The coolest things for the coolest phones
The official mobile DivX player, DivX Mobile, has received a major update which adds support for DivX’s video on demand service.
DivX Inc. (the company) makes DivX (the video codec) which allows for high-quality video compression with relatively low file sizes. DivX Inc. have launched a VOD service that allows participants to download movies in DivX [...]
Sony Ericsson has announced that it is planing to release a first of its kind software solution that will bridge the Abobe Flash Lite and Java ME development platforms. Billed as Project Capuchin, the new tech will make it possible for developers to make use of each platform’s unique strengths when coding ‘content-rich’ mobile applications.
Although [...]
Nokia Beta Labs has released an update to the Nokia Maps app for S60 3rd Edition phones that adds realtime traffic updates to the device.
Using data gathered from collaborators ARC Transistance (they only sound like a form of radiation, they are in fact a Europe-wide body of automotive clubs like the AA) the Maps app [...]
Nokia’ chief designer has dropped some hints about the kind of user interfaces the company are investigating.
You might assume that Alastair Curtis would be gleaning ideas from iPhone, Android, the OLPC wiior any number of communications or computing devices but no, he was spending a lot of his time playing with his Nintendo Wii and [...]
With many environmentalists concerned with the amount of energy that is wasted by devices that remain plugged in on standby it is worth bearing in mind that most phone chargers spend more time plugged in and not charging anything at all. Even if you unplug it when not in use, if you charge your phone [...]
It looks like you won’t need either a hacking hero’s knowledge of binary code or a dodgy corner shop to get your phone unlocked in a hurry anymore. Enter SIMable, a completely idiot proof method for unlocking handsets.
And how does it work? What startling technological advance has taken this long to arrive? Well all it [...]
Whisher is a wifi sharing service that asks its members to share their home wireless connection in return for free access to its network – by sharing you effectively become part of that network, allowing Whisher members in your area to use your link.
The service has a substantial number of hotspots worldwide. including hundreds in [...]
By all accounts, the Nokia 3600 slide appears to be a budget version of the Nokia 6600 slide, also announced today. Though it still sports some nice metallic design details, it doesn’t seem to house quite so much steel as the 6600 slide, though it does share much of it’s feature set including a 3.2 [...]
The 6600 slide bears the not insignificant accolade of being one of Nokia’s smallest sliders to date. The main selling point here however seems to be the high quality materials that have been used for the device’s manufacture, including glossy steel covers and an aluminum center key.
Like the 6600 fold, also announced today, the 6600 [...]
Nokia has gone and announced three elegant looking new handsets out of the blue today.
The first is the reasonably interesting 6600 fold. Before you go getting all excited, the device does not include any futuristic folding screen tomfoolery. It seems rather that the word clamshell is just too passe for Nokia these days, hence the [...]
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Big Ben is a combined phone lock, screen saver & reminder app for S60 5th edition phones. A jack … [More...]
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While the UK’s train service has been getting better in terms of punctuality over the last decade, … [More...]
Sony Ericsson's new Symbian handset, the Vivaz, already looks like a nice bit of kit. Mobile … [More...]
While the average amount of revenue per Android user lags quite some way behind the App Store, … [More...]
We are big fans of Nokia's Beta Labs here at Pocketpicks. Some great ideas have started life … [More...]
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