Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, Google, Handhelds, iPhone, Mobile phone, Smartphone, Wall Street Journal, YouTube
Apple has released a third beta version of its iPhone 3.0 software with new enhancements to the push-notification system and Spotlight search feature. The software remains on schedule for release around the summer Worldwide Developers Conference and reportedly could be accompanied by an announcement of a new iPhone. InformationWeek (4/15)
The Wall Street Journal is rolling out an app for the Apple iPhone, offering news and video for free. The move may surprise Journal subscribers who pay more than $100 per year for Web access. But it puts the app on an even footing with the New York Times’s free app. (Iwantmedia 4/16, http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10220680-233.html 4/15)
HP is backing a new mobile video start-up dubbed Gabble that is positioning itself as a private communal video portal for mobile phones. The idea is to allow users to send goofy videos only to friends in their network rather than post them to a sharing site for the world to see. (Cynopsis 4/16)
Google introduced some changes to the user interface in the newest version of its Android mobile operating system, as seen here in screenshot posted on the Android developer website. Upcoming Android 1.5, codenamed “Cupcake,” will sweeten the OS with several new anticipated features including video recording and playback – enabling instant uploads to YouTube, a screen based keyboard and a bunch of new widgets for the home screen including a music player and photo album. (Cynopsis 4/16)
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