Archive for June, 2009

Windows Mobile doesn’t want your silly apps

Section: Communications , Cellphones , Email / IM , Smartphones , Mobile We at Gadgetell talk a lot about third party applications for mobile phone operating systems and how they might make or break a platform.  The news comes today that Microsoft Product Manager for France let slip that Windows Mobile Marketplace will launch with 600 applications.  Microsoft is expected to launch this Marketplace this fall.  Is 600 enough to launch with? 600 sounds like a lot of applications, but[ READ MORE ]

Jackson’s body moved from coroner’s office

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Samsung i7500 Galaxy now available in Germany: Price

The new Samsung i7500 Galaxy is all set to be launched in Germany being the first mobile phone from Samsung to run on Google’s Mobile OS. The i7500 has quickly been topped to being on the highest-end of the Android device market to date, and will be able to enjoy the top slot for some time or at least until the Hero becomes available. It has been reported by Engadget that it possesses the following features which make it desirable: Offers support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 8GB of internal storage,[ READ MORE ]

Micro-USB to be the standard phone charging port of Europe

In a move that should have been done years ago, the top mobile phone suppliers of Europe have all signed an agreement that micro-USB will be the standard phone charging port. Soon consumers will not have to fret over charging cables as all the phones from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, Motorola, RIM, Samsung, Texas Instruments, and even Apple sold in Europe will all charge via micro-USB. We’re just curious if Apple is going to finally retire the Dock Connector from the iPhone or produc[ READ MORE ]

Sony’s Exclusives Coming Up Short? [Sony]

From the day of the PS3's launch, Sony have pursued a bold strategy of constantly launching new, original IP as exclusive titles on the console. But while it's a move that should be applauded on principle, it's just not translating into sales. Number-cruncher Matt Matthews has, in a report over on GameSetWatch, detailed the sales performance of Sony's new, exclusive titles, revealing a lineup of games that are two-headed beasts: somehow managing to consistently find critical success while bein[ READ MORE ]

White-Wall Intertubes: RM launches first online car auction

Filed under: Time Warp , Auction Action Online auctions make sense when you're looking for a digital camera or a replacement part for your car, but for buying an entire car? It's been working for years on eBay Motors, and now Canadian auction house RM Auctions is joining the fold. Even those who don't closely follow classic car transactions may recognize RM as the auction house that set new records with the $10.8m ex-James Coburn 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder and then set 'em[ READ MORE ]

iPhone 3G S Jailbreak Ready – But you’re not allowed it yet

iPhone 3G S Jailbreak Ready - But you’re not allowed it yet The iPhone 3G S has been cracked now by the Dev Team. However, they have decided not to release it just yet. There is a good reason for this though which is they are expecting Apple to release a 3G S update sooner rather then later to fix a few bugs. If the Dev Team let the hack out in to the open then Apple will use it to fix this upcoming update, thus blocking all new iPhone 3G S users from having their iPhone 3G S jailbreak[ READ MORE ]

One of our interns makes it big by carrying a Walkman for a week

Wee Scott Campbell of Aberdeen, Scotland is 13 years old and sent us an email last week asking if he could write for us. He’s been doing pieces here and there but clearly what he lacks in physical age he makes up for in chutzpah. And so, much to my surprise, I wake up this morning to discover young Campbell on BBC comparing an iPod to a Walkman with his mum and generally impressing the heck out of us. The bairn writes: My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day. He had told me it was[ READ MORE ]

razer megalodon headphones will pummel your ears with 7.1 surround

Let’s play six degrees of anything! How many objects do you think will it take to connect an extinct shark with a pair of headphones? The answer is – wait for it! One. Razer named their latest gaming headphones after a prehistoric gigantic shark, the megalodon. At least they chose an awesome shark – according to Wikipedia , megalodons could grow to more than 59 feet long, which is the height of the giant Gundam statue . Wow. The Megalodon headphones may not be capable of swallowing you whole, [ READ MORE ]

Weave Now Syncs Firefox Preferences, Auto-Logins [Downloads]

Firefox 3.5 : Weave, Mozilla's add-on to synchronize bookmarks, passwords, and now preferences and automatic logins across Firefox browsers, updated to a 0.4 beta, just in time for the release of 3.5—which could happen tomorrow, by the way. We've previously covered Weave's major release , albeit still as an experimental product, and found ourselves intrigued at its plans to provide automatic web site logins . This release includes those automatic logins and OpenID support, for sites that sup[ READ MORE ]

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