You are in a Windows Phone Post When Sprint announced the HTC Arrive Windows Phone back at the end of February, we were told that it will come with Sprint TV and Movies, among others.
The Sprint TV & Movies application made its way to the Windows Phone Marketplace — if you have an HTC Arrive, you can access it via the Sprint hub section of the Marketplace — and is available to download. With a lot of free content, Sprint TV & Movies also comes with premium features that require some extra dollars but unfortunately the application will only allow you to stream via your Data Connection. If you’re on Sprint with your Windows Phone, follow the source link below to grab Sprint TV & Movies.
Yesterday, Barnes & Noble released a software update for the Nook Color, bringing an app store, Google Android 2.2 and other tablet-like features. Since I never actually reviewed the Nook Color when it launched — and because I was curious to see if the device can replace a traditional tablet — I ran out to buy one. I’ve used the device for roughly 24 hours now, both before and after the new software upgrade. At $249, the device impresses overall, but for most people, this is going to be an e-reader first and psuedo-tablet second, based on my limited, hands-on impressions. My very first impression: Barnes & Noble has hidden Android better than any other device maker I’ve seen yet, and I mean that in a good way.
As someone who owned the second Amazon Kindle (the first model didn’t appeal) and has been reading e-books since 2003, I like the Nook Color as an e-reader. And that’s certainly the device’s primary function, although it is slowly gaining more features. I may yet return the device since it overlaps with my Samsung Galaxy Tab, but I did purchase a book in the Nook store; of course, I can read that content on iOS or Android devices too, due to Nook software.
The color display with excellent viewing angles works well for text or images and the brightness variance setting is wide. There are several font and spacing options as well. I don’t read outdoors, so I can’t comment on the display in direct sunlight. The latest software update adds a little page animation to the Nook Color, but it’s not a three-dimensional page turn such as Apple’s iBooks offers, for example.
The included browser works quite nicely and is even faster after the Android 2.2 update, which I expected: One of the key features of Android 2.2 is a speed boost to most apps. I tested the browser before and after the update, using the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, just to get a general feel of the improvement. On the old software, the Nook Color browser scored a sluggish 11612 ms, which is among the slowest score I’ve seen in the past year. After the upgrade however, the device’s browser earned a 7919 ms score, which is a noticeable improvement for a test where lower numbers are better.
By comparison, my Galaxy Tab scores 5820 ms in the native browser and roughly half that using a third-party application. While the Nook Color is a capable browser, complete with bookmarks and support for multiple tabs, I could only use it for part of my day as I desire faster web surfing. For occasional use, however, most folks will be just fine, especially after the software update.
Instead of offering access to Google’s Android Market, Barnes and Noble instead added its own Nook Apps store, which launched with 125 titles. Today there are 140 apps and unless I scanned too quickly, none were free. I can’t see paying $2.99 for Angry Birds yet again and few other apps jumped out at me. Plus, I haven’t decided if I’m keeping the Nook Color beyond the 14 day return period, so I haven’t bought any apps yet.
The lack of software titles is something I’d normally be more pessimistic about, but the more I use the device, the more I believe the tablet-like features are secondary supplements. As a result, any apps at all (and there’s sure to be more in the future) are a bonus for this e-reader. Plus the device already has a few apps such as Pandora, Sudoku, Chess, a Crossword puzzle app and more. I’ve enjoyed listening to Pandora in the background while reading for hours already.
The new software update adds an email client that’s fairly useful. I have both of my Gmail accounts in the email client and although basic, the software works fine for general email use. Don’t expect push email however; the options for synchronizing email start at every five minutes and work up from there. Incoming messages cause a unobtrusive notification in the bottom left of the display.
The Nook Color email client certainly supports web-based POP email accounts, but there are IMAP settings as well, so it should work for nearly any mail platform. I also saw mention of mail setup through Exchange, which directed me to a Nook Color support site. According to it, Exchange is not supported directly, but TouchDown, a third-party connector app for Exchange, is available in the Nook Apps store.
