Manikanan has shown us a very promising demo of how he interfaced his mobile phone ( N97mini ) with GameFactory. GameFactory is an advanced game engine developed by research teams inside NTU’s GameLab, headed by Prof. Seah. As you may observe he controls the jeep in the game by tilting the phone. To enrich the gaming experience, the [...]

Windows Phone 7 Series, originally codenamed “Photon” is an upcoming version of the Windows Phone operating system developed by Microsoft. It is planned for release by “holiday” 2010. Windows Phone 7 Series was initially intended to be released during 2009, but several delays prompted Microsoft to develop Windows Mobile 6.5 as an interim release. During [...]

For those who are programming on Symbian C++ would want to check out possibility of augmented reality at OpenMAR which is a component based framework, making use of ECOM plugins at different levels. You can find three different interfaces currently implemented: POIOverlay : an overlay makes use of different sensors to estimate position and orientation. [...]

The Puma phone’s screen is 2.8 inches with a 240 x 320 resolution and it’s quite vivid and responsive. It comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash, GPS, compass and it even has a pedometer. With all the slick UI tricks and the clean looking interface, maybe the nicest thing about this phone [...]

MeeGo blends the best of Maemo with the best of Moblin to create an open platform for multiple processor architectures. MeeGo builds on the capabilities of the Moblin core OS and its support for a wide range of device types and reference user experiences, combined with the momentum of Maemo in the mobile industry and [...]

On my recent trip to Mobile World Congress 2010 I had an opportunity to talk to key people in the mobile industry and share thoughts on the future of mobiles in the field of medicine as a measure of cost effective health care. While the big players (viz. Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Motorola) were [...]

I was using my N97 to write an email when I found that the long press on the keypad was giving me an input error. At first I thought it was my mistake but later when the errors were repeating, I found out that, indeed it was the new firmware problem. Recently I upgrade my [...]

In this episode, I-magine Media’s Doug Wolens speaks with Ian Smith, the founder and Senior Vice President of Fizwoz.com, a premier online marketplace for mobile media. During their conversation, Ian explains what mobile technology means to him, and how Fizwoz will change how consumers use their mobile devices. What is the end result? Allowing consumers [...]

I am heading to Barcelona to take part in the biggest mobile technology event of the year viz. Mobile World Congress taking place from 15th to 18th Feb. All the coverage can be viewed right here. I have also managed to setup an Events Page in which you can participate live with the proceedings of [...]

1. Voyager Menu (vMenu): iPhone Like Menu 2. Mobile Info: It is a simple application for Symbian Touch devices. The purpose with this app is to show some cool stats and info about your phones status.