HOMBRE, which stands for Hands On Mobile Runtime Environment, is a 65 kilobyte environment for building mobile applications. It can run on almost any handset and actually uses the handset’s on board applications and API calls to play video, audio, and access network features.
Source: Mobile Crunch
Microsoft joining the mobile arena fully with the release of its Deepfish service. The service aims to better replicate actual computing. Although it is currently only available in private beta, it is expected to be available for WinMo users in the near future.
Source: Mobile Crunch
Palm and Digg signed an agreement to deliver Digg River to Treos. Treo owners need only launch their Blazer Web browser and the service will be available to them as a content item.
Digg River is a mobile version of the popular Digg service that is scaled for mobile use. It delivers to mobile devices the same ranking and prioritizing of content that is available on Digg.
Source: Mobile crunch
Canada's Rogers Wireless unveiled wireless video calling, turning your mobile handset into a webcam for face-to-face calling in real time with your friends, family and business associates.
Rogers is the first and only wireless carrier in North America to offer video calling.
Source: Cellphone digest
ZenZui- Microsoft company, has come up with technology to Zoom User Interface for mobile devices.
ZenZui’s high-frame rate Zooming User Interface employs up to 36 individual “tiles” that are selected and customized by users to reflect their interests and lifestyle with relevant content, interactive communications and fresh data.
Source: CellPhone Digest
Yahoo! has decided to eliminate the 1GB storage cap on its free e-mail as it has integrated Yahoo! mail with Apple's upcoming iPhone, and expects demand to explode.The company said that it is scrapping its free e-mail storage limit of 1GB, or about a billion bytes of data, responding to explosive growth in attachment sizes as people share ever more photos, music and video via e-mail.
Source: Mobile weblog
