Here is the QuicklyBored Podcast with Wes Tam of Magmic that I said would be up yesterday but is instead up today. Sorry the quality is so bad but it’s hard to keep 20 minutes under 1GB. I sat down with Wes to primarily talk about mobile content distribution and how it pertains to the various platforms: iPhone, BlackBerry and WinMo. We also talked about Magmic’s upcoming game based on the Hollywood movie Eagle Eye.
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I’d really like to drive everyone’s attention to my post about the HTC Touch HD as a mobile entertainment device. This post has been killing me in the comments and so it clearly needs addressing. QuicklyBored readers know their stuff, so I’m going to repost the comments and address them. Quality comments guys, I appreciate it.
Continue reading about the HTC Touch HD and QB readers’ opinions
At Google’s Developer Day in London, a polished Android was showcased for all to see. All internet hype and rumors are pointing to the HTC Dream on T-Mobile being the first Google phone to hit the market and we can’t wait. I’m curious to see what sales will be like considering people are still riding the iPhone wave. Will this phone be much cheaper? Will it offer something truly unique that the iPhone does not? We’ll see.
[Update: T-Mobile will be announcing the HTC Dream with Android on Tuesday, September 23rd in New York]
Great post by Rob on Android Forums:
UPDATE 9/16/08
Looks like it will go like this:* September 23: T-Mobile/Google/HTC Dream Press Conference
* October 20th: Device Launch
Here is a sneak peek at the Yahoo! app for the iPhone called oneConnect. The above video is part 1 and part 2 is available after the jump. Yahoo! for iPhone is going to be your one-stop-shop for your mobile life. The app will connect you to your social networking sites, contacts and mobile web. Yahoo! is making a huge push into the mobile web space for consumers and I’m excited about the potential for iPhone.
Click through for more video and info about Yahoo! oneSearch for iPhone
Marco Boerries, the Executive Vice President of the Connected Life Division at Yahoo! announced the release of a Yahoo! app for iPhone today. The Yahoo! app is going to try and be your one-stop shop for everything mobile. The product will aggregate your social networks and web life with your mobile life. We’ll be keeping you updated on this product and go into more details later. For now, we’re just breaking the news.
Steve Jobs has been widely quoted as saying the iPod Touch and of course the iPhone is the “best portable device for games.” I would agree with him in some respects but his quote is mostly based on the fact that the phone is getting such incredible downloads. As a mobile gaming enthusiast, I have to acknowledge all the other platforms and it would be hard for me to say the iPhone is the best hands down. What I will say, is that the iPhone has done the industry a huge service by showing people that gaming on a phone can be fun.
Click through to read more about Steve Jobs and iPhone games
Spore came out for the iPhone on Friday. We’ve done a ton of reporting on this game and we’re very happy it’s out for iPhone. We’ve yet to test this game out but EA are great game developers and I’m sure it will impress. Stay tuned on QuicklyBored and we’ll get our hands on the game to show you an in depth look.
[Via mobile-ent.biz]
William Gillis, an iPhone 3G user was so sick of his iPhone underperforming that he is now suing. The basis for the lawsuit isn’t that the device was faulty, but rather that too many of them were sold and are therefore overloading the network.
Recently, an AT&T worker suggested that connection issues are directly related to too many iPhones sucking up network power. The lawsuit hinges on this fact and suggests that AT&T as well as Apple, have sold the product past what the network can handle. If this case is won, there could be compensation for users experiencing similar problems.
[Via AppleInsider]
Windows Mobile 7 isn’t set to launch any time soon, my guess is not for another year, but with its release will come Skymarket - the MS response to iTunes. Skymarket will let you browse, purchase and download applications and games over the air. With over 20,000 applications available for WinMo, we’re looking forward to seeing how Skymarket will cut the fat and leave us only the juicy and delicious programs that make our phone great. Will it be a high-maintenance approach like Nokia’s download service? Or will it be open and user moderated like the upcoming Android Market?
However it’s moderated, it is still a key ingredient in making Microsoft more competitive in the mobile space and that makes us happy. The more the merrier!
[Via The Guardian]
Android will be launching an app store called Android Market. This is really exciting news because a handset manufacturer making its own app store is way better than a carrier doing the same. There has been talk of T-Mobile rolling out an iTunes like app store but the problem is that a carrier will not be able to reap the same benefits as a manufacturer when it comes to selling your own apps. If a manufacturer begins to reap the profits of a healthy app store, it can afford to make better and cheaper hardware that will in turn feed the app store. Creating a perpetual cycle of awesomeness. If T-Mobile were to run its own app store, those profits can’t get reinvested in hardware for the consumer. We love the iTunes store because it makes a million dollars a day and allows Apple to focus on making the hardware better.
[Via Mobile Burn]
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