T-Mobile G1
T-Mobile today officially announed it new smart phone G1 which is powered by Google Android. Watch the webcast
It might not look as cool as the iPhone but from a application standpoint it’s a whole different story.
Android market being an open market place for Android Apps will anyone to publish their apps and users will be able to choose what apps they want to install and run.
Here’s G1’s specs;
Size: 4.6 x 2.16 x 0.63 in (117 x 55 x 16 mm)
Weight: 5.6 oz (159 g)
Display: 65K color screen, HVGA (480 x 320)
Talk Time: 5 hours
Standby Time: 130 hours
Memory: expandable up to 8 GB
Camera: 3.1 MP
Google apps: Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk.
From what I’ve gathered G1 will start out at USD 176 and 25USD-35USD for the plans.
Source: GoogleSystem || TalkAndroid || T-Mobile || BBC
Dropbox
Dropbox has finally come out of beta and is now available to everyone. With the public launched the company also introduced their open source Linux client which integrates seamlessly with nautilus and with a bit of work, KDE too. Get dropbox now. There is also a dedicated client for the iPhone.
I guess with Dropbox and Internet connectivity one could forget about their USB thumb drives now.
Source: Dropbox Blog
Audi came up with a smart promotional gimmick for it’s latest Audi. The company decided to use the iPhone with it’s huge userbase as their advertising platform to game as much reach as possible.
Audi released “Audi A4 Challenge“, A racing game for the iPhone. The game basically involves you driving around in an Audi and trying to constantly break your personal record. But what’s interesting are the controls. Acceleration is touch screen based and steering is done through the iPhone’s motion sensor. Pretty cool ha?
The game’s is free and is availale from the App Store.
iPhone 3G is coming to Singapore.
22nd August’s the date. 12:01am’s the time. So make sure you’re there ( Singtel stores )to pick yours up.
Singtel will be carrying the phone. The price plans have also been published. For lower plans you’ll have to pay for the phone but for those on premium plans the iPhone 3G will be free.
Was thinking of getting myself an iPhone 3G but the plan has since changed with HTC’s plans to release HTC Dream ( powered by Android ) in the coming months.
Source: I.Z. Reloaded
Apple’s been getting some heat from the iPhone developer communities around for it’s NDA policy. Developers are legally banned from sharing code, discussing or exhanging tips on coding through forums or email.
I’m quite sure there are hidden scenes all over the net that Apple’s all seeing eye can’t get to but for the general developers this is a major setback.
The FUCKING NDA site is just one example of developers venting out their frustrations. The site tracks “FUCKING NDA” twits. From the numbers of new twits showing up all the time the message is quite obvious that freedom of choice is not something Apple wanted to hand over to it’s loyal users. Sad but true….
