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19 Feb 2010

The Google Shopping Android Application just launched on Android Market.

What will you get when you have a combination of a Barcode Scanner by ZXing Barcode, Google’s Google Goggles and the Shopping Tab on Google.com.

Google Mobile Shopper

hero Google Mobile Shopper Android app launched (Video)

Image via Google Mobile Shopper

Why should this separate other product exist? Why not integrate that into Goggles.

Google Shopper

“Shopper lets you find product information quickly by using your phone’s camera. It can recognize cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, along with most barcodes. You can also speak the name of the product you’re looking for.” via

Google Shopper Android App is slightly different, its goal could be more a direct hit against Amazon.

Google Shopper Android App will save your history that you can store easy the product and price information. You can favorite items but you also can share your selected items with your friends. Google Shopper helps you to find product information quickly by using your phone’s camera.

View everything you have purchased in the past, you can track your orders and your deliveries, you also can contact the sellers and this from one one web page.

android app google shopper Google Mobile Shopper Android app launched (Video)

Will Google Shopper revolutionize Online Shopping?

Shop with your Android Phone wherever you are make a picture of a pair of shoes you like and get the address of the next shop where you can buy it.

Manage all Online Stores with one account.

More related information via the Official Google Mobile Blog

18 Feb 2010

With Flash 10.1 for the Android around the corner (hopefully), it’s worthwhile to look into some of the flash games you’d be able to play on your Android.

super mario nintendo to flash games 7 Classic Nintendo Games Remade In Flash

Nintendo has inspired some of the world’s biggest brands in gaming. Fortunately for us, Independent flash developers have remade many of these classical games in flash over the years. Check out this post for a collection of the best flash versions of Mario, Zelda, Mega Man, Metroid and more.
megamen nintendo to flash games 7 Classic Nintendo Games Remade In Flash
It is curious to see how many of these games will work well on the Android. The lack of a keyboard will probably make it hard to play some of the platformers. Playing Zelda on a touch screen however does sounds very plausible and appealing (make sure you don’t miss stop on the bus/train!). Perhaps a virtual keyboard with transparency that sits on top of the flash player could work. We’ll just have to wait and see.

metroid nintendo to flash games 7 Classic Nintendo Games Remade In Flash

Thanks to PlayedOnline for this post and the images “Best Nintendo games remade in flash

played online logo 7 Classic Nintendo Games Remade In Flash

18 Feb 2010

No native apps allowed in Windows Phone 7 Series

Windows Phone 7 is only three days old, but leaked docs from Microsoft supposed to show that the requirements for the developer have turned up (via XDA-Developers)

#WP7 will use both Silverlight and XNA, this decision makes sense it will it the Xbox 360 integration.

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Microsoft has been rebuilt their Mobile devices Windows-Mobile from the ground-up, the result could be described as the Zune Phone, the Zune HD has impressed many people

The only allowed apps will be:

  • XNA-written apps – mainly for games and full screen immersed apps, that don’t use standard controls; XNA uses .NET technology (managed, not native)
  • .NET apps (probably Silverlight?) without possibility to invoke native API, i.e. only “managed” APIs allowed

MSMobile via wmpoweruser

Applications that were made for Windows Mobile 6 are compatible with Windows Phone 7 Series.

via xda-developers

Developers though, can look forward to Microsoft’s legendary documentation and support.

Windows Phone 7 Series Features Video

The old Windows Mobile name is now gone, replaced by a longer name Windows-Phone-7-Series.

I have seen WiPho 7 or “Could WinPho7 Be a Contender?” around the web, which one is your favorite?

18 Feb 2010

Opera Mobile Browser For Google’s Android Smartphone Can Opera compete? Does anyone care anymore?

opera mobile Opera Mobile on Android Nexus One and the iPhone

Image via FuzzyBuzz

According to a ”brief chat with Opera Software product analyst Phillip Grønvold here at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday.” (via The Washington Post)

Opera 10 for Android Nexus One and the iPhone

Watch the new flash implementation of Opera Mobile 10 Beta 3

Opera Mobile 10 Beta 3 Flash Demo

The mini version of Opera still passes web data through Operas servers and re-renders the pages for mobile optimized viewing whereas the complete version would display the full HTML display.

