Imagination Technologies has announced an “international electronics systemscompany” has linked a “multi-year, multi-use license” extension which enables the firm to access its broad portfolio of current and future PowerVR graphics and video IP cores.

As this “electronics system company” is both a “new partner” and not a chipmaker one can determine that this strongly suggest that the unnamed company is more than likely to be Apple.

Source – appleinsider

Ok I’ll give you that the Pull My Finger iPhone app does little more than fart, but is seems that Apples rejection is somewhat of a disturbing move, and sets a precedent for Apple to reject other iPhone apps it simple doesn’t like.

Pull My Finger’s developer, Victor Wang has posted Apples rejection letter as follows…

“Hello Developer,

Regards,
Victor Wang
Worldwide Developer Relations
Apple, Inc.”

Still the video made me giggle.

Source – macrumors via intomobile

Oracle, Sybase, and SAO have all released Apple iPhone 3G business apps which allow iPhoners to access some of that functionality afforded the more traditional desktop versions, and most of these can be found at the App Store.

According to research company Gartner, the Apple iPhone 3G “does not deliver sufficient security for custom applications.” So those businesses wishing to deploy apps will have to bear with this low security.

However, ZDNet Asia has taken a look at five enterprise apps that the software big guys are hoping to catch the attention of the business carrying iPhoner: Sybase iAnywhere Mobile Office; SAP; Oracle Business Indicators; Web-based apps: Netsuite, SugarCRM, Zoho; and Salesforce.com Mobile.

Source – ZDNet

According to Crisp Wireless the increased mobile internet traffic note the some of these trends… Sports fans check scores and highlights during their favourite games, with highest traffic on evenings and weekends. Local news is viewed mostly in the morning, while national news is viewed continuously throughout day. Visits per unique visitor increased marginally from 2.02 visits per unique visitor in 1Q08 to 2.06 in 2Q8.

Furthermore: Women visit the mobile web late at night and early in the week mirroring their online habits; and young girls are browsing late night, especially on the weekend. Users typing property or site names drove 28.9% of search engine traffic. Average page views per visit decreased slightly from 3.96 in 1Q08 to 3.77 in 2Q08. For sites that have an on-deck presence on all 3 major carriers, carrier decks are driving 45.74% of overall traffic; which is down from 53.4% in Q1 2008.
With more and more 3G mobile phones becoming available mobile internet access is on the increase.

Source – cellular-news via intomobile

Unfortunately the original release of Spore Origins was only compatible with the Apple iPod, even worse was the fact that Spore Origins does not bring character transfer or online gaming.

Spore Origins is expected to hit Apple App Store this week at a price of $5.00. If Spore Origins were more integrated into the Spore parent game it would probably have a potential larger audience. However, as it is we’ll just have to wait and see just how well it performs against the competition.

Source – Tuaw via intomobile

According to Sergey Brin: “Probably a subsequent version of Android is going to pick up a lot of the Chrome stack… My guess is we’ll have ‘Chrome-like’ or something similar.”

With the eventual integration of Google Chrome into Google Android it could result in truly portable cross platform applications.

Apps using Google’s App Engine could well be ported to both mobile and desktop versions of Google Chrome, thus developers will be able to see their apps running quite smoothly on both mobile and desktop fronts.

Source – CNET via Intomobile

The HTC Touch Pro is an all-rounder mobile phone with navigation and multimedia as just a part of its arsenal; a mobile handset that holds the premise to become the most complete Windows Mobile powered handset to date.

The closes spec sheet to the HTC Touch Pro is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, and they both run Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. Now if you take into consideration that HTC manufacture both the Touch Pro and the Xperia X1, they could be considered close clones.

Source – GSMarena

We must say that the Palm Centro must be hugely successful if it’s already producing the same smartphone in a variety of colours! Motorola has been a role model, when showing off the success of a handset by producing several colours - take the original Motorola RAZR for instance.

So if you don’t want to go for the original Palm Centro colour, then these two new colours maybe just perfect for you.

Source: engadgetmobile

The Samsung Instinct touch-screen mobile phone includes features such as two batteries to give 11 hours talk time, GPS navigation, Bluetooth, digital voice mail, exclusive applications and content like “Sprint Music Store”, “NFL, and Mobile” and “NASCAR” Sprint Cup Mobile

RadioShack’s executive vice president, general merchandising manager, Peter Whitsett, says: “We’re excited to offer our customers the Wireless Association’s Best in Show award-winning handset. The Samsung Instinct offers superb features with an appealing design. It’s a great addition to our line up. RadioShack’s team of knowledgeable salespeople has an unparalleled understanding of wireless products and customer service, which is evident by recent surveys rating them as number one in customer wireless satisfaction.”

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Senior vice president and senior analyst, comScore, Mark Donovan, said: “For years, the American mobile industry has aspired to the level of sophistication of the European market. Today, Americans have finally caught up with Europeans in adoption of 3G. The advancements in 3G network technology and the introduction of sleek devices into the U.S. market have paid off as adoption of mobile media continues to grow at a rapid pace.”

U.S. subscribers to 3G enabled handsets have grown to 64.2 million during the past year.

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Mr Geoff Booth, Telstra’s Country Wide, Group Managing Director, says: “The Treo Pro combines the benefits of wider coverage on the Next G™ network with the added functionality of a smartphone. Customers will be able to stay connected to their work and personal lives with access to email, calendar, contacts and the web in more places across Australia.”

The Blue Tick accreditation is based on thorough testing on handheld devices and sets Telsta apart from their competition in terms of educating the customer.

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Mobizine icons will include local music, sports scene, exclusive mobile video content, sports scene and updates on what will be coming at the Nike Sportswear installation store.

The first issue of Mobizine is to feature the Air Max 90s which is one of the most important shoes in the history of Nike, along with a video featuring Mong Alcaraz, of Sandwich, who speaks about his passion for the running shoe.

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It is a tad difficult to tell just from the clinical shot from the FCC if the Fly Mobile E310 Attitude will actually have and attitude and live up to its name or not.

But there is something that intrigues about the E310 Attitude, maybe the hidden D-pad below the display that looks fairly thick for the low cost market Fly is targeting. Still with a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, integrated FM radio and microSD it can’t be too bad.

Source – FCC via Engadget

It was anticipated that Sony Ericsson would release the X1 smartphone very soon, and the date confirmed is October for the UK.

Plus SDK, which you can download from Sony’s own developers site has been pushed out the door in the US and Germany, this software will enable developers to add more functions to Windows Mobile. SDK will come with an emulator allowing developers to test panels from the computers, so good news all round.

Source: itproportal

Ok, you may need to be wealthy to shed out the $450 for the luxury holder, but if you want to stand out from the crowd and shout quality then why not! Spending that sort of money on an iPhone accessory is not in everyone’s reach but if you’re rich enough or crazy enough to purchase this sleek elegant holder made from finest calf leather, then go for it.

The case also fits the original i-Phone as well as the iPhone 3G and you can purchase from Dior Homme worldwide as part of the Dior Homme’s exclusive Black Tie Collection.

Source: sybarites

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