Sandisk teams up with Yahoo! to power their latest WiFi portable media player called “Sansa Connect” and let it access out-of-the-box Yahoo! services : IM, Photos (Flickr), Videos and unlimited downloads on Yahoo Music for $12/month …
The device costs $250, comes with 4 GB of memory and a 2.2 inch screen.
Can’t wait to get one !
What can I possibly do during a 3-day long week end ? Cooking and a lot of home improvements (including shopping the home-improvements)… Exhausting !
Regarding the cooking I saw on saturday Cyril Lignac (our French Jamie Oliver) do some risotto of asparagus with lamb, brilliant idea although I felt like changed some bits of the recipe. Imagine some crispy asparagus inside a risotto, with the head cooked in olive oil on the top and some lamb cooked with mediterranean herbs ! Simply awesome 
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It’s always amazing when you see the tousands of phone land lines running through our feet.
This is a question I’m asked so often, I decided to paste my latest answer
This is definitely a tough question and very dependant on the inner objectives of your project (target market…), a few points first :
If you want to adress 100% of user-base, use IVR or SMS. If you want to use anything else, be prepared to lose a lot of the available user base!
The second choice would be WAP or xHTML mobile browsing. Never underestimate this solution as it can really bring some efficient service and information into your mobile. Of course it’s not that sexy, but it is efficient!
Third choice : Java. It’s really not a write once run everywhere solution … Firstly, installing the application on the mobile is a pain for the user.. you should always provide a SMS OTA provisioning system. Secondly making a good Java application is an art. There are some tools available to try and simplify the UI design (as regular Java widgets are really bad looking), such as j2mepolish.org or Geniem and those often can lead to good results… but if you run into any problems you’re dead.
Fourth choice : Use Flash Lite, or Flash-like players such as Streamezzo’s or Bluestreak’s. It might be the fastest way to make your mobile application and connect to online services.
Fifth Choice : do it by hand, platform-by-platform using native code… this one is really time- and cash-consuming but gives the best results and lets you really optimize the user experience on each device. Don’t forget that when you have good specifications you can outsource that!
Start with Nokia Series 60, then Symbian S40, then Motorola (Java), Sony Ericsson (Java), HTC (Windows Mobile) and you have most of it…
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Just saw this ultimate device by Sony : a keyring with a GPS inside that is recording your position and thus letting you automatically geo-tag you pictures. 150USD but remember, it’s less in euros
Technorati Tags: flickr, geotagging, gps
A company called Icron (never heard before) claims it’s achieving wireless USB through WiFi … USB 2.0 has a data throughput of up to 480Mbps… when 802.11g only can theoretically achieve 54Mbps… and their product costs 395USD. I guess these guys must be joking or something …
Nokia has granted free access to the RDA service which was previously limited to Premium Forum Nokia Members. RDA is a farm of nokia phones mounted into a connected server letting you control it remotely. You can reserve access time to a device and use it to test your software. Mobile Complete has the same kind of service called “DeviceAnywhere” which is not limited to Nokia devices and with a premium feature : the simulation of the operator’s network of your choice (Orange UK, Orange FR, BT…).
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