Archive for July 9th, 2008
One of the HTC's TouchFLO 3D user interface downsides (which is found on the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro) is lack of, let's say, serious customization. You can tweak only few things, and sing along HTC's design ideas. Don't get me wrong - I love the TouchFLO 3D, however why they left out additional customization is beyond me. Maybe they've wanted to follow Apple's example? Who knows…
Anyway, thanks to the free utility called Diamond TF3D Config you can totally rearrange the TouchFLO 3D tabs. Instead of the default “Home, People, Messages, Mail and Internet” order, you can make it it differently and for instance put “Programs” or “Weather” on the first screen. Additionally, if you're using some other third-party media player, you may want to hide some of the tabs (i.e. videos and music) from the home screen. Choice is yours and choice is good! 
Finally, Diamond TF3D Config also allows you to change the date appearance on top of the Home screen and at the moment includes German and English presets, only.
The application is available as a free download from the German PPC-Welt Community and before installing, it is recommended that you backup your device.
[Via: the::unwired]
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One of the HTC's TouchFLO 3D user interface downsides (which is found on the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro) is lack of, let's say, serious customization. You can tweak only few things, and sing along HTC's design ideas. Don't get me wrong - I love the TouchFLO 3D, however why they left out additional customization is beyond me. Maybe they've wanted to follow Apple's example? Who knows…
Anyway, thanks to the free utility called Diamond TF3D Config you can totally rearrange the TouchFLO 3D tabs. Instead of the default “Home, People, Messages, Mail and Internet” order, you can make it it differently and for instance put “Programs” or “Weather” on the first screen. Additionally, if you're using some other third-party media player, you may want to hide some of the tabs (i.e. videos and music) from the home screen. Choice is yours and choice is good!
Finally, Diamond TF3D Config also allows you to change the date appearance on top of the Home screen and at the moment includes German and English presets, only.
The application is available as a free download from the German PPC-Welt Community and before installing, it is recommended that you backup your device.
[Via: the::unwired]
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Nokia surveyed 6,500 people in 13 countries — including Finland, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, UK, United Arab Emirates, USA, Nigeria, India, China, Indonesia and Brazil — to find out people's attitudes and behaviors towards recycling.
The findings highlight that despite the fact that people on average have each owned around five phones, very few of these are being recycled once they’re no longer used.
Here are the highlights:
- Only 3% stated they’d recycled their old phone!
- However, only 4% of old devices are being thrown into landfill. 44% are being kept at homes never used, while others are either passed to friends or family (25%) or sold (16%).
- 74% of people surveyed said they don't consider recycling their phones, while about the same number of consumers (72%) think recycling makes a difference to the environment.
- Half of those surveyed didn't know phones could be recycled, with awareness lowest in India at 17% and Indonesia at 29%, and highest in the UK at 80% and 66% in Finland and Sweden.
- Two thirds stated they didn’t know how to recycle their old phone and 71% were unaware of where to do this.
Responding to the survey findings Nokia is developing a series of campaigns and activities to give people more information on recycling. More information about Nokia's program is available from here.
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If you've been thinking to switch to T-Mobile or to get yourself a new line/phone on T-Mobile, now might be the right time to do so. Wal-Mart has a whole array of T-Mobile phones on a discount. Let me just point you few of the deals:
- T-Mobile Wing - FREE
- BlackBerry Curve Titanium - you make $50
- Samsung Blast - you make $75
- BlackBerry Pearl (black, sapphire, white, ruby) - you make $50
- Nokia 5310 XpressMusic (orange, purple, red) - you make $50
- MOTORIZR Blue - you make $50
- T-Mobile Dash - you make $50
- MOTO W490 (grape, bubble gum pink, black) - you make $50
- BlackBerry Pearl 8120 - FREE
- BlackBerry 8820 - $99.99
Prices are after rebates and with a contract, but nonetheless… Here's the link to the Wal-Mart's page with all the deals. I'm sure you'll find something interesting.
[Via: Gizmodo]
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 Like they won't have all the attention they need this Friday when the new iPhone 3G launches, AT&T will be also adding the Centro in color - Electric blue. Specs remain the same, and the newly colored device joins the other two versions - “glacier white” and “obsidian black.”
But that's not all. Palm seems to want to catch the younger audience with the new “eye-catching” Centro, hence they'll make them more inexpensive for back-to-schoolers from July 11 to September 20, 2008. We don't know the details at this stage, but we guess you'll be able to grab the Centro for 50 bucks on a contract. Who knows, maybe even prices for the unlocked versions go down. We'll see…
[Via: Palm Blog]
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Like they won't have all the attention they need this Friday when the new iPhone 3G launches, AT&T will be also adding the Centro in color - Electric blue. Specs remain the same, and the newly colored device joins the other two versions - “glacier white” and “obsidian black.”
But that's not all. Palm seems to want to catch the younger audience with the new “eye-catching” Centro, hence they'll make them more affordable for back-to-schoolers from July 11 to September 20, 2008. We don't know the details at this stage, but we guess you'll be able to grab the Centro for 50 bucks on a contract. Who knows, maybe even prices for the unlocked versions go down. We'll see…
[Via: Palm Blog]
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 With mobile email, especially of the “push” variety, gaining traction as the communication medium of choice for hurried businessmen and consumers alike, Microsoft has announced that they too will be offering push email service through its hosted Exchange program.
For as little as $3 a month, Microsoft has announced that it will provide hosted Exchange service with an Exchange mailbox and Sharepoint access. The full-blown hosted Exchange service costs $15 per month and offers full Exchange and Sharepoint support as well as access to the full-suite of collaboration tools.
No word on whether the service will be aimed at both the consumer and enterprise levels or just business-suited execs. We're hoping that Microsoft will be offering the hosted Exchange service for anyone willing to pay the monthly fee.
[Via: WMExperts]
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 Motorola's latest flagship cameraphone has been making the rounds of late. The folks over at Crave managed to get their hands on the 5 megapixel Kodak-branded cameraphone that’s the Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5, and they've posted the sample photo you see to the left. (full-resolution version here)
One of the ZN5' highlights (aside from that high-quality camera, of course) is that it doesn't bear any resemblance to the exhausted RAZR styling that Motorola has been pushing on us for years. A quick flick of the camera lens cover affects a lickity-split camera start-up time, and shutter lag (an annoying problem with many high-end cameraphones) was almost non-existent.
The Xenon flash helps light up dark-shots, but the one thing that seems at odds with the Kodak-branding is that neither the optics nor the image sensor were touched by Kodak. The imaging giant apparently played a limited role in developing the camera interface.
All in all, the Motorola ZN5 proved to be a competent cameraphone, but the lack of 3G may be a deal-killer for many high-end handset enthusiasts out there - perhaps that explains Motorola's decision to debut this handset in China.
[Via: Crave]
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 With the original iPhone and next-generation iPhone 3G set to take on a decidedly more enterprise-savvy role with the upcoming iPhone 2.0 OS firmware, businesses can finally integrate the iPhone with their Exchange-based corporate communications systems.
A survey, conducted by Goldman Sachs, of 100 executives revealed that 17% of businesses will be bringing the iPhone on-board as an enterprise device within the next year. That level of iPhone-support is “a very strong number especially at this early stage,” states Goldman telecom analyst Jason Armstrong. And, once the iPhone's enterprise prowess proves itself over the next several months, we'll likely see more and more businesses lining up to support the iPhone.
It would be prudent to understand that the same survey indicates that 83% of businesses aren't looking toward the iPhone as an enterprise platform. But, that doesn't take away from the fact that the iPhone's consumer-roots are starting to find their way in to the enterprise-garden.
[Via: AlleyInsider]
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 The fact that we're seeing brand-new handsets being cooked up in R&D labs around the world without 3G radios in tow is a surprisingly sad revelation indeed. With the almighty Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 failing to give complement its 5 megapixel Kodak camera with an HSDPA data connection, we figured the 3G oversight was limited to Moto's somewhat myopic vision.
Alas, it seems Samsung has given in to making new mobile phones without any 3G guts to back up its smartphone roots. Powered by Windows Mobile Professional 6.1, the Samsung i740 brings integrated GPS, FM radio, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, and 3 megapixel camera to the table. And, seeing as how WinMo's Professional-flavored mobile OS is running the show, the 2.8-inch touchscreen makes sense. But, with nary an EDGE connection to talk of, the Samsung i740 will be hobbling along at GPRS speeds. Sad, isn't it?
The decision to keep the pricier 3G chipsets out of handsets is likely motivated by both financial and demographic factors. Of course, saving a few bucks on every handset allows for bigger margins. But, are handset manufacturers catering to demographics without a need for high-speed data by doing away with 3G data? And, if they are, how big a market is there for devices with pokey-slow wireless data connections?
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