Posted on 2008 under Main |
17
Feb
HTC has made a new software update available for AT&T Tilt. The ROM version 1.62.502.0 is a minor update, which will improve bluetooth connection quality and others.
This software update provides:
- Enhanced Bluetooth performance.
- Enables DTMF tones for the slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
- Improves overall device performance and stability.
- Includes Microsoft Adaptation Kit Update (AKU) 0.4.4.
Download the ROM here , and also check out the install instruction here
Source: AT&T Tilt Gets New Software Updates
Posted on 2008 under Main |
17
Feb
Pocketgamer has been busy, working out which handsets on the market have the best 3D performance - of course, this is a somewhat subjective measure, because as anyone familiar with benchmarking knows, if you give a processor a task it excels at compared with others, it is bound to win! Anyhoo, the test in question here is "OpenGL ES 1.0 processing" - which is one of the industry graphics standards.
The results come from Hungarian company Kishonti, which specialises in measuring the performance of mobile devices. It uses it's GLBenchmark to run the graphics on the handset, and generate a rating. And to re-iterate, this is a specific 3D test - so it doesn't follow these are the best devices for 3D gaming, or other tasks - nonetheless, the results are interesting!
The full list is below, but in short, Nokia's NSeries is all over the results - withe the N93 coming out surprisingly as the winner (!). Also in there are some Dell PDAs (a bit unfair methinks since they are quite a bit larger, and not phones!), but also the Motorola Z8. Actually I am not surprised the Z8 is there, given the hardware they managed to stuff in to it - it really dpes deserve the moniker given to it of "Media Monster"
1. Nokia N93 (442 frames)
2. Nokia N93i (433 frames)
3. Nokia N95 (413 frames)
4. Dell Axim X51v (412 frames)
5. Nokia N95 8GB (395 frames)
6. Nokia N82 (392 frames)
7. Dell Axim X50v (390 frames)
8. Motorola RIZR Z8 (389 frames)
9. Nokia E90 (386 frames)
=10. SonyEricsson W950i (171 frames)
=10. SonyEricsson M600i (171 frames)
=10. SonyEricsson P990i (171 frames)
=10. SonyEricsson P1i (171 frames)
How does this all relate to gaming? Does it all? Well kinda, but as we know from the days of Nintendo and the SNES, well-written games that take advantage of specialist hardware (with albeit very slow CPUs) will still be excellent. Wow, the SNES, now there's a blast from the past!!
[Via: Pocketgamer.co.uk]
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Source: Top 10 phones for 3D performance
Posted on 2008 under Main |
17
Feb
MNOs across Europe are teaming up in the battle against child pornography being disributed via the mobile internet. The GSMA is launching the (not particularly snappily-named) "Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content" - which is made up of most of the major OpCo groups.
The group will use certain procedures to remove content from their networks, and also block access to websites containing inappropriate media. Whilst the group pointed out that the vast majority of content is consumed via conventional connections, with the advent of "mobile broadband" (in all it's guises), measures need to be in place to deal with a potentially growing issue.
Comment: I think this is a great step in the war against this kind of sick material - and timely given a recent story I read about child abusers moving toward carrying their material around on their mobiles to avoid detection. Whatever can be done to avert this terrible abuse, and subsequent distribution of material, has my full backing.
[Via: The Register]
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Source: Mobile Operators teaming up against child abuse
Posted on 2008 under Main |
17
Feb
Angstrom Power and Motorola supposedly have hydrogen-powered phones that contain a Hydrogen fuel cell that extracts hydrogen from water and electrons from the hydrogen. I guess you could say it’s kind of a water-powered phone. Oh and if you were wondering about the battery life that’s unknown.
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Source: Hydrogen Powered Phone
Posted on 2008 under Main |
17
Feb
Fuel cell maker Angstrom Power and cell phone maker Motorola have teamed up to create a prototype mobile phone that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell. Hydrogen is produced–by cracking water molecules–with a desktop fueling station and then inserted into a metal hydride storage container on the phone, says Aron Levitz, manager of business development for Angstrom. When the hydrogen molecules pass through a membrane in the fuel cell, electrons are stripped away and get diverted to run the phone.
Source: Hydrogen fuel cell-powered MOTOSLVR L7 prototype gets pictured
