Google Mobile App for iPhone now with Voice Search and My Location
November 18, 2008
The new Google Mobile App for iPhone makes it possible for you to do a Google web search using only your voice. Just hold the phone to your ear, wait for the beep, and say what you’re looking for. That’s it. Just talk. Once the App is on, you don’t have to push any buttons to search. Check out the video below to watch engineer Mike LeBeau explain how this works.
After you speak your query, Google Mobile App will return search results formatted for your iPhone.
And if you’re doing a local search, there’s no need to specify where you are because Google Mobile App now has Search with My Location. Search for “movie showtimes” or “Mediterranean restaurant” and you’ll automatically see results based on your current location. For this to work, Location Services most be enabled on your iPhone and you have to opt-in to let Google Mobile App use your location.
To get the latest Google Mobile App for iPhone or iPod touch, go to the App Store and look for “Google Mobile App.” Note that the voice search feature is currently available only in U.S. English and for the iPhone. Read more about other features of Google Mobile App.
Watch this video to see what Googlers from Chicago, London, New York, and Mountain View are searching for. Then consider sharing your most interesting voice search query by submitting a video response.
Posted by Dave Burke, Engineering Manager, Google mobile team
O2 Unveils New O2 Xda Zest PDA
November 17, 2008
O2 exclusively unveils the Xda Zest, adding another stylish Xda to its expanding range of O2 branded handsets. On sale ahead of the Christmas period, the O2 Xda Zest is the first O2 Xda to be made available on Pay&Go, as well as on Pay Monthly.
Samsung T919 Behold First Look Review Video
November 17, 2008
The Samsung T919 Behold is a nice mobile phone indeed and this Quad Band supported Smartphone has all the cool features a phone should have.
Some of the main features on the Samsung T919 Behold include a 2.8-inch (240 x 320 pixels) Touch Screen, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and a video that can capture at QVGA resolution, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, MicroSD Card slot, POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, AOL, USB Port, Video Streaming, WAP2.0, Music Player, FM Radio and Edge.
Oh and do not forget this phone has 3G connectivity, the Samsung T919 Behold first look review video is just that, a video that has been put together by CNET. Please watch the video below and enjoy.
Nokia E66 Review by 3G.co.uk
November 17, 2008
Like the E71, the Nokia E66 has two home screens. This isn’t as odd as it sounds. If your needs at work are different to your needs at home, why not have two home screens and set one up for each aspect of your life?
You quickly switch between them using an icon on the application shortcuts bar.
As befits a phone used for both work and leisure, the overall design is not flashy. The slate grey model used as our review sample is matched by a more silvery version.
The screen is relatively large at 2.4 inches across diagonal corners and displays 16 million colours.
Nokia’s latest handset in the QWERTY messaging E-Series range, the E63
November 17, 2008
Nokia recently announced the latest addition to its steadily developing E-series range, the Nokia E63, designed for people who need to manage their business and personal lives equally well through the use of the internet, emails and office applications. It measures up at 113 x 59 x 13 mm, weighs 126g and to be completely honest has a faint resemblance to Blackberry’s Curve and Bold with its flat shape, large screen, wide QWERTY keyboard and touch sensitive ‘Navi wheel’, again fairly similar to BlackBerry with their ‘TrackBall’ which can be found on most of their phones including their latest edition, the 8220 Pearl, their first leap into the flip phone market.
The E63 is a messaging device that will allow people to be just as involved in their social network as they are in their business network, so it comes packed with Wi-Fi connectivity, easy access to Mail for Exchange and dedicated key access to contacts, calendar and emails. Nokia have also added the ability to switch modes with a single key press, switching from a view of corporate mail, appointments and intranet data, to a personal mode with pictures of friends, personal email and shortcuts to favourite hobby blogs or websites.