The answer to this question depends on what you’re looking for. Due to a solid reading experience, large library and the ability to read Nook books on other devices, the Nook Color is certainly a good, color e-reader. As a tablet, it may only suffice for occasional browsing, email and software use in its current state. That may change over time if Barnes & Noble continues to mature the device with software updates.
But all the software updates in the world won’t change the hardware. The screen is fine and the wireless connectivity and battery life are good too. The device will always be hampered by the relatively slow Cortex-A8 processor, however, which was evident when trying to watch an Adobe Flash video. It’s good enough for lighter tablet tasks, which makes the $249 a nice entry point for a potential tablet owner. Someone who wants to use a tablet for many hours daily and for a multitude of tasks however may find the device lacking.
Of course, the Nook Color can be a true Android tablet through rooting the device or installing a custom ROM. I’ve specifically ignored that aspect for now because I wanted to evaluate the device as it comes out of the box, which is how most buyers will use it. If I can root it and later un-root before the 14 day return period, I’ll do that and see if the hardware is more attractive with a base Android build and access to the Android Market.
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Mobile advertising solutions provider Medialets today launched a brand new platform aimed at significantly reducing the time and resources it takes to launch rich media display advertising campaigns.
“Let’s just come out and say it: display advertising is harder than it should be, and the more interactive the ad, the harder things get,” the company said in a blog post announcing the new platform. ”From building the creative to managing the launch process, there are so many moving parts that without tight attention to detail and a well-defined execution path, it’s easy for things to go astray. And far too often, they do.”
The new platform, dubbed “Muse,” is the first comprehensive creative dashboard for rich media advertising that provides everything advertisers and publishers need to create fantastic, highly engaging rich media ads in as little as 15 minutes. For more complex ads, Muse offers the industry’s first collaborative workspace for project managing the details of a campaign launch.
The platform consists of a creative builder that simplifies the enormous complexity of making ads work cross-platform, along with a library that includes what the company is calling “Blueprints.” Put simply, Blueprints are extremely rich ads that can be customized to a brand in a matter of a few clicks. For media agencies, Blueprints are a fast track to launching a results-driven ad even if there’s little to no creative budget for a campaign, for example.
The rich media creative that Medialets serves consistently produces double-digit engagement rates for advertisers, and the company wanted to take its formula for success, streamline the process and offer it all through an easy-to-use platform. In addition, Muse also offers a collaborative interface that keeps all participants in a campaign – on both the buy and sell side – fully in sync. Centralized commenting, timelines and email alerts, review and approval features, and a shared asset library keep everyone on a campaign focused on the launch and up to date on exactly what needs to get done.
For much more information on the new platform, visit this slideshare presentation.
We already knew that “Mango” update for the Windows Phone 7 would be a major update.
After all it would be bringing the entertainment package, Internet Explorer 9 with with the Trident 5 rendering engine, HTML 5 and Silverlight, and gesture support among the ones we know. Since it is a major update it [...]
Low cost mobile phone maker Intex Technologies has now launched a phone exclusively for the Visually Impaired in association with the National Association for Blind.
The new Intex Vision as it is called, is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) phone that features a Braille Keypad for the first time, thus making it easy for the Visually [...]
IFixit’s clear case shows off your iPhone’s internal organs
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Swaps places with iPhone as BlackBerry and Windows Phone languish behind.
Android is now the most-desired smartphone OS in the US according to the latest research by Nielsen, which has been asking mobile consumers there what kind of smartphone they’re planning to get in the next year.
In surveys conducted between July and September [...]
Apple sued Amazon at the end of March for using the trademarked “App Store” denomination to describe its own application store and, in response, Amazon joins Microsoft in firing back at Cupertino.
When Apple initially filed for trademark on the App Store name, Microsoft strongly objected saying that terms like “app store”, which [...]
It’s been reported that Jiffy Lube has been caught sending text messages to customers who hadn’t opted-in to receive advertising.
