In a patent filing, RIM is trying to patent the concept of location-aware features. An example of this would be selecting an appropriate ringtone profile based on your location (i.e. loud when at home, but silent when in the office). This patent was filed in 2005, so it’s been in the works for a while. [...]
RIM announced it’s BlackBerry Presenter today which allows for delivering presentations from your BlackBerry directly via bluetooth. You basically connect the Presenter to the projector and instruct the accompanied BlackBerry App to present and off you go. No transcoding necessary. The Presenter apparently works with other bluetooth-enabled SmartPhones as well. It’s going for $199.99 USD [...]
In a sit-down with All Things Digital, Google VP of Engineering, Andy Rubin mentioned that Google is working on an enterprise version of the Nexus One. Although it seems very early on and the information is vague, it seems that the idea would be to have something with a physical keyboard, exchange support and possibly [...]
The CBC reported today that the decision to allow Globalive (owner of the WIND brand) to operate in canada is being challenged. If you recall, back in December, Canada’s Industry Minister, Tony Clement, overruled a previous CRTC decision which blocked Globalive from operating cellphone service in Canada, allowing them to continue with their WIND mobile [...]
Yesterday, Google announced that it’s mobile homepage now has a “near me now” option. This service is available to US customers on the iPhone and Android phones only. Hmmm …. wonder why BlackBerry is out. It’s obvious that Google is interested in being your mobile location-based service of choice and this is another step in [...]
Now I know I typically write about mobile and telecom news, but this one hit straight home with me. You should first go and read this great TechCrunch post. Here is another example of how the entertainment industry is forcing it’s business model on it’s customers. Last year, for the first time since 2002, DVD [...]
Well, it’s now official. Apple has acquired Quattro Wireless. The news confirmed by Quattro ex-CEO now an Apple VP of Mobile Advertising. Let’s not forget that RIM also announced an Advertising Service back in November as well. Basically, the strategy for these companies is to provide advertising capabilities to developers for their platforms. The real hope is [...]
Apple announced yesterday that their App Store has surpassed the 3 Billion download mark. Personally I’m not very fond of generalized stats such as this. I’m personally more interested in unique App download numbers or paid App download numbers. However, considering that they were at the 2 Billion download mark just over 3 months ago, [...]
Google has made the Nexus One official. Read all about it here. As rumoured, they have partnered with T-Mobile for this phone although a unlocked version is available as well. The hardware is pretty good, most notably: 5 MP Camera capable of video with 720×480 pixels @ 20 fps. Wifi/BT2.1/aGPS Digital Compass and Accelerometer Fairly [...]
In a press conference today, Google is expected to announce it’s mobile phone, the Nexus One. And although it will lack in mobile applications and enterprise functionality, my guess is that Google will focus on add-on services to entice consumers. We already know that Google has Google Maps Navigation which will no doubt be working [...]