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Sunday, August 31, 2008
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Mobile DJ Art Car guarantees good times - and 5 square miles of noise complaints
Check out this Mobile DJ Art car - featuring huge speakers, two turntables mounted to a rooftop DJ booth, and plenty of sound power. All this gizmo lacks is a dance floor, disco light and a little polyester white suite for the driver. While I’m not certain if this Dutch born vehicle would be street [...]
Check out this Mobile DJ Art car - featuring huge speakers, two turntables mounted to a rooftop DJ booth, and plenty of sound power. All this gizmo lacks is a dance floor, disco light and a little polyester white suite for the driver. While I’m not certain if this Dutch born vehicle would be street legal in the USA, I do know that if someone driving it buys the house next door, you should hang out a “For Sale” sign ASAP.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Updated: The Definitive BlackBerry Bold versus iPhone 3G Browser Comparison (video)
Who wins in the epic struggle between Bold and iPhone? Well, you'll just have to watch the video, won't you?
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Update: Just got talking to a couple of our friends at RIM, who said they weren’t surprised by the results of our test. It turns out that the focus of RIM’s development for the new rendering engine in OS 4.6 was in stability, not performance, and the Waterloo crew is still working on speed optimization. What this means is that future OS updates from RIM will require additional speed tests.
While previous results had been contested, we hope to put the BlackBerry Bold versus iPhone 3G browser debate to bed. Taking some time with our brand-spanking-new Bold and QuicklyBored EIC, Kyle McInnes’ iPhone 3G, we put the two beasts through some browsing hoops to see who can get through the fastest. We tested on Wi-Fi only, 3G-only, both with and without JavaScript enabled. Sadly, our results are pretty conclusive - the iPhone’s browser is faster.
To be fair, it’s not by much - maybe a two to three second delay, depending on the site, but it’s enough to notice the difference. We’re also running on BIS, so don’t have enterprise servers doing a lot of the compression for us. The Bold’s browser is still a huge upgrade for BlackBerry, and definitely more enjoyable than what I was using on the Pearl. While we’re calling this test definitive (we ran a series of five tests using multiple sites each time), your mileage may vary - if you’ve got both devices in hand, take some time to wipe the caches and run a few tests. We’d love to hear if our results match up, and love even more to hear if they don’t.
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JuiceCaster to help Curve users share video and pics
JuiceCaster just launched the beta of their video and sharing app for BlackBerry 8310 and BlackBerry 8330 users in the U.S., allowing them to post to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Photobucket, Blogger, LiveJournal, Typepad and plenty of other social networking sites. It’s too bad that it’s only on the BlackBerry Curve, but they promise that compatibility with the Pearl will be coming soon. Aside from broadcasting, JuiceCaster also lets you view other videos on the network so you meet all sorts of other mobile video microbloggin’ types. Head to JuiceCasterландшафт to get in on the limited beta.
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ReZap alkaline battery charger provides 10 tries at explosion or leakage
ReZap alkaline battery charger provides 10 tries at explosion or leakage
Stupid me - I always pay attention to the warnings on Alkaline batteries that clearly state - Caution: Do not connect improperly charge or dispose of in fire. Battery may explode or leak”Apparenly Hammacher Schlemmer, whose latest catalog features an alkaline battery recharger, has decided it’s ok to recharge old alkalines despite manufacturers warnings about explosion [...]
Stupid me - I always pay attention to the warnings on Alkaline batteries that clearly state - Caution: Do not connect improperly charge or dispose of in fire. Battery may explode or leak”Apparenly Hammacher Schlemmer, whose latest catalog features an alkaline battery recharger, has decided it’s ok to recharge old alkalines despite manufacturers warnings about explosion [...]
Stupid me -
I always pay attention to the warnings on Alkaline batteries that clearly state - Caution: Do not connect improperly charge or dispose of in fire. Battery may explode or leak”Apparenly Hammacher Schlemmer, whose latest catalog features an alkaline battery recharger, has decided it’s ok to recharge old alkalines despite manufacturers warnings about explosion or leakage.
Marvell downgraded after losing contract for BlackBerry Javelin
Marvell downgraded after losing contract for BlackBerry Javelin
Chip manufacturer Freescale has won a contract from RIM for the upcoming BlackBerry 8900, leaving long-time supplier Marvell in the dust.
Chip manufacturer Freescale has won a contract from RIM for the upcoming BlackBerry 8900, leaving long-time supplier Marvell in the dust.
Chip manufacturer Marvell saw a downgrade status rating on the stock market today from Jefferies & Co. due to losing the contract with RIM to provide parts for the upcoming BlackBerry 8900 (a.k.a Javelin) to competitor Freescale. The folks from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. didn’t see it as quite that bad of a hit to Marvell.
