ROK TV Now Streams On BlackBerry Smartphones

ROK Entertainment has today announced its streamed Mobile TV service, ROK TV, is compatible with the latest BlackBerry smartphones. ROK TV enables the stream of live and on-demand video to mobile phones over mass-market 2.5G as well as over 3G and has successfully launched its subscription-based mobile TV service with several Operators worldwide.

Navigon Launches iPhone GPS Navigation for North America

Navigon AG today announced the availability of a North American version of its on-board navigation software in the iPhone App Store. After downloading the GPS application, the software and map data is saved directly on the iphone. The software includes navigation functions such as Reality View Pro, Lane Assistant Pro, Speed Assistant and Day & Night Mode. The NAVIGON solution sells for $99.99 and is equipped with maps of North America from NAVTEQ®. It will be available for a promotional price of $69.99 until August 15.



Key features of the NAVIGON MobileNavigator for the iPhone:

* Reality View Pro displays photo-realistic 3D views with actual road signs and lane guidance for virtually every highway interchange and exit drivers will encounter.
* Lane Assistant Pro helps drivers prepare to make an upcoming exit or turn by providing a lane map complete with arrows and actual road geometry.
* Speed Assistant with adjustable audio-visual warning.
* Day & Night Mode for map display.
* Direct Access allows navigation to contacts saved in the iPhone’s address book.
* Branded POIs and POIs along the route
* 2D and 3D map view.
* Automatic switch between portrait and landscape format.
* Intelligent address entry.
* Real signpost display.

Google Mobile gets local with iPhone 3.0

Mobile Safari joins Android and BlackBerry browsers in getting location awareness with Google, using GPS or Wi-Fi triangulation to figure out what food, stores, or other goodies are nearby when you search.



As with its counterparts, the location setting sticks with the browser until you hit update, or it happens to notice you’ve moved locales. Google says it doesn’t pull location data unless you allow it at the prompt—two prompts on an iPod touch, actually—and the location feature can be disabled from the Preferences link at the main Google page.

Has location-aware searching ever helped you find a place to go while you’re on the go, or is it just more data collected without reason? Tell us your take on geo-aware Google in the comments. Some people are raising privacy concerns about exactly what kind of data Google stores using this function, and its cause for alarm for some.

First LG BL40 Chocolate Phone Commercial Video

4-inch wide screen, 800 x 345 pixel is what you would get from the new LG BL40 Chocolate Phone. Until you could get a hands on of it, here is the first promotional video from the company summarize its upcoming offering.

Motorola Morrison Running Android

It looks like the upcoming Motorola Morrison will be Android-powered. At least that's what we see on this photo. Apparenly, it runs the vanilla Android build, though it might be a custom one, and we can clearly see some of the soft keys. The phone's specifications remain unknown, but we’ll keep you up to date on that.

HTC’s Bluetooth Security Hotfix Available for More Devices

First released for HTC Touch Diamond/Touch Pro/Touch HD users, HTC’s bluetooth security hotfix is now available for HTC Touch 3G, Touch Cruise and S740 users. If you have the bluetooth FTP service installed, click on this link for the instructions to update your phone. If you are using the HTC Touch Diamond2, click on this link instead.

HTC Release New Hotfix for HTC Touch Pro2 on SMS Issue

If you are having problem in sending sms to mobile number that needs a “+” prefix in front, you will most likely need this hot fix to use the sms messaging with the TouchFLO 3D interface. HTC has posted a list of the application ROM version here, you will also need to re-apply the hotfix whenever you hard reset your phone.



Other than the sms fixing, there is also another hot fix which will enhance the GPS seeking on your Touch Pro2. This hotfix only can be applied for ROM version lower then 1.21.000.0. Read the GPS hotfix for Touch Pro2 here.

INQ Mobile Introduces Affordable Mobile Social Phone

INQ Mobile has introduced two new 3G Social Mobiles complete with internet-based Twitter, Facebook, IM and media sync capabilities. The INQ Chat 3G is the company’s first qwerty-style phone, while the compact INQ Mini 3G expands the range and provides an entry-level social mobile ideal for the price-sensitive prepay market. Both phones have plug and play HSDPA modems enabling high-speed wireless broadband on PCs and Macs. The INQ Chat 3G and INQ Mini 3G will be available in Q4 2009.



Working closely with the Twitter team, INQ has developed an authentic Twitter application for both its new Social Mobiles. After the initial log in, Twitter will be ‘always on’. Consumers can send tweets and retweet via the internet rather than using SMS. With the INQ Chat, a specially designed Twitter widget will deliver Twitter updates straight to the home screen.

The INQ Mini 3G is a slimline Social Mobile that offers Twitter, Facebook, IM, Skype and web-based email services like Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and GMail. It brings the usability that INQ is known for to a new form factor. Like the INQ Chat, the INQ Mini offers impressive capability at a fraction of the price of other application-rich devices.



INQ Chat 3G specifications include:

* 114.5mm x 61.0mm x 12.8mm
* Widgets automatically push Twitter and Facebook updates to the home screen
* Active address book is presence-enabled showing live status from all your contacts, letting you chose how to contact them
* Built-in plug and play HSDPA modem to give your PC wireless broadband access
* 2.4″ QVGA TFT landscape display
* 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera
* Built-in GPS
* 120MB memory, (expandable to 8GB)
* Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for application development multitasking supported by dedicated Switcher hard key

NQ Mini 3G specifications include:

* 102.9mm x 45.8mm x 12.8mm
* Active address book is presence-enabled showing live status from all your contacts, letting you chose how to contact them
* Built-in plug and play HSDPA modem to give your PC wireless broadband access
* 2.2″ QVGA TFT landscape display
* 2.0 megapixel camera
* 100Mb user memory (expandable to 8GB)
* Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for application development multitasking supported by dedicated Switcher hard key

Palm Pre Launching in Ccanada this month

Bell today announced that the new Palm Pre phone will be exclusively available in Canada at Bell Mobility on August 27. The company has start accepting pre-order through bell.ca/pre, it will be available from $199.95 on a three-year contract or
$599.95 without a contract with a minimum 500 MB data plan.



