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Wednesday 10 November 2010

Google News For Mobile Gets UI Revamp [ 10-11-2010 19:27 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: http://www.bloomberg.com Translation by: Paul Smith

Google are pretty good at keeping their apps and services updated so it should come as no surprise to learn that Google News for mobile has had a bit of a revamp. The updated focuses on the UI, making it easier to use on the smaller screen of the mobile. Tapping an article opens that article, for example, and tapping a section heading takes you to that topic.

The deafult view has been changed, it used to be the case that stories were expanded, but of course on a mobile device that takes time to scroll through so the new version will have stories collapsed. You can then expand them one by one as you find stories that interest you.

The update has gone live for Android users and also iPhone and Palm Pre users. Unfortunately Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Symbian users will have to wait a little bit longer.

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Sony Ericsson X12 Leaks [ 10-11-2010 19:24 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: via Xperia X10 Blog Translation by: Paul Smith

Today's leak of the X12 from Sony Ericsson will no doubt have many of you a flutter with excitement for the new handset, which is supposed to be announced either late this year or possibly early next.

The device will hopefully be running Android 2.3, even though the leaked picture shows an Android 2.1 setup, but this is probably just for testing purposes. Whilst on the subject of the platform it's worth pointing out that the X12 is being described as being in the same category as the PlayStation phone and given similarities in the screen/aspect ratios of the two handsets some are wondering whether or not the X12 may also share the Z-System gaming platform that Sony Ericsson are to launch alongside the PlayStation phone. This might give the handset a boost to help it stand out from the rest of the market.

However, our very own Eldar was not immediately thrilled at the prospects for the handset, or indeed for any of Sony Ericsson's other handsets planned for early next year. He described most of them as running older versions of Android, just like the X10, which came in for a lot of criticism because of that, but he did express hope that the X12 would be running Gingerbread when launched.

Eldar tweeted that he thought sales of the X12 would probably follow the same pattern as those of the X10 i.e. not all that great. However, he did sound a positive note for the handset, saying that it was the only one out of the seven that Sony Ericsson showed him that he liked. The rest of us shall just have to content ourselves with the leaked image for now.

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Win Phone 7 Only Sold 40,000 Units On Launch Day? [ 10-11-2010 19:02 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: The Street Translation by: Paul Smith

TheStreet are reporting that Windows Phone 7 got off to a bit of a rocky start with just 40,000 devices sold on launch day. Now it is important to point out that that low figure has not been confirmed by Microsoft or T-Mobile or AT&T or pretty much anyone who has actually been selling the handsets. The figure comes from a market research group who have calculated estimated sales numbers.

If the launch day sales were as low as 40,000 then it would seem to be a heavy blow to the nascent platform. However, whilst lack of interest is being touted as one possible reason for low sales another, more upbeat, reason has also been floated ... lack of stock.

There has been a fair bit of chatter that networks simply can't keep up with demand. Some British networks have even been handing out vouchers to customers left waiting for their handset because of stock shortages. Why such a shortage? Well it comes down to our old friend, the AMOLED screen. As many of you will no doubt be aware there has been a world wide shortage of AMOLED screens that has affected various manufacturers.

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Yahoo! Android App Now Supports Video Calling ... Sort Of [ 10-11-2010 18:26 ]

Author: Irina Turina Translation by: Paul Smith

Yahoo! have been busy bees updating their Android app to now include support for video chatting. Front facing cameras on Android devices haven't actually been that common traditionally, but that has been changing and with the launch of Facetime ont he iPhone it makes good sense for Yahoo! to be supporting this feature.

The update also brings improvements to the mail feature with support for linking multiple accounts and viewing picture attachmnets in a gallery. There has also been support for contact syncing added so that you have access to your Yahoo! contacts.

Now whilst all that is all very good and true there is, as is usually the case, an itsy bitsy tiny weeny problem that completely undermines all that good work ... the video calls have to be initiated from a computer. Seriously. So the whole point of mobile video calling is pretty much wasted here since you'd be as well as just using the computer you started the call from. Doh!

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