“Not to minimize Freescale’s successful efforts, but we still think there is plenty of room for Marvell to feed at the Blackberry trough,” [analyst Craig Berger] wrote. “We believe Marvell’s unit shipments to Research In Motion could grow by 60%-80% this year.”
RIM’s been buying from Marvell for a long time, so we’re left to wonder what spurred the change in supplier. It could be as simple as going with the lowest bidder, but maybe Freescale’s got something that Marvell doesn’t… I guess we’ll have to wait for the Javelin around late November to see if she runs any differently.
(via MarketWatch)
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DMTI Spatial joins BlackBerry ISV Alliance
DMTI Spatial's Location Hub aims to offer enterprise-grade location-based services to BlackBerry users soon.
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The latest to join the BlackBerry Independent Software Vendor Alliance is DMTI Spatial, a Canadian company focusing on enterprise-grade “location intelligence”. Location Hub is their web-based platform, which aims to help enterprise keep track of assets, sales, and mobile workforce. They also provide industry-specific data packs to ensure customers get mapping software tailored to their needs. Keep an eye out for some BlackBerry-side software from these guys soon.
(via MarketWire)
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GearDeal: Sandisk Clip 2GB MP3 player with 15 hour playback and internal rechargeable battery - $19.99 via Woot!
GearDeal: Sandisk Clip 2GB MP3 player with 15 hour playback and internal rechargeable battery - $19.99 via Woot!
Woot! has the Sandisk Sansa Clip 2GB (Refurbished) as their deal of the day for only $19.99 (the
Woot! has the Sandisk Sansa Clip 2GB (Refurbished) as their deal of the day for only $19.99 (the
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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The BlackBerry Thunder is the Storm 9530 (and the Thunder?)
The BlackBerry Thunder is the Storm 9530 (and the Thunder?)
A leaked image of the box design confirms that the first touchscreen BlackBerry will be called the BlackBerry Storm 9350. The device will also appear on Rogers and Vodafone with the traditional Thunder namesake.
A leaked image of the box design confirms that the first touchscreen BlackBerry will be called the BlackBerry Storm 9350. The device will also appear on Rogers and Vodafone with the traditional Thunder namesake.
This isn’t the usually way most BlackBerry news breaks, but Engadget was able to grab an image of the eventual box design for the Verizon BlackBerry Storm 9530, previously known as the BlackBerry Thunder, shedding light on why RIM’s development teams were referring to the device as the HalleBerry.
However, considering the contentious debate that has occurred on the ‘net over the name of RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry, don’t think that’s the whole story. It turns out the BlackBerry Thunder namesake will be used for the eventual Vodafone and Rogers (!!) versions. That’s right, Rogers. So much for a Telus/Verizon exclusive.
Other items of note? Another World Edition phone, the Storm will come with a SIM card, as well as an 8GB MicroSD card. We’ll keep tabs on the story and see what else we can dig up.
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The Tom Bihn Guardian Dual Function Light Review
There are so many good reasons why you might be interested in getting a clip-on safety light; perhaps because you ride a bike at night, or you walk in darker areas, or simply because you need a way to look inside a big gear bag in a darkened room. The story goes that Tom Bihn spent [...]
There are so many good reasons why you might be interested in getting a clip-on safety light; perhaps because you ride a bike at night, or you walk in darker areas, or simply because you need a way to look inside a big gear bag in a darkened room.
The story goes that Tom Bihn spent three months searching for a light that would meet his expectations, and the result of that search was the Guardian Dual Function Light. Make no mistake about it, this is no cheap flasher that will break after a few uses; the Guardian Dual Function Light is made in Canada to military/law enforcement specifications, and it offers a lot of versatility. How so? Read on…
Survey: Runtime trumps cost and safety for battery-purchasers
Survey: Runtime trumps cost and safety for battery-purchasers
Cost was pretty low on most buyers' list of priorities, although safety did take second place.
Cost was pretty low on most buyers' list of priorities, although safety did take second place.
A recent survey by Nexergy determined runtime was the top priority for those buying their batteries, which isn’t a huge surprise, but the fact that price was nearly the last thing on buyers’ minds was unsuspected.
“It was a bit surprising,” [Phil Glandon, Nexergy president and CEO] added, “that cost appeared so low on the priority list for both groups we surveyed, and nearly at the bottom among our marketing contacts. Battery performance clearly is seen as a core competitive advantage by our customers, and that should be the primary consideration as we make design decisions on new battery packs for our customers.”
