It seems as though Steve Jobs’ last project was the iPhone 5. An inside source has been disclosing the details and it all seems understandable.
The iPhone 4S was not a major rework of the iPhone, it was just a tech spec upgrade. Jobs was working on the iPhone 5 which we will probably see at Apple’s next Developer conference.
via – Cnet
As you may have already heard. There is no iPhone 5 release, but instead an iPhone 4S release. The iPhone 4S has the same design as the iPhone 4, but it is a lot faster under the hood.
You will be able to pre-order from October 7th and then available to buy October 14th.
It has been reported that Apple will start selling their iPhone 5 on either October 7 or October 15. It is set to be available to pre-order on the 29th of September.
There have been a lot of rumours around the iPhone 5, but this seems to be pretty solid!
Sexy new Blackberry Curve models have been announced. There are three new devices – 9350, 9360 and 9370 – the only difference is the connectivity: the 9350 is CDMA-only, 9360 supports GSM and UMTS while 9370 supports both GSM and CDMA.
All of these Blackberry Curve models have a 2.44 inch display, 480×360 pixel screen, an 800 MHz CPU, 512 MB of RAM, and a 5-megapixel camera.
All of these devices will be launched at the end of August in Canada and then the rest of the world in September.
mAdserve is a great new free open source mobile advertising server. mAdserve is powered by PHP and MySQL and it allows anyone to control the advertising on their mobile websites and sell directly to advertisers.
mAdserve currently supports iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 apps and mobile websites. Additionally, it has the ability to target by device, country, city, handset and schedule. Basically, it is the OpenX of the mobile space.
It includes open source and lightweight advertising SDKs for the devices mentioned and code snippets for mobile websites.
Have you every wondered how RIM was performing compared to the other smartphone brands in market, well here is a great infographic that outlines this and more.
Geekaphone‘s RIM vs the World Infographic
It seems like RIM have decided to starting thinking about also adopting other mobile platforms. RIM is now planning on supporting smartphones on other platforms including iOS, Symbian, Windows Phone 7 and Android. RIM feels it’s about time to explore the world beyond Blackberry and see if they can have the same success as competitors such as HTC.
It seems like RIM are accepting that the corporate world will be dominated by iOS and Android.
There is still no word on any of the details, but we will report everything as it comes in.
CNN has just launched their new Android application which has some great features. The CNN Android app features reports, videos, and even CNN iReport.
CNN was trying to provide an indepth and immersive news experience and I think they might have pulled it off. The application allows the user to switch between US and international editions and has a huge range of text articles, videos, photos, live video, podcasts and more.
CNN is very late to the party, but they have at least delivered a decent product. The official app is free and is available for download now. The app runs on Android 2.1 and higher.
MeeGo seems to have another lease on life after being dropped by Nokia. MeeGo has been picked up LG who are expected to use MeeGo on upcoming handsets.
Mobile handset makers like LG Electronics are moving toward adopting Linux-based MeeGo operating systems after Nokia abandoned it and opened the way for rivals, one of the project’s leaders said. [...]
This week LG Electronics joined a working group to develop a handset version of the software, joining companies like ZTE and China Mobile, Halla said. (Reuters)
MeeGo is really trying to establish themselves in emerging markets, but they are going to have a lot of tough competition with Android. Thus, this LG partnership will be vital for MeeGo’s survival.
Virgin Mobile has just released the new Kyocera S2100 flip phone. Starting today the Kyocera S2100 will be available in the US for only $39.99.
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