First, I heard about Google Android phone (an iPhone competitor) over a year ago. I ended up buy one:-) Awesome phone BTW!

Then, I heard about Google Wave (an email, SMS, twitter, and facebook competitor). I tried to get a beta account, not much luck. It is due to be released next year.

Then, it came Google Voice and recently their 911 call functionality. I got that that one too

It is obvious where Google is heading. It seems to me, they plan to take on everyone – Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, my fat Mama, and telecom companies. Well, taking on Apple, Yahoo, and Microsoft has been going on for past several years or so. Taking on the telecom companies where my educational and half of professional background come from, WOW! That is amazing! Thanks to the power of Internet and Voice over IP.

Certainly, 2010 is going to be an awesome year for Google – particularly for their Android operating system. Because, there are now 20,000 apps available for you to download from their AndroLib site and it is growing fast. Based on all other goodies they offer that others don’t, I won’t be surprised they put their competitors out of business in just a few years from today. It will be fascinating to watch their war with iPhone of Apple. Note that Apple is just about a mobile phone and computer operating system, computer, and internet browser. Google has a couple of those items plus search, google wave and google voice. You own the search and telecom, you own the world. Besides, Google Android is now on many more handset than Apples’.

What’s even more fascinating, is how Google took many of the other traditional mobile phone companies and their operating systems providers like Windows Mobile and Symbian totally off guard and quick. I think they did a fantastic job playing Trojan Horse of the 21st Century.

Google Android G2 T-Mobile Phone

Motorola Droid Verizon Wireless Phone

Google Wave

Google Voice

Apple iPhone

Everything in this world has at least one flaw and the Samsung Omnia i900 is no exception.

One issue I have with the phone is the Samsung proprietary all-in-one port. You charge through it, you sync through it and you plug the earphones through it. So you can’t use all three at the same time…at least not with the stuff that comes in the retail packaging.

One might think that when you sync the phone with the PC, it also gets charged. It is supposed to, but for some reason it doesn’t. It in fact drains the battery rapidly when you plug it into the USB port. So you can’t keep it plugged in for more than few minutes. Let’s say even that is not a big problem. The biggest problem comes when you have to tether! Tethering is using the internet connection on the phone on your PC, making the phone works as a modem. When you do that with the Omnia, at least my Omnia with the suppose- to-be-original USB cable, you can’t browse the internet for more than a few minutes. It sucks!

But what do you think if you have bother the USB cable plugged in and the power cable plugged in. Of course you can’t do that normally, but there is a way. There are docking stations for the Omnia which supports connecting both the power and USB cables. If the USB was not giving enough power to charge the phone, then this method should work, right?

Well…wrong. I ordered a docking station for just $6 from ebay and it arrived today. To my dismay, it didn’t work the way I thought it would. I managed to kill the battery within minutes after docking the phone with both USB and power cables plugged in.

One thing I don’t understand is, why the battery would lose the charge rapidly when the phone is connected through the USB. I mean, just because it doesn’t charge properly – in case it wasn’t getting enough power – doesn’t mean that it should lose power rapidly, right? Could there be a short circuit somewhere?

I read on the internet that one guy fixed the problem by using the Samsung i480’s cable. They say that there is an extra wire connected in the stock Omnia cable compared to that of i480’s. I still have those crappy cables purchased from Pettah. Should give them a try. Just because they can’t FLASH properly doesn’t mean they can’t sync the phone

GREAT

We’ve been excited about Augmented Reality (AR) here at GoMo News for some time now. Not merely the stuff of sci-fi anymore, the growth of high-speed mobile devices with good cameras, GPS and faster data connections have made it a real possibility. And when one of the most popular travel services in the world gets involved, it’s time to start paying closer attention.

First up, what’s Augmented Reality?

At it’s simplest level, AR means adding a layer of information over the world around you. It means being able to look at a building, and automatically access information about it. It means having a giant arrow in the sky that always points in the direction of your destination. It means being able to being able to access information and articles that someone has left floating in the street.

This is accomplished through all of the technology that is present in the most up-to-date smartphones. High end devices can use GPS to know exactly where you are. They can use accelerometers to know exactly what direction they’re pointing. They can use a camera to see what you see, and display graphical information over it.

Now, at the moment most of the component parts aren’t really fast enough to make AR a real public offering. It’s a bit too clunky at the moment to attract real adoption. But new technologies are emerging every week, and as AR becomes gradually faster we get companies like Lonely Planet releasing services that are genuinely useful and could attract a lot of consumer attention.

So what is the Lonely Planet offering?

As you probably know, Lonely Planet is one of the most widely used travel information services in the world. It publishes comprehensive and friendly guides to pretty much every city, country or destination in the world (I once spent a week in Venice that would have been completely unbearable without my Lonely Planet guide).

Lonely Planet teamed up with one of the more exciting companies working in the field of mobile AR. Mobilizy is responsible for Wikitude.me, which is an AR service maintained by a community of users and editors. Using the Wikitude World Browser, you can pick up information from the world around as you pass by. The two companies worked together, and have launched a new product called Lonely Planet Compass guides.

Available for Android in the US, there are currently ten cities with Compass guides available. The guides allow you to access any information that Lonely Planet has through your phone at the point of interest.

Maybe my favourite function is that you can input your own itinerary on the map beforehand. Then during the day you can simply hold your phone up to see your chosen path displayed before you. Very cool!

So far only Boston, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle and Washington D.C. have Compass guides, but Lonely Planet promises more titles to come soon.

What we think?

