Fring Brings World’s First Fring & Skype Video Calls On Mobile
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LONDON, November 24, 2009. fring, the multi-award winning mobile application that lets users communicate and share web-based experiences from their mobile devices, today announces the world’s first mobile video calls over internet protocol (IP).
fring video enables users to conduct video calls with other fringsters as well as with Skype contacts over their device’s Wi-Fi [...]
Firefox Heading To Android
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With little or no chance of ever being able to make it through the draconian approval process of Apple’s iTunes App Store, Mozilla, the not-for-profit organization behind the Firefox browser, is betting on two major, if emerging, mobile operating platforms: Maemo, Nokia’s new Linux-based operating system, and Google’s Android OS. But don’t count on [...]
New Zealand Bans Mobile Phone Navigation While Driving–but Pnds Are Legal
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Tell me if I’m missing something here, but a new New Zealand Transport Ministry law will prevent drivers from using mobile phone navigation software while driving, even if it is mounted on the dashboard or windshield–while still keeping traditional navigation devices legal.
Called the Road User Amendment Rule 2009, the law will allow drivers to make [...]
Mobile Navigation Apps Retain 1/3 Of Users After 30 Days
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Mobile analytics and monetization startup, Flurry, has released the results of a study today that sheds light on the difficulty mobile application developers have in retaining users over a long period of time. The study compiled usage retention data over a period of 90 days (in 30 day intervals), 200 million user sessions, apps in [...]
New Panasonic Strada Gps Navigation Systems
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Panasonic of Japan just announced three new GPS navigation systems for their Strada series. The new models are CN-MP150D/DL, CN-MP180D, and the CN-MP250D.
All the new sat nav systems have a 5″ screen and come with a faster processor – not sure how that affects the battery life though. There’s a slot for microSD [...]
Garmin Streetpilot C550 Gets Reviewed
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Ever find the navigation menus that are supposed to make portable GPS devices easy to use, um, less than intuitive? Garmin is one brand that doesn’t have this problem–that’s why nuvi devices don’t have an instruction manual in the box. But Laptopmag.com says that Garmin’s StreetPilot c550 is a “good choice for technophobes [...]
O2 Launches My O2 Iphone App
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Free app allows customers to view their account from their handset
O2 has today announced My O2 for iPhone, an app designed to help make viewing the amount customers spend on their phones even easier. The app is now available as a free download on the Apple App Store. The My O2 section [...]
Texas Instruments Reveals Next-gen Omap36x Processors, Gets Skyhook Wireless Xps Location Technology
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Building on the success of its OMAP34x processor family for mobile internet devices and smartphones, Texas Instruments has announced the next-generation OMAP36x processor family today. Built with a 45nm manufacturing process, enabling smaller chips, the OMAP36x processors will support clock speeds up to 1 GHz, and use 25 percent less power than OMAP34x processors [...]
Tomtom Xl 340
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Also announced just today from TomTom was TomTom XL 340 and TomTom XL 340S. Just like the TomTom ONE 140 we mentioned earlier, the two new 340 models will also include the IQ Routes and Advanced Lane Guidance feature. These two features used to be exclusive to higher end models but now they’re standard on [...]
Navteq Study Shows Fuel Savings Result From Nav System Use
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Map provider Navteq has revealed the results of a proprietary research study designed to assess the consumer impact of everyday use of navigation devices. Results revealed that the drivers using navigation devices drove shorter distances and spent less time driving.[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website [...]