Archive for October, 2008

Digitimes informed us that Asus will release its Android smartphone in 2009. The handset is targeted to the Taiwan market first before selling it to other regions. For your info, the company has plus released its new Windows Mobile smartphone, called Asus P552w, that offers a new touch UI Glide developed by Asus. [Digitimes]

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FCC has approved the Samsung C6620 smartphone. For your knowledge, the Samsung C6620 will come in Wine Red, Apple Green and Navy Blue and features Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, full QWERTY keyboard, QVGA display, Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), UMTS/HSDPA support, Bluetooh connectivity, and an integrated music player. There are plus a 2MP camera with video recording, 20MB of internal memory and an integrated modem. The handset is currently available in Italy for €199. [MobileBlog]

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There seems to be news every day about the newly seeded firmware 2.2 for the iPhone. Yesterday it was the Google’s Street View feature, today it’s the option to rate an application when deleting it.

Recently a Greek Language website, iPhone Hellas, reported that in the new firmware version 2.2 a user is now given an application rating screen when they delete an application. After pressing the little “X” to delete an application a “Please rate before deleting” box pops up with a 5 star rating option and a “No Thanks” button.

With all the changes to the rating system to build it fair on the developers, that suggests to us that Apple is not happy with the amount of rating they are receiving at that instance. We do not think that that method will accurately depict the applications worth as most public will either hit 1 star considering they did not like it or just randomly choose a rating just to bypass the screen. At any rate there does not seem to be any happy medium with the application rating system.

[Via iPhoneHellas]

Orginal post by Shawn Brown

The developers of Documents to Go—and Microsoft Office Documents editor for BlackBerry, Palm, Windows Mobile, and Symbian—are finally bringing the application to the iPhone. It will be interesting to see how that is going to work, given the iPhone lacks basic editing capabilities.

Editing capabilities like copy and paste are critical to editing documents of any kind in programs including Word, ability Point and Excel. It is a wonder how the multi-touch capabilities of the iPhone are going to be implemented into that application. With the ability to edit documents with the iPhone there is less for public to complain about.

Here is a list of features supported in Documents to GO:

• View, edit and create native Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and attachments Supports Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint Includes support for Microsoft Office Word 2007 & PowerPoint 2007

• Full featured solution with viewing AND editing functionality

• Supports file and attachments received via e-mail, Bluetooth® or media card

• strange InTact Technology retains original document formatting of edited files

• Integrated with BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Web Service for dependable and instant access to e-mail attachments

• Spell checking for word processing files

• Advanced character/font formatting

• Advanced paragraph formatting

• Insert and delete tables for word processing files

• Insert and edit auto bullets & numbers in word processing files

• Sorting in spreadsheets

• Apply cell formatting in spreadsheets

• Insert and delete worksheets

• Insert, duplicate and delete slides in presentations

• English, French, Italian, German and Spanish versions available

[Via Dataviz]

Orginal post by Shawn Brown

About 13 PERCENT OF ALL DIGITAL CAMERA SOLD IN CHINA FAIL, according to a recent survey conducted by the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce Consumer Electronic Product review Office. Reasons for super high failure rates include 1) cameras are rushed to market so fast they don’t take the moment for reliability tests; and 2) there are “still no relevant major standards for digital cameras” in China.

Orginal post by Mike

Singing Pumpkins [App Store link] is a simple little holiday app for Halloween. Tap on the pumpkins to take in them sing – they aren’t the most talented vocalists around but they are pretty cute and just spooky decent to help get you in the Halloween mood. So tap away and see whether you can lead them in song. Be warned though, sometimes they don’t behave so well and might say things that surprise you.

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Here is a mobile phone for seniors. The Emporia Clarity Amplified Phone comes with 20dB amplified audio to help the elders listen to the phone calls via speaker phone feature. The handset plus offers four large buttons to place and receive calls and large on-screen text size. There is additionally a flashing LED light to help watchful them of an incoming shout just in case their hearing aid runs out of juice. The Emporia Clarity Amplified Phone retails for $269. [FrontGate]

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