They may look like “One Night In Paris” but these crap quality, alarmingly-soundtracked videos are supposedly Android running on a Nokia N95. It appears to be running most of the applications, including Google Maps and the dialer. Do you believe that this intrepid developer has achieved what others have only dreamed of?
No my key board hasn’t stuck, Whrrl is the latest entrant into the wacky spelled web 2.0 application for mobiles. Think Twittr with restaurant reviews. Whhrl lets users follow their friends’ activity , reading about the places they went and what they recommended. It’s the acceptable face of stalking.
Only problem is, as its a beta version, not many of your friends will be using yet, unless you count Robby D whose activity is listed on the site. Also previously unless you had a N95, the Whrrl experience was limited to a text based experience. This has severely hampered growth, as users lose out on everything that make Whhrl a great concept, maps, interface, ease of use etc.
However this is set to change as Whhrl is now available on the Blackberry Pearl and Blackberry Curve, joining the N95, meaning the service will now be open to a lot more people. Expect it to come to a smartphone near especially as they just received a $5.6m cash injection by venture capitalists.
Check out everything that Whhrl can do here
Source:Mobile Crunch
In December 2007 Nokia announced ‘Comes with Music’, an innovative idea that realises the potential for music downloads on a mobile device. When you buy a Nokia device from the ‘Comes with Music’ range you’ll get a whole year’s unlimited access to millions of tracks from the world’s best artists. You can download these tracks to a phone like the N95 or a computer through the Nokia music store. ‘Comes with Music’ will be launched in the second half of 2008.
Sony BMG has just announced that have joined Nokia’s ‘Comes with Music’. With Sony BMG on board, Nokia users can have access to their amazing range of artists and bands from Bob Dylan, Mark Ronson, the Ting Tings and Michael Jackson. I simply can’t wait!
Source: Slash Phone
Ezmo, an online music player has today announced a new mobile facility, which will allow it community members to listen to their entire library online via their mobile phone. Currently Ezmos free online music player allows any user to upload their entire library to the web and listen to their music from anywhere in the world.
This program was developed on the new mobile Flash Lite 3 platform, however this is not available on all handsets. Ezmo mobile is currently supported on Nokia N95 and Windows Mobile phones. However as long as your phone supports Flash Lite 3 you should be able to use, as more phones are released this year compatibility should increase.
The Ezmo Mobile player has its eyes firmly set towards the future ensuring that all users can listen to their music collection as well as their friends anywhere in the world.
The Samsung i450 is a refreshing new music phone, which certainly gives the Nokia N95 a run for its money. At a glance this handset does not look too impressive however this phone certainly packs a punch. The i450 is a dual slider, sliding the phone up reveals a numeric keypad and sliding the face down reveals a speaker. What I found most interesting was the slide action, which I can only describe as elastic.
More to the point this music player’s sound quality has one up on the competition (Nokia), the music playback is excellent clear and full bodied. The equaliser significantly changes the users experience for better or for worse depending on the user’s music choice. The players interface is straight forward and easy to use. The 2 megapixel camera performed moderately, not very well in poor light conditions. As a nice bonus this handset features a 3.5 mm headphone jack. From the images this handset is set to come out on Vodafone first.
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Nokia have released a firmware update for the Nokia N95. It will allow the user to play music for three hours longer, and load applications faster via “on demand-paging” which is used in desktop and laptop computers.
The Update ver. 20.0.15’s main improvements are on the battery, performance and application stability. It addresses these issues well and users who upgrade will notice the change. However this change will not be available for all handsets, as owners with branded handsets will have to wait for their respective manufacturers to test the new firmware and add their usual branding and modifications.
The new applications will allow users to re-arrange the menu layouts, thanks to the new “Menu Structure app”. With the battery usage updates the Nokia N95 now sports an impressive 12 hours of music playback over the previous 9 hours. The Maps Application has been updated (Nokia Maps 1.0), the music shop application has been added, so now more phones can make use of the new music store. Video ringtones have now been added, on top of the MP3 and AAC formats previously available.
“After updating your device software to 20.0.015, and restoring your personal data, you can optimise the menu layout by installing the New_Menu_Structure.SIS file. Download and install this file to rearrange your menu layout specifically for SW 20.0.015. Reboot your device to see the menu changes.”
