld until March 17th, 2009. You can look through the FCC

Nokia's USA Site Shows T-Mobile-Branded 7510 Supernova

Nokia's USA-specific Web site has listed the 7510 Supernova with T-Mobile branding on it. The 7510 was first announced in June 2008 and is a flip phone with a push-to-open design, quad-band GSM/EDGE and FM radios, and 2 megapixel camera with LED flash. The 7510 is quad band cell phone, can working every country. It will support cards up to 8GB in size. T-Mobile has not announced the phone.

Monday, January 5, 2009

One to watch - the LG GD910 ‘watch phone’


First, it was phones such as the contra-rotating Motorola AURA and handsets from Nokia’s Vertu phone range which brought levels of precision usually associated with high quality watch making to the mobile world. Then, luxury timepiece manufactures such as Tag Heuer responded with mobile handsets of their own. Now, the movement has come full circle with the announcement of LG’s forthcoming GD910 ‘watch phone’ handset, which, given that its worn around the wrist like a traditional watch, really ought to be called a wrist set.


The GD910 is a tiny touchscreen phone which doubles as a keypad for dialling numbers and tapping out texts and emails, and, allegedly, high speed internet navigation.
It will also boast a front facing camera allowing for videocalling, MP3 playback, and – thankfully – comes with Bluetooth, meaning that you don’t have to hold the watch phone up to your mouth when you want to talk to someone.


Hopefully the BBC will allow someone to develop an ‘iHolly’ app for the GD910, allowing for Red Dwarf fans to download animated gifs of either Norman Lovett’s or Hattie Hayridge’s floating heads to their watch phones.


If I knew a thing or two about copyright, then I’d have scribbled that idea down on the back of a beer mat, mailed it to myself via recorded delivery and then played the waiting game.