Tasty bits - 33 34 (Thanksgiving edition)

Here’s a “special” Thankgiving double edition of tasty bits for this past month…

1) Let’s start with mod-friendly Asus 701 (Eee) coverage:
- Ars Technica review with some hacking tips
- Notebook Review tweak guide
- Forbes background story
- Uneasy Silence article on running OS X

I tried following this article and running OS X on my Eee but the installation keeps hanging along the way - to be further investigated.

2) The Nokia N82 was announced and released (!) recently (instead of announcing now and releasing 6 months later, for a change):
- Additional info
- Unboxing video
- Multi-part review

The N82 appears similar in features to the N95 albeit in a candybar form factor with a smaller (2.4″) screen and a better (Xenon) flash. Sadly, there’s no HSDPA support for North America.

3) The Nokia N95 is still getting plenty of attention:
- US version review
- Screen auto-rotation application
- Original vs. 8 GB pros and cons
- 8GB vs. Apple iPhone comparison

4) Apple released an iPhone update (1.1.2) and the community soon responded with another jailbreak. Here’s more iPhone coverage:
- Send files directly from iPhone to another (1.1.1)
- Instant Jailbreak for iPhone and iPod touch (1.1.1)
- Stream Music from your iPhone to iTunes with Firefly (1.1.1)
- AFP for iPhone and iPod touch
- iRadio Brings Streaming Radio to iPhone
- iTunes 7.5 and iPhone 1.1.2 return custom ringtones
- T-Mobile to offer Germans unlocked iPhones

5) Finally, here’s more interesting assorted info:
- LG’s KU990 “Viewty” now available in Europe
- Neonode N2 makes its FCC debut
- Samsung F700 comes knockin’?
- Meizu’s M8 MiniOne gets touched
- All the Android coverage you want is at Engadget right now
- OQO product announcement Dec. 3rd in London
- Apple Tablet “confirmed” by Asus?
- New 13-inch MacBook rumored to be announced at MacWorld
- Nokia shows off Haptikos tactile touch screen technology
- Evolving S60: Touch UI, Sensor Framework and Accelerator Toolkit
- From S60 to iPhone

Tasty bits - 27 28 29 (yummy chunks)

It’s been a month since my last tasty bits and a lot has been happening in the world of mobile technology!

But a lot has also been happening with me, like starting my new job, going to Burning Man, seeing my loved one through surgery, and moving to Seattle…

As a result, I’m a little behind and this is a triple edition. Below are the links I’ve gathered over the past month, organized by topic, thanks to some clever grep-ing of my Firefox bookmarks file :)

iPhone general:
- iPhone GPS Hack Works!
- iPhone Adding IM and Picture Messaging?
- Want push email on your iPhone? No problem
- Apple cuts 8GB iPhone price to $399
- Steve Jobs gives all iPhone owners $100 back
- The definitive iPhone native application list
- Apple iPhone hits the one million mark
- iPhone’s $100 Apple Store Credit program goes live
- Apple iPhone hits O2 in the UK on November 9th
- IPhone confirmed for T-Mobile Germany
- Orange nonchalantly confirms iPhone deal in France
- iPhone double header: First native IM client AND first native IRC released
- Install applications on your iPhone without hacking
- iPhone Coding: URL Launcher
- Playing with the iPhone’s accelerometer
- iFuntastic goes v3, adds PPC support
- Dock gets a spiffy new update
- Hackapalooza: making the iPhone main screen scroll!
- Beta Beat: MobileChat iPhone AIM Client debuts
- iPhone Coding: Using the Slider
- Push-to-Talk developer pack
- Installer.app locks out PXL package
- Colloquy for iPhone Debuts
- iPhone Coding: Using the Accelerometer
- Installing the iPhone Developer Toolchain: A simple How-To
- Run Widgets (kinda) on your iPhone
- iPhone: How many Hackers?
- Apple looks out for my best interests
- Shipley confronts Apple on “contain and engage”

iPhone unlocking:
- iPhone freedom
- How To: Activate the Voicemail Button in Non-AT&T Unlocked iPhones
- iUnlock Reloaded: free iPhone unlocking for dummies now available
- iPhone Dev Team announces free GUI iPhone Unlock Tool

iPhone ringtones:
- Daring Fireball: The Ringtones Racket
- iToner makes adding iPhone ringtones ridiculously easy
- Song Sender sends iPhone tunes to email and ringtones
- Apple intros ringtones for iPhones
- iPhone Ringtones On The Cheap
- Cleverboy discovers ultimate ringtone hack
- Ringtonator, a GUI for the ringtone hack
- MakeiPhoneRingtone hits 1.1, further obsoletes the ringtones racket
- iToner 1.0.2 is available
- Ringtonator Studio makes ringtones from any QT format

