Blackberry partner fund is running a contest named Blackberry Developer Challenge. This challenge is looking for creative BlackBerry application developers who have written applications for BlackBerry and upload them to the newly launched BlackBerry app-world.This will serve a dual purpose for RIM. A lot of developers will jump into BlackBerry application development and will provide […]
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Facebook Blackberry app updated yet again!
The screenshot says it all. No significant feature update found.
Micro-USB One charger, all devices.
It seems that the mobile industry is moving toward a universal charger, and micro-usb connector will take this seat. The standardaization is supposed to start from Europe and will eventually be adopted, possibly, by the rest of the world. Micro-USB is more sleek in size and has the same capabilities as more commonly seen mini-USB. […]
Windows 7 release date confirmed – 22nd October
As a Windows 7 Beta tester I keep receiving updates from Microsoft. I just received an email confirming that Windows 7 will hit the shelves on 22nd October. Following is a chunk of the email. “We are on our way to the last big milestone: Release to Manufacturing. Starting on October 22, you’ll see it […]
Q2 2009 Nokia sales stablize. Downfall stops!
Nokia has just announced the resuls for 2nd qurater, 2009 and the overall picture is stablizing. We’ve seen that overall figures have been falling since last year and still, this qurter’s sales are 25% below Q2 2008 but they’re 6% m ore than Q1 2009. I hope the postitive trend continues. The detailed results are […]
Where did PTCL’s gaming lounge go?
Exactly at a point, when I was about to write a terrible review for PTCL’s gaming lounge, I found the link dead. The gaming lounge was a part of PTCL’s entertainment portal and they had quite a few interesting games servers listed including counter strike, call of duty 4, battlefield 2 and medal of honor-allied […]
Warid too? Inspiration or Plagiarism?
Recently Warid launched their pre-paid brand named “Glow”. I think its a great idea to attract more youth toward their products, but wait a minute. I’ve seen that ad somewhere else before. What was it? Marketing department at Warid has done exactly what we have been blogging about for Zong. Zong’s print media ad and […]
S60.com is gone for good!
For all the S60 lovers out there, this is a shocking news that S60.com is gone, gone forever. This is not as shocking as it sounds because it is an obvious aftermath of Nokia’s takeover of Symbian platform. Nokia has the largest installation base of Symbian S60 and it has eventually taken it over earliest […]
Voice call handover from WiFi to GSM and back … Cherry makes it possible.
Cherry is a belgian company that has come up with a really interesting service of switching live calls between WiFi and GSM networks. Let me give you an example. Think of your favorite mobile software that you use to make WiFi calls. I use several software like including Skype and Fring. But the limitation is, […]
Google Chrome does’nt support its own Translation site.
I just tried translating a page using Google Translate. I entered the URL, that by the way happens to be a blogger URL (Google’s own site) and hit translate. Google chrome simply acts bizarre and opens a million frames and eventually crashes on my face. Initially I thought I’m using an old version but then […]