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Thursday 29 April 2010

Wired Tracks Down iPhone Finder [ 29-04-2010 21:27 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: IntoMobile Translation by: Paul Smith

Wired have apparently tracked down the person who found Apple's lost iPhone and sold it to Gizmodo. The chap himself is one Brian J. Hogan and in a prepared statement his lawyer issued a defence of his clients actions, whilst also saying that his client wished he had done more to try and return the property to Apple.

"He regrets his mistake in not doing more to return the phone. Even though he did obtain some compensation from Gizmodo, Brian thought that it was so that they could review the phone."

The lawyer goes on to recount how Hogan was given the iPhone in the bar and asked whether or not it was his. Hogan is then said to have played around with the handset at which point he discovered the Facebook page of Gray Powell, the Apple employee who had lost the device. Hogan turned the iPhone off and took it home. A friend of Hogan's called Apple and tried to return the phone, but was apparently unsuccessful and then contacted various publications in the hopes of selling it. Hogan has been contacted by police, but hasn't been charged. He was also visited by a security team from Apple who wanted to search his house for the missing iPhone, but were denied access by Hogan's roommate.

This looks like one that will play out for a while yet ...

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Flash 10.1 Coming to Android his June [ 29-04-2010 21:15 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: PhoneArena Translation by: Paul Smith

Yesterday we had Steve Jobs publishing an open letter to Adobe that attacked the way Adobe does business (pretty hypocritical of Jobs considering he was saying Adobe are a closed system) and how Flash is actually implemented. Well today Adobe look as if they might be pushing out their eagerly anticipated Flash 10.1 update a little earlier than expected. They have announced that they will be showing off a preview at Google I/O, which starts on 19th May. The actual release will take place in June. Flash 10.1 promises to bring full Flash support to Android although, as Andy Rubin from Google said, it's Android 2.2 Froyo that will be needed to take advantage of it. It's certainly a more positive move for Adobe than its spat with Apple and shows that the company has no intention of backing away from the mobile space, working, as it is, on platforms like Android, webOS, Blackberry, Symbian, and Windows 7. Just not the iPhone.

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HTC Slider Pops Up at the FCC [ 29-04-2010 19:23 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Pocket-lint Translation by: Paul Smith

A new HTC slider has made an appearance in a FCC filing with the monicker HTC PC70110 and there is some speculation that this may be 'Wildfire', the handset that HTC has been polling fans about on Facebook. The device itself sports a full QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and (the U.S. version at least) supports AT&T's 3G bands. There obviously isn't a massive amount of detail at this stage apart from some design specs like a blue trim that surrounds the keyboard or the four touch sensitive buttons under the screen for functions like 'home' and 'search'. Whether this is a U.S. only product (given the 3G bands) or whether it will see the light of day in other markets remains to be seen.

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Open Letter to Abobe from Steve Jobs [ 29-04-2010 18:10 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: Engadget Translation by: Paul Smith

The whole Apple-Adobe thing just went back to the top of the tech headlines with an open letter to Adobe by none other than Steve Jobs himself. Engadget have given a handy breakdown of the letter, which I've re-posted here in modified form to give you the jist of Job's open letter. You can read the full open letter here.

It's not open. "While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from Adobe. By almost any definition, Flash is a closed system."

The "full web." Steve hits back at Adobe's claim of Apple devices missing out on "the full web," with an age-old argument, YouTube, aided by the numerous new sources that have started providing video to the iPhone and iPad in HTML5 or app form like CBS, Netflix, and Facebook. Oh, and as for flash games? "50,000 games and entertainment titles on the App Store, and many of them are free."

Reliability, security and performance. "We have routinely asked Adobe to show us Flash performing well on a mobile device, any mobile device, for a few years now. We have never seen it."

Battery life. "The video on almost all Flash websites currently requires an older generation decoder that is not implemented in mobile chips and must be run in software." (H.264 gives 10 hours of playback by contrast, compared with 5 hours for the software decoding on the iPhone.)

Touch. "If developers need to rewrite their Flash websites, why not use modern technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript?" (Concerning Flash sites being written primarily with mouse input in mind rather than touch input and thus needing to be re-written.)

The most important reason. "If developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to adopt the new features."

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Vodafone Has NOT Run Out of the Nexus One [ 29-04-2010 13:36 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: TechRadar Translation by: Paul Smith

Yesterday we reported that Vodafone UK had run out of stock of the Nexus One after heavy pre-orders. The initial reports indicated that because of stock shortages pre-orders might take up to 10 days to fulfill. Well apparently this isn't the case after all, Vodafone contacted TechRadar to explain that customers were inadvertantly sent an email saying they would experience delays in shipping their orders due to a glitch with their systems. The actual comment from Vodafone was as follows:

"We've seen really encouraging orders of the Nexus One and we have sufficient stock to meet customer orders. Any emails suggesting a shortage of stockwere sent in error and we are contacting any affected customers to reassure them they will get their Nexus One on30 April."

No actual numbers were given so it's hard to judge exactly what the level of iterest is. However, as TechRadar pointed out, with Vodafone actually marketing and selling the Nexus One itself interest is likely to be higher than in the U.S. where the handset didn't receive quite the same level of network support in its marketing effort.

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Vodafone Announces Their First Branded Android Handset [ 29-04-2010 10:14 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: PhoneArena Translation by: Paul Smith

Vodafone have announced what is being advertised as their first network branded Android smartphone. The device itself, with the rather dull title of the Vodafone 845, is made by the Chinese firm Huawei and comes with Android 2.1. The rest of its specs list is rounded out by a 2.8" touchscreen, WiFi, 3 MP camera and comes with integrated Vodafone 360. That screen size may seem small, but it does have one redeeming feature ... the handset is pretty small, which may be a draw for some. As you can imagine from the specs this probably won't be a top tier Android offerring, more an entry level option for people looking for a cheap smartphone. That idea is firther reinforced by the fact that this will be branded as Vodafone's own handset so expect to see it being heavily pushed and aggressively priced. There is no word on a release date yet, but it does look set to launch in a dozen different Vodafone markets, one of which will be the UK.