Derek Johnson, CEO of Tatango, wrote a blog post recently explaining that he’d received over a dozen calls from people in the Seattle area complaining of random SMS messages sent by Jiffy Lube promoting [...]
LiveWire Mobile has selected audio entertainment specialist Dolby Laboratories to optimize the delivery and playback of its full-track music service for mobile users.
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In terms of navigating the site, Windows app store looks very much like the rest. There are suggestions for the customer for games and other applications. However, you must download free software before you are able to browse the entire selection of apps available on Windows app store website.
Two big steps for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today in its ongoing strategic shift: the company announced it would transfer all Symbian software operations to Accenture, including the 3,000 people that work in the division. It also said that it would begin a massive wave of layoffs that will total 4,000 people by the end [...]
Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) launched a major new service dubbed “Verizon Unleashed,” which offers prepaid unlimited wireless calling, texting and data for $50 per month. The service is a direct attack on the unlimited offerings of Sprint Nextel’s (NYSE:S) Boost Mobile brand, as well as regional carriers like MetroPCS (NYSE:PCS) and Leap Wireless (NASDAQ:LEAP) and [...]
Android mobile phone users who enjoy accessing Facebook from their mobile phones would certainly rejoice learning that a new version of the mobile client that allows them to access the social networking site is now available for purchase. Following the release of Facebook for Android 1.5.3, which caused more issues than it resolved, the [...]
HP’s first attempt at a tablet, the TouchPad, just passed through the FCC today. This means that a commercial launch is imminent.
A leaked document that was discovered early March stated that the TouchPad was expected to launch in June. Today’s FCC passing confirms that the TouchPad is on schedule for a June release.
Another press release in this morning — this time from Nokia. This will interest anyone who’s been following the developments related to Symbian. It’s quite a neat move because, after it’s all finally agreed, it’ll enable Nokia to focus closely on future development rather than dealing with the Symbian saga directly.
A recent survey from TRUSTe, the Web privacy consulting company, shows that while there’s no denying that modern mobile users are addicted to their smartphones and tablets, they are more skittish about privacy concerns when it comes to doing many of the same things they’ll do from their regular PC.
Near Field Communication Technology for Credit Card ProcessingThe way consumers use their credit card accounts could be changing in the near future. There have been rumors within the industry about the application of near field communication technology and it seems those rumors are close to becoming a reality. Credit card processing as we know it [...]
Today Amazon announced that it was moving up the ship date of its ad-supported Kindle. As luck would have it, my pre-order is moving up, too.
If you’re not familiar with the new Kindle, it’s basically the old Wi-Fi Kindle but with “Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers”. The big selling point is that the [...]
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Google carried out survey with Ipsos OTX, an independent market research firm, among 5,013 US adult smartphone Internet users at the end of 2010. Google carried out the research to understand Smartphone user’s behavior.
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Any company getting attention over privacy issues these days can quickly expect the lawsuits to follow. Just two days after the iPhone’s tracking file got the attention of the national press, a class action lawsuit was filed in federal court. It will likely not be the last.
Perhaps it’s a good sign for Microsoft: people are taking Windows Phone 7 seriously enough to demand answers as to Microsoft’s policies for location-tracking on smartphones running its software.
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With all the hubbub over the discovery that the iPhone [...]
Twitter has released a nifty update to its Android app bringing in a Tabbed view for Search results, add and remove saved searches and the ability to delete direct messages.
You can also change your font size, tap on a map in detail view to see the nearby Tweets and view user’s tweet [...]
This cloud doesn’t have much of a silver lining right now: Sony (NYSE: SNE) has closed down two of its media services, its PlayStation Network for gaming and its Qriocity entertainment service, after a malicious intrusion resulted in a “compromise of personal information” on the two cloud-based networks. The news will do little to [...]
Mirror, mirror, on the wall… which is the top smartphone of them all?
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During the timeframe in which the study was conducted, 33% of prospective buyers wanted [...]