Safety ranked number two on the list, and after seeing more than one incident of exploding cell phone batteries, we can certainly see why. There was also a surprising number of engineers who were unfamiliar with lithium-ion variants and other emerging battery technologies. If you’re in that boat, Giz actually had a solid post on different battery types and how they’re the major chokepoint for mobile technology.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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iLuv dual dock clock radio rocks your socks
iLuv announces one of the first Apple certified dual dock alarm clocks (say that 5 times fast) for iPhone 3G. You can charge two iPhones or two iPods in the included dock (only one dock support iPhone playback though). The integrated alarm clock does what you expect - allowing the user to wake to [...]
iLuv announces one of the first Apple certified dual dock alarm clocks (say that 5 times fast) for iPhone 3G. You can charge two iPhones or two iPods in the included dock (only one dock support iPhone playback though). The integrated alarm clock does what you expect - allowing the user to wake to alarm or tunes on the iPhone or iPod. There is an FM radio tuner with 8 presets and a remote control. The radio will be available in September at a suggested list price of $129
Marvell downgraded after losing contract for BlackBerry Javelin
Chip manufacturer Freescale has won a contract from RIM for the upcoming BlackBerry 8900, leaving long-time supplier Marvell in the dust.
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Chip manufacturer Marvell saw a downgrade status rating on the stock market today from Jefferies & Co. due to losing the contract with RIM to provide parts for the upcoming BlackBerry 8900 (a.k.a Javelin) to competitor Freescale. The folks from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. didn’t see it as quite that bad of a hit to Marvell.
“Not to minimize Freescale’s successful efforts, but we still think there is plenty of room for Marvell to feed at the Blackberry trough,” [analyst Craig Berger] wrote. “We believe Marvell’s unit shipments to Research In Motion could grow by 60%-80% this year.”
RIM’s been buying from Marvell for a long time, so we’re left to wonder what spurred the change in supplier. It could be as simple as going with the lowest bidder, but maybe Freescale’s got something that Marvell doesn’t… I guess we’ll have to wait for the Javelin around late November to see if she runs any differently.
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Nokia still rocks the mobile browser roost
BlackBerry still plays a small role in the global mobile browsing scheme, but there's hope yet.
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The latest report from mobile advertising agency AdMob ran through some numbers based on the four billion ads they’ve served up. As you can see, Nokia remains top dog in mobile browsing activity, capturing a solid 34% of the global share thanks primarily to heavy adoption in Africa and Asia, followed up closely by Openwave (AKA WAP) at 29%. BlackBerry took a sad little 3% slice of the pie, right along side Motorola, Palm’s and Apple’s browsers. The BlackBerry 8300 and BlackBerry 8100 are still on the American Top Ten handsets list, though the top four spots are taken by Motorola. Even internationally, the Pearl does alright, getting 9th. place. In terms of geography, Indonesia has seen about ten times more traffic than last year, and Asia on the whole has seen a significant increase in activity.
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Banned Books: the Apple Edition
Mike Cane has just posted about an issue that I think we all need to pay attention to: one of the drones at the Apple App Store has taken it upon himself to reject a comic book. I’ll let Mike set up the scenario… Recently I raved about a revolutionary new program called Comic Reader. [...]
Mike Cane has just posted about an issue that I think we all need to pay attention to: one of the drones at the Apple App Store has taken it upon himself to reject a comic book. I’ll let Mike set up the scenario…
Recently I raved about a revolutionary new program called Comic Reader. This program was to be used to premiere a comic book called Murderdrome.
From the title alone, you expect it not to be all bunnies and unicorns and rainbows.
But this is a comic book. A work of drawing and word balloons. It is imaginary. It is fiction.
It was submitted to the Apple App Store and the publishers received notice that it was being rejected for violating terms of the Software Developer Kit which states:
Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.
Well now wait a minute here.
Murderdrome is not an “application,” Comic Reader is. Murderdrome is content that can be read via the Comic Reader application.
Murderdrome is a book.
Apple has just banned a book.
Mike’s right. And you know what? I have a huge problem with the banning of any book…
Banned Books: the Apple Edition
Banned Books: the Apple Edition
Mike Cane has just posted about an issue that I think we all need to pay attention to: one of the drones at the Apple App Store has taken it upon himself to reject a comic book. I’ll let Mike set up the scenario… Recently I raved about a revolutionary new program called Comic Reader. [...]
Mike Cane has just posted about an issue that I think we all need to pay attention to: one of the drones at the Apple App Store has taken it upon himself to reject a comic book. I’ll let Mike set up the scenario… Recently I raved about a revolutionary new program called Comic Reader. [...]
Mike Cane has just posted about an issue that I think we all need to pay attention to: one of the drones at the Apple App Store has taken it upon himself to reject a comic book. I’ll let Mike set up the scenario…
Recently I raved about a revolutionary new program called Comic Reader. This program was to be used to premiere a comic book called Murderdrome.
From the title alone, you expect it not to be all bunnies and unicorns and rainbows.
But this is a comic book. A work of drawing and word balloons. It is imaginary. It is fiction.
It was submitted to the Apple App Store and the publishers received notice that it was being rejected for violating terms of the Software Developer Kit which states:
Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.
Well now wait a minute here.