Nokia N95:
- Nokia N95 - One Name, 3 Devices?
- AAS Feature: The Black Beauties Christmas Showdown - Nokia N95 8GB versus the Apple iPhone
- Hands-on with the US Nokia N95
- Nokia N95 for North America: get it September for $699
- Hands On the Nokia N95i (The Black One) and the N95 US-Band Cellphone

OQO Model 02:
- OQO Model 02 lowers price, bumps specs, adds SSD and new CEO
- OQO brings the OQO Model e2 to Europe

Google phone:
- HTC insider confirms Google Phone?
- Google’s mobile OS well on its way to production
- New Google Phone rumors get real specific
- DigiTimes: Google will definitely launch its own branded handset

Motorola’s secret device:
- One of Motorola’s most secret projects…
- Motorola secrets? ELBA, E8, E7? That’s why we are here!
- Is this the Motorola MOTOROKR E7?

Samsung F700 (Croix):
- Samsung Ultra F700 Smartphone Rechristened “Croix”
- Samsung’s F700 Ready for Business in November with Vodafone
- Samsung’s Croix: yet another ‘iPhone rival’
- Samsung F700, others to sport “Croix” interface concept

Samsung G800 (5 megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom and xenon flash):
- Stolen Snaps of Samsung G800 Reveal 5 Megapixel camera with 3x Zoom
- Samsung G800 gets previewed

Samsung P520 (Armani):
- Armani and Samsung Team Up to Create a New Touchscreen Fashion Phone

LG KU990 (Viewty):
- Hands-on with the LG KU990 Smart Phone (Verdict: Definitely Not an iPhone Killer)
- Up Close and Personal Video of LG KU990 “Viewty”
- Hands-on with the LG KU990
- LG’s KU990 “Viewty” reviewed, loved

Meizu M8 (miniOne):
- Meizu’s M8 MiniOne shipping January 17th?
- Meizu’s MiniOne M8 GUI exposed: shame on you J. Wong

Other:
- i450, i550 and i570 - rumoured Samsung S60 devices
- Coming soon: Samsung i560 - S60 with GPS
- Opera launches second beta for Mini 4
- The Nokia iPhone-like Slip?
- Intel demos iPhone-like MID of the future

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Now that the Nokia N95 is in the wild, so are the pictures, the unboxing, a navigation review, a music review, and a camera review! In addition, here’s a video podcast about video editing, as well as info about GPS applications and the tilt sensor…

The OQO Model 02 is also in the wild - but where is mine?

Speaking of handtops, the Vulcan Flipstart is shipping.

Will you buy the Apple iPhone on June 11? I’m going to try :)

Apparently, the LG KE850 (Prada) is now available for free - check out this interface video…

Here are more pictures of the sexy Samsung F700!

It looks like Microsoft is trying to catch up to Nokia on the mobile web browser front.

Speaking of browsers, Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile Smartphone is now available for download - my Samsung i607 (BlackJack) is smiling :)

How about high-quality DRM-free music from the iTunes store? Well, it’s about time.

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The Google phone is is not is perhaps coming, and the Meizu M8/miniOne is is not is perhaps an iPhone clone…

Here are some pictures of the Samsung F700, which is really tasty!

And as if this was not enough goodness, here are more pictures and another video of the LG KE850 (Prada), which is already being replaced?

The Digital Cube i-Station G43 is an interesting handtop-sized UMPC - like a Nokia N800 on steroids :)

Speaking of handtops, how about more OQO Model 02 and Vulcan FlipStart (aka. the ugly duckling) coverage?

And finally, the Nokia N80 is now supported natively by iSync, and the N95 is about to be released (complete with commercial).

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I’ve been busy at GDC with work-related stuff, but I’ll have some Nokia and Motorola coverage for you later this week. Also, I’ve acquired a rare Neonode N1m that I’ll be playing with soon. In the meantime…

How about some LG KE850 (Prada) phone goodness, like a review, a video review (above), and a release date & price?

The zombie handtop Vulcan FlipStart is back from the dead again here after a 3-year vaporware hiatus! It’s a bit pricey, thick, heavy, (ugly?) and a bit challenged on the memory and hard drive fronts, but it’s nonetheless interesting. I’ve requested a review unit, but I’m not holding my breath :)

Here’s a video of the Samsung F700 with music by one of my favorite bands, Fila Brazillia (song: The Cubist News, album: Dicks, year: 2004).

Apparently, you can use the Nokia N95 to edit video! Wow…

It looks like Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR is going to introduce some cool new features, including near field communication.

Perhaps the Google phone is more than just speculation after all.

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It’s official, the Nokia N95 is now blessed by the FCC.

Move over, iPhone and Nokia N95, there’s a new kid on the block - it’s touch-based, with tactile feedback… Or perhaps iPhone + N95 = Samsung F700?

Oh my! Pictures of the rumored Nokia E90. I’m definitely looking forward to 3GSM this year :)