August 17th, 2010
nrmodh
We’ve known that proper Xbox Live gaming (powered by XNA) was coming to Windows Phone 7 devices, but we’d yet to see any of that thumb-spraining goodness in action besides a brief demo and a few developer videos. Well, Microsoft has finally come clean with details about its launch strategy for the platform, and from where we sit, it’s definitely looking pretty promising.
First off, the company has announced a full list of launch titles for WP7 handsets, including some familiar names and franchises like Castlevania, Halo: Waypoint, Star Wars, Crackdown, and Guitar Hero, alongside a handful of newer properties like the ultra-cute ilomilo, produced in-house by Microsoft Game Studios.
August 17th, 2010
nrmodh
Engineers at the University of Washington are testing a tool called MobileASL that uses motion detection to identify American Sign Language and transmit images over U.S. cell networks. Sometimes, words alone just don’t cut it.
“Sometimes with texting, people will be confused about what it really means,” says Tong Song, a Chinese national who is studying at Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf in Washington, D.C., and participating in UW’s summer pilot test. “With the MobileASL, phone people can see each other eye to eye, face to face, and really have better understanding.”
August 15th, 2010
nrmodh
The Samsung S8500 Wave is the first smartphone to sport the brand new Bada mobile OS.
Salient Features:
* Vibrant Super AMOLED Display
* Responsive Touch UI
* Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS Support
* Good Camera
* Very Good Music Playback
The S8500 Wave represents a bold move from Samsung. Instead of coming out with another smartphone based on Symbian, Android or Windows Mobile, Samsung decided that through the Wave they would debut their very own OS- Bada (and not just a UI like TouchWIZ).
Although, with all the various mobile OSes floating about, what we needed least was another OS fragmenting the smartphone ecosystem, Bada seems determined to impress and so does the Samsung Wave.
August 15th, 2010
nrmodh
Lemon Mobile has launched a 3-inch TFT Touchscreen phone, iT 717 in India. The Lemon Mobile iT 717 is a GSM+GSM Dual SIM phone and has the dimensions of 101.4×49.5×15.5mm. Lemon Mobile has equipped this phone with the 1100 mAh, which provide a talktime of 5 hours.
In terms of memory, the Lemon Mobile iT 717 has 20 MB of internal memory, which can be further extended up to 8 GB. The phone can store up to 2000 phonebook contacts and 500 SMS. It also has a MP3 player, FM Radio and plays video formats like 3GP, MP4 and AVI.
August 15th, 2010
nrmodh
Minutes from a private meeting have revealed that search giant Google and IP telephony company Skype are next in line to be targeted by the Indian government, following its crackdown on Research In Motion (RIM).
According to a report late Thursday by the Financial Times, Google, Skype and other communication services are now on the government’s black list. The Indian government had earlier threatened to shut down BlackBerry services over security concerns regarding its encrypted BlackBerry e-mail and instant messaging services, giving RIM until Aug. 31 to “come up with a technical solution” or risk being evicted from the country.
August 13th, 2010
nrmodh
Twitter now offers a simple customizable button that can be added to your blog or website to help visitors easily share your content on Twitter.
Twitter offers a three ways to add TWEET BUTTON – using JavaScript, using iframe and a simple HTML. The HTML is very simple it won’t add any extra weight to your blog and you’ll also be able to use it everywhere.
