Skype may launch a version of its mobile Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging service as early as next week, according to a report from Om Malik of GigaOM. If true, the application could prove popular with cost-conscious iPhone users who’d like to save a few bucks by routing calls over AT&T’s data network. Currently, iPhone users must use third-party services like Fring to access Skype.
03/27/2009
— Filed under: Gadgets, Internet, Mobile
Tags: iPhone, Skype
Mozilla yesterday put out its first beta release of Fennec, the mobile version of its Firefox browser. I took a quick look at Firefox’s little sibling, and I have to say Fennec is a very impressive and easy to use browser that maximizes your small screen space.
03/24/2009
— Filed under: Internet, Mobile, Software
Tags: Browser, Firefox, Mobile Firefox, Mozilla
Imagine playing what looks like an Xbox 360 game — on a $100 cell phone. That, according to Remi Pedersen, graphics product manager at ARM, is exactly what could be possible as soon as winter 2009 with its new higher-end Mali-200 and Mali-400 processors.
03/23/2009
— Filed under: Games, Hardware, Mobile
Tags: ARM, GPU, Mali
The latest movies. Classic TV. Specialty news and information. Completely stupid, completely irresistible YouTube clips. The Internet is an awesome source of on-demand video. But even though the best screen in your house graces a nice big television set, chances are that you do your consuming of online video scrunched over a laptop or desktop PC.
03/23/2009
— Filed under: Audio/Video, Internet
Tags: Connected TV, online video, TV
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (“Sony Ericsson”) announced today that its net sales and net income before taxes in the first quarter of 2009 continue to be negatively affected by weak consumer demand as well as de-stocking in the retail and distribution channels.
03/20/2009
— Filed under: Markets
Tags: sales, Sony Ericsson
Online travel agencies, eager to spur spring bookings in the recession, are locked in a price battle that has some of them cutting fees and reimbursing customers if the price of their trip falls after they book.
03/20/2009
— Filed under: Internet
Tags: booking, fees, travel
With the revelation of Apple’s iPhone 3.0 operating system this week, the Internet’s mob of supersleuths is hard at work searching for hints about future plans for the device. While every new discovery leads to worldwide salivation, you’ve gotta wonder: Were all the subtle hints left in the software actually meant to remain hidden? Or did Apple intentionally sprinkle the trail of crumbs in a calculated fashion, anticipating their uncovering and the resulting nonstop buzz?
03/19/2009
— Filed under: Internet
Tags: Apple, Buzz, iPhone, operating system
Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd launched a service allowing its customers to buy or rent movies and TV series to download to their mobile phones.
03/19/2009
— Filed under: Audio/Video
Tags: mobile phones, movies, Samsung, TV
Thomson, one of the companies which developed the MP3 format, said Thursday that it has developed a backward-compatible, lossless MP3HD format for the next generation of music.
03/19/2009
— Filed under: Audio/Video
Tags: MP3, Thomson
U.S. video game sales rose 10 percent in February to $1.47 billion, led again by Nintendo’s blockbuster Wii console, as gaming continued to show resilience despite an economic downturn that has sapped consumer spending.
03/19/2009
— Filed under: Games
Tags: sales, video game
