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People of iLoveWindowsMobile have new software available, Winterface: The next generation Shell

Winterface is the Next Generation Shell for Windows Mobile comprising the options of a launcher, a task manager, and multitude of Today plug-ins. Winterface virtually replaces default interface of touch screen Windows Mobile devices and gives the user unprecedented freedom to easily lay out interface exactly the way they like it.

Features:

• exclusive interface constructor
• task manager & launcher
• finger-friendly interface
• unprecedented freedom of customization

It looks like really great, and it is a great idea if you want to have an iPhone-like interface in your WindowsMobile, and it is as cheap as the rest of the iLoveWindowsMobile software, it is for 19,95$ (12,70€),

Link Winterface

According to Mitchell Baker words, FireFox Mobile will be available this year, probably at the end of the year, Maybe Christmas?

They have to do a great job to beat current mobile browsers, and of course their target are smartphones and it will come with a lot of great features.

Via Bitelia

2 days left to have the iPhone 3G in our hands! The world is excited.

iPhone 3G unboxing video,

People waiting for the iPhone in front of stores around the world. In Harajuku (Tokio) people are waiting since yesterday (many people for a mobile phone launch I think, that is because japanese love iPhone)

There are some new great cases too for the iPhone 3G in this link

iPhone is going to make us crazy :D

Via: MacNN

Since Steve Jobs announced the new iPhone, on sale on July 11th, companies have been working hard to get versions of its products suited to this device.

Google could not miss this meeting and a few days ago it has update its website with one link to access the new version of its chat.

Google Talk Gadget, which is the name that has given at this version of chat from the iPhone, simply using the Safari browser (using ajax) and a Gmail account.

Via Engadet Mobile

“Nokia Email service is mobile email made easy.” This can be read on the official Nokia Email website, home of a new service still in beta, which will help you if you are one of these Internet addicts who need a permanent link to your online world. Thanks to it, you will have Push Email on you Nokia smartphone, enjoying real-time follow-up of your email accounts.

As a beta service, it only works with POP and IMAP accounts. “Corporate email and MSN Hotmail are not currently supported”, Nokia explains… but hey, read the FAQ : “There is no charge for using Nokia Email service during the beta trial.” Hope this lasts long!

Via Gizmóvil

Another game for the iPhone. Today is the well known videogame Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart. A funny racing game like the Mario Kart.

I still think iPhone could be a great videogame platform, maybe not for its graphics but for its interactivity, it is like a Nintendo DS, but including its acelerometers that brings a lot of fun and a different experience.

Polarbit is the creator of this amazing game for the iPhone, but it is not already for release, we must wait. :(
You can take a look to this well built game in this videos below. As you can see controls are easy and great solved.

Key features:

Stunning, console quality graphics

Twelve beautifully crafted tracks

The famous Crash Bandicoot cast of characters
A host of weapons, items and power-ups
Fully configurable controls

this game will be not only for the iphone, the supported platforms are: iPhone, Series 60, NGI, Brew.

Link Polarbit

Movistar will bring you this cell phone next friday here in Spain and plans will be revealed this thursday.

Movistar today announces that next thursday at 13h will unveil its plans for the iPhone 3G.

There are some rumored plans pending to confirm, 15€ online flat rate for 200MB (overtaken this MB, online velocity will fall till 128kb/s)  or 25€ online flat rate for 1GB (overtaken this GB, online velocity will fall till 128kb/s), plus voice rates cost.

Don´t bite your nails!

Via Applesfera

Probably only a few of you readers know who Michael Mace is.  Well, I think that he will introduce himself better than me:

“I’m a principal at Rubicon Consulting, where we help tech companies solve tough strategy and marketing problems. Drop by and sign up for our newsletter. I’m former Chief Competitive Officer and VP of Product Planning at Palm, VP of Strategic Marketing at PalmSource, director of Mac Platform Marketing at Apple, and served in a lot of other roles. For more info on me, visit my website.”

Pretty Impressve, isn’t it? Apart from these, he writes a personal blog named “Mobile Oportunity” where he analyses, very precissely I must admit, key events related to mobile world.  He is not very prolific (Michael, if you read this, please, don’t take it as a critic :P ), one post a week, but his posts are always worth reading.

One of the his last posts has been specially interested for me. It talks about Psion, a company we could cald Symbian’s father. The post mentions an extremelly interesting article by The Register about Psion, which is also worth reading.

Please, take this advice and spent (not waste) some time reading both articles.  You will not regret it.

Link Mobile Oportunity - The end of the dream
Link The Register - Psion the last computer

OpenMoko Freerunner came out past July 4th, after some months waiting for this new release of the most open cellphone in the market. We have talked about it a couple of times.

As Neo 1973, the target of Neo Freerunner is mainly developers and hackers more than mainstream users.

It includes some very interesting features:

• AGPS
• WIFI
• 3axis Motion Sensors
• 2,8” touch screen VGA (640×480)

… but lacks some others like 3G and camera.

Anyway, the release seems to have been succesful since OpenMoko’s web store has sold out the GSM 900 model. OpenMoko also has a handful of distributors, but no data about availability is provided.

Link OpenMoko

This news has gone unnoticed but in really specialized blogs. Openwave’s mobile clients business has been acquired by Purple Labs. This includes Openwave’s browser and client messaging products including all code, patents, customer contracts and the engineering team.

Openwave was the leading mobile browser vendor few years ago. But his business has vanished as WAP has been fading away and mobile versions of desktop browsers (Webkit, Opera) has appeared on the scene. This explains the low price of the acquisition: just $30 million.

Purple Labs is a French company backed by European venture capital firms and is the only independent software vendor with a complete Linux solution for mass-market 3G phones. The deal will provide them not only the technical assets but an entry point to very important customers.

A very insightful analysis on this topic, as usual, on VisionMobile.

Via Moconews
Link VisionMobile