Posts filed under 'mobile'
Opera’s new software kit beckons to widget developers
Wednesday’s beta release of a software development kit for Opera widgets brings the Norwegian company one step closer to its lofty goal of world browser domination.
This Opera widget could appear on your laptop, desktop, or Wii.
(Credit: Opera Software)
Opera Software if offering the SDK for widget authors to deploy their Web applications on the spectrum of devices that support the Opera browser. (more…)
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Give your laptop some 3G love

As we head into the long weekend here in the States, I caught word of a newfangled freeware called JoikuSpot Light that might appeal to traveling owners of laptops and 3G phones that can’t get their Wi-Fi connection to, you know, connect.
Joikuspot, and its Windows Mobile sibling, WMWiFiRouter, let laptop users wirelessly connect to their phones’ 3G signal, piggybacking on it to your messages out and get fresh data in. If you’re stuck in an airport or hotel room with a crappy or nonexistent Wi-Fi signal, JoikuSpot will enable to you to connect. If you’ve got an unlimited data phone plan, this could be extremely cost- and time-effective. (more…)
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Cellity hands out e-mail, free SMS, and cheap calls abroad

Cellity Communicator (download) is an e-mail, SMS, and calling client and service for Java cell phones that’s better than it looks. That may not sound terribly heartening, but it’s no derisive knock. Designing an app that crams phone calls, conference calls, various tiers of texting, and e-mail into a mobile application and still manages to look simple is quite an achievement.
It is arguably overly so. Compared with other mobile communication applications, like EQO and Fring, Cellity Communicator reveals a rather dressed-down interface that requires a few too many clicks to get contacts added and messages started. To Cellity’s credit, the interface can be expanded to include more options with an expert mode. Higher-end Java MIDP2 phones support contact-importing, but BlackBerrys don’t, so those folks will labor to enter contacts by hand. (more…)
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