The wait is over ladies and gentlemen, the iPhone / iPhone 3G OS has been updated to version 2.2 thanks to the latest software update available today via iTunes. As with prior updates, you will need to connect your iPhone to your computer via USB cable and have iTunes installed to join in the fun. At the top of the agenda for the 2.2 Software Update is none other than Google Street View which takes you on a virtual tour of your surroundings with street-level navigation. Also making an appearance in the 2.2 Update is the ability to get walking direction, find public transit schedules, check fairs and estimate your travel time.
Also Included in this update:
- Enhancements to Maps: Display address of dropped pins, Share location via email
- Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls
- Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings
- Enhancements to Mail: Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email, Improved formatting of wide HTML email
- Improved sound quality of Visual Voice Mail Messages
While we load the 2.2 Software Update on our iPhone we’d like to hear from the readers. Has Apple finally resolved that 3G signal, does fetching of email live up to the hype? Let us know in the comments and we’ll be sure to report back to you with our findings a little later today.
Today, Opera Software unveiled its newly nipped and tucked social- networking site My Opera. With a focus on performance, design and usability, the revamped My Opera promises to be a smoother and more functional online haven for fun, friends and creative content. Upon entering the revitalized My Opera, members are greeted by a new personal homepage which offers an ample 1 GB of storage space for private content. From this homepage, users will have access to My Opera news, events and a friends activity feed. The friends activity feed is mutually agreed upon by My Opera members and tracks community participation, such as blog comments or new friend updates.
“My Opera is a community where members are actually heard and not just accumulated. We listened to what they wanted and we have delivered,” said Espen Andre Øverdahl, Community Manager, Opera Software. “It was important to us to create a user-driven environment where people can manage their private data as well as have a voice. My Opera continues to serve as an online creative outlet for sharing opinions, meeting new people and discovering new insight, and we plan to continue putting users first as we develop and grow this enthusiastic community.”
Opera set out to streamline My Opera further for surfing on any device, ensuring a great Web experience on a computer, mobile phone or a gaming device. The overall look and feel of My Opera will coincide with the freshly launched www.opera.com in order to deliver a more unified browsing experience across Opera’s domains. In addition, a new Opera Link drop-down menu provides users with easier access to their synchronized content, as well as the ability to merge duplicate bookmarks.
Here are a few highlights of the new My Opera
- Spotlight - Use the spotlight function to highlight a particular blog you enjoyed and use your influence to encourage others to visit this blog.
- New language versions - My Opera’s user interface will be available in six languages, including English, Japanese, Norwegian, Chinese, Italian and Spanish. Russian and Vietnamese are coming soon!
- “Friends activity feed” - As mentioned above, the friends feed notifies users when friends update their blogs, join a group chat or enter a My Opera contest.
- New blog themes - Give your blog a facelift with My Opera’s new blog designs, including the new, official My Opera look or the edgier “In the shadows” theme.
- Focus on phones - My Opera has been optimized for surfing on a mobile phone. For example, pictures are now smaller for faster loading.
- Slideshow - Once you have uploaded your pictures, simply click the “View Slideshow” button for a full screen display of your photos.
- And there’s much more. For more information on all the new My Opera features, visit my.opera.com.
MySpace, the world’s premier social network, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today announced record download numbers of the MySpace for BlackBerry® smartphones application in its first week of availability. Since the application’s launch on November 13, 2008 there have been more than 400,000 downloads which represents an all-time high for both MySpace and RIM in terms of first week application downloads. Through the MySpace for BlackBerry® smartphones application, users collectively sent and received more than 15 million messages and updated their mood and status over two million times in the first week.
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Today, T-Mobile USA, Inc., is introducing web2goSM, an intuitive and improved Web browsing experience designed to work across T-Mobile’s portfolio of phones. Web2go makes it easier to view and navigate the Web from basic voice phones and smartphones alike, providing customers with better Web browsing, improved search with Yahoo! oneSearch™, a customizable home page and a simplified shopping and download experience.
“We believe mobile Web access appeals to everyone, and web2go makes it easier than ever for customers to surf the Web from our broad lineup of phones,” said Denny Marie Post, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. “In addition to giving our customers the mobile Web, web2go provides a store front that will continue to grow with our customers, offering a range of products from the latest content to new innovative applications.”
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Bell today announced new Smartphone Combo Plans that provide Bell Mobility clients across Canada with 25% more minutes than competitor smartphone plans. “Smartphones are leading the growth in Canadian wireless and Bell is eager to accelerate that popularity further still with new industry-leading rate plans for our broad range of RIM BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones,” said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility. “With 25 percent more calling than competing carriers’ plans, smartphones just got better with Bell.”
Until December 31, new Bell Mobility clients who sign a three-year contract can choose between three Smartphone Combo Plans, starting at $45 per month. All plans include conference calling and call waiting. Continue reading
Vodafone has launched yet another promotion for its personal customers. This time, it will reimburse to subscribing customers ten times what they spend in national voice calls to the Vodafone mobile network in December. The reimbursed amount can be used during the following 30 days on national voice calls to Vodafone mobile numbers. Alternatively, customers can opt to get back the amount spent in December on those calls, without multiplication, and will be able to spend it on any type of call and without any time limit. Continue reading
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading provider of mobile phones and telecom systems, is proud to announce that it has won the ‘Asia Mobile Award’ for ‘Best Mobile Broadband handset/device’ with Samsung Innov8 by GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry. The award, announced at the Asia Mobile Award gala dinner on November 18th, praised Samsung Innov8’s almighty multimedia features and superb camera quality. Continue reading
Nokia today announced its newest research laboratory has been established in the Hollywood area of California, US. Nokia Research Center Hollywood will work with members of the media & entertainment industry including new technology companies and creative talent, together with leading universities in the region to drive long-term research activities to further strengthen Nokia’s leadership position in the convergence of internet and mobility. Continue reading
What happens when you mix the top Nokia N-Series device with a martial arts legend? The Bruce Lee Nokia N96 Limited Edition. At the moment no pricing or release date information is available, but as always we’ll keep you in the loop. For the meantime we are going to assume that the N96 Bruce Lee Edition will feature the same 16GB of internal memory, 2.8-inch QVGA screen, variety of 3G and WiFi connectivity options and the legendary 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Optics and Tessar lens. While we sort out the details have a peek at the packaging along with a YouTube Promotional video below.
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A CDMA-variant Palm Treo Pro has been rumored since the GSM model was released several months back. During that time, watchful eyes noticed speeds tests registering Sprint Touch Pro models which at the time seemed to be an anomaly. Apparently this mythical CDMA Palm Treo Pro is a bit more fact than fiction now that anonymous tipsters have released some rather interesting news to BGR. According to the inside source, we can expect to see the Sprint branded Palm Treo Pro in January 2009 with a tentative launch date of Jan 11th.
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