random MAZ on 06 Nov 2007
Daily Archive for "Tuesday, November 6th, 2007"
cellphones & nokia & telecommunications MAZ on 06 Nov 2007
Nokia N95 8GB: Best smartphone ever
“Is this the best smartphone ever made? Yes. You could even drop the ’smart’ bit and call it the ‘best phone ever made’, since this will be sold in High Street shops and picked up, as the original was, by people from all walks of life, most of whom have never even heard the term ’smartphone’. “
cellphones & google & news & telecommunications MAZ on 06 Nov 2007
Google annnounces Android
“The Google Phone has been announced, and instead of a phone that’s manufactured by just one company, it’s an open software platform that’s going to be loaded on phones made by HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung. Those phones are going to be available in the US on Sprint and T-Mobile by the second half of 2008—plus, it’s going to be available in China, Japan, Germany, Italy, and Spain on their respective carriers. The 34 members of the Open Handset Alliance developing this gPhone will throw in their expertise (example, Nvidia with their graphical abilities, Skype with their VoIPing) and offer the collective goods under an open source licensing agreement. Hell, Google might not even put their logo on the phone itself—they just want to sell advertisements to users through it.”
cellphones & telecommunications MAZ on 06 Nov 2007
Brits love texting
“The figure is 25% higher than a year ago and is set to shatter forecasts for how many text messages have been sent to and from handsets this year.
That weekly total is the same as the number sent during the whole of 1999.
Some 4.825bn texts were sent in September 2007, equivalent to 4,000 every second.
“It has exceeded our forecasts quite significantly,” said Mike Short, head of the MDA.
The total for 2007 looks set to reach 52 billion, he said. This was far in excess of the 42-48 billion the MDA previously predicted would be sent this year.
Mr Short said there were several reasons for the continuing growth.
“It’s convenient, comprehensive, it’s on every handset and network and it is cost effective,” he said.
Once despatched, a text message is stored on the mobile network until it can be delivered to its intended destination”
japan & japan news & sony & video games MAZ on 06 Nov 2007
Stuff we can’t have: Sony announces the PSP Deep Red
“Sony announced Deep Red… The PSP ! Yep, you are right, here you are, a new color available for the PSP from SONY, and which will be sold later this December in Japan, offered with a nice package of accessories.” Original story
