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Paul
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Published
18/05/2010
The Lions of Bath layer has finally arrived, creating a city wide, Augmented Reality safari. Our new layer adds a new element of discovery and makes tracking down the elusive felines much easier.
The public art event takes place in and around the World Heritage City of Bath from the end of May to mid September, during which time, iPhone 3GS and Android device owners can use Layar to navigate their way around the city to track down the lions.
The Lions of Bath event was inspired by the successful King Bladud’s Pigs event in 2008, which brightened up the city, increased tourism and raised £200,000 for charity.
If you are viewing this page on your Layar enabled mobile phone, you can open this layer directly by clicking on the following link.
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By
Paul
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Published
07/01/2010
Google have launched their Nexus One Android based ’superphone’ which looks fantastic (Super). Made by HTC with a 1Ghz Snapdragon chipset, it looks like a great alternative to the iPhone. It doesn’t have multi-touch as yet but that may be just around the corner with a later release of Android.
It comes loaded with Google products as one would expect (Gmail, Google Maps, Google Earth) and shows signs of a significant shift towards the popularity of mobile Internet. The device which is slimmer and lighter than the iPhone, is the first device to be sold direct from the manufacturer, SIM free and may well be the latest ‘must have’ device for 2010.
Google’s blog has all the details and how to get your hands on one.
Maybe it’s wrong to compare it only to the iPhone, but are there really any other competitors out there who can launch a huge marketing campaign (or will Google do what they do best and not advertise) and get not just techies, but regular folk buying it too?
By
Paul
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Published
08/10/2009
The battle continues – Adobe Flash developers want to create applications using Flash for the iPhone but the iPhone users, and Apple, appear to be doing fine without them.
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By
Paul
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Published
07/10/2009
Flash CS5 (beta available soon) is said to have new features which enable Flash developers to output not only Air2.0 and Flash Player 10.1 apps for smartphones, but also native apps for the iPhone.
This article from Adobe explains how it’s all expected to work.
By
Paul
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Published
29/09/2009
As Orange announce they are to begin selling the iPhone in the UK, just in time for Christmas, Vodaphone has struck up a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone – but not until early 2010, completely missing out on the Christmas rush!
There will be some competition leading up to Christmas with O2 and Orange going head-to-head, but with the new year giving consumers three mobile giants to choose from, surely it makes sense to hold off until Vodaphone comes along to see who offers the best long term deals.
The only way iPhone users can get real value from their device is by using data services, something the mobile providers know only too well. From a consumers point of view, the best deals over 12 or 18 months will be the ones that offer the best value for data services over that period.
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By
Paul
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Published
29/09/2009
Orange signed a deal with Apple, announced on Monday, to sell the popular iPhone in the UK as O2’s exclusive two year deal comes to an end. So far O2 have sold an estimated 1.5 million iPhones in the UK, boosted by the launch of the much publicised AppStore and by the release of the iPhone 3GS earlier this year.
They are expected to start selling the iPhone in time for Christmas, as O2 prepare for the launch of the Palm Pre. They will continue to sell the iPhone and it is expected that other manufacturers will attempt to get in on the act.
No news from Orange concerning iPhone tariffs as yet, but it should help Orange re-establish itself in the UK as it recovers some of its share from O2.
By
Paul
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Published
25/09/2009
O2 plan to launch the Palm Pre smartphone at the same level as the already popular iPhone. Their exclusivity deal is expected to come to an end at the end of the year so the Palm Pre could be the replacement, although there has been no comment from Apple or O2.
The smartphone will be available to buy direct from O2 or via the mobile operator’s retail partners, including the Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U, from 16 October.
O2’s parent company Telefonica in July announced that it had won exclusive rights to offer the Palm Pre across Europe.
UK consumers have more smartphones to choose from than the US where sales have been struggling since its launch. However, Palm remain optimistic.
“There’s a lot of excitement about Palm Pre in Europe as we continue to expand Palm webOS products across new carriers and countries,” said Jon Rubinstein, chairman and CEO of Palm, in Thursday’s statement.
By
Paul
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Published
22/09/2009
Adobe Systems announces the availability of Adobe Flash Platform Services for Distribution, a new service that enables advertisers and content publishers to promote, measure and monetize applications across social networks, desktops and mobile devices.
Moreover, Web applications built with Flash Platform tools as well as applications created with other technologies can be distributed to multiple mobile platforms, Adobe said. Users who want to install a sharable application on a mobile device will receive an SMS message on that device with a link to the application. Users then click the link and the Distribution service detects the device and delivers the version of the application that is developed and optimized for that specific device.
Mobile devices include:
Apple iPhone
Symbian S60
Windows Mobile
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By
Paul
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Published
19/09/2009
Developers have high hopes for smartphone apps that overlay data on images of the real world. First up, iPhone 3GS and Android devices.
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