Siri was purchased by Apple and we have not heard much from them since. You can still download their application on their website although I’m not sure if it’s been updated. However, Siri’s technology is clearly innovative and extremely user friendly. So now it begs the question, will it make a resurgence?
A public battle began between Apple and Adobe related to Flash support on the iPhone. What started with Apple putting terms in it’s Developer License Agreement that prohibit flash usage in iPhone apps, resulted in a top adobe developer telling Apple to “Screw off” and then a response by Mr. Jobs letting us know his thoughts on Flash. Ignoring the rumours that Apple is working on a Flash alternative themselves, I’d like to concentrate on the main points Mr. Jobs made and give you my thoughts.
Social networking is a growing trend and has been for some time now. But as social networking was on the rise so was mobile internet usage. It’s clear that mobile access to social networks is extremely key to their growth and will continue to be key for their continued success. But mobile access is not [...]
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.
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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 [...]