American Express (AXP) has debuted its own mobile payments app, called Serve, that doesn’t even require you to be an American Express customer to use it. All of the technology runs off a separate service from a three-year-old startup called Payfone, which basically turns your phone number into your new credit card number.
The SETI Institute has pulled the plug on the renowned Allen Telescope Array, a field of radio dishes that scan the skies for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
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By now everyone has read something about the controversy about Apple tracking people through their iDevices. Unfortunately, most of the information out there is misleading and/or wrong and has been from the beginning. Furthermore, not only does this misinformation not help, but it’s clouding the serious, legitimate problem.
Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) wants to see all of the more than 100-page document AT&T (NYSE:T) filed last week with the FCC as part of its proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA–not just the heavily redacted version that is available to the public.
According to Bloomberg, Sprint asked the FCC to grant it access [...]
Sony has shown off a pair of tablets that will launch later this year. The S1 is little more than yet another Honeycomb tablet in a Sony-designed box, with a 9.4-inch widescreen display and a wedge-shaped case.
Way more interesting is the S2, a clamshell tablet with two 5.5-inch screens. Each section has [...]
Health website Irishhealth.com has just launched a new Child Immunisation Tracker app for the iPhone. The tracker is the first service of its kind in Ireland and has been designed to help parents keep track of their children’s vaccination history while also sending them timely reminders of when a further vaccination is due.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 15:46MobiGyaan TeamMobile Applications Seesmic for Android and Seesmic for Windows Phone 7 have been updated and bring new features to the App. Seesmic is an all in one Social Networking Client that provides you with all of your social content at one place. Seesmic for Android is said to be [...]
4G refers to the fourth generation of cell phones. A generation is defined by a significant step forward in the technology that allows for faster signals, higher quality signals and greater security for mobile wireless phones and computers. Each generation has lasted about 10 years since cell phones were introduced.
With no real statement from Apple regarding the present consolidated.db tracking file furor, the obvious next step is to take it to the courts. Actually, the next step should be a rigorous federal investigation into whether or not Apple has broken any laws. Then, if it has, sue away. And if it hasn’t, sue [...]
A recent survey of mobile software developers by Appcelerator and IDC has some troubling news for those companies trying to catch Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in the mobile market: application fatigue is setting in as developers weigh adding new platforms to their mix while managing the burden of updating their existing [...]
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A study has revealed that developer momentum is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and tepid interest in current Android tablets chip away at Google’s recent momentum gains.
The report also reveals the rise of the ‘mobile cloud’, a major trend toward connected mobility that promises to partially address the issue of fragmentation and [...]
Nexus S 4G from Google and Samsung with Android 2.3 for a Pure Google Experience Available to Sprint Customers in the U.S. on May 8 for $199.99
The highly anticipated Nexus S™ 4G1 from Google™ goes on sale in all Sprint channels, including www.sprint.com, on Sunday, May 8, for $199.99 (plus tax) with a [...]
An aerial view of a Japanese nuclear plant post-earthquake and tsunami. Photo: DigitalGlobe
Emergencies and natural disasters are when we need reliable communication most — and that’s often the very time that cell towers get swamped and fail us.
In order to prepare for such situations, AT&T has released the Remote Mobility [...]
More on the trend of users tipping over to Android devices in the U.S., with smartphones built on Google’s OS not only accounting for the most devices sold in last month, but the OS ranking as the most-wanted platform by those looking to buy a smartphone soon.
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has purchased IntoNow, a four-month-old startup that has built an iPhone app that automatically recognizes the TV show a user is watching so that users can “check-in” and easily share what they’re watching with friends. TechCrunch puts the purchase price at between $20 million and $30 million.
Google’s YouTube has finally locked up all the studio deals to get itself fully into the online movie rental game. Movies from majors including Sony, Warner and Universal, as well as smaller entities like Lionsgate, Kino Lorber and other independents may be featured on the store.
YouTube has begun offering a variety of movies [...]
