Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

Full Android Source Code Released

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Google promised to release the Android source code when the first handset went on sale.  The T-Mobile Dream Android phone will be officially available tomorrow in the US.  And true to their word, Google released the source today.  It’s at source.android.com/download, where you can also find instructions for building Android on Ubuntu and Mac OS. I wonder how long it will take for the first ports to existing hardware like Windows Mobile, S60 and Palm OS handsets?  When will we … Continue reading →

Opera Mobile 9.5 – New Betas for WinMo, UIQ and (almost) S60

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Opera Software released three new Betas of Opera Mobile 9.5, today. The new releases are: Opera Mobile V9.5 Beta 2 for touchscreen Windows Mobile 5 and 6. Opera Mobile V9.5 Beta 1 for UIQ 3.n touchscreen devices. A V9.5 Widget Manager for S60 FP1 and later. The Windows Mobile and UIQ Beta’s can be downloaded here. The S60 Widget Manager is only available as part of the Widget SDK which can be found here. The key feature of these new … Continue reading →

Carnival of the Mobilists 146 at London Calling

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This week its London Calling‘s Andrew Grill’s turn to host the Carnival of The Mobilists, a weekly showcase of the best recent writing on mobile topics.  The theme of this week’s Carnival is the Symbian SmartPhoneshow which starts tomorrow in London. Andrew has assembled a baker’s dozen posts including a comparison of Nokia’s first S60 touchscreen phone with the iPhone, mobile broadband, NFC, mobile design, mobile video, app stores and mobile marketing.  There are also reports from several recent mobile … Continue reading →

The Daily Mirror is now ShowbizFree Mobile!

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This is kind of weird. Over a year ago in Found on the Mobile Web #20 one of the mobile sites I “found” was for the UK Tabloid, “The Daily Mirror” at the URL, mirror.opnr.com. I try to keep the WapReview Mobile Web Directory and YesWAP.com mobile portal up to date and free from dead links so every day I try to go through a different folder on the sites and check the links to make sure they still work. … Continue reading →

Boy Genius Report Mobile Edition

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The anonymous blogger known as the “Boy Genius” or BG is famous for publishing scoops about future gadgets and mobile products. A lot of  BG’s scoops involve leaked documents, photos and sometimes complete reviews of devices the BG has somehow managed to get his hands on months before there official release. Among the more notable BG scoops, he was the first to reveal the Blackberry Pearl with pictures and video before anyone had so much published a rumor about a … Continue reading →

A Flood of Android G1 Full Reviews

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Many mainstream tech journalists and major tech blogs received T-Mobile G1 review phones last week.  The phones came with the condition of a press embargo.  No one was supposed to publish anything about the devices until today.  The floodgates are now open and the web is awash with of G1 reviews. A few of the better ones I’ve seen so far: ZDNet’s Matthew Miller has probably the most comprehensive review with seven pages, five videos and 260 images including a … Continue reading →

Mobile Blogging with MyWapBlog

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MyWapBlog is a new, easy to use  mobile blogging platform. After a simple registration process requiring only a name, password and verifiable email address you are ready to start blogging. MyWapBlog gives you an easy to remember and type mobile subdomain URL.  Mine is wapreview.mywapblog.com.  Users can leave comments on any post.  There is no comment moderation system, comments are published as soon as they are posted. This could be a problem if blog SPAMers discover MyWapBlog. Comments can at … Continue reading →

Ski Reports On Your Phone

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Ski and snowboarding season is fast approaching in North America and Europe. Here are a couple of mobile web sites to keep you up to date with conditions on your favorite slopes. My Slopes is a comprehensive guide to hundreds of ski resorts in 11 European countries. The site is logically organized by nation and region, with each resort getting its own page loaded with facts like the number, difficulty and length of trails, resort amenities, five day weather forecast … Continue reading →