Alles over PanoMan 1.1.9 - Make and view panorama images with your phone! | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2007-09-27 15:06:13
Generating amazing 360° panoramas with your mobile phone has never been so fast and easy. Just turn around with your cell phone and scan the scenery you want to capture.The innovative, fully automatic stitching-algorithm of PanoMan composes the captured photos to an impressive panorama, in realtime and up to 360°!PanoMan includes an easy to use photo-gallery browser which lets you browse and zoom your snaps. You can also upload your panoramas via bluetooth or infrared to your PC or another phone.Features:• Image Browser• Left/right turn automatically detected• Send by BT, MMS, E-Mail• Resolutions: 1800 x 240 and 1280 x 120 Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoftonicPhonesLatestReleases/~3/161947716/symbian http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/226136
Alles over Send Your Photos in for Processing... from your Phone! | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2007-07-17 16:03:57
In the old days you'd drop off that roll of film at the drugstore, or PhotoMat, for developing. Today you can still have your photos processed, but the difference is that you'll just simply send them via your mobile phone. Pictavision Teleprints is a new camera phone tool from Exclaim Wireless that allows users to send pictures taken with a digital camera phone directly to any of the 5,600 Walgreens stores nationwide for one-hour printing. These photos can then be picked up or even mailed out to any address. The prints are high-quality, depending on the resolution of the camera of course, but this could just about one of the simplest methods for printing photos from a phone. We're even curious if this would allow users to snap away on vacation or at school and then have the photos sent to a Walgreens near a parent's or grandparent's house. If so this could really be something for those who like to share photos!Exclaim Wireless Source: http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/07/17/send-your-photos-in-for-processing%e2%80%a6-from-your-phone/ Peter Suciu http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/179722
Alles over Giz Tip: Don't Charge Your Phone Overnight | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2006-12-23 02:27:34
Lately my cell phone battery has been lasting maybe 30 minutes of talk time before dying, so I schlepped through Union Square last night to take it to Verizon and see wtf was up with it. The battery, predictably, was dead, so I was stuck dropping $40 on a new one to ride out the last 5 months of my infernal contract.
Literally every single person at the Verizon store in the technical support line was there to get dead batteries replaced, from people like me that have had the battery for over a year and a half to people who had just bought their phones a week ago.
Maybe I missed the memo on this one, but I've been keeping my phone plugged in overnight every night, and apparently it's my own fault my battery is dead. According to the Verizon tech reps, you should only charge your phone 3 hours a day or so and never leave it plugged in overnight or it'll die. Now, I've heard things like this before, but I never thought it caused such a dramatic difference. And why isn't it made clearer? As the girl next to me asked, why does the Motorola manual tell you to charge it overnight?Yeah, you could laugh it up and tell me I'm an idiot for not knowing this, but you lovely gadget blog readers are in the minority of cell phone owners when it comes to product knowledge. Most people have no idea that they shouldn't charge their phones overnight. I'm no scientist, but can't they develop batteries that stop taking a charge when full? And why is this info not more widely known? I'm tempted to think that it's a conspiracy, that Verizon only tells you this when you come in to fork over $40 for a replacement battery.
What do you guys think, have you inadvertently killed off your phone's battery? Are they intentionally giving bad advice so people need to replace their batteries? Could a smarter battery (for dumber people, I guess) be developed?
All I know is that I am not overcharging my phone ever again. That $40 was earmarked to be donated to charity, Verizon! Now the children can't eat. What do you think of that? –Adam Frucci
Update: So apparently the Verizon rep was, surprise surprise, completely full of it. While this might be an issue on some phones, most should be able to handle an all-night charge without a problem. The general consensus seems to be that letting your battery completely die once every couple months will keep the life nice and long, so let's see how that works, shall we?
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/giz-tip-dont-charge-your-phone-overnight-223865.php
Alles over Movidity: like YouTube for your phone, but newer and untested | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2006-11-18 18:56:05
Filed under: Internet, Video, WindowsMobile, Symbian, Palm, Web servicesThere's plenty of ways to transfer YouTube or Google videos to a mobile device. But what if you don't feel like downloading and transcoding videos to save on your phone? Movidity hopes you'll just say YouWho? and use their site instead.Movidity plans to launch movy.tv in January. The site will let users upload audio or video content which will automatically be converted into a format that is viewable on most smartphones and PCs. You'll be able to browse videos from any phone with a web browser and JAVA/MIDP2 support. If you visit the site on a PCE, you'll be able to watch videos in Shockwave format.Of course, just because you can doesn't mean you will. And while user-generated video sharing sites are becoming a dime a dozen these days, I'm guessing most folks are just going to wait for industry-leader YouTube to roll out its own mobile service.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Source: http://feeds.downloadsquad.com/~r/weblogsinc/downloadsquad/~3/51058268/ Brad Linder http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/67229
Alles over Waleli's GSM Doorbell Links Your Door to Your Phone | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2006-10-10 00:11:46
If you're tired of forgetting your keys—or your roommates forgetting their keys—get the GSM doorbell and you'll never have to worry again. It mounts onto your door, and when rung, calls a pre-programmed number. Punch in a key-code in your phone and the door unlocks automatically. Never get up from your chair again.
Also, this new version lets you call the device to unlock it directly without having to ring the bell. You can phone your door as you approach your home so it's unlocked when you get there. This sounds pretty damn convenient if we don't have to spring for a calling plan for the doorbell. – Jason Chen
Product Page [GSM Doorbell via Textually]
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/walelis-gsm-doorbell-links-your-door-to-your-phone-206321.php
Alles over Firmware Update Management Object Standard Published, Can Someday Update Your Phone's Firmware Over | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2006-08-29 02:40:26
The Open Mobile Alliance published its standard for updating phones, paving the way for your phone to someday be able to update yourself without any supervision—similar to Windows Update. We say "someday", because phone makers don't want to make phones that support this until servers are in place, and service providers don't want to put servers in place until they sell phones that support this.
The other problem is upgrading firmware over the air (OTA) instead of with a USB cable poses its own challenges. Do phones have enough storage to store the download while it's installing? Does the battery have enough juice? Will the user receive a call and interrupt the whole process? Much different in the field than it is in a relatively controlled environment in front of a Windows machine.
In short, it'll be a while before your phone can self-update. – Jason Chen
Windows Update for mobile phones? [The Register]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/firmware-update-management-object-standard-published-can-someday-update-your-phones-firmware-over-the-air-197172.php
Alles over Are you a little rough on your phone? | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2006-07-08 20:41:43
Sprint Nextel, Motorola have a solution for you with a new Rugged Phone New Motorola ruggedized walkie-talkie phone for Nextel's Network meets military specifications for blowing rain and features an embedded camera and Bluetooth wireless technology. Continuing to lead the industry in the area of rugged phones, Sprint Nextel and Motorola announced availability of the Motorola i580. Answering the call for a ruggedized, stylish and fully equipped handset, the i580 is the only iDEN rugged phone in the industry to feature an embedded camera and the first with a clam form factor to include Bluetooth wireless technology*. The i580 is also the first rugged iDEN clam phone designed to meet military specification 810 F for rain resistance, as well as for dust, shock and vibration. The phone's durable design and easy-grip rubber exterior can withstand even the toughest day on the job or the most demanding outdoor activities for those who enjoy an active lifestyle. Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MobilitySite?m=1396 http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/13728