The existence of an alternative browser in Android Market has largely fallen on deaf ears the Web-kit (WebBasedApps) based default browser provided by Google is already quite capable.

16 Feb 2010

Flash 10.1 running on Motorola Droid, HTC HD2 and Nexus One

Once Flash Player 10 is released, almost all Android devices would be provided an update that would make the phones a lot web friendly than they are right now.

This demo video shows embedded YouTube videos and a Flash-based web game on a Motorola Droid.

Motorola DROID running Flash 10.1 demo

via @mobileburn

Motorola revealed that Adobe has been working with the Droid by Motorola, during the process of development of Flash Player 10.1, which is expected to be released by the first half of 2010.

Adrian Ludwig from the Flash Player Team on Adobe demos various Flash video and game sites on two HTC devices the HTC HD2 and Nexus One.

HTC HD2 and Nexus One

(via @TV-Adobe)

More videos on Adobe Devnet “Flash Player 10.1 prerelease software demos and interviews”

16 Feb 2010

SPB Mobile Shell has been available exclusively for Windows Mobile smartphones with touchscreens, version 5.0 is to be released for Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian.

Watch the new portable SPB UI Engine in action

First look on the new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0

One important innovation in SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 is the Natural Interaction Engine which includes support for G-sensor and multitouch, a dedicated Feedback Engine providing realistic visual and haptic responses, and a Physics Engine responsible for the real-world behavior of all objects.

android symbian windows mobile spb mobile shell 5 SPB Mobile Shell Interaction Engine for Smartphones [Video]

“…, SPB Mobile Shell is planned to be spread to more mobile platforms.” SPB Software


15 Feb 2010

The platform will be generally available in mid-2010 when Flash 10 is out and will be free of charge to existing Brightcove customers.

smartphone adobe flash Adobe AIR and Flash Player 10.1 on Smartphones

Image via downloadatoz

Barcelona — Adobe Systems Inc., which widely distributed the use of video and animation on the Web, clutched the opportunity at the Mobile World Congress today, Brightcove, the major online video platform, said it will be supporting Flash player 10.1, so that online video can more easily be tweaked for mobile phones.

Adobe AIR, the cross-platform app engine that powers apps like TweetDeck, will also see improvements with the release of Flash 10.1. More notable than even the ability to watch YouTube and Hulu clips on your phone, though, is that Flash 10.1 will support graphic chip acceleration on systems with NVIDIA graphics cards, allowing full-screen viewing on netbooks whose processors might otherwise choke, and giving laptop and desktop users perhaps a bit more performance from low-quality clips.

Adobe AIR enables developers to deliver Web applications outside the constraints of a browser. With support for mobile devices Adobe AIR includes specific functionality offered by mobile operating systems and devices such as multi-touch, gesture inputs, accelerometer, geolocation and screen orientation.

via “Adobe Unveils AIR on Mobile Devices; Readies Flash Player 10.1 for Launch

Because Brightcove is using Flash, it says that it can offer a ton of new features to mobile video, including analytics, advertising, social sharing, and transcoding. The availability… Read the rest

15 Feb 2010

The Microsoft Turtle aka PB10ZU has a unique design look all its own.

turtle pink phone 420x221 The Microsoft Turtle Project Pink [Image]

When the first rumors of Project Pink leaked out last fall, the most interesting phone detailed was a little slider named the Turtle. Is this Microsofts Avatar moment, the company made flesh. Sharp, who cut their teeth building the Sidekick way back when, should release the phone in March, probably with direct Microsoft involvement.

