Monday, February 15, 2010

Entertainment

SlingPlayer Mobile 1.2 With 3G Streaming Now Available

11:12PM February 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Yes, that’s right, you can now be a certified couch potato anywhere you find yourself with the new update to SlingPlayer Mobile, which can play back your DVR shows and control live TV from your iPhone or iPod Touch. More »


Computing

Acer’s Aspire One 532G First Netbook With NVIDIA’s Ion 2 Graphics

11:02PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Acer’s keen on racking up lots of firsts for its netbook arm, with this Aspire One 532G having the claim of being the world’s first to use NVIDIA’s Ion 2 graphics technology for 1080p playback. More »


Nokia’s Free Ovi Maps Has Been Downloaded Three Million Times

10:50PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

After 13 days Nokia had seen 1.4 million downloads of its free Ovi Maps. Now, less than a month after giving away the good for free, they’ve seen three million downloads – with a map being downloaded every second. [TechRadar]


Software

Curtain Pulled Back For Windows Phone 7 Sneak Peek

10:37PM February 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Behold! Windows Phone 7. Someone wasn’t quite careful enough as he was updating some signage on the MWC show floor and a passerby managed to snap this shot of the WP7 interface, featuring a bold, rectangular icons and Xbox support. More »


Entertainment

Qualcomm’s FLO TV Will Be Demoed On Snapdragon Smartbooks

10:21PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

We’ve seen bits and pieces of Qualcomm’s FLO live TV service, curiously even on an iPhone, but at MWC it’ll be showing it off on Snapdragon-powered smartbooks. It enables real-time updates via Twitter while watching live TV. More »


Software

Intel, Nokia Mate Moblin And Maemo Platforms, Spawn MeeGo OS

9:54PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Nokia and Intel have joined up to marry their Moblin and Maemo platforms, creating the MeeGo spawn which will be seen on devices by the ends of the year. Another operating system? More »


Software

Android Phones Now Compatible With Omnifone’s MusicStation App

9:45PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Omnifone’s MusicStation music download store – which is pre-loaded on all HP laptops – is also getting an Android launch if you’re looking for another way to download music on your Android phone. [Business Wire]


Mobile

Toshiba’s K01 Smartphone Has 4.1-Inch OLED Screen, QWERTY Keys

9:39PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

As well as the TG02, Toshiba’s brought the K01 slider phone all the way from its Japanese R&D department to Mobile World Congress, showing off a very nice sounding 4.1-inch OLED screen. More »


Mobile

Toshiba’s TG02 Smartphone Delivers WinMo 6.5, 1Ghz Snapdragon

9:24PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The TG01 had it all on paper – an amazing screen, the first use of the super-fast Snapdragon processor, and a thin build not seen since before Nicole Richie started putting on the pounds. The TG02 will hopefully perform better. More »


Software

Symbian^3 Will Be Running On Phones Later This Year

9:03PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Details were shed on the open source Symbian^3 platform just a week ago, but at Mobile World Congress the friendly guys at The Symbian Foundation got reckless with details on HDMI support, and both 2D and 3D gaming graphics. More »