Previously Google Sync for Blackberry allowed mobile users to sync their calendars to Google, but didn’t help in terms of managing contacts. This morning Google announced a new version of its Mobile Sync for Blackberry that lets you sync your Contacts and/or Calendar with the cloud.
Google Product Manager Marcus Foster says that it’s a good way to maintain your contacts because, “If you ever lose your phone or buy a new one, getting your address book and calendar to your new device is as easy as installing Sync.” It’s really good to see Google putting a focus on contact management. The lack of sync tools for its own Android operating system when it released the T-Mobile G-1 has been causing headaches for early adopters everywhere.
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Yesterday we covered the impending arrival of Flash on Windows Mobile which was demonstrated at the Adobe Max developer conference in San Francisco. However, news broke later on in the day about a few special guest appearances that we weren’t quite expecting yet.
Andy Ruben of Danger Inc fame, who also happens to be the genius behind Google’s Android mobile phone operating system, was on hand for the conference. The real special guest for the occasion was Flash 10 coming to the Android platform. Andy did the demo himself, which marked the second major handset platform that is about to start supporting Flash animations.
This move could position Android phones to surpass the web-surfing capability of the iPhone and here’s how…
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Ever since Asus announced its forthcoming P565 smartphone yesterday with an 800 mhz processor, I’ve been marveling at the thought of having that much power in a Windows Mobile device. The P565 is 3G network-capable , supports b and g Wi-Fi connectivity, and has SIRF GPS built into a package that’s only about 4″ x 2.5″.
Then someone asked me how long the battery could possibly last while running that fast of a processor. After checking out the specs for the P565, the results were, well, unbelievable.
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For years Windows Mobile users have had their web surfing experience hampered by poor support for rich Internet applications on the handset platform. Today Adobe makes a giant leap forward in mobile web experience by bringing a full version of Flash 10 to Windows mobile handsets.
It’s not quite clear yet whether this is a browser plugin designed specifically for Internet Explorer mobile 6 or whether it will also run on other mobile browsers or previous versions of Internet Explorer mobile. The company will be showing off a demo version at it’s Adobe Max developers’ conference in San Francisco.
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Microsoft has finally begun taking Google Docs and Spreadsheets seriously as a threat to the MS Office suite and is preparing to release a web-based edition of Office. While Microsoft isn’t known for playing well on other platforms nor for its innovative thinking as of late, this time it may just have a winning idea.
Sources say that Microsoft Office web applications will run on a variety of browsers, from Internet Explorer to Firefox and Safari. In addition, iPhone owners can rejoice at the ability to edit documents using the MS Office web applications on the go. Even better is that users will be able to use the applications without having to install any additional plugins or software components, though the company says that Silverlight will result in a crisper interface.
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UK mobile carrier 3 has announced the upcoming release of the INQ1, pronounced “ink one.” The INQ1 is the first phone to fully integrate Facebook for both alerts and as the primary contact management tool. The INQ1 slider phone was developed by 3’s parent company, Chinese company Hutchison Whampoa. This is a prime example of how the mobile space is getting more social.
Syncing a user’s mobile phone contacts with Facebook is a brilliant move. A quick look through my contacts on Facebook using the iPhone application shows that I can’t keep nearly as accurate or complete contact information than my friends enter into Facebook. And I only have less than 20% of my friends from Facebook in my phone contact manager.
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Zynga has grown quickly by providing an gaming site that allows players to interact with each other while playing a broad variety of online games. Especially poker. The company has done well by catering to the online poker crowd that has been booming for the last few years.
Now Zynga has created an iPhone Poker application so players can keep grinding it out even when forced to venture out into the bright light of day. Actually the company is releasing two versions of the application through the iTunes App Store, one for free and the other for $4.99.
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