Dear Readers,
thanks to a total power grid failure by NS HighSpeed, my train which was scheduled to arrive in Amsterdam at 9h25 has arrived only at like 13h00.
But, I am here now:
DevCon Europe Reporting starts soon – visit our sister site TamsBlackBerry to find out more:
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An article from Forbes – inaccurately titled How China Ate Android – is currently making circles all over Nokia employee’s Twitter streams.
It contains the following passage, which is highlighted by the Nokia folks:
How is it possible the mid-tier Android vendors cannot eke out revenue growth with that kind of global Android unit explosion still going on?
The most likely explanation is the rapid expansion of the low-cost Android phone vendors, particularly ZTE and Huawei. I
Sadly, they fail to read on – as it contains the following passage, also:
… they are also eyeing other device segments. ZTE’s Windows model Tania is debuting in the UK at the monthly contract rate of 10 pounds – half of what the Nokia 710 will cost.
If you ask me, Nokia would have fared best with a proper version of Symbian – with Android being the second best. The reason for this has been outlined here before: while Windows Phone 7 is a nice platform, it is, by design, unsuitable for creating high end phones.
However, all the eeking and squeaking mainly takes place in the mid-range area. High-end Android devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Note have little to fear from Chinese manufactutrers – they prefer the cushier mid- and low-range markets to the cold winds faced in the profitable, but challenging high-end market.
Let’s quote Winston Churchill: “I am not a person to be prodded. If anything, I am the prod”.
Sadly, Nokia has all but given up that position. So, better invest in impact dampers – and get aquainted to that prod…
We at the Tamoggemon Team wish our readers a Very Happy New Year 2012.
We would like to thank all our readers who visited our website and participated in the discussions. Without you, we would have been nothing
You Rock People…!!!! Happy New Year 2012.
When the XBox 360 as released long time ago, it was just another console. It was marred by the popularity and prowess of the PS3 and the ingenuity of the Wii.
Wii was the console that popularized the concept of motion gaming going extreme. Soon Sony jumped in by introducing the PlayStation Move, which mimicked the Wii on a superior and proven console.
What Microsoft did was to introduce the Kinect, the controller without boundaries.
Almost immediately following the launch of Kinect, hobbyists and academics from around the world embraced Kinect possibilities in ways that surprised and delighted. And with the launch of a non-commercial software development kit, we saw even more exciting and creative applications in the areas of healthcare, rehab, education and so much more. As we watched these stories unfold, the term “The Kinect Effect” emerged in hallway conversations at Microsoft as a way to describe the amazing and creative ways Kinect was being used.
What began as pure entertainment had taken a new form altogether. See for yourself
Frank X Shaw over at the Technet blog quotes
Bill Gates once said, “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years, and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10." Last year was an incredible year for the Kinect Effect, and with so many fantastic ideas made real in just the one year, I can’t wait to look back in nine!
Being an avid gamer and having owned a lot of consoles myself, I can vouch that no console is inferior when it comes to gaming and enjoyment, but I must really commend Microsoft and the guys who got this idea to transform the Kinect into something unexpected.
We all have indulged in piracy of some kind or the other at some point in our lives. And to tell that we haven’t is to make a fool of ourselves.
A nice piece of read regarding this is at http://www.abc.net.au, where the author questions the direction copyright has traversed since inception.
Nowadays, copyright barely resembles what it was originally designed for i.e. to protect both parties: inventors and content creators on the one side and the public on the other. Corporate America and government compliance have written out public interests in many instances.
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One of the main reasons we all have anti-piracy slogans embedded in our brains is because the music industry chose to try and protect its existing market and revenue streams at all costs and marginalise and vilify those who didn’t want to conform to the harsh new rules being set.
The article can be read here
Google is extremely fast at launching services – unfortunately, some less successful ones get to bite the bullet from time to time. It now is time for another few services to see the white light.
In particular, the following services will soon be gone:
Code Search, which was designed to help people search for open source code all over the web, will be shut down along with the Code Search API on January 15, 2012.
In a few weeks we’ll shut down Google Buzz and the Buzz API, and focus instead on Google+. While people obviously won’t be able to create new posts after that, they will be able to view their existing content on their Google Profile, and download it using Google Takeout.
