Debuting in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, Motorola released its latest commercial featuring none other than Devour. Oh yeah, did we forget mention that Megan Fox was in said commercial? No word on whether Motoblur will act as a hindrance on this handset or not, but in the meantime check out the rather amusing commercial. All we can say is; well played Motorola, well played.
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One of the most intriguing devices currently floating around cyberspace, is without a doubt the Dell Mini 5. The device was first heard about at CES 2010, however, information pertaining to the device (i.e. internals) was never revealed. Chatter was quiet for a while, until the guys from TechCrunch decided to raid CEO Michael Dell (once again, he gave nothing up). As it was clear that information pertaining to this device was going to remain quiet, many gave up hope; that is until now.
Way back in the confines of 2009, it was rumoured that this device would be manufactured by Qsida; well it appears that Engadget has some pretty solid intel; the device was recently filed with the FCC under Qsida's name. Above on the left is the label submitted today, filing a device called the Qsida M01M; on the right is a pictorial of a device in Shenzhen with the same name. Described by RF reports as a "mobile internet device" with support for WiFi, HSPA on WCDMA II and V (there the radios needed to support AT&T, Rogers, and Bell & Tellus) -- No word on any other radios, however, if this device wishes to come Down Under (specifically to me) a GSM radio is must.
Google is currently on a role as of late - first the Nexus One update and now this; The new Google Sync update adds several functions that were previously lacking - surprisingly enough, the added features can be found in Microsoft's ActiveSync Application - who would have thought?
Back to the topic, Google's Sync software now allows users to remotely wipe their handset data. This is a must have addition, especially in the instances when mobile phone theft or loss occurs. Also featured in this update, Google's licensing Exchange ActiveSync. You may be asking, what does that mean? Put simply it means that you can now use it to either push email, calendar events and even contacts straight to your handset. Below is an added lagniappe (advantage) for iPhone users.
"By the way, if you're an iPhone and Exchange 2007 user in the enterprise and don't use Google Sync, The Apple Blog has a how-to that might interest you. They have a step-by-step tutorial showing how to remotely wipe an iPhone using Microsoft's Outlook Web Access service." -- Kevin C. Tofel [jkOnTheRun]
The MSI Wind is undoubtedly one of the most durable netbooks available -- of course, Nokia's Booklet 3G is suffice to say, just as enduring. Whilst the humble netbook's overall form factor has not changed drastically over the past couple of years (besides increasing screen real-estate, keyboard size and a few other minor transmutations) this may be one of those endearing changes.
Insanely Wind Forum member c0ff33, has drastically modded his beloved MSI Wind; using slider based phones as a model, he was able to invert the 10.1-display on top of the keyboard (which might we point out is now a resistive touchscreen). As an added bonus he moved the power button next to the screen whilst also adding a button to choose either Win7 or OSX upon system boot. -- Does it get much better than this, I think not.
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Firefox helped to redefine the web-browser, liberating most computer users from the grasps of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Whilst most wish Mozilla's browser was usable on other platforms such as the iPhone, Windows Mobile and Android. -- Oh wait did someone forget to inform you of the Android version?
The folks over at Android Central recently broke this story, enlightening us with the recently ported desktop version of Firefox for… yep you guessed it Android palpable handsets. As you can clearly see, the browser entails the accustomed multi-tab interface; looks like were definitely one step closer to achieving a mobile version of Firefox on Android handsets.
Google's Nexus One has received numerous complaints over lack of integrated multi-touch, 3G cycling, and its soft-key buttons. With the inundation of Google Help Forums something had to be done. As promised by the multi-billion dollar corporation, the Nexus One is due to receive an update later this week. -- Bonus points to Google for releasing it in the time frame they allocated.
We all knew that this update was coming, however, most didn't know that the company intended to enable multi-touch. That's right your Nexus One will now feature allocated multi-touch (guess Cyanogen's multi-touch hack is now obsolete).
List of updates after the break
Windows Mobile has graced copious handsets since its establishment in 2002. Whilst it helped establish the paradigm shift into modern smartphone use, there was always one feature that was continually lacking; a finger friendly interface.
The next iteration of the OS, Windows Mobile 6.5.3 has recently been spotted on Sony Ericsson's Aspen (also known as, Faith). The latest consumeristic device from the mobile dominant, is a business orientated handset, sporting a full QWERTY candybar layout with 3.2 MP camera, GPS with Google Maps integration, 3.5mm audio jack, WiFi and microSD expansion slot. The Aspen is also packing quad-band GSM / EDGE with either HSPA 900/ 2100 or 850/ 900/ 2100 radios. It is expected to be released in the second quarter of the year.
Windows Mobile 6.5.3 is a significant move up the spectrum for Microsoft -- especially given the competition (i.e. Android, Apple and Palm). Windows Mobile 6.5.3 sets out to offer a finger friendly layout, support for capacitive touchscreens, and all with the ability to support multi-touch (about time). The OS also claims better memory management, flick gestures and faster rotational speeds.
"Looks like somebody is getting ready for Mobile World Congress." -- Thomas Ricker [Engadget]
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