The T-Mobile Astound’s (Nokia C7) PR 2.0 Browser and Email App

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

WOMWORLD/Nokia lent me the new T-Mobile Astound (aka Nokia C7) which I’ve been using as my main device here at CTIA for the last 36 hours. Here are my impressions. The most exciting thing about the C7 is brand new firmware. It’s custom firmware for T-Mobile that’s “almost” PR 2.0 in that it has most of the features of of the much anticipated PR 2.0 firmware for Symbian^3. The Nokia reps I’ve spoken to insist that the new firmware isn’t … Continue reading →

CTIA is Wild This Year and it Hasn’t Even Started Yet.

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

I’m at the big CTIA Wireless trade show in Orlando this week as the guest of WOMWorld/Nokia. The event doesn’t start until tomorrow but, thanks to a couple of huge pre-show announcements, it’s already shaping up as an especially interesting show this year. Yesterday, AT&T announced that it is acquiring T-Mobile USA. The match-up, if it passes regulatory review, would make AT&T the largest US operator. As a long time satisfied T-Mobile customer who also briefly used AT&T a few years … Continue reading →

UC 7.6 Browser Released For Symbian Windows, Mobile and Java

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

Click thumbnails to zoom The English language edition of UC Browser has been updated to version 7.6 (press release). It’s available now from wap.ucweb.com for Symbian (S60 V1, V2, V3 and V5/Symbian^3), Java MIDP2 and Windows Mobile 2003 or latter for both touchscreen and non-Touchscreen devices. The Android and iPhone versions of UC Browser have not been updated. 7.6 in English for Android is expected in June or July of this year. New features in 7.6 include: 1. Faster Than … Continue reading →

Nokia E7 Unboxing Gallery

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

I’ve took some unboxing photos of the E7 trial device that WOMWorld/Nokia sent me. Click the thumbnails below to view full size. The most remarkable feature of this particular E7 is the custom slip cover personalized with a Tweet from me about the E7 (pasted into a text message on the E7 screen). The cover is also signed by Nokia’s new CEO, Steven Elop. Sliding off the slip cover reveals the normal retail box. I understand that a number of … Continue reading →

Moving From Twitter to Identi.ca – Mobile Clients

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

On Friday Ryan Sarver, Twitter’s Product Manager for the Platform / API team dropped a bomb on third party Twitter app developers with a post on the “Twitter API Announcement” Google Group that included the chilling line “…developers ask us if they should build client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstream Twitter consumer client experience,” he wrote. The answer is no.” Sarver’s statement was echoed by recent changes in Twitter’s terms of service. Techcrunch did a comparison of the … Continue reading →

Nokia E7 First Impressions

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

E7 In personalized ackaging signed By Steven Elop

Click image to enlarge I received a Nokia E7 for review yesterday from WOMWorld/Nokia. I’ve been looking forward to some extensive hands on with this phone since I first saw it at Tech.Ed in Berlin last October. I got quite a surprise when I ripped off the wrapping and saw the box’s custom slip wrapper. It looked like regular Nokia packaging with an image of the E7 on the front. But the phone’s screen was displaying a Tweet I sent … Continue reading →

Hands On With Opera’s New In-Browser Mobile App Store

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

Yesterday, Norway’s Opera Software announced the release of the Opera Mobile Store (image top right), a cross platform app store for Android, BlackBerry, Java, Symbian and legacy Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. The store is a mobile web app at mobilestore.opera.com. It was created in partnership with Appia (formerly PocketGear) and includes both free and paid apps. When I tried it the only payment option available was by credit card. Publishers receive 70% of net sales revenue (after taxes … Continue reading →

Update: Fixed! – Thematic (In)Consistency Hall of Shame #3 – Microsoft Bing

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dennis Bournique

Update: sometime after this item was published, Microsoft fixed the bug discussed here that caused links to items on Microsoft corporate blogs to retun HTTP 404 (Not Found) errors when accessed with mobile browsers. -> Last week Microsoft announced the launch of Bing Deals, a Groupon inspired feature of Bing Search. Created in partnership with The Deal Map, Bing Deals aggregates money saving offers in your area from Groupon, Living Social, Restaurant.com and other sites. The announcement was made on … Continue reading →

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