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Nokia N95 wireless adventure begins May 26
Damian Koh | Apr 13, 2007
This should get your blood pumping and adrenalin rushing if you're a fan of The Amazing Race. Nokia is organizing its own wireless adventure in conjunction with the recently launched GPS-enabled N95.
Registration starts now and interested participants can log onto the Web site to find out more details. Closing date is on May 13 and 30 teams will be selected for the race that flags off on May 26 in Singapore.
"We are looking for participants who are Internet-savvy and street smart, but most importantly, people who know how to have fun and express themselves. Let the race begin!" said Chris Carr, general manager for Nokia Singapore in the press release.
Participants are not required to drive since tokens will be given for transport in the race. More details will be revealed to the selected teams but one thing's for sure: Don't dream of hiding extra cash in your shoes.
The winning team will stand to win a cash prize of S$5,000 (US$3,550.88) and a pair of Nokia N95. So what are you waiting for? Grab your buddy, girlfriend, boyfriend, partner, spouse, enemy and register at the official Web site.
Nokia N73 Godfather edition not coming to Asia
Damian Koh | Apr 13, 2007
Take out your tissues because the Nokia N73 Godfather edition won't be making its way to Asia, according to the Finnish company.
The special edition of the Nokia N73, which commemorates the 35th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece, The Godfather, ships with a 256MB miniSD card preloaded with the full-length movie so you can enjoy it on the phone. What's also really cool is that you can suggest to Nokia which movie you'd like to see on the next Nseries device.
Too bad that we folks in Asia won't be getting any love from The Godfather. The special edition N73 will be available in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romanian, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela at a later date.
Now's the time to hit your address book to see if you have any friends in the above-mentioned countries.
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iStockphoto images for your cell phone
Stephen Shankland, CNET Crave | Apr 12, 2007
iStockphoto, an online subsidiary of stock-art seller Getty Images, is taking its business to consumers.
The company typically sells images to newspapers, ad agencies and others with a large appetite for photos and illustrations, but on Wednesday it announced a partnership with Amuse Entertainment Group to let ordinary folks download images to use as mobile phone wallpaper.
The companies began a pilot phase of the project in the United Kingdom. Subscribers using the Orange, O2, T-Mobile, 3, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone networks will be able to download images beginning in April.
The pilot could be expanded to the United States and Canada. A second phase will make the image library available worldwide.
Picture credit: Wikipedia
This article was first published on Crave.
The wait for Apple's iPhone continues
Damian Koh | Apr 11, 2007
The wait for the iPhone to reach Asian shores is like the song that never ends--nerve-wreaking. Fret not. A Swedish company, Neonode, has an offer that could possibly tide us over meanwhile.
Okay, so the Neonode N2 is expected to be available in only European markets this spring and summer, but that doesn't mean it won't come to us eventually. In fact, any time before 2008 (when the iPhone descends in Asia) would be great.
At a glance, the N2 has its sights aimed at the Cupertino company's iPhone with a 2-inch, 176 x 220-pixel optical touchscreen display complete with the fancy finger gesture user navigation. The Neonode N2 is also a quadband phone with a 2-megapixel autofocus camera, MP3 playing facilities, Bluetooth connection and a miniSD expansion card slot.
So what do we good people have to do now? Simple. Wait patiently.
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Palm developing its own Linux-based platform
Erica Ogg, CNET News.com | Apr 11, 2007
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Other news sources have reported that Palm will introduce products based on its Linux platform later this year. When contacted, Palm was unable to comment on whether these products would be available in the Asia-Pacific region.
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At Palm's analyst and investor conference in New York Tuesday, CEO Ed Colligan announced that the company was investing in a new Linux-based platform for its line of Treo smart phones.
Colligan said the Linux platform "will build a new foundation for Palm" and give the company, users and developers more flexibility.
The platform has been in development for "a number of years", he said, but emphasized repeatedly that Palm is still committed to the Palm OS and will continue to ship products based on that platform.
Those were the only details provided.
Access purchased PalmSource, developer of the Palm OS in 2005, and last year licensed Palm OS back to Palm. Access then rebranded its version of the platform as Garnet OS and is developing its own Linux version of the platform.
This article was first published on Crave.
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