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Since its release, Google Web Toolkit has shown itselt as a highly portable tool. One example is Chronoscope, developed by Timepedia.  It is used for charting and visualization tasks within web pages.

Chronoscope started as a Javascript library that was later developed using GWT. Moreover it has an Android version developed from the original, after just eight hours of “Android exploration”.

It has a wide functionality:

• Canvas abstraction for drawing vector graphs
• Graph Style Sheets abstraction for configuring the look-and-feel of charts
• Scalable multiresolution rendering supporting up to tens of thousands of points
• Zoom and pan at interactive frame rates, from centuries to milliseconds
• Auto-ranging, auto-layout of chart axes and ticks.
• Auto-legend, and mini-chart Overview
• Add pushpin markers, domain and range markers, and overlays like Google Maps
• Bookmarkable chart state, works with Back button
• JS interopability. GWT API can be used by pure Javascript programmers
• Microformat support. Charts can be configured without programming.
• Server-side Font assistance. Render rotated text.
• Portable, Chronoscope is not tied to GWT, can be used to render from servlets, applets, or other environments.

For further information and download go to the Chronoscope main page.

Last night, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, announced in an interview with Forbes at the Churchill Club dinner in Santa Clara that a 3G version of Apple’s iPhone will come out next year.

No more details where revealed, but is another huge declaration confirming last SevenClick exclusive related to the expected 3G iPhone launching in May 2008.

Whole interview here by Barron’s
Thanks Santiago P.

Half a year after the launch of their Mobile Banking solution, Bank of America has announced that they have reached the number of 500.000 users of this mobile based solution. This number is really awesome, as long as it represents a higher number of users than the rest of USA banks together. Don’t forget that Bank of America has got 23 million on-line customers.

“We’re thrilled with the initial customer response and expect this trend to continue as more people discover the convenience of accessing their accounts while on-the-go,” said Lance Drummond, e-Commerce and ATM executive for Bank of America. “Mobile Banking gives our customers the freedom, control and security to bank anywhere, anytime.”

SevenClick believes that Mobile Banking is about to spread. We are currently working in a Mobile Banking Solution that will revolutionize how Mobile Banking is perceived by customers. Our goal is to bring Mobile Banking to end users in an easy way, fostering customer adoption.  And it can only be achieved making Mobile Banking really easy to use. Follow SevenClick blog for new information about this solution.

Via FierceWireless 

Via Slashphone, we have found the list of the top-sellers handsets in the US market for Q3 2007. This list is issued by the Strategy Analytics ProductTRAX program.

The study says that 3G devices accounted for 55 percent of these top selling device volumes, and that share is expected to keep growing.

Here’s the list:

• Motorola RAZR V3
• Motorola RAZR V3m
• LG VX8300
• Apple iPhone
• LG Chocolate VX8550/8500
• Motorola MOTOKRZR K1m
• Samsung SGH-A707
• LG VX5300
• Sanyo Katana II
• Motorola V323i/V325i

No doubt, the winner is Motorola with 4 in 10 handsets. Moreover, Motorola holds first and second thanks to a couple of not new at all handsets. This would point to consumers choosing mid-end handsets, that are much more affordable than others high-end models like Apple iPhone or Nokia N95.

By the way, it could be surprising that, despite all the hype for iPhone, it only hits the 4th place in the list.

What I would like to see is the list of income by these manufacters… I wonder if Motorola will remain at first place!

Via Slashphone

Samsung Electronics have announced  a single-chip radio frequency identification (RFID) reader for mobile phones. This way, Samsung advances its strategy of offering “anytime, anywhere mobile access to information” as said Dr. Chilhee Chung, senior vice president of Samsung Electronics’ System LSI division.

Mobile RFID technology has been trying to take off during the last  couple of years without significant results. I still remember the first prototypes made by Nokia including an RFID chip. The chip wasn’t actually integrated in the mobile phone board, but attached to the device’s back cover. In My opinion, RFID and NFC are key technologies in mobile market. We are looking forward to see them integrated in mobile phones as widely as bluetooth is. What’s the main drawback of integrating RFID? It cost 11$ per device in terms of patent royalties. Very Expensive, Isn’t it?

Via Cellular News

Yesterday, Didier Lombard, chief executive of Orange, commented that the goal of the french mobile operator is to sell 100.000 iPhones from today until December the 31st (which means to sell about 3.000 devices each day).

Today, Orange confirmed their prices:

• The unlocked (contract free)  version will be sold at a price of 649 €.
• The contract version is available at 399 € plus 49 €  (if you choose two years contract) or 119 € each moth (if you choose the one year contract).

Anyway, both prices are quite cheaper than the german ones launched by Deutsche Telekom.

Via: Reuters

This week we have read an interesting interview in Fortune’s Big Tech with Greg Joswiak, the Apple’s iPod and iPhone marketing manager.

It the interview, he talks about Apple’s past and future, about the iPod as a revolutionary MP3 player and, what is certainly more interesting,  about native application development on iPhone and iPod Touch by using the incoming SDK (to be launched in February 2008).

Of course, he gave Apple’s point of view about the controversial decision of requiring the native applications to be signed: According him, it is nothing but a security improvement.

This has become the center of many discussions as it is seen by many developers as an Apple’s interference and something totallty unnecessary (Mac’s third party applications are not signed and there is no secury breach…)

What is your opinion?

Read the full interview here.

Following the same path initiated by other brands like Levi’s, Disney, Prada, etc.. TAG Heuer is lauching, during the second half of next year,  its own line of mobile phones. TAG Heuer has signed an agreement with ModeLabs Group, OEM mobile phone manufacturer, to lauch a TAG Heuer branded line of mobile phones, not just a single model but a whole line of devices. TAG Heuer has committed to a 3-year term with this contract.

Via Cellular News

According to Engadget Mobile, Google and AT&T could be discussing the possibility of the latter to join Open Handset Alliance. Ralph de la Vega — AT&T Wireless CEO — said that the provider is, “Analyzing the situation,” concerning the use of Google’s Android operating system for some of its handsets. As you might know, T-Mobile and Sprint have already joined OHA. So, If AT&T joins OHA, Verizon Wireless will be the only USA operator not offering OHA handsets.

This information is only a rumor, nothing has been officially confirmed.

Via Engadget Mobile

Version 1.7.7 of EclipseME has been released. This version provides a small set of bug fixes against version 1.7.6.

In addition, this release now copies the launchable resources (JAD and JAR) files to temporary storage before launching, allowing builds and other launches to complete successfully. This will be the last EclipseME release supporting version 3.2 of Eclipse. Upcoming releases will require at least Eclipse 3.3.

To install it, check installation instructions at http://eclipseme.org/docs/installation.html.

Link EclypseME