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  • 12.09.08
    Skyfire browser comes to VGA and Symbian S60 phones gadgets | (2)
      Skyfire has released the Beta 0.85 version of its mobile browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones. The Skyfire browser uses a caching to technique to render an image of what the site looks like to your phone. By caching the site on their servers, Skyfire can support Flash and other rich Internet applications. The latest upgrade from Skyfire provides support for VGA devices. For Windows Mobile this means most notably the new new HT Touch and Touch Pro and the AT&T Fuze. For Symbian devices this provides a browser for a whole host of E and N ...
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  • 12.08.08
    Want an unlocked Android G1? That’ll be $399 on the go | (4)
    Ever since Google announced the Android mobile operating system, fans have been lured by the promise of an open and accessible handset that they had full control over. This was one of the biggest disappointments that open source developers had with the release of the T-Mobile G1. Now things are starting to chain. Google has announced the availability of completely unlocked G1 devices for Android developers on the Android Developers blog. Since there is no carrier subsidy and no 2-year contract attached, the devices go for the slightly hefty sum of $399 plus a $25 developer registration fee. ...
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  • 12.04.08
    Meet the brand new Kogan Agora Android phone on the go | (2)
    Australian mobile phone company Kogan is holding a presale event for the Agora phone, the second device that will be released running Google's Android operating system. There will be two versions of the Agora phone running Android, with one being donned the Agora Pro. The devices feature a Blackberry-esque for factor with a full QWERTY keyboard and a touch screen in both models. The difference between the two models are Wi-Fi, GPS and a 2.0 megapixel camera included in the Agora Pro. Continue Reading...
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  • 11.20.08
    Google Sync for Blackberry gets contacts on the go | Comments Off
    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 ...
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  • 11.18.08
    Android set to surpass iPhone for interactive applications with Flash 10 on the go | Comments Off
    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 ...
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  • 11.13.08
    PhoneFusion set to release Visual Voicemail for Android on the go | Comments Off
    PhoneFusion has announced that it will be releasing a version of its Fusion Voicemail Plus application for the Android platform. This application will allow Android phones such as the recently released T-Mobile G1, to display a summary of your voicemail so that you can decide which messages to listen to or delete at your convenience. PhoneFusion already offers versions of their Voicemail Plus application for Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian and Linux phones. The application works by sending a text message that is captured by the application on your phone. The text message includes the date and time of the ...
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  • 11.04.08
    Android G1 gets its game on with AndroidBoy on the go | Comments Off
    Last week the Androidboy GameBoy emulator package was released into the Android Market for download to T-Mobile G1. The Androidboy emulator is a fork of the JavaGB open source mobile GameBoy emulation project. There are versions that will run on Java based phones using MIDP and one that you can run on your PC, though I'm not sure why you would want to. Continue Reading...
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