Pricing Challenges: Mobile App Business Growing Pains
People have been talking up the iPhone 3GS’ souped-up hardware capabilities, particularly, its potential to upstage gaming handhelds such as the PSP and DSi. Despite that, it’s highly unlikely that the platform will do so at its current stage. The reason has nothing to do at all with either the hardware or the software. Instead, [...]
Palm Opens Up Mojo webOS SDK To The Public
Putting an end to the seeming endless waiting from restless developers, Palm has finally opened up Mojo, the official webOS SDK, to the general public. Arguably one of the easiest platforms to develop apps for (according to those who have tried it), it’s expected to spark a flurry of new entrants to the manufacturer’s still-fledgling [...]
iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Outed Prematurely, Available Now
George Hotz, the same man credited with first unlocking the original iPhone, has broken rank and proceeded to release the much-awaited iPhone 3GS jailbreak. A joint creation of the iPhone Dev Team, the tool was being held as the group waited for Apple to release the OS 3.1 software. According to reports, the idea was [...]
Augmented Reality Apps Come To Mobile Phones
Well, to Android at least. The past week has seen two augmented reality apps debut for Android smartphones (the G1 and the Magic aka Ion aka MyTouch 3G), taking advantage of the devices’ built-in GPS, camera and compass. Yep, augmented reality browsers are here now and will probably be the next big thing in smartphone [...]
Amazon’s Ebooks For Non-Kindle Devices
Amazon’s Ebooks For Non-Kindle Devices As good as Amazon’s Kindle ebook readers are (all three variants of them), it’s easy to discern that the real value they bring lies in the accompanying electronic book service. After all, the lack of a strong bookseller behind it is among the biggest reasons why non-Kindle readers continue to [...]
iPhone 3G S Can Do Graphics That Trump The PSP
According to Fishlabs honcho Michael Schade, the iPhone 3G S can do graphics better than Sony’s latest PSP. That’s right, the Jesus Phone can trump the PSP at its own game, apart from the thousand other smartphone talents it can do. That pronouncement, of course, stems from the hardware components Apple has fitted the latest [...]
Apple Introduces The New iPhone 3GS, Prices Old Model Aggressively
At today’s WWDC 2009 event, Apple introduced the much-anticipated update to the iPhone. Dubbed the iPhone 3GS, the new device features hardware and software upgrades that just might steer attention away from the recently-launched Palm Pre among smartphone users. Speed is the order of the day for this new iteration from Apple, who updates the [...]
Acer Android Netbook Coming In The Next Three Months
Android on netbooks is simply one of those things the entire industry seems to be dabbling on. Acer, who’s pretty much been upfront about their efforts on that end since the start, are now claiming they’re looking towards a third quarter launch for their first Android-based Atom-powered machine. Since it will use Google’s free mobile [...]
Microsoft’s Upcoming Smartphone: Now With Specs
Originally a rumor downplayed by many, Microsoft’s Pink seems to be shaping up to be a bigger deal that might be closer than we imagine. Even after Ballmer himself repeatedly denied them, news about the smartphone just keeps coming up. Earlier, ZDNet got heavy into the action, publishing what they are surmising will be the [...]
Is Verizon Going To Get An iPhone “Lite”?
After failing in its very vocal bid to woo the iPhone out of AT&T, not all seems finished for Verizon. If BusinessWeek’s two sources has it right, the mobile carrier will be getting a couple of Apple hardware after all. According to the magazine, Verizon could be carrying both an iPhone “lite” and a (4G???) [...]
