Guide To Setup A Mobile Friendly Version Web Site Of Your WordPress/Blogger/TypePad/Other Blog

Recently we announced the launch of mobile friendly version of our blog. The mobile edition of the blog is accessible at the URL m.techdreams.org and you can preview the iPhone friendly version here.

Creating mobile friendly version of a blog is very simple with the help of MoFuse.com service. When we say simple, we really mean it. It is as simple as setting up a WordPress blog.

Based on our experience in creation of m.techdreams.org, we are writing this post to help others to set their own mobile version of their blogs.

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iPhone Application For WordPress Bloggers

As Apple opened the iPhone API gates for programmers, applications for iPhone are flooding. WordPress announced that soon they are going to release an native iPhone application that allows self hosted WordPress bloggers to blog directly from their iPhones.

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Disappointments of New iPhone 3G

Apple yesterday unveiled a new iPhone that is slim, sexy and cheaper. The new iPhone has many new features like 3G support, GPS, third party applications, etc[read more]

As most of the Apple Fan boys are celebrating the new iPhone, there are few fans who are very much disappointed. Here are the shortcomings of iPhone 3G

No MMS: Still there is no support for Multimedia Messaging Service through which users can easily send/receive photos and other media files. The only way to send and receive media files in iPhone is through e-mails which is not as simple as MMS.

Poor Camera: The 2 megapixel camera introduced in the first version of iPhone is left unchanged. Most of the other smart phones have at least 3 megapixels.

No Video Call Support – The much hoped front-facing camera for video calls is not available in the new release.

Missing Cut, Copy & Paste – Every smart phone’s must to have features are basic cut, copy & paste. Apple failed to add these features to the new phone.

Adobe Flash – The Safari web browser used in the iPhone does not have Adobe Flash support. So none of the flash enabled web sites can be viewed on iPhone

Miscellaneous – The other disappointments include no Video Recording Support, lack of landscape oriented keyboard, week Bluetooth support.

Apple’s New 3G iPhones – Slim, Sexy, Fast and Cheaper!

Apple today announced the details of much awaited (and much rumoured!) new 3G iPhone at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference.

The new iPhone is much thinner, much faster and much cheaper than the predecessors. The new 8 GB iPhone costs just $199 as opposed to the current 8 GB model that costs $399.

Image credit : Apple

Here is a quick summary of what is new in 3G iPhone

1. 3G service for faster Internet access
2. Built-in GPS with support of A-GPS, that supplements regular satellite GPS data with information from cellular towers
3. Thinner edges with full plastic back pack
4. Flush headphone jack
5. Built in support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, push email, contacts and calendar(makes a perfect mobile device for enterprise communication)
6. To be available in stores from July 11th
7. The cost of 8 GB iPhone is reduced to $199 and 16 GB is available at $299
8. 16 GB iPhones are available in white colour too

iPhone will arrive in the following countries on 11th July: Australia,  Austria, Belgium, Canada , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA .

Vodafone To Sell iPhones in India

The Gizmo freaks of India have a good reason to celebrate as Vodafone is going to officially sell iPhone to its customers.

The major Indian news paper Times of India and technology blog Engadget has confirmed that Vodafone bagged the rights to sell iPhone in India but the selling price and date are not yet announced.

iPhones are already available in the Indian gray market which are mostly smuggled from US & European countries and unlocked to work with Indian SIM cards.

If you are willing to buy an iPhone then you may be interested to check our iPhone vs Entire Mobile Industry post.

Nokia N96 Preview Video

Cellulare Magazine, an Italy based company posted 10 minutes YouTube video of N96, the flagship mobile of Nokia's  S60 platform.

This mobile is based on the highly successful Nokia N95 model and expected to be available in market by 3rd quarter of 2008.

To know more information about this mobile you may read The Nokia N96 redefines "high-end"  or browse the images and technical specification available at Nokia N96 Official Web Page

via All About Symbian

The world’s most expensive phone - Piece Unique

  The GoldVish “Piece Unique” is the most expensive mobile phone in the world, according to Guinness Book of Records and it costs about $1.6 million .Only three people on the planet have such a handset.  Evgeny Chichvarkin(Russian), Euroset CEO is one of the GoldVish Piece Unique owners in the world. However, rumors are circulating that all GoldVish Piece Unique owners are Russian.

Here’s a quick excerpt  from the manufacturer’s site :

"Our aim is to create each cell phone as a masterpiece in its own right. In addition to the ILLUSION collection, GoldVish manufactures a limited range of customised cell phones, with personalised engravings and diamond settings.

The limited editions will be distributed worldwide. This unique and very exclusive collection is only available on special request. GoldVish makes cell phones of unparalleled luxury backed by the highest levels of Swiss craftsmanship and precision. For more details and questions, go to the contact button."

Google Releases iGoogle For iPhone

Google released a specialised version of iGoogle for iPhone users. This optimised iGoogle page displays all the gadgets and feeds of a tab in a single column page with easy to scroll interface. Each gadget or feed can be collapsed or expanded by clicking on the header.

Users can switch between the tabs by choosing the tab name from the drop down interface available at the bottom of the page.

To access the new iGoogle interface, point your Safari browser on iPhone to http://google.com/ig/i

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Yahoo Go! Opens Doors For Third Party Application Developers

Yahoo! Go is a famous Mobile application which allows users to access Yahoo Mail, browse through Flickr Images, travel and weather information easily.

Yahoo announced that a new version(which is expected to be released on tomorrow) of  Yahoo Go platform and client application opens doors for third party application developers.

