Olly just gave me some news that REALLY brightened up my Saturday. S60 3rd Edition users have been clamoring for a portal into the vast musical experience that is Last.fm, well, since the release of S60 3rd Edition. Windows Mobile devices have a Last.fm client, iPhone users have the amazing MobileScrobbler application and now S60 users get get their first taste of Last.fm functionality thanks to aspyplayer. Douglas Fernando da Silva, developer and author of the Random Thoughts About Nothing (Usually) So Simple blog, has released an early beta version of his open python app that allows users to scrobble tracks to Last.fm as they play on an S60 device. Woo hoo! As mentioned earlier, the app is still in very early stages. Currently, it only supports scrobbling so we can only hope that da Silva works towards integrating Last.fm radio functionality at a later point in time. Fingers crossed! da Silva is currently working on the UI so rest assured that the screen shots above don’t represent the finished product. To make use of aspyplayer, you’ll need to first install Python for S60. Then just sign and install the aspyplayer installer package and you’re good to go.
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This amusing video (hat tip allfacebook) called the Facebook Anthem suggests that at least some Facebook users are growing tired of certain aspects of Facebook. The viral video – which sounds very similar to this viral video – blames the more gimmicky side of Facebook for the boredom – the applications, pop quizzes, fortune cookies, status updates, sticky notes, virtual gifts, superpoke, iq tests, etc. In the end Facebook is primarily a communication tool and all the add-on features may be annoying to some Facebook users. Some people are probably also tired of viral videos like Facebook Anthem. Both Facebook and viral videos are likely to continue to remain popular at least for the near future – maybe even until 2013.
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Sony Ericsson have announced that 44% of 16-24 year olds have accessed the internet using their mobile phone within the past 6 months, with around 12 minutes being spent on the internet each day.
This research was done by an independent company nVision, who noticed that around 26% of young people now own a 3G phone; this figure has risen by over 12 per cent in the past two years. The mobile internet is now evolving so rapidly that you can now use any social networking site such as YouTube or Facebook wherever you want.
With this research in mind, Sony Ericsson launched the K660i, a ‘Web for Youth’ phone that comes in two colours lime on white and wine on black. The phone lets you view internet pages horizontally, giving a much improved internet experience.
The phone combines all you might need to stay in constant contact with your friends, wherever and whenever you want. Combining HSDPA with illuminated shortcut keys, and zoom functions using the internet on the K660i is as easy as using your computer at home. The phones main navigation key serves as a magnetic mouse pointer when it’s in web mode, and it even indicates which parts of the page you are viewing are clickable.
Full Specifications
• UMTS/HSDPA 2100
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Bluetooth
• Size: 104 x 47 x 15 mm
• Weight: 95 grams
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Media player
• Mega Bass™
• Music tones
• PlayNow™
• TrackID™
• Java
• FM radio
• Video streaming
• Video viewing
• 256 MB Memory Stick Micro™ M2™
• 2 Mega Pixel Camera with 4x digital zoom
• 2.0” QVGA display with landscape Web browsing Google search
• Google map mobile
• Instant Messaging client enabled
The Sony Ericsson K660i will be available from March 2008.
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Free Themes #11
It’s theme time people, and I’ve got some gems for you today. Taieb makes a strong showing today as usual, and there’s a great theme from Jendell that has been requested in many emails and comments. I have have a great theme from a newcomer to SiMo’s themes posts that I think you’ll really like. All themes are SVG and I’ve changed the linking system so downloads will now work directly to your S60 device if you happen to be reading this post on your handset. Enjoy!
White by Taieb
Silver by Taieb
Lighting Effect by Taieb (I love this one)
Orange Crush by Jendell
Gradient by Bongoman
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There’s a lot in a name, or at least Sony Ericsson seems to think so. Aiming to make their mobile phone naming have a bit of sense, the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog has released a rather orderly diagram that wouldn’t be out of place in a school science text book, showing the new naming scheme that Sony Ericsson will be using for their latest and future products.
So, it looks as if the ‘i’ symbol has been dropped from the names, instead, future phones will be tagged using (more…)
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Whilst most mobile phone manufacturers are set on producing super-packed phones capable of everything from taking photographs to plotting road routes, sometimes the most practical handset is one you can easily pop into a small bag or pocket without the tell-tale bulge (on a night out for example).
Qian Jiang has released details of a new concept design, dubbed the “Softphone” its a feat of engineering that could make it possible to simply pop your phone into your (more…)
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Leaves theme by Taieb
Found under: theme, skin, leaves, s60, taieb
Summary: Quality theme for your s60 3th edition device. Green leaves background and very nice icons.
Download Leaves theme by Taieb
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RaceChrono
Found under: race, car, bike, GPS, track, speed, time, lap
Summary: RaceChrono a is data logging software for all kinds of sports. It runs on Nokia Series 60 smart phones and uses position data from your Bluetooth GPS receiver to determine lap times and performance.
Download RaceChrono
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There was a lot of Internet buzz when Quarterlife, a show about twenty-somethings, was moved from web to NBC during the Writer’s Strike. Unfortunately, online buzz does not always translate into offline success – just ask Snakes on a Plane. Quarterlife turned out the lowest ratings for its time slot in over twenty years for NBC reports Reuters.
The highly touted online series about a group of young artists bombed in its NBC debut on Tuesday night, drawing the network’s lowest ratings and smallest audience for that time slot in at least 20 years, according to Nielsen Media Research.The show ranked a distant third place for the 10 p.m. hour, averaging just 3.1 million viewers and a meager 1.3 rating among advertisers’ favorite demographic, adults aged 18 to 49, the precise audience for whom the series was designed.
The program had been scheduled to move to Sundays on NBC starting March 2.
But two sources close to the program, though not authorized to speak publicly about its scheduling, said “quarterlife” has been removed from the NBC lineup.
Reuters also says NBC may move the show to Bravo – a network best known for its reality tv programs. The show’s protagonist Dylan Krieger blogs in the show as Jeremy Axelrod explains in this post. The show was originally meant to be shown on MySpace.com – the MySpace page is here. As an Internet show it was a hit and it will always be known as the first web show to make the jump to network television. But as a regular tv show it was a big dud. If the WGA Writer’s Strike had continued maybe people would have eventually tuned in.
More on Quarterlife’s short tv life here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
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Metal Gear Solid Mobile
Konami Mobile is scheduled to release Metal Gear Solid Mobile to the US market this week. The game is earning high marks from the mobile-gaming industry for its impressive graphics and quality game-playing experience.
At this year’s International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), the game won both the Grand Prix and Operator’s Choice Awards. Metal Gear Solid Mobile features never-before-seen dramatic 3D art displays and camera work that greatly surpass the current standard of mobile games. In the game, players will face the same extreme tension of solitary infiltration that fans of the classic tactical espionage action game have come to expect from the Metal Gear Solid series, previously released to the PlayStation and PlayStation 2. The game also takes advantage of the phone’s camera functionality, for example using the camera to sample colors from the real world for an in-game camouflage system.
You can watch an interview with Chad McNeill, Konami Mobile’s Marketing Manager here and read BusinessWeek’s review here (4.5 out of 5 stars).
According to the BusinessWeek story, Metal Gear Solid Mobile will cost either $3.99 a month or $9.99 to buy outright through Verizon Wireless, which will have exclusive rights to the title for three months before it becomes available through other networks. Konami says the game is compatible with about 30 handset models in Verizon’s lineup.
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