HTC Hero ROM update in action

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Paul O'Brien at Modaco.com has briefly demoed a so called ROM update to the HTC Hero. The video below shows that the HTC Hero is smooth indeed, but truthfully, I can't really tell a difference from my device as it is right now. What would be really interesting, is to see what the update does for flicking through photo albums and the likes as that right now presents the most, albeit very minimal, lag.

Here's a look at the update: HTC Hero ROM update in action

Flash and Silverlight coming to Blackberry

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Research in Motion will integrate full Flash and Silverlight software into Blackberry devices. The newest Blackberry 9700 will be the first to actually see it implemented. Downside is that RIM is pretty early with the news as they do not expect to see support for such rich web experience until next summer.

Via: Boygeniusreport

Microsoft Office introduced on Nokia handsets

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Who saw this coming? Microsoft and Nokia have reached an agreement in which Microsoft promises to deliver its Office software to Nokia handsets. Microsoft sets out to expand its presence in the mobile world and both Nokia and Microsoft will try to counter threats coming from other platforms, like Google. Google offers extensive online office software and is gaining more ground in the mobile internet market with Android becoming mainstream. Companies like Nokia and Microsoft are feeling the heat and their agreement seems to be aimed at gaining foothold while battling fierce competition.

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Palm Pre privacy issues

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Software developer Joey Hess discovered that his Palm pre sends information to Palm about his location, application crashes and third party apps, on a daily basis over a secure connection. Palm has released a statement in which they say that users can turn certain features on and off, and that Palm takes privacy very serious.

Joey Hess eventually found a way to turn off the data collection by Palm and Palm commented on the issue that it has no intentions to violate trust. Yeah, surely Palm is not interested in violating trust, after all they did allow the user to turn off data collection, right?

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Nokia's OVI mail application reaches 1 million mark

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According to Nokia, its Ovi email application has been activated a million times on Nokia devices. While only 650,000 accounts were in fact created, Nokia still considers this a landmark in the development of OVI software and a sign that there is "a real appetite in the developing world for these types of tailored services".

However, Nokia still has a long way to go in my opinion. If you consider that Gmail has well over 100 million users worldwide, who are now able to seemlessly integrate their accounts into Android phones, it seems like Nokia is so far behind, it might actually never catch up.

"More than just reaching a company milestone, this proves to us that there is a real appetite in the developing world for these types of tailored services," said Tom Furlong, head of Consumer Messaging at Nokia. "For first-time email users, Ovi Mail provides a digital identity and we are thrilled by its rapidly rising adoption rate."

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Official Facebook application for Android

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As a big fan of Android, an open source smartphone operating system, I am pleased to see that developers are coming up with a huge amount of applications for Android handsets. Although Android market is not as developed as the iPhone Appstore yet, most main stream applications are available to the Android platform.



The latest application is rumored to be an official Facebook app. HTC Hero's Sense UI has integrated Facebook elements but there is no homescreen widget available unlike, for instance, Peep. It is expected that the new Android Facebook app does have a homescreen widget, making it more convenient to keep your friends up to date and vice versa.

Sygic to release Android navigation software before end of summer

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After making navigation software available to the Iphone, Sygic will now release a navigation app for Android. The app is not available in the app market yet as the company is still deciding on price and has still some software optimizing to do.

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Malaysia may implement internet filter to censor blogs and websites

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The Malaysian government recently proposed the implementation of an internet filter with the purpose of filtering out child pornography. However, the filter software is flawed, critics say, and could potentially lead to the censorship of many political blogs and websites.

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Google Wave preview on Engadget.com

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Google Wave is elaborately examined on Engadget.com. Check out the article and find out why you should start thinking about using Google Wave in the future.. Or not.

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Google labels for smaller screens

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Gmail's labels can be tweaked for netbooks and mobile phones. Check out Liliputing for a quick overview on how to do this.

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Opera mobile debuts on Android

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After Opera mini now the great little browser Opera mobile is coming to the Android platform.

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