Lonely Planet is providing a much-needed but possibly doomed service here. I’m not truly confident that AR has enough support to make this venture worthwhile. It puts Lonely Planet in an odd position: in order for AR to take off, it needs early adopters to release good services and attract attention. But there might not be enough meat on those bones for Lonely Planet to see a good return from its investment. This is a fairly low-key launch as well. With an initial test pool of ten cities, and the app only available for Android users, I wonder if this just a really gentle launch or if we can expect to see a bigger event later.

Nokia X6 Blue is the stunning Touch screen mobile with attractive appearance and interesting features. The handset is the latest music focused gadget with most advanced features that are really an upgrade over its other predecessors in the X series Nokia mobiles. The mobile has a touch screen that provides outstanding appearance and feel to hold the mobile in palm, and it also comes with various other impressive attributes as well.
 
Appearance

Nokia X6 Blue

1. Nokia X6 Blue comes with sturdy casing which has overall dimensions that measures 11 x 5 x 1.38 cm and weighs about 122 grams with the battery inside.
2. The favorable dimensions and weight makes it quite convenient to hold in hand and fit just right inside pockets. The display of the unit comprises a large 3.2 inches capacitive touch screen with high resolution of 640 by 360 pixels and more than 16 million colors.
3. The prominent features in display include handwriting recognition software, proximity sensor and accelerometer sensor.  The touch screen is highly resistive to scratches, dust and lint.

Pleasing to Ears

• The handset comes featured with integrated music player and also an inbuilt FM stereo transmitter. The users can listen to their favorite music tracks by plugging in their choice of headphones into the 3.5mm stereo audio output jack or enjoy wireless music experience with Bluetooth enabled headphones compatible with the device.
• It also comes with the compatibility to have direct access to Nokia Music Store, from where users can download various music tracks and store them on their handset. The Music player is able to play different formats of music files such as Mp3, RA, WMA, ACC and M4A to name a few.

Gleaming Features

Nokia X6 Blue comes with integrated digital camera of 5 mega pixels with impressive features like LED Flash, auto focus, Carl Zeiss optical lens that ensures remarkable image quality both for still photographs and video recording. There is also option for making video calls with this front facing camera. The video player can play most of the video formats like RV, MP4, WMV, 3GP videos and much more. 

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Vodafone 360 M1 is a LiMo handset with exceptional capabilities to offer the best connectivity features. It has impressive specifications to please the quality customers. Vodafone is offering the 360 web service in the form of this gadget which helps the users to get fast internet connectivity.

Vodafone 360 M1

Excellent design and multimedia features make the gadget more powerful and it is already attracting most customers. It has large display screen which offer the best browsing experience. Presence of Arm processor and Linux based operating system enable the users for fast connectivity and interesting browsing experience.

Memory

Vodafone 360 M1 has an internal memory of 1 GB but it can be extended up to 16 GB with the help of memory card slot. It has a capacity to store unlimited contacts in the phone book and one can store 20 missed calls, 20 received calls and 20 dialed calls in the call log. So, memory is not a trouble for this device.

Web Browser

1. Vodafone 360 M1 has a nice web browser supporting GPRS, EDGE and HSCSD technologies which enables the users to enjoy fast internet connectivity. The gadget supports the Opera Mini browser which is well known for providing the best browsing experience. It also helps in easy loading of web pages.
2. It supports HTML and XHTML formats so that the users can enjoy best browsing. The gadget has full support for java page that help in the easy loading of web pages. Some browsers can not load heavy pages that consists images and videos. So, there is no as such problem in this gadget.
3. ARM processor help in fast processing which is a plus point for this handset. Presence of Linux based operating system make the gadget even more powerful.

Vodafone 360 M1 has effective software configuration which include SGX graphics which enables the users to enjoy the high resolution of images while browsing. Bluetooth and USB are there for the fast connectivity. GPS and java games make this handset even more interesting.

Vodafone 360 H1 and Vodafone 360 M1 resemble each other in terms of designs and features, though there are slight variations which make them quite unique on their own. Both the handsets come with host of exciting and useful applications that are really helpful for the users. Both these mobiles are designed to provide excellent camera and multimedia features, improved browsing and connectivity options, and host of functionalities which are quite astounding.

Vodafone 360 H1 and Vodafone 360 M1

Camera features

• Both the handsets come integrated with impressive camera features which help the users to shoot the best pictures and videos by using several camera adjustments and setting options.
• The Vodafone 360 M1 comes with 3.15 megapixels camera with high resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels with auto focus and LED flash. There is also the option of capturing videos with VGA resolution at speed of 15fps.
• There is also secondary camera which facilitates the users to make video calls. The Vodafone 360 H1 comes with more advanced camera with 5 megapixels and has image resolution of 2592 by 1920 pixels.
•  It also comes with video recording facility and comes equipped with a secondary camera as well.

Data transmission and connectivity options

Both the phones come with wide ranges of connectivity options and faster data transmission capabilities. Both the gadgets come with support of working on Class 10 GPRS with speeds in between 32 and 48 kbps, Class 10 EDGE with speed of 236.8 kbps, on 3G networks with HSDPA bandwidths at speed of 3.6 mbps. Both the mobiles also come with Bluetooth technology and Mini USB port to facilitate the users to have quick and convenient data transmission between other compatible devices.

Multimedia features

Both the handsets come with dedicated music and video player that can play various formats of audio and video files such as Mp3, WMAS, WAV, AMR, Mpeg 4, H263, H264, Div X, WMV Video and much more. Both the mobiles come equipped with stereo FM reception with RDS to provide more choices on entertainment options.

Other features

Both the handsets come preloaded with exciting games, GPS navigation tool, various messaging services like SMS, MMS and emails. While VodafoneH1 is available in vibrant colors of Black and Silver, Vodafone M1 is available in Red, Black and White.  

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