The first Android 2.1 device from Samsung, SHW-M100S, will be landing in Korea in March.  The handset is also designed specifically for local Korea market. The SHW-M100S, comes will a number of features for Korea market: 800MHz processor 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen (WVGA) 5MP camera with 720p video recording Wi-Fi (802.11n) GPS T-DMB (digital TV receiver) DivX support 3.5mm headphone jack TouchWiz UI Social Networking Service (SNS) Android market SK Telecom’s T store. Since it is [...]

People like free things, and it is proven again.  The Ovi Map from Nokia has been downloaded for 1.4 millions times since it went free last week.  An on average, it is one download every second. The response has been so good that it’s exceeded Nokia’s expectations according to Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia Executive Vice President.  And the countries that top the 5 are China, Italy, UK, Germany and Spain. It is hard to resist when [...]

In order to fight iPhone and Android, Nokia established the Symbian Foundation in year 2008 and promised to open source the OS that runs on millions of phone – Symbian OS. Nokia hopes by open sourcing the Symbian OS, more companies will use the platform to create handsets and thus increasing the popularity of the the platform.  And eventually to get more developers to write applications for the platform and more people will buy Symbian [...]

Many of us have been confused by the press release from China Mobile regarding the new OMS (Open Mobile System) version 2.0, which is based on Android. According to the statement, the new OMS version supports things like SVG and voice recognition and the comany also claims that “Windows Mobile API” are now part of this update.  And what exactly does this support of Windows Mobile API mean?  Does it create a binary layer that [...]

We have been hearing about this new Android device from Motorola.  And it is official now, Motorola has just published a press release for the new phone, DEVOUR.  And it is going to Verizon. According to the press, DEVOUR is coming with: Touch-sensitive navigation pad 3.1” capacitive touch screen Pre-loaded applications such as Gmail, Google Talk™, YouTube™, Google Search™ and Google Maps™ with Google Maps Navigation. Android Market™ gives users access to more than 20,000 [...]

There have been quite a number of information of Windows Mobile 6.5.3 floating around.  And until now, the first official Windows Mobile 6.5.3 device will be released soon by Sony Ericsson – the Aspen (aka Faith). Aspen is a business oriented phone with the front QWERTY keyboard and candy bar form factor like Blackberry.  It has a 2.4-inch QVGA TFT touchscreen LCD, 3.2 megapixel camera, A-GPS with Google Maps, 3.5-mm audio jack, WiFi, and microSD [...]

It is not 3.2 as the iPad.  The upgrade for your iPhone that Apple just issued is a minor upgrade to your iPhone. The new iPhoneOS upgrade offer a few fixes and enhancements to you iPhone: Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard Although it may not [...]

The WordPress team has officially released the Android version of WordPress.  And it is available for download in Android Market now. Features of WordPress for Android include: Configure and manage multiple blogs Comment moderation including the ability to reply to comments Create and Edit Posts including categories, tags and photos Create and Edit Pages Get notified of new comments in the Android notification bar Built on top of the popular wpToGo, you’ll need to be [...]

For those who are holding a Google Nexus One, here is a piece of good news.  Google has issued an OTA update for Nexus One, starting today (and most of the devices will receive it by Friday).  And guess what?!  Google has added pinch-to-zoom function to some of its native apps – Browser, Gallery and Maps. According to Google, the some of the apps have been enhanced also, not only the 3G fix that has [...]

In order to attract more quality apps to its App Catalog, Palm has started a Hot Apps program. Running from February 1, 2010 to May 31, 2010, Hot Apps will award cash prizes to the developers with the most webOS app downloads during that period. And here are the prizes: #1 most downloaded free app: $100,000 #1 highest revenue paid app: $100,000 #2 – #21 most downloaded paid apps: $10,000 each #2 – #21 most [...]