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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro review
Jul 29th
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro review…
“Going Mobile”…Deeper user experience…
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro review
Jul 29th
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro review…
“Going Mobile”…Deeper user experience…
No Multitouch feature for Xperia X10; Confirmed
Apr 23rd
Here we go folks with yet another Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 item. The latest update for the over hyped smartphone isn’t all good news as it increases the confusion regarding the controversial multi-touch capability. The official word is No multitouch for Android ever.
This means we are back to the point where we started which is no multitouch simply because the hardware isn’t capable enough to do so. SE Communication Manager Harold de Kort confirmed the unfortunate news and said:
Multi-touch will not be a feature in future updates for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 because the device does not support multi-touch due to her software and hardware configuration. The operation and user experience of the phone will be further improved and Sony Ericsson will come with her own intuitive way of, for example, zooming in and out.
Prior to this, it was revealed that multi-touch might magically make its way to Xperia X10. With this development, I just wonder was all of this confusion created to get the Android 1.6 in the headlines? A pure speculation on my side.
[via Android Central]
Bluestreak, SafeNet ally for secure premium movie solution on Android devices
Feb 10th
Mobile World Congress 2010, MONTREAL, CANADA & BALTIMORE, USA: Bluestreak Technology Inc., a leader in open Flash platforms for wireless and wired devices, and SafeNet Inc., a leader in information security, have announced a partnership to deliver an integrated solution, for secure distribution of premium content, including music and video content over 3G and wireless networks.
These new protected content delivery solutions combine the graphically rich, interactive video experiences that are synonymous with Bluestreak Technology with the increased content protection that SafeNet’s DRM Fusion Client provides.
With the explosion of downloads of digital content on 3G and wireless networks, Android is quickly becoming the platform of choice for open source mobile applications. Users are looking for complete interoperability and functionality in smart phones and Android has become the technology of choice for mobile applications. Android is fully adaptable to changing standards ad requirements since it can incorporate new cutting edge technologies as they emerge.
“Delivering the best user experience while protecting our customers’ intellectual property and premium content is of paramount importance to us,” said Dominique Jodoin, Bluestreak Technology CEO and President. “With this partnership, we can guarantee the security of content delivery to all of our customers as well as a smooth usable user interface for end users. Our continued commitment to rendering visually compelling applications that delight users while protecting our customers is the reason why our mobile TV solutions are enjoyed by millions of wireless subscribers today.”
“SafeNet’s partnership with Bluestreak Technology further extends our DRM leadership in mobile technology—this combined solution has already been field-tested and will be delivered to a major operator,” said Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, managing director, Embedded Security Solutions, SafeNet.
“By uniting our complete DRM solution with Bluestreak Technology’s award-winning mobile TV applications, we not only protect their customers’ premium content, but we also enable new and secured ways of bringing entertainment to mobile users hence opening new avenues of delivering premium content to the mass market.”
The secure premium movie solution supports multiple DRM technologies for protection of premium content including full-track music and video content over broadband, mobile, and online networks. This joint solution is available today and runs on a wide variety of devices including Android-enabled phones, next generation tablets, and consumer electronic devices.
VoIP – HTML5 Frees Google Voice from Phone App Stores
Jan 28th
[newsfactor] HTML5 offers developers freedom from smartphone app stores, as Google has shown with Google Voice for Palm’s webOS and Apple’s iPhone OS 3 and up. HTML5 lets Google Voice store tools right in the browser, so users can interact even without a network connection. Google is also challenging AT&T to back up its FCC promise.
Google said Tuesday that it’s harnessing HTML5 to deliver Google Voice to Palm webOS and iPhone OS 3.0 and higher smartphones. As the next major revision to the web’s core hypertext markup language, HTML5 introduces a number of new elements and attributes that let developers Relevant Products/Services construct powerful new services with the look and feel of stand-alone mobile apps.
Google, which released an HTML5-based version of its Chrome browser Monday, noted that handset load times and network Relevant Products/Services requests are significantly reduced for web services based on the new hypertext language. “Overall, this results in a much faster and smoother user experience,” a spokesperson said.
How to build a coverflow on Android in just 5 minutes
Dec 3rd
Using TAT Cascades for Android, Fredrik Berglund shows how easy it is to build an attractive coverflow UI on Android in just five minutes, and have it running on a device.
With TAT Cascades for Android and TAT Motion Lab, Fredrik has a really flexible toolset that allows him to check performance directly on target, change design direction at anytime and create a prototype that shows a UI concept with great performance. Working with TAT Cascades makes it possible to actually sketch on device.
Why create a concept movie when you can create a working prototype in the same amount of time?
Did you know this about CfA?
• TAT Cascades enables the Android framework to be a modern architecture not only to come to par with today’s high end UI’s but also to go beyond.
• TAT Cascades provides next generation UI driven approach rather than the programmatic UI in Android
Benefits:
• CTS compliant pre-integration on Android
• Using hardware acceleration to its full extent
• Bleeding-edge user experience, with full support 3D in the UI
• Rapidly scale your Android implementation across other operating systems, such as Windows Mobile, Symbian etc.