Spy on your own home via your mobile with HomeCamera

We have come across mobile home security software before with SensyScan and now another app called HomeCamera is vying for the opportunity be your home surveillance of choice.
Basically the application works by beaming images (from a PC connected web-cam) of your home directly to your phone. The service is currently costless, though paid subscriptions will [...]

Player X: Classic Transformers content available now

Sponsored by Player X
Remember when we mentioned a while back that Player X is set to bring a whole host of Transformers clips to mobiles? Well, the content which includes clips from the original animated series, the original animated movie and the first Japanese Takara series is now live and ready to download in [...]

Motorola’s ‘most secret project’ outed

The Boy Genius Report, source of many a reliable rumour, has just posted the following tidbit related to an upcoming Motorola super phone that the site claims to have the inside line on. BGR says:
We’re talking about a 640×480 VGA screen, 3G, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, a 5 megapixel camera lens courtesy of Kodak with a [...]

Memory boost takes the lag out of new N95, while N81 is ‘really loud’

That’s according to Gizmodo, which has picked up news that the revised N95’s increased 128MB RAM (not storage but system memory) has removed most if not all of the lag that plagues the original version’s operating system.
The Giz also notes that the N81’s (shown right) built-in speakers are ‘really loud’, emphasising again the new handset’s [...]

New and old N95s side-by-side

Phone Daily attended the Chinese launch of the new N95 8GB and had chance to snap a couple of shots to illustrate the difference between the old (well, about six months ancient) N95 and its new & improved 8GB brother. Biggest external differences to note are of course that moody black exterior and the enlarged [...]

Does this render hint at Sony’s upcoming ‘Mooi’ iPhone competitor?

With Sony Ericsson rumoured to have an ‘iPhone competitor’ (aka a phone with a full-frontal touchscreen) due to be announced in November, the appearance of — obviously mocked-up — images of just such a device on JAMPB has peaked our curiosity.
There’s nothing like a bit of Photoshop work to get people talking, but the clean [...]

MP3 ringtones may be coming to iPhone next week — for a price

MacRumors is reporting a story which claims Apple will be introducing a custom ringtones option for iPhone at a press event next week. The new iPhone features are actually a slight sideline compared to the big announcement that’s rumoured to be coming — a new, iPhone-like iPod — but should still be welcome news for [...]

Wild rumour of the week: Microsoft looking at buying BlackBerry

Multiple US sites are reporting rumours that bubbled up from America’s trading floors yesterday, claiming that Microsoft may be interested in buying BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM).
The thinking behind the stories runs like this: Google is developing its own mobile phone and/ or phone operating system. Microsoft doesn’t want to get left out in [...]

Opera Mini 4 mobile browser goes to beta 2 and ups BlackBerry support

Already considered by several pundits to be the best mobile browser around, Opera’s beta version of its upcoming Mini 4 has just been updated to version two. Among the many improvements and fixes listed on the Opera site, there is also news that the new beta improves support for BlackBerry users. There’s also a new [...]

Mobiles banned in Caribbean paradise

Beaches are not phone friendly places, the delicate slide function on a Nokia N95 just doesn’t mix very well with sand, sun lotion and sea water. If however, you are completely addicted to your handset then you could always stash it away safely in your beach bag.
That is, you could do that as long as [...]