The phone will be available in ruby red or ultramarine blue with a range of multimedia features. Record and view images and videos with the 2 megapixel camera and bright landscape display, listen to music downloaded from the Nokia Music Store, or a number of other sources via the standard 3.5 mm audio jack or customise the device through the thousands of applications available for download. It also includes Files on Ovi, a service where people can get remote access to their PC files even when their computer is offline. It has also been suggested that anyone buying the phone will have access to 1GB of online file storage for free, though this is still tbc.
The Nokia E63 is expected to launch before the year is out, click here to keep updated and check back on the blog for any new info we get our hands on.
Sony Ericsson T700 Review: Exciting Christmas
November 17, 2008
The Sony Ericsson T700 sits nicely in the mid-range with high speed data, snappy interface and stylish looks along with decent media that packs a hefty punch. The Sony Ericsson T700 is just the type of handset most people look for at Christmas time when looking for good features and not to hard on the pocket price tag.
The Sony Ericsson T700 is slim and lightweight with soft responsive controls, quad-band GSM/EDGE/HSDPA, 3.2 megapixel camera, photo LED and geo-tagging, media centre, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, FM radio with RDS, fingerprint resistant covers, 512MB M2 card, and fast photo browser.
The Sony Ericsson T700 is available in three colour mixes, black on red, black on sliver, and shining silver. The T700 is basically a redone Walkman that when seen immediately shouts out Sony Ericsson.
Source – GSMarena
UC Berkeley software turns cell phones into traffic trackers
November 16, 2008
Bay Area motorists with GPS-equipped cell phones can tap into new technology designed to help them avoid traffic jams.
UC Berkeley and Nokia phone company researchers late Monday night rolled out new software that can be downloaded for free onto cell phones and used to get quicker and more accurate traffic information to plan driving routes.
The software turns cell phones into mobile traffic investigations.
As a motorist drives along, his mobile phone will automatically transmit information about his driving speed, direction and location. Centralized computers will collect and organize the data from him and other drivers, then send back traffic updates to cell phones to show motorists where to avoid gridlock and where to find flowing lanes.
Early participants initially will receive information from the existing 511.org traffic-information system, but the information will expand as more people sign up.
Researchers said the system — the first of its kind — has promise to make traffic monitoring more effective worldwide, saving time, fuel and exasperation.
“This can give better information to drivers to improve their travel planning,” Alexandre Bayen, a UC Berkeley assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and co-leader of the project, said at a Monday morning media briefing on campus. “As we have entered the era of the mobile Internet, cellular devices are providing us with ubiquitous sensing capabilities that will rapidly revolutionize location-based services.”
Eventually, the software could be linked with people’s computerized calendars so motorists could turn on their cell phones in the morning to get advice on the fastest route to work or a first appointment.
UC Berkeley and Nokia are starting slowly to roll out the pilot software developed in the private-public Mobile Millennium Project with financial help from Caltrans and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
To prevent a system overload, software project organizers will limit sign-ups to 100 people a day for the first month of the project. Sign up information is posted at traffic.berkeley.edu. To be able to sign up, phone customers must have mobile phones equipped with GPS, and an unlimited data service plan.
The accuracy of the traffic information will improve as more people sign up over time, project managers said. They have a goal of getting 10,000 cell phones enrolled by April, but expect to hit that milestone earlier in the tech-savvy Bay Area.
Mobile phone users already can get traffic information from the Bay Area’s 511.org., but there are limits on its accuracy and coverage.
The 511.org. site collects traffic data from expensive sensors buried in pavement or video cameras placed overhead at intervals along freeways, but doesn’t monitor traffic on most surface streets or rural routes.
The new cell phone system can monitor smaller roads and deliver quicker and more accurate information by tapping into information from many drivers on many roads, said Randall Iwasaki, Caltrans chief deputy director.
In response to privacy concerns, the new system was designed to keep the identity of cell phone users anonymous, said Henry Tirri, senior vice president of the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto.
The information from phones is stripped of information about users before it is sent to a computer service for processing, he said.
“We can build these aggregate services without violating anyone’s privacy,” Tirri said.
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