Windows Phone 7 Series debuts on an LG handset

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The details about the first Windows Phone 7 device to go live are still pretty scarce but it will most probably complete the Chassis 2 requirements posted by Microsoft the other day. That means there will be a 1 GHz or faster CPU ticking inside it and the screen resolution will be WVGA at least. The device also packs a 5 megapixel camera, microUSB connector and a 3.5mm audio jack.

All You Want To Know About Nokia Mobile Money Services In India

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Bringing financial mobility is not a new thing but Nokia Money service is a little different. Announced at the Nokia Press event at Mobile World Congress 2010 , we caught up with Gerhard Romen, Nokia’s Director for Alliances to give us a picture of the vision Nokia has for the future of financial services offering by Nokia.

[Guide] Create A Basic MeeGo Application Using Qt Creator

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

With all the MeeGo Buzz and Nokia’s commitment to ensure its quick proliferation into a main OS for the future we sourced a few websites and got together a quick guide on building your first basic MeeGo application using Qt Creator. You will need to download the Qt creator in order to start building apps for MeeGo .

Mobile World Congress 2010 – My Story

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

It was a fast paced week for me where in I had to catch all the buzz around the Symbian ecosystem and the mobile industry as a whole.

Symbian^3 Showcased At MWC 2010

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

The Symbian Foundation also made the trip to Mobile World Congress 2010 , with a small booth in Hall 1 (two blocks away from the mighty Microsoft displaying the 7 series) where it took the wraps off its open source Symbian^3 platform. Symbian^3 brings a host of much-needed improvements and enhancements in three key areas: user interface, multimedia, and performance

Windows Phone 7 Series – A UI Re-Engineered

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Windows Phone 7 Series , originally codenamed “Photon” is an upcoming version of the Windows Phone operating system developed by Microsoft. It is planned for release by “holiday” 2010

OpenMAR: Mobile Augmented Reality on Symbian

Friday, February 19th, 2010

For those who are programming on Symbian C++ would want to check out possibility of augmented reality at OpenMAR which is a component based framework, making use of ECOM plugins at different levels. You can find three different interfaces currently implemented: POIOverlay : an overlay makes use of different sensors to estimate position and orientation

Puma Phone By Sagem At Mobile World Congress 2010

Friday, February 19th, 2010

The Puma phone ’s screen is 2.8 inches with a 240 x 320 resolution and it’s quite vivid and responsive. It comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash, GPS, compass and it even has a pedometer.

MeeGo cross between Moblin & Maemo powering Open Ecosystem Development

Friday, February 19th, 2010

MeeGo blends the best of Maemo with the best of Moblin to create an open platform for multiple processor architectures. MeeGo builds on the capabilities of the Moblin core OS and its support for a wide range of device types and reference user experiences, combined with the momentum of Maemo in the mobile industry and the broadly adopted Qt application and UI framework for software developers

Mobiles, Medicine & Health Care At MWC 2010

Friday, February 19th, 2010

On my recent trip to Mobile World Congress 2010 I had an opportunity to talk to key people in the mobile industry and share thoughts on the future of mobiles in the field of medicine as a measure of cost effective health care. While the big players (viz. Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Motorola) were still not ready to explore the potential of mobility in medicine, other small players already have tried their hand on this with an overwhelming response, more so in the emerging markets like Africa.