Google’s Mobile Barcodes

Google is going in another new and exciting way that is bringing mobile technology to search for businesses through bar codes. Google is pushing the 2D Mobile Bar code format as a camera friendly way to discover and save money on businesses in different areas. So far Google has shipped out 100,000 Mobile Bar codes to local businesses in 9000 towns across USA. The bar codes would be displayed in many shops windows where passerby would see it and scan it through there cell phones bar code scanning application. The bar codes could be used to offer coupons or other discounts in a store and might even link the user to an interactive web page.

Check this video to get more idea about how it works

No Link Between Brain Cancer and Mobile Phones

Since Mobile phones were introduced they were always criticized for being potential cause for many types of cancer mostly brain tumor.  Now the recent research by a Scandinavian has claimed that there is at least one form of cancer that is not tied with mobile phone and this is brain cancer knows as brain tumor.  But still it should be kept in mind Radiation from mobile phones is harmful and cant much be said till further research. But now the best part is that we at least wont have to worry about brain cancer.

XTreme Tweaks Must Have Application For WM 6.5

Been days we recommended some useful application so therefore today we got another very good application XTreme Tweaks for WM6.5 for all you out there. It’s a complete tweak package bundled with lot of useful, handy tweaks. It includes GUI Tweaks (start menu, scroll bar, phone keypad, clear type), System Tweaks (sms sent message, stk cervices, Increase font cache, Increase TCP/IP cache) and Other some great tweaks (sim contacts, auto-lock, sms threading, customer feedback, error reporting, In call recording, right soft key, smart touch). We were really impressed with its working and its going to be another application that’s going to be our favorite for long time. Also here is a video which show it working, good to watch for those who wants to get a clear idea of it.

Download Application here

Twitter Mobile Live

After a long time Twitter’s refreshed mobile site is now live. Twitter pointed out that this is just a preview and works best on Webkit browsers ( iPhone, Nokia S60, Android, Web OS, Palm) all comes with these browsers installed.   Black Berry and other browsers are not up to the standard.

http://m.twitter.com is still accessible, with gradual moving of users to the new site by twitter. Once all bugs and fixes are done it would completely shift it users to the new site.

The lists still do not appear on the mobile site yet. Overall it’s a good refresh from twitter and if you want to see how it works, feels then test it here

LG BL40 Christmas Edition

LG chocolate to make Christmas memorable has come up with LG BL-40 Chocolate special edition handset. This special edition features a black case with golden accents and a very good surprise 8 mega pixel camera with auto focus its schedule to be in South Korean market by December 10, 2009. Nothing yet about its international release, we hope by Mon the date for international release be out too.

India Blocks Fake IMEI Mobiles

Yesterday in India Millions of unbranded and largely Chinese mobile phones were disconnected by mobile service providers. It was all because of fake, invalid, illegal IMEI numbers. This action was taken by the Government of India for security purposes. Now mobile phones with no valid IMEI would not be connected to any mobile network across the country. According to Mobile companies about 25 Million such phones are being blocked. People prefer to buy cheap cell phones from gray market with lot of features but it seems that won’t be happening anymore.

Only One Maemo Smartphone by Nokia in 2010

We get to find out through Reuters that during next year Nokia will launch only one Smartphone with its new Maemo OS. That’s some bad news for everyone especially for Maemo enthusiasts. This movement gives an idea that Nokia is still loyal to its Symbian platform. It should be noted that Nokia is always full of surprises so one never know what might we see next year.

First Solar and WaterProof Mobile

Launched in Japan by Sharp the worlds first waterproof and solar powered mobile phone, amazing isn’t it? Soon we would be seeing more such phones in market. No need to carry a charger when on beach and no worry of it getting wet while there. Perfect for campers and hikers in short for people interested in outdoor activities where there is plenty of sun for mobile to charge. According to manufacturers 10 minutes of direct sunlight gives 1 whole min of talk time, good for emergency call if something goes wrong.

Nokia R&D Layoffs

Just four days ago Nokia lay off 330 jobs in Finland, Denmark (R&D) and yet again today it is said to have cut around 220 R&D jobs in Japan. The reason behind this layoff is said to better align company’s operation with its focused portfolio. By all this we assume that Nokia would now focus on smaller number of more iconic devices going forward instead of 50 or more phones a year. The other reason we find behind this layoff is Nokia losing market share to other competitors especially Apple resulting in less profits as before. It should be noted this year alone Nokia layoff has reached more then 4000 employees world wide.

Nokia shift from S60 to Maemo

There were lots of talks about the Nokia new platform Maemo and its future, everyone was a bit confused would S60 remain or be taken over by Maemo? Now this confusion is somewhat solved, Nokia would still be coming up with phones using S60 platform but by 2012 switch would be made from S60 to Maemo gradually. It is seen that Maemo is far developed and strong platform compared to S60 and is the one for the future handsets by Nokia. Now we can wait for another phone by Nokia using Maemo, that would surely give an idea way the Nokia is moving ahead.