Gadgets & Technology

Sony Erricsson one of the leading mobile phone manufacturers will release their new Android based mobile phone called Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. A touch screen mobile phone with various advanced