And the phone they were supposed to make. MobileCrunch Remember when people were all excited about Microsofts weird tablet stuff. So the dots likely are being connected to whatever it is Microsoft ends up announcing this at Mobile World Congress. You can clearly see it’s manufactured by Sharp, which, as we all know, also manufactured the Sidekick, which Microsoft later purchased.

Look what was just seen poking its head out of its shell for the Federal Communications Commission.

Apparently, Turtle is somehow related to Project Pink and Windows Mobile 7

Idea via Gizmodo and Engadget

15 Feb 2010

Microsoft tries to show that its phones can still compete with those of Google and Apple but their new smartphone OS flagship Windows Phone 7 will not support Flash at initial launch

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Image via windows7themes.net

Windows Mobile 7 Won’t Get Flash according to Informationsweek and Engadget Adobe confirms no Flash in Windows Mobile 7 (updated).

“Update: Sorry kids, we have independent confirmation: Windows Phone 7 will not support Flash at initial launch.”

HTC will build the  first ‘Windows Phone 7′ smartphone in Q4

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Engadget is still the greatest source in the Blogosphere for latest news

Today they unearthed the first ‘Windows Mobile 7 Serie‘ screenshots.

Screenshots via “Windows Mobile 7 interface and device leaked on MWC banners

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It seems that the iPhone has shaken the mobile industry even more than we had thought. Handset designers like HTC and LG may have been hand-picked to develop flagship phones and could show early forms of these at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft will seek to show that its phones can still compete with those of Google and Apple.

Today “Windows Phone 7 Series – It’s official !

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Chances remain that the company will only shown Windows Mobile 6.6 or similar, though these have been increasingly downplayed in recent weeks. Microsoft has had… Read the rest

15 Feb 2010

iPad applications being filed at Apple’s app store

“especially for iPad and almost all of the 140,000 apps available on the App Store.”

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After Apple announced their touchscreen tablet computer for consumers who want to take their movies, TV shows, music, games and reading with them, be it around the house or on the go. Its perfect for your mobile computing lifestyle, including browsing the Web, reading and sending e-mail, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, and much more.

From a marketing perspective, Apple is a genius.

But, if things trend toward wrong, then we’ll all have to suffer through endless articles with titles like “Has Steve Jobs Lost His Touch” and “Can Apple Innovate Anymore.” They will analyze and re-analyze the market, attempting to understand what went right or wrong. It seems like not even Steve Jobs could make everyone want a tablet.

Here is Apple’s latest commercial enjoy this funny video and please comment.

NEW Apple iPAD Commercial – 2/10/10

“The Situation?” You should talk…” “I’m pretty much a cross between rocky and rambo…and stalone.” via Digg

What’s The Situation with the new iPad? Starring Kassem G as “Mac.” via

11 Feb 2010

First Images of Dell’s latest Droid Phone prototype the Dell-Mini-5 aka “Streak” or “M01M”

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Once they have met with general recognition of specialists, such a tendency Dell tells secrets to assume that the Mini-5 built into so far officially unpresented Intel processor family, Moorestown.

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It should be noted, however, that a very powerful ARM processors, such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tegra 250, or Nvidia, have just been officially presented at CES. The company also did not disclose how the processor used in the device. The screen resolution is higher than in the Nexus One type of smartphones with the operating system, but Dell would not give exact dimensions in pixels. Android immediately reacts to the touch screen and gives the finger to operate smoothly. Dell effectively modified the interface of Android with a few own widgets, which allow access to Facebook, Picasa and other such services without the need to open specific programs.

android dell mini5 420x278 Dell Android the Dell Mini 5 Prototype [Images]

At apress conference at CES Dell only briefly demonstrated Internet Tablet with a 5-inch screen in a brief photo session for the journalists present in the courtroom, but later in the lounge in the company showed a bit more openness – for example, confirmed that the device will be called the Mini – 5.

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The Mini 5 has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm, which should mean it’s fast enough to do a healthy amount of charging and video hopping on.

More great images… Read the rest