How to make a video call with iPhone 3G

 

How to make a video call with the new iPhone 3G that doesnt have a front camera for 3g video calls

Source: Phonereport

iPhone-like Interface For Palm OS

Palm OS users who might have been drooling over the iPhone interface for some time now have a way to pretty up their launcher to look like the iPhone interface. This is achievable via TouchLauncher, which is a new Palm OS launcher app that can make users Treo or Centro (along with older Palm PDA's) look and feel much like the iPhone.

Users will be able to start their applications in the "iPhone manner", and also scroll between multiple screens with their finger, and get the number of unread text messages appearing as part of the SMS icon. TouchLauncher also supports iconsets and wallpapers, rearrangement of applications in a drag-and-drop fashion, categorization and renaming of applications, addition of web and contact links and more.

At $6.99, it's fairly cheap, and a simple way to make a Palm look like an iPhone. So if Palm users are envious of iPhone users because of the interface, hopefully this will help ease their envy.

BlogIt Comes To The iPhone

Six Apart have introducd an iPhone version of their BlogIt software, which allows users to quickly post to their blogs, Twitter, Pownce, FriendFeed, Jaiku and Facebook. Currently this version of BlogIt is a traditional iPhone web-based application, though a native version should be on its way. Users can get the app by going tohttp://blogit.typepad.com on their iPhone's browser.

BlogIt was originally released as a Facebook application in April. Both versions currently support posting to Movable Type, TypePad, Vox, LiveJournal, Blogger and Wordpess, as well as the social networks that were mentioned.

Nokia is India's most trusted brand!

Nokia has emerged as the most trusted brand in India in the annual survey undertaken by Brand Equity of The Economic Times and conducted by AC Nielsen ORG-MARG. 8,000 respondents aged 15 and older across 12 cities in the West, East, North and South zones of the country were surveyed. The list consisted of 300 brands — 219 consumer products and 81 service brands.

Nokia was ranked 71 in 2005, when it first made an appearance in the Brand Equity Most Trusted Brand survey. Since then, the company has consistently gained ground - from No. 44 in 2006 to No. 4 in 2007, and finally to No. 1 in 2008.

Commenting on the announcement, Nokia's President and CEO Mr. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said: "We are humbled by the trust and faith that our consumers have shown in Nokia. Becoming the Number 1 Most Trusted Brand in India is a very prestigious achievement for us. India has been a critical market for a long time now, and its importance continues to grow."

India is the second largest market for Nokia globally. The company has a manufacturing facility in Chennai, three R&D facilities, and a design centre in Bangalore.

Google Reader For S60 Revamped

   

Close on the heels of the iPhone Google Reader which worked on S60 devices too, comes a very own S60 optimised Google Reader. The http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/ URL now takes us to the screen pictured above. This is quite an improvement over the plain reader that was otherwise a standard on S60 Browsers. Earlier only the title of the post was visible, now the first two lines of the post also find their way into the screen space. Unlike using the iPhone version on S60 in which one had to approximate links, this version clear indicated them with a box surrounding it and features such as staring a post need not be done by hit and trial. Screenshots from the N95 and E90 below.

 

The above is the iPhone version. Below is iPhone Greader - S60 Greader comparison.

 

Below are screengrabs from the E90, the first is the iReader and the second is the S60 optimised Google Reader.

On the PC the Google Reader Mobile link, still takes us to the old version. However if you open it with the S60 browser it displays what is pictured above.

Nokia reveals mobile ad alliance

Nokia has announced its very own Ad Alliance, which it says is aimed at making mobile ad buying an easier process. The alliance will sell "couponing, location-based targeting, image recognition, and other emerging technologies" alongside more traditional display advertising. The ads will appearing across the Nokia Media Network, which places advertising on Nokia properties like Ovi services as well as through other content providers and operators.

A number of companies have already signed up to the Ad Alliance including i-movo, Mobile Acuity, Mobiqa, and uLocate, according to Nokia, with "many additional members in testing".

It looks like Nokia's already doing far more interesting things with mobile advertising than Google, which is stuck in the banner and text ads space. Given that operators have proved more willing to embrace Nokia's services push (as demonstrated by the recent spate of loving Ovi got), it looks like the mobile ad space won't be as easy for Google to dominate as the fixed internet was.

Apple setting iPhone application size and price limits for AppStore

The Apple AppStore is poised brings iPhone users a whole new level of completely integrated and hassle-free application access/downloads. With Apple's announcement that the AppStore will launch in "early July," the consensus seems to be that the iPhone's application store will launch alongside the iPhone 3G on July 11. In fact, the AppStore defaults an iPhone developer's application "sell-on date" to July 11, giving further credence to the AppStore's July 11th launch date.

But, more interesting are the newly discovered iPhone application size and price limits on the AppStore. Apple has apparently limited all iPhone apps to 2GB in size. While the AppStore gives the iPhone developer incredibly wide-ranging control over their application's age-rating, distribution region, pricing, and even marketing aspects, Apple has capped applications to just 2GB and will be limiting prices to $20 per app.

Apple's goal of selling most iPhone applications for $10-or-less has thus far panned out - with already-announced iPhone applications set to cost about $10 on launch. But, iPhone developers can choose from 20 different pricing tiers, ranging from about $1 to about $20 on the high-end. The higher-priced tiers also suggest that enterprise, "pro-level" applications could be offered at higher price points than non-enterprise software. Of course, developers can choose to give their software away for free, which is always the most attractive price.

In the end, we'll see a huge array of iPhone applications launching on July 11. A good number of applications will be free, but we're also expecting a handful of apps to go for $10 or less. Here's to hoping that the 2GB application limit doesn't hurt data-heavy applications, like navigational software, too drastically.

[Via: AppleInsider]