Another Day With My PC

Sprint-Nextel Corporation announced that it will incorporate “Geobrowsing” in its WiMax service. This system will improve location-based services levels ahead from its current state.

Called Xohm, the service boasts a wide variety of location-based features and services that users can avail of no matter what the mobile device they are using. Sprint teamed up with a lot of companies to make this service possible. Sprint will primarily utilize uLocate’s WHERE platform. This will allow communications with other telecommunication groups like Yelp, Topix, Eventful, NAVTEQ and AccuWeather.

Sprint is also hasting its way to come up with a special API for developers that will be used to combine into their own software. These APIs will also be available to all Xohm network users whether they are subscribe thru a mobile phone, laptop or music player.

The only problem that experts see is that the service requires information to pass Sprint’s web portal before it can reach the mobile phones or laptops of users. This implies among many other things, a limitation on the type of applications that developers can create.

Xohm with uLocate’s WHERE platform will be available in Baltimore starting September. Chicago and Washington, DC will have the service very soon.

Source: ArsTechnica

Nokia unmasked two new advanced mobile phones. Named the N79 and N85, these two phones are predicted to top mobile phone wish lists, specially this coming Christmas.

The new phones will be available to buyers this October. N79 and N85 both sport a 5-megapixel camera. The units are a mere advancement of their predecessors. The unit will also come with pre-loaded games.

The N79 phone also sports an N-Gage gaming platform, a 3.5mm jack, stereo speakers, stereo Bluetooth, FM transmitter and radio. It has a Symbian S60 processor that sports a clear 2.4-inch display. It can show up to 16 million colors.

The N85 unit on the other hand is a two-way slider. Each model reveals either a numeric keypad or music shortcuts. Like the N79, it is a Symbian S60 smartphone with 2.6” OLED display. It also sports an N-Gage gaming platform. It has 3.5mm jack, stereo Bluetooth, stereo speakers, FM transmitter and radio.

These new phones are Nokia’s answers to the fast growing popularity of new smart phones coming from Apple and Samsung.

Nokia currently controls 40 percent of the total global cell phone market. Its shares immediately increased 2 percent following the unveiling of these new smart phones. Analysts agree that the unveiling of the two phones is a good business move.

Nokia will also release its first touch screen phone, codenamed “Tube”, later this year.

The N85 will be priced at $662 while the N79 will go for $512.

Source: Reuters

The world is getting smaller, and so are the things that virtually make it go around. No, I’m not talking about the value of our money. Money doesn’t make the world go round, but I’m certain that you won’t be able to go around the world without your mobile phone, laptop, or pocket PC.

It seems that every electronic gadget gets a centimeter smaller every year, and that goes double for the PC. A few decades ago, you would need a large room just to be able to set up a computer in your own home. Today, you won’t need the services of a carpenter to make room for your PC. Your tailor could do that now for you.

While notebooks have already made waves around the world, pocket PCs are also trying to establish themselves as viable alternatives to the desktop. Not everybody’s too crazy about them though. Well, at least not yet.

I haven’t tried using one to surf the net. However, I’ve heard that it can easily browse through Web sites like a typical notebook. I’m not that ready or excited to go that tiny yet. I’m already happy with my 14.1-inch laptop. Even though it needs occasional maintenance and optimization, it still meets my everyday demands.

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