Archive for December, 2008

iLuv Announces the iHD171 HD Radio with iPod Dock

iLuv has announced the iHD171 HD Radio with iTunes Tagging for iPhone 3G and iPod. This dual alarm clock with TV connection capabilities, AM/FM Radio and song title display will be available starting January 2009 at www.i-luv.com for the MSRP of $199.99. Features Compatible with iPhone 3G and 2G Time Sync function automatically updates the [...]

Kogan Announces Agora with Android

Australian phone-maker Kogan has announced that they will release the Agora, the world’s second cell phone based on Google’s Android operating system, on January 29, 2009. The Kogan Agora mobile phone is the first in Australia powered by Android(TM) software – the ground-breaking new open source mobile phone operating system. Featuring fast 3G wireless technology, [...]

Samsung to Join the Android Market in 2009

Several Asian news sources have reported that Samsung will unveil its Andorid phone in Q2 of next year. According to the reports, the Samsung’s version of the Android phone will likely be available in North America first followed by Asia regions. Currently the T-Mobile G1 made by HTC is the only Android phone on the [...]

LG Releases the KS660 Phone with 5 Megapixel Camera

LG Electronics has launched a touch screen phone, the LG KS660. A successor of the LG KP500, the phone features 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and 720×480 pixels video recording capability. The LG KS660 phone measures 105 × 55 × 14.9mm and weights 115g. It comes with a 3.0 inches WQVGA (240 × [...]

iPhone 3G for $99, from AT&T

ATT customers can now buy an iPhone 3G for $99, but not from Walmart. Today, ATT Wireless released a refurb version of the iPhone 3G (8GB) for $99 with a 2-year plan which includes voice and data. Also available is the 16GB iPhone 3G for $199 with a 2-year contract. But you have to hurry, [...]

Too many windows mobile resolutions = headache?

Kamal DS over Gadgetmix.com has written an excellent article regarding how so many resolutions are giving headache to the developers and the hardships that they have to face when making the applications. He says if the Desktop’s Windows can do that, why cannot handle the Windows Mobile handle the resolution in a similar way . [...]

iRiver T5 reviewed

Pocketables.net has recently published a review of the iRiver T5. Jenn, who has written the review is quite impressed with the unit. She says “The iriver T5 doesn’t offer anything new or exciting to the DAP world, but it’s not too bad for less than $40. The convenience of having a USB jack built in [...]

Spb Online: Double the Number of Mobile TV Channels

Spb Software, the world’s top Windows Mobile software developer pushes a mobile TV update onto the online services pack Spb Online, and doubles the number of mobile TV channels streamed. Commercially launched at the end of September 2008, the subscription-free mobile TV component of Spb Online has hosted over a million of mobile TV viewing [...]

MobileFiles Pro

QuickOffice Inc. is best known for its suite of applications that allow Symbian S60 devices to work with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. This company has now taken its first step toward bringing this same functionality to Apple’s iPhone line. QuickOffice MobileFiles Pro: The recently-released MobileFiles Pro, among its other features, allows users to edit [...]

Lenovo X200 Tablet and X200 Tablet With Touch Go

Folks at GBM have done a comparison of Lenovo X200 and X200 tablet with Touch Go. They have noticed some differences like: The screen on the regular X200 Tablet appears a tad brighter and clearer than the X200 Tablet with Touch. This is due to the X200 Tablet having the SuperBright option. Both viewing angles [...]