Jaiku, a product we acquired in 2007 that let users send updates to friends, will shut down on January 15, 2012. We’ll be working to enable users to export their data from Jaiku.
Several years ago, we gave people the ability to interact socially on iGoogle. With our new focus on Google+, we will remove iGoogle’s social features on January 15, 2012. iGoogle itself, and non-social iGoogle applications, will stay as they are.
The University Research Program for Google Search, which provides API access to our search results for a small number of approved academic researchers, will close on January 15, 2012.
Should anyone of you be using one of these services, it is now time to look for an alternative…
There were rumors and reports about a behemoth of memory card in the making. But we never knew who was going to release it. The massive SanDisk 64GB microSDXC memory card. The memory card can hold approximately 30,000 digital photos, more than 2,000 music albums and over 24 hours of 720p HD video footage – so there’s more than enough room!
Interestingly, you can drop the memory card from ten foot high and it would still work and it has a 5 year guarantee, so you know you’ve got a quality and durable product.
The card will be available with Mobillefun UK who would be selling it form the 3rd October for £139.95. Though the card is a bit pricey but the amount of room you will get for your money is unbelievable.
Also, very few phones at present support external memory beyond 32 GB. Nothing much to add here.
The UK retailer MobileFun is well known for selling all kinds of brand and self-sourced products at competitive prices. Their recent introduction of the StuckBuddy left more than one individual scratching his head…what’s the fuzz all about?
First of all, the usual. MobileFun’s products ship in a padded envelope from the UK:
The blister of the StuckBuddy got a nice beating during the mailing.
Nevertheless, the contents were a-OK:
The whole idea of the device is that you stick it onto the back of a phone or tablet – like our unfortunate Samsung Wave:
Then, the whole thing is turned around for a cradle-like effect:
In my tests, the sticking effect worked well on devices which had a ‘flat’ area on the back where the StuckBuddy can attach. The Samsung Wave is a bad example – if its removable battery cover is partially under the suction cup, the sticking effect ends after approximately two minutes…
This device clearly plays in the useless, but so adorable category. It obviously won’t replace a kick stand or cradle, but hey – its better than nothing. Given the price of 5 GBP (and the money back guarantee), I don’t know much more to write here…
We always like to share good ads with our readers. This time we have a fun little ad on Vimeo called the Nokia walk of life, by Boomtown Productions.
Nokia Walk of Life from Boomtown Productions on Vimeo.
Though it is not official, but is truly good. Enjoy…!!
Two years ago, Symbian staff spoke about upcoming dial-core handsets. All kinds of device rumors have since been published – and both NVidia and TI have now published extra info.
NVidia
First of all, NVidia published a PDF whitepaper on dual core processors.
The most interesting claim is one of reduced power drain:
TI
TI announced a 1,5GhZ version of its dual-core OMAP processor. Semiconductor-interested individuals can read up more at the URL above…
Using hard disks with a capacity of more than 3TB is difficult with Windows XP – the operating system does not support the GPT addressing scheme needed.
Paragon Software has now created an application called GPT Loader, which fixes the issue. It does not allow you to boot, but lets you access the data stored on such a disk.
As an introductory event, Paragon currently gives away free copies of the app. Find out more about the program via the URL below:
http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/gpt-loader/index.html
The phenomenon of SMS is something I never truly understood – ever since mobile data was available, sending SMS became unattractive if just due to the insane prices.
Mobile Apps Briefing now reports the following:
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Group CEO Vittorio Colao noted that revenue from mobile data is nearing that generated by messaging, which is predominantly made up of SMS traffic.
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The core issue I see here is that there still is no unified IM system which is supported by all phones – if we had that, SMS revenue would fall a whole lot faster…
Traditionally, users bought apps with the intention to keep using them for a long time. After the iPhone hit the road, rumors stated that many of the apps are bought and discarded immediately afterwards.
Mobile Business Briefing now reports the following:
A UK consumer survey suggests that UK customers will “waste” almost £750 million during 2010 on paid-for mobile applications which are not subsequently used. According to the poll, commissioned by MyVoucherCodes, 79 percent of respondents are “highly unlikely” to use applications they have paid to download more than once
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Not much to add here…
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