The next version of Yahoo Go platform allows anyone to create a widget and add it to Yahoo Go site, which later can be downloaded and installed on your mobile's Yahoo Go client. These widgets can even have ads included to help the developers generate revenue and the advertisements can be displayed with help of Ad networks like Yahoo Ads and Google AdSense.

In addition to allowing developers for the first time to write widgets,  the new version have many performance issue fixes and also displays ads when you browse through the content.

Google-Powered Handsets Scheduled To Lift The Covers In February?

Google the online supremo has already booked two stands for the powerhouse gathering of the global mobile industry- Mobile World Congress expo which kicks off on February 11th in Barcelona.

Probably, these handsets will be shiny snazzy models they are looking to impress the huge gathering.

Amazing List Of Windows Mobile Products For This Holiday Season

Despite Apple iPhone controls the smartphone market, most of the people still love the choice and variety of the Windows Mobile lineup, and the versatility these devices have that Apple has chosen not include with their phone.

It seems the best lineup is either at T-Mobile (which has only three phones, but great versions of the slide-out keyboard PDA, consumer smartphone, and business Q-type) or Sprint (which has a free slide-out PDA, great Q, and the only one with the Touch).

AT&T’s lineup is too quirky, filled with Q-types, plus the dual slider, but they do have a cheap Palm. Verizon’s lineup is pathetic and too expensive.

Want To Read PDF Documents On Your iPod or Any Mobiles Phone?Here’s An extremely Useful Utility.

The 500kb free tool called “eBook to Images”, converts your Adobe PDF documents, Word Documents or text files to images that very readable on the small screens.

This powerful tool allows you to specify the screen size of your portable device and generates images of the same dimensions.

The tool also lets you to change the text orientation, fonts and the colors to suit the devices.

Now go find some free ebooks and get reading.

Download “eBook to Images” at MerlinSoftware.com.

Windows 6.1 Mobile Walkthrough[Video]

Boy Genius posted a video walkthrough of beautiful Windows Mobile OS v 6.1 on a MOTO Q9 mobile.

The interesting features of Windows 6.1 Mobile OS are

• Threaded SMS
• Vista home theme
• Internet Explorer with Zoom in/out facility
• Copy/paste functionality in IE
• Recent programs in start menu

Via Boy Genius

Flash 3 Lite Now Available For Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition

At last Adobe has finally released the much awaited Flash Lite 3 beta for S60 3rd Edition and stressing that this is intended to be for developers and it is not consumer-focused.

So you can download and play around this beta version only if you don't mind annoying bugs.

Google unveils a killer application for iPhone

Google unveiled today an iPhone application that integrates Google's numerous services into a single interface.Over time, Google also planning the same will be available for other mobile devices.

The new application make it easier for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google services as search, Gmail, Calendar, and Reader by clicking on the navigation bar at the top.

New Nokia PC Suite - Synchs Vista Calendar With Device

The new Nokia PC Suite application release has couple of new interesting features like

• Windows Vista Calendar synch
• message preview window to see the latest incoming messages(Wow!! IM style)
• New user interface
• File drag and drop features
• Bug fixes and improvements to stability

Download Nokia PC Suite - English (UK) version 6.85

Let us hear your experience through comments

Thanks Vaibhav

Nokia Releases PC Suite 2.0 Beta

Nokia beta labs announced PC Suite 2.0 beta application with lots of new features

• Nokia Photos
• Single Click Sync
• User friendly installation
• Improved stability

Grab the application from Nokia Beta Labs

Android (Google Phone) Demo

Google released a video showcasing Android, the Google initiated Open Handset Operating System. Android is a Linux-based open source mobile operating system which is looking promising and expected to be widely available through all the major Mobile devices from starting of 2009 onwards.

In the video Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz discuss the availability of the SDK, that it will be open source in the future, and demo applications on the Android platform.

The features covered in the video demonstration are

1. Beautiful and Intelligent Touch Sensitive User Interface
2. High Quality Graphics applications like Globe, and Quake like Games
3. Messenger like applications for Chatting on Mobiles with beautiful alerting user interface
4. High Speed Internet Access with wider and clear display
5. Integration of Google Maps information with Contacts and easy Google Maps accessing

Also Google announced Android Developer Challenge that will award $10 million to developers who build great applications for Android. If you are developer, why don't you try your luck?

Nokia 1011: The First Commercial GSM Phone Released 15 Years Ago

Nokia's 1011 is the worlds first commercial GSM digital mobile phone. This phone was introduced 15 years ago on 10th November 1992.

The Nokia's 1011 was not the first GSM Phone and the honor goes to unnamed handset developed by Nokia for Finland's Radiolinja network in 1991.

Nokia 1011 was the first GSM phone to go into mass production and it was adopted by UK Mobile giants Vodafone and Cellnet(now O2) .

via RegHardware and Story of Nokia

Freedom to Your iPhone/iPod With a Single Click - Powered By JailBreakMe.Com

JailBreakMe.Com is a great web site for all iPhone and iPod lovers who want to install third party applications on their iPhones/iPods. With the help of this site, it is a matter of single click to release all the locks and security restrictions implemented by Apple on iPhone/iPods to disallow third party applications.

Point your safari browser to http://jailbreakme.com and click on Install AppSnapp. It automatically downloads and installs a tiny application called Installer by exploiting the security holes in Safari browser.

After installing the application restart your phone once and you will find a new icon Installer on your phone. Now your phone is ready to install all the beautiful applications available on net.

Another interesting news is, Jail breaking not only allows you to install applications on your iPhone but also fixes a bug in Safari browser and makes the phone more secured. [Tuaw]