Murderdrome is not an “application,” Comic Reader is. Murderdrome is content that can be read via the Comic Reader application.
Murderdrome is a book.
Apple has just banned a book.
Mike’s right. And you know what? I have a huge problem with the banning of any book…
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iLuv dual dock clock radio rocks your socks
iLuv dual dock clock radio rocks your socks
iLuv announces one of the first Apple certified dual dock alarm clocks (say that 5 times fast) for iPhone 3G. You can charge two iPhones or two iPods in the included dock (only one dock support iPhone playback though). The integrated alarm clock does what you expect - allowing the user to wake to [...]
iLuv announces one of the first Apple certified dual dock alarm clocks (say that 5 times fast) for iPhone 3G. You can charge two iPhones or two iPods in the included dock (only one dock support iPhone playback though). The integrated alarm clock does what you expect - allowing the user to wake to [...]
iLuv announces one of the first Apple certified dual dock alarm clocks (say that 5 times fast) for iPhone 3G. You can charge two iPhones or two iPods in the included dock (only one dock support iPhone playback though). The integrated alarm clock does what you expect - allowing the user to wake to alarm or tunes on the iPhone or iPod. There is an FM radio tuner with 8 presets and a remote control. The radio will be available in September at a suggested list price of $129
HTC Brings Sexy Back: Introducing the S740
Smartphone users in Europe can look forward to this smokin’ hot little number being revealed today: meet the HTC S740, a marriage of the HTC Diamond and a Windows Mobile Standard device. You like? The S740 is a “smartphone with Diamond styling, including a sleek front and faceted back and a similar feature set. However instead of [...]
Smartphone users in Europe can look forward to this smokin’ hot little number being revealed today: meet the HTC S740, a marriage of the HTC Diamond and a Windows Mobile Standard device.
You like?
The S740 is a “smartphone with Diamond styling, including a sleek front and faceted back and a similar feature set. However instead of a touch screen, the S740 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard and features both a numeric and slide out QWERTY keypad”
Highlights include:
· Size: 116.3 x 43.4 x 16.3 mm
· Weight: 140g with battery
· Networks: WCDMA/HSDPA: 900/2100 MHz for EU and Asia
· GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
· Display: 2.4-inch QVGA screen
· Camera: 3.2 megapixel with fixed focus
· Internal memory: 256 MB flash; 256 MB RAM
· Memory card: microSD™
· WLAN: 802.11b/g
· Bluetooth®: 2.0 with EDR
· GPS: GPS/AGPS
· Interface: HTC ExtUSB™ (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
· Battery: 1000 mAh
· FM Radio
The S740 will become available across Europe in September. I’m a bit worried about its 1000mAh battery, but otherwise I’m quite intrigued! 
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Apple's ambitious plans for iPhone
Apple's ambitious plans for iPhone
The company plans to make at least 40 million iPhones in the next year; selling so many will hinge on global success and fixing connection glitches.
New BlackBerry Device Software 4.6 features and enhancements
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How to crop, resize and set wallpapers on your BlackBerry
How to crop, resize and set wallpapers on your BlackBerry
We not only show you where to get the picture on your homescreen, but how to crop and resize images to fit your device.
We not only show you where to get the picture on your homescreen, but how to crop and resize images to fit your device.
At the request of Mike, I’ve cooked up a few BlackBerry Cool wallpapers based off our very excellent BBCool t-shirt. We’ve got wallpapers for your Pearl, Curve, 8800-series, Bold, and even Kickstart, Javelin or 9500 if you happen to be packing one. Never changed your BlackBerry’s wallpaper? No problem - we’ll walk you through the steps to give your home screen a nice new look.
If you especially dig BBCool, we’ve also got a few desktop wallpapers to chose from. Want another size? Leave a comment!
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Analog shutdown means no free cell-phone TV
Analog shutdown means no free cell-phone TV
Analog television broadcasts in the United States are being replaced by digital broadcasts, but there are no cell phones in the U.S. that can tune in to those.
Taiwan Mobile giving away free BlackBerrys to enterprise
Corporate customers in Taiwan will be able to nab the Pearl, Curve and 8700 for free if they're willing to sign up for a monthly NT$1,499 plan.
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In order to rope in a few corporate contracts, Taiwan Mobile now has a promotion to give away the BlackBerry 8120, BlackBerry 8300, BlackBerry 8707 and BlackBerry 8700 to enterprise customers who are willing to sign up for a monthly NT$1,499 ($US 47.70) plan. Taiwan Mobile is aiming to crank up their enterprise activations tenfold before the end of the year, which, while ambitious, could very well happen with a promo this enticing. Australia’s having a similar promotion with the BlackBerry Bold, which will likely see a lot of success. If you’re in an enterprise in the neighbourhood, you can contact Taiwan Mobile here to get started.
(via DigiTimes)
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