SCH-i730 smart phone, another high end (read > $500) smartphone from Samsung Corp. will be available to Verizon Wireless customers in July.
The Samsung SCH-i730 features Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile software, support for Verizon Wireless’ CDMA2000 1x EV-DO high-speed wireless data network, Wi-Fi and certain Bluetooth profiles, an integrated SD expansion slot and a slider form factor hiding a full QWERTY keyboard.
Add comment June 23rd, 2005
Nokia Series 60 – The new browser for Nokia’s Series 60 smart-phone software package is expected to debut in June. It will incorporate some of the same open-source technology–WebCore and JavaScriptCore–found in Apple’s Safari Web browser, which is based on KHTML and KJS from the open-source K Desktop Environment’s (KDE) Konquerer browser.
PocketPC – The current PocketIE does not support Javascript 1.4, DOM or CSS. The upcoming Windows Mobile 5.0 will change that. Minimo, i.e. MiniMozilla holds some hope for open source browser for PocketPC.
PalmOS – the PalmOne browser on the Treo 650 is decent.
Cross-platform – AvantGo is clearly the king of cross-platform web browser for PDA and smartphones. It currently supports PocketPC, Palm and Symbian UIQ.
Add comment June 16th, 2005
Mint Inc., a division of Mint Technology Corp., announced today that its PayMint wireless parking system has been implemented in the City of Coral Gables, Florida.
Available at all 4900 on-street and off-street parking spaces throughout the City of Coral Gables, residents and visitors alike are now being offered the convenience of paying for parking using their existing cell phones. Simply by registering online or by phone, PayMint allows the customer to dial a PayMint phone number found on customized decals on the cities meters, and purchase parking time without having to leave their vehicle. Parking enforcement officers in Coral Gables are equipped with handheld wireless devices and log into the PayMint system in order to verify PayMint users have parked. To further benefit the customer, PayMint will automatically send a text message reminder to the user’s cell phone to log out at preset time increments.
Add comment June 15th, 2005
Cingular Wireless rolled our their high-end smartphone, based on HP’s iPAQ h6300 series PocketPC phone.
According to HP’s website, the device is the first and smallest handheld with integrated 3-way wireless capabilities (quad-band GSM/GPRS, WLAN, and Bluetooth® wireless technology) to give you high-speed wireless voice and data connectivity. The removable, snap-on thumb keyboard lets you easily compose emails, notes, and MMS/SMS messages. An industry standard SD slot gives you options for more expansion and information storage.
The device runs on Texas Instruments OMAP 1510 (max 192MHz), which may not be fast as some of those Intel XScale chips. But for a smartphone, it may be sufficient and you probably can get more talk time out of it. Standar device has 64 MB SDRAM, 64 MB Flash ROM Memory (55 MB user accessible), which seems on the low end. And again, this is a phone and it is not expected to run a lot of serious enterprise mobile applications concurrently. To get more RAM, you will have to go with iPAQ PDA.
Add comment June 8th, 2005
Internet tablet (or appliance) seems way old school in 2005. Why would Nokia be interested in such a device? What’s so special about this that Nokia believes that its loyal phone customers, N-Gage addicts would be compelled to buy it? Is it because:
Linux?
The device runs on Linux based Nokia Internet Tablet 2005 software edition which includes widely deployed desktop Linux and Open Source technologies. The maemo development platform (www.maemo.org) will provide Open Source developers with the tools and opportunities to develop applications for the tablet.
Broadband?
The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features an impressive high-resolution (800×480) widescreen display with zoom and on-screen keyboard, ideal for viewing online content over Wi-Fi. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilizing Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile phone (you know how reliable that is).
Applications?
The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is designed for internet and email browsing. It also has a suite of software to handle your modern daily digital needs, Internet Radio, RSS News reader, Image viewer and Media players etc.
Add comment May 25th, 2005
