16 million Verizon Wireless subscribers can view Flash Lite content using 13 different phones
Via Bill, I recently learned that as of April 30 2007, 13 Flash Lite for BREW supported handsets represent 16 million active Verizon Wireless subscribers (reported by M:Metrics).
One of the many benefits with developing with Flash Lite is that you can target multiple devices with the same screen size using one FLA file. In the graphic below you can see how a developer would only need to create 3 FLA files to target all 13 supported Verizon Wireless handsets.
The phones that support the Flash Lite for BREW extension are: LG VX8100, LG VX8300, LG VX8500, LG VX8600, LG VX9800, LG VX9900, Motorola RAZR V3c, Motorola RAZR V3m, Motorola KRZR K1m, Samsung SCH-A930, Samsung SCH-A950, Samsung SCH-A970, and the Samsung SCH-A990.
Using a “pulseoxymeter” sensor, the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory created a game that is in part controlled by physical movement. The difficulty and speed of the game are adjusted to the heart rate of the player. The system is meant to be used for maintaining the appropriate level of exertion during exercise, based on a physical response.
[Source engadget]
AmberWatch Mobile GPS tracking service announced
The AmberWatch Foundation used QUALCOMM’s recent BREW 2007 conference to take the wraps off its latest initiative, AmberWatch Mobile GPS tracking service. Among other things, the new service will allow individuals to send alerts to family and friends when they’re in need of assistance (which will include their GPS location), allow chosen friends or family members to check on an individual’s location from their PC or cellphone, and give parents the ability to set up scheduled checkups with their kids.
[Read more at engadget]
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Random links for Monday, June 25th
- Is Google going to launch a Google-branded handset?
A short post asks this question citing Google’s announced partnership with LG Electronics. - Creating and Testing Mobile Web Sites with Adobe CS 3
Short article on testing .mobi sites with Dreamweaver CS3 and Device Central. It’s another great read from Scott. - Vodka Authentication by SMS
Apparently, counterfeit Vodka is running rampant in Russia. To combat that effort, the Russian government is creating a Vodka authentication system via SMS. “By sending the serial number of the bottle to a designated short code, they will get a response by SMS certifying (or not) the product.” - Penrillian .sis Packager
Penrillian have recently released a useful .NET application that allows anyone to package up passive content (music, images, ebooks etc) as part of standard UIQ or S60 .sis install. - Nokia Mobile Web Server
- ustwo is hiring interface designers
- iPhone guided tour from Apple
- Top 10 phones for playing games
It is what it is. Every list of links needs a good “top 10″ article. - Appleiphany
“Appleiphany (noun): The feeling experienced when using or viewing an Apple device, questioning why the heck things haven’t worked like this all along. Example: When viewing the recent iPhone Guided Tour, I kept asking myself why mobile phones don’t already do all this stuff… seriously, it’s so dang obvious. See also hindsight.”
Get ready to dig deep. Business 2.0 has a nice guess on how much the iPhone’s data and voice plan is going to cost. They are estimating based on current BlackBerry fees.
Figure between $34.99 and $79.99 for data and $39.99 to $99.99 for voice. If your on the lowest plan, thats $80/month before fees and tax. With that you would roughly be at 450 phone minutes, but unlimited data and either unlimited or 2000 text messages (source, engadget).
In the end, if you last the entire two years, you’re going to wind up at $2,420 before tax. ($80/month plus 4GB model).
Source, gizmodo
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Chumby specs and pricing information emerges
Via engadget, the Chumby still has a few months to go until an official release (it will be available to “insiders” in August, and to the public this fall).
According to sources at engadget, “[T]he Chumby will ship for $179.99, and will come with a 350MHz ARM processor, 64MB of RAM, a built-in microphone, a built-in accelerometer, a cleaner case and internals than we’d seen from the pre-production model, all alongside the 320 x 240 3-inch screen, two USB ports, 2W speakers, and WiFi that we’d already seen.”
Let’s hope all goes well. By the way, it will come pre-installed with Flash Lite 3.
Video of inaugural Chinese iPhone knock-off
Via macdailynews.com, YouTuber “benjamin1272” has posted a video of one of, if not the, very first Chinese knock-off of Apple’s iPhone. Other phones trying to be iPhones are around, but this is the first classic Chinese knock-off that macdailynews.com has seen stealing the Apple logo, icons, etc.
Meet the “tPhone” complete with a stylus:
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Gizmodo is giving away an iPhone for free (sort of)
Gizmodo.com is giving away an iPhone for free (sort of). Eureka, the show on Sci-Fi, is helping them deliver Apple’s newest toy to one Gizmodo reader.
Here’s what you have to do to win: Create or design an original invention (emphasis on original – no recycled projects please) and send in a sketch, render, mockup, blueprint or some kind of image plus a description detailing your invention to contests@gizmodo.com with “Made in Eureka” as the subject. The better it is, the better your chances are of winning.
Contest ends July 10, so get moving!
Did Apple shrink the iPhone just days before its release? No—but it certainly looks like they tried to. boingboing.net noticed that Apple has changed the size of the hand that holds the iPhone in their ads. With a quick comparison of the official Apple photos, you will see what all the fuss is about.
My view has always been that the iPhone is a bit on the large side. Sure, as a true PDA replacement the size is not so bad. But a replacement for my compact RAZR, no. Perhaps if they started with the bigger hand in the first place I could have been convinced. For now, it is still huge.
Opera Mini 4 beta is now available
The new Opera Mini 4 beta is out. Among a variety of new features, the most notable of these is content zooming—the ability to see an entire web page and zoom in or out (Does this remind you of anything—perhaps the iPhone?).
Here is a short video of the new browser installed on Cameron’s Sony Ericsson K750i showing nytimes.com:
Source: Cameron Moll
