HTC Max 4G - My Dream device…
Posted by Diego Samuilov on 11/18/08 in Cell Carriers, Devices, GPS, HTC, Pocket PC Phones, Smart Phones, Streaming Video, WiMAX, Wifi / Bluetooth, Windows Mobile 6.1
A new device was announced by HTC and it passed right under our noses… the HTC Max 4G, the first WiMax phone. Recently announced by HTC and it is expected to be released in late November… only … it will be in … Russia! under the Yota carrier. 
This dream device sports 4G connectivity to a WiMax service that will provide blazingly fast data connection. It will also include the usual connections for all those aging GSM/GPRS/EDGE carriers out there… The screen is a beautiful WVGA 480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches diagonal that we all love from the HTC Touch HD, TouchFLO 3D, accelerometers for auto rotate, proximity for screen auto-turn off (which can heavily extend power management), 288Mb RAM, 256Mb ROM and a whopping 8Gb user available internal storage memory plus the corresponding extension slot for microSDHC.
RELEASE: Spb Online
Posted by warthog on 09/23/08 in Camera phone, General, Pocket PC Phones, Press Releases, SPB Softwarehouse, Smart Phones, Streaming Video, Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 6.1
Spb Software, the world’s leading maker of Windows Mobile software releases Spb Online to end-users. Spb Online is a set of attractive online services that share a practical user interface and make superior quality mobile entertainment available on handsets at a single fixed-price fee (no subscription). The services offered include Mobile TV, Online Radio, News, Weather, Online Games, and On-device Catalog — all subject to automatic updates and powered by Spb’s exclusive interface engine and patent-pending TV technology.
Spb Online is robust and easy to use even for novice smartphone users. All of Spb Online services support adaptive skins, smart scrolling, 3D transition effects, and one hand navigation.
Qik Review
Posted by Jay Donovan on 06/30/08 in General, Streaming Video
Speaking of Lifecasting, (see Offbeatmammal’s post)… I have been reviewing an alpha version of Qik’s mobile streaming video service, for Windows Mobile 6. I have been using it for a week or two now and I have good things to report. In order to mix it up a bit, I plan on streaming my review live, using Qik, this Wednesday July 2nd at 2:00 pm EST. I will stream it from this url. We’ll see what happens.
Your life on the go
Posted by Offbeatmammal on 06/30/08 in Camera phone, GPS, Streaming Video
Lifecasting is a big thing at the moment. One step beyond blogging and tweeting is the ability to record and broadcast live video from a cellphone to share what you’re doing – and engage with your audience.
Qik is probably the best known of these, and is slowly rolling out an early beta service for Windows Mobile users. But Qik are not the only game in town – there are a couple of existing solutions that have great support for Windows Mobile users.
LiveCast provide a live video streaming platform for Windows Mobile and laptop or UMPC users. The video is synchronized with GPS position data so your viewers can see where you are when you’re broadcasting (or when they review archived footage where you were).
While the video quality on LiveCast (formerly known as PocketCaster from ComVu) is pretty good for high end phones the client is not the most intuitive (so expect to spend some time figuring it it), and the web site is a bit clunky. [Read more]
Skype v4 is Calling
Posted by Zealot on 06/18/08 in Streaming Video, VoIP
I have been involved in voice and video communication on the PC for a long, long time..back to the original Internet Phone technology in the 90s. I have been involved professionally with several of the early innovators in the space, and today I would say VoIP is one of my most commonly used technologies. I use it for at least three quarters of my overall daily communication, and all of it from work.
That being said, I am extremely excited by the release of the beta for Skype v4, which is supposed to start rolling out sometime today/tomorrow NOW. Skype is a great program and one which I find more or less indispensable both professionally and personally..and v4 sounds like it is going to be a useful, gutsy release for the company. The new version seems to be a major step forward for Skype, but technically and philosophically.
In a nutshell, the core Skype software, which was created for the voice dominated environment of a couple years back, is being retooled to focus on video and video/voice/text integration which are the key ingredients of today’s online communication landscape.
Qik Alpha for Windows Mobile 6
Posted by Jay Donovan on 06/17/08 in Streaming Video
Just downloaded and installed the new Alpha version of Qik mobile streaming video service. Will be taking a look at it this week. Initial thoughts are that I am excited about this new platform for streaming phone video.
Original (possibly boring, yet somehow intriguing) Content
Posted by Jay Donovan on 06/6/08 in General, Streaming Video
It sounds like the url for a really bad porn site… truckbuddy.camstreams.com
Oooofff! You wince just saying it, however this gentleman has an unusual and somehow intriguing concept for logging his life, in real-time with a webcam. truckbuddy is, as you may have guessed, an 18 wheel truck driver, and has put together a somewhat tech-savvy setup in his truck:
THE SET UP
a web cam
The aircard is a Sierra AC580.
The router is a D-Link DIR-450.
It’s a sweet geek setup.
So he broadcasts wherever he is in the USA live, 24 hours a day, unless he drives thru an area with no reception for his broadband card.