Amazon which got sued by Apple on the launch of its Android App Store, has replied to the lawsuit terming Apple’s claims to the App Store trademark as baseless.
Pointing to a statement from Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs during Apple’s quarterly conference call, Amazon said Steve Jobs repeatedly used the term App store [...]
BranchOut caters to the professionally oriented Facebook user. You can use the app to discover new contacts and business opportunities on Facebook, as well. There’s a friends-of-friends feature that will help you find connections at specific companies you’re interested in, and you can use the app to post and find job openings.
The Next Generation Of Incredible: DROID Incredible 2 By HTC Delivers Style And Performance To Verizon Wireless
DROID Incredible 2 by HTC Available Beginning April 28
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Verizon Wireless and HTC today announced that DROID Incredible 2 by HTC, exclusively from Verizon Wireless, will be available beginning April 28 in [...]
Consolidation in the mobile ad network space appears to be accelerating, as display advertising and lead gen provider ValueClick is acquiring Greystripe, Techcrunch reports, citing an unidentified source. Neither ValueClick (NSDQ: VCLK) nor Greystripe responded to messages seeking comment.
While mobile ads are still a fraction of the total $26 billion online ad [...]
Half a billion people worldwide will use their mobile devices as travel tickets on metros, subways and buses by 2015, according to new forecasts from Juniper Research. This is over five times the number generated last year but Juniper is expecting usage to spread widely from the current concentration in Japan and several European [...]
The race to establish a strong third player in the mobile platform world kicked off in earnest this week with the launch of Research in Motion’s Playbook, and the early returns suggest that RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has an awful lot of work to do should it wish to be considered among the companies driving [...]
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More on the trend of users tipping over to Android devices in the U.S., with smartphones built on Google’s OS not only accounting for the most devices sold in last month, but the OS ranking as the most-wanted platform by those looking to buy a smartphone soon.
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The race to establish a strong third player in the mobile platform world kicked off in earnest this week with the launch of Research in Motion’s Playbook, and the early returns suggest that RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has an awful lot of work to do should it wish to be considered among the companies driving [...]
A few days ago we reported that Apple’s iPhone/iPad 3G with iOS 4 and above collects user location data without acknowledging the user.
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NTT DoCoMo and Dena, an online and mobile commerce and entertainment provider have formed a business alliance to offer an enhanced mobile-based social-gaming platform in Japan and overseas.
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Google is reportedly in talks with Spotify to power its upcoming Android music service.
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txteagle engages the world’s next billion consumers via the most widespread technology in emerging markets: the mobile phone. It recently raised $8.5 million from a consortium of investors led by Spark Capital. TNW Africa speaks to the company’s co-founder, Nathan Eagle.
txteagle uses the concept of crowdsourcing to aggregate consumer insights about people in [...]
Google has been fined US$5 million for infringing a Linux patent in a decision that could have wide reaching effects on the whole Linux user base, including the Android OS.
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Google has announced that it is scrapping the decision to abandon Google Video completely on 29 April, with a new migration tool also now in place making it easier to get your videos onto YouTube now available.
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When Sprint announced the HTC Arrive Windows Phone back at the end of February, we were told that it will come with Sprint TV and Movies, among others.
Yesterday, Barnes & Noble released a software update for the Nook Color, bringing an app store, Google Android 2.2 and other tablet-like features. Since I never actually reviewed the Nook Color when it launched — and because I was curious to see if the device can replace a traditional tablet — I ran out to buy one. I’ve used the device for roughly 24 hours now, both before and after the new software upgrade. At $249, the device impresses overall, but for most people, this is going to be an e-reader first and psuedo-tablet second, based on my limited, hands-on impressions. My very first impression: Barnes & Noble has hidden Android better than any other device maker I’ve seen yet, and I mean that in a good way.
Mobile advertising solutions provider Medialets today launched a brand new platform aimed at significantly reducing the time and resources it takes to launch rich media display advertising campaigns.
