At the Mobile World Congress 2010, Symbian Foundation revealed the ‘Design Preview’ of their latest version Symbian^3. It’s supposed to be completed by the end of next month. Symbian OS is used on Nokia devices and some Samsung, Sony Ericsson devices.
take a look at the video of the design preview
So what are your comments?
Yesterday at the Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft revealed their revolutionary OS for Mobiles. The new version has awesome features, like a built in Zune music player, good looking User Interface, superb connectivity with social networking sites etc. and a whole lot of cool features
Check out this video for a complete list of features:
Official Website: http://www.windowsphone7series.com/
So what do you think of this new version of Windows mobile? Do you think it will kill the iPhone? (I know its very late, but still)
The Samsung Galaxy GT i7500 is the slimmest Android device available. It runs Android version 1.5 and no info on updates to later Android versions are out yet. Although there are rumours that there will be an update which will install Android version 2.1 on the Galaxy, but it was said that it will only be out in Q2. Check out photos here:
The Samsung galaxy out of the box has a very very bad battery life.. but it can be fixed by a firmware update. So if the Samsung galaxy’s battery you own doesn’t even last a day, You need to get a firmware update on your Samsung Galaxy. To update the phone’s firmware open Samsung’s New PC Studio software on your computer connect the device and then click on Update. Now there are many users out there who are not able to ‘connect the device to pc’, ‘device not being recognized’, and some get the error ‘Firmware updates are not supported by this device’. If you are one of these users there is an alternative way to update the firmware.
You can download a firmware and then update it on your device using Odin.
For firmware click any of these three links: 1. IH8 2. II5
IH8 and II5 are nothing but the firmware versions, If you have any doubts on your mind as to which firmware to upgrade to, don’t worry you can upgrade to either. II5 is supposed to be the latest.
To update download Odin and any one firmware from the above links and then follow the instructions given here on Androidforums.com.
IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT ODIN AND FIRMWARE UPDATES PLEASE DONT DO IT. READ EVERYTHING ON THE PAGE CLEARLY AT THE ABOVE LINK BEFORE DOING ANYTHING. ME OR ANYONE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF ANY THING GOES WRONG WITH YOUR PHONE ETC.
Tips on increasing Battery life:
1. Update firmware as given above
2. DO NOT use the pouch given with the phone. The reason being that the when the phone is in the pouch, its camera button is pressed thus not allowing the phone to sleep and consuming extra battery.
After the firmware update the battery life has improved a LOT. I get about 40 hours of light to moderate usage, which is really cool.
Some Good apps to have on the android phone, which you can get from android market:
1. Spare parts: Gives info on battery usage and other useful stuff
2. Apndroid: With the Background sync on, and when out of wifi connectivity, the phone connects via GRPS/EDGE/3G and there is no setting etc. to stop this. So if you don’t want unnecessary connections that cost you can use this app that also has a widget with which you can switch on/off your GPRS/EDGE etc.
3. Shootme: this app allows you to take screenshots on your android phone with just a shake.
After the firmware update I’m really loving this phone, also Android OS. The only thing that's not so good is the camera, reason being no settings can be changed. check out photo comparisons here
If you have any tips or tricks to share do post it in a comment please. Also do share this post with others by tweeting it or linking other people.
If you own an iPhone or an iPod touch you can now update its firmware to version 3.1.3. Just plug in your device to iTunes to update its firmware.
The new version changelog:
1. Improved accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS
2. Resolves issues where third-party apps would not launch in some instances
3. Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using Japanese Kana Keyboard
[UPDATE] While updating my iPod touch I encountered problem error 1602, and my iPod was stuck in restore mode and my laptop could not recognize it. I had to restore it using another computer. check out this page before you update your device: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
Also I suggest you only update the firmware once you have the latest iTunes version and also while updating do turn off any firewalls.
Mr. Steve Jobs CEO of Apple unveiled yesterday the 'iPad' which is the rumored device called "iSlate, iTablet" earlier.According to me this a BIG iPhone/iPod Touch. Yes it has support for all the apps in the app store for the iPhone/iPod touch, the sleep/wake button on the top like on the iPhone/iPod touch, also has the "home" button.
This device is something between a phone and a laptop. The eBook app called iBooks allows you to buy ebooks and read them on a very advanced and high resolution LED display which should be an amazing experience. Photos, Videos, Notes, internet browsing, Maps, YouTube etc. should be really amazing. Also with the support for iPhone apps, the games on this larger screen should be really good. check here for more features.
There are some drawbacks of this though. Here are some:
1. NO Multitasking.... Again I don't know how could they do this! check earlier post on this here
2. No support for SD cards etc. so no expandable memory
3. No Camera
I don't understand why would someone who already owns a laptop + iPod touch or a desktop + iPhone etc. want such a device? Like you can buy it if you have $$$ and want an awesome eBook reading experience and want to check newspapers etc but then I still the laptops can do that, as well as do MANY other stuff. So I don't understand why someone would want an iPhone which is BIG in size.
It's good to get this device, if you have a desktop and then want mobility at your homes etc.
for pricing check here
So do let me know about your thoughts of the iPad in the comments please!
Nokia has announced that the new version of OVI maps will have free Navigation, which was is currently a paid service. This is a great move by Nokia because the Navigation service is really good and not many were able to use it earlier because it was paid.
Currently there are few devices that will be supported which include the Nokia 5800 Navigation and XpressMusic Editions, Nokia E72, Nokia E55, Nokia E52, Nokia X6, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6730 classic, Nokia 5230 and the N97 mini.
Hopefully more devices will be added to this list soon. What are your thoughts about this move by Nokia?
Tags: mobile, nokia, random
World's Richest Man and Chairman of Microsoft, Mr. Bill Gates joined twitter about 8 hours ago and has already made it to the trending topics on twitter!!
Nokia’s Mobile Web Server service will be discontinued from the end of this month i.e. the 31st of January 2010. The service has been available since two and half years.
Basically this service consisted of a software that could make your Nokia S60 device into a server for you to publish your content, blogs to the internet. Also it could be used to check the contents like calendar etc. from an PC meaning you could share your content with friends and family with the access options in your control.
Read more about the service ending here
There is NO multitasking on the iPhone or the iPod touch which is really sad. I don’t know why the makers didn’t feel the need for it…
Yesterday I asked people on twitter the same thing and I got replies like “it would affect the battery life a lot” well that's not the solution right? also the syncing options with iTunes are very very confusing, adding photos on the iPod touch a BIG pain :/ I have to select an entire folder and cannot drag and drop, .wma audio files not supported. Some video files are not supported. But after ‘jailbreaking’ your iPod/iPhone you get access to whole lot of stuff which makes it really exciting.
My final thoughts on this? both the gadgets are very good, especially the iPod which is an almost perfect portable entertainment device. The iPhone would be perfect if it had multitasking and a 5megapixel camera (the camera part is not necessary though) Also better support for Windows users. A perfect combination would be having a iMac/Macbook and an iPhone.
Google’s Nexus One, the Android ‘Superphone’ is said to be an iPhone killer, well only time will tell!
What are your thoughts on the iPhone? do leave comments!
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