Bell smartphone clients can choose from a wide variety of voice and data plans, including Smartphone Combos that offer unlimited Internet browsing, personal email, text messaging and Windows Live Messenger.

“We’re very excited to bring the revolutionary Palm Pre and the Palm webOS mobile platform to Canadians exclusively on Bell’s national wireless network – the largest high-speed 3G network in Canada,” said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility and Chief Brand Officer for Bell. “Considering the highly successful US introduction of the Palm Pre by Sprint in June and fast-growing Palm Pre buzz among Canadian mobile users, Bell and our retail partners are preparing for high demand for this breakthrough phone.”

iPhone App: Castle Of Magic

Castle of Magic for the iPhone and iTouch stars a little boy that must rescue his sister from the clutches of the evil wizard Nefastax.

Samsung Messager SCH-r450 Dressed in Mister Cartoon Edition

Samsung Mobile and MetroPCS collaborated with SA Studios Global to design a limited edition Mr. Cartoon branded Samsung Messager (SCH-r450) with Los Angeles based tattoo artist Mister Cartoon. Mark Machado, known as Mr. Cartoon, is a Mexican-American tattoo and graffiti artist based in Los Angeles, who has worked with numerous celebrities.



The limited edition Samsung Messager comes preloaded with Mister Cartoon wallpapers, ringtones and animations along with additional downloads available on MetroPCS’ Web site. A portion of the revenue from the phone will go to fund community art centers, outreach programs for at-risk youth and provide art supplies to local Los Angeles schools. Additionally, the first ten phones in the series will be auctioned off for charity on MetroPCS’ Web site in the month of August.

Key features of the Samsung Messager include:

* Horizontal Slider with QWERTY Keyboard
* Stereo Bluetooth Wireless Technology
* MP3 Player
* microSD card slot
* 1.3 Megapixel Camera
* Messaging Services
* Advanced Voice Recognition
* Speakerphone
* Dimensions: 4.4″ x 2.0″ x 0.7″
* Display: 2.1″ 262K TFT, 176X220 pixels

BlackBerry Curve 8520 announced by Airtel for India

Airtel, India’s largest mobile carrier (about 100 million customers) has announced the upcoming availability of RIM’s brand new BlackBerry Curve 8520 (also known as BlackBerry Gemini).

Indian customers will be able to buy the smartphone starting August 7, at the retail price of 15,990 INR (about $336).

The 8520 is the only (for now) BlackBerry Curve to have an optical trackpad instead of RIM’s traditional trackball.

The smartphone also features

* Full QWERTY keyboard
* Quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity
* 2.46 inch QVGA display
* Wi-Fi
* Full HTML browser
* Advanced email capabilities
* 2MP camera
* 3.5mm headset jack
* 1150 mAh battery (providing up to 4.5 hours of talk time, or up to 17 days of standby time)

“We believe that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 will appeal to young professionals, students and a broad spectrum of retail customers who want the exceptional mobile experience for messaging, social networking, email, music and entertainment that you get from a BlackBerry smartphone,” declared Raghunath Mandava, Chief Marketing Officer, Mobile Services, Airtel.

Tomorrow, August 5 (two days before being released in India), the BlackBerry Curve 8520 will debut in the US, launched by T-Mobile.

Bell Canada launching the Palm Pre on August 27

It didn’t happen in June, and neither in July, but it will definitely happen this month: Bell Mobility and Palm have just announced the release of Palm Pre across Canada, starting August 27.

The long-awaited webOS smartphone will cost $199.95 with a 3-yr agreement, or $599.95 free of contract (a minimum 500 MB data plan is required).

As you can see, the pricing is similar to Sprint’s offering in the US – of course, the main difference is that Sprint has 2-yr contracts instead of 3-yr ones.

Canadian customers can already preorder the Palm Pre, via Bell’s official website.



The main features of Palm Pre include: 320 x 480 pixels touchscreen display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, Palm Synergy, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm headset jack and 8GB of internal memory.

Nokia Ovi Files is now Mac compatible

Initially available only for Windows, Ovi Files is now compatible with Mac too, thanks to the newly-released Ovi Files Macintosh Connector.

This lets users accomplish everything they can accomplish with the Ovi Files PC Connector.

For example, you can remotely access files stored on your Mac (with OS X 10.5 Leopard), via either a mobile phone, or a web browser.

Moreover, you can send files to friends (regardless if they use Ovi or not), and use the Anytime Files feature for creating “an on-line mirror of content stored on your Mac.”



If you’re new to Ovi Files, you can sign up here – it’s free.

No word yet about a Linux-compatible version of Ovi Files.

Samsung Galaxy i7500 in white – coming soon

Announced by Samsung in only one color version (black), the Android-powered Galaxy i7500 will apparently have a white version too.

The white Samsung Galaxy has just appeared in some live pictures at the::unwired, together with the rumor that it will be launched by O2 in Germany, and by other carriers across Europe.

Apart from the different-looking case, the white Samsung Galaxy is similar to the black version. Which means that it features a 3.2 inch HVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack and Android 1.5 OS.

Samsung Galaxy i7500

A new color for the Galaxy i7500 is definitely good news, but we’re more curious about that Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 – hopefully, Samsung will unveil it soon.