Recent postsWeb surfing on mobile devices is a so far perenial problem and all kinds of indirect solutions are being used. Skyfire is a californian company that wants to make smartphone web surfing identical to that on a PC. Its software is free, currently in beta stage and supports embedded content like Flash 9, Quicktime and [...]
It is common for novels to inspire films or films to inspire games -and vice versa- but cellphones inspiring novels? It’s already happening in Japan, and in fact last year novel downloads that were written on cellphones and are read on cellphones have outsold traditional print publications! And not only that, the more popular forms [...]
Intel announced yesterday Thursday it is pulling out of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The OLPC project is the creation of MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte and has passed several hurdles to arrive at the critical point of being able to realistically serve children of developing markets.
The first major problem was that the projected [...]
In the technology, telecommunications and internet sectors no doubt China and India see the emergence of numerous middle classes that no sane international business can overlook. While their huge populations understandably attract most headlines, there is a group of countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Russia & Turkey) that follow closely but more quietly as they do not appear in the news so often. They [...]
Engadget has taken a very interesting interview of Peter Chou the CEO of HTC. So far, HTC is the best ambassador of Windows Mobile in the mobile telephone market but is also preparing for two years now to adopt the use of Google’s Android for some of its models. The mobile telephone market is definitely hotting up with [...]
The autumn period of each year is when most console and PC games are released, at least the ones that aim really high in terms of success with gamers. Behind all the advertisement and review frenzy another parallel industry, that of casual games, is quietly building strength. Those of us not having the time to [...]
Europe can now sleep calm, DVB-H has become the official european mobile TV standard. No matter which manufacturer will benefit more or is more ready to get products swiftly to the market, mobile TV has enjoyed limited market penetration since the introduction of 3G. Surely, standards harmonization has never harmed anybody and is applauded, but I personally refuse to [...]
The discussion about mobile wireless internet access practically everywhere is raging on. There is speculation about google entering this huge market and promises on how WiMax can transform Africa where current internet access infrastructure is archaic or non-existent. So far there is some considerable success in places with dense WiFi spots or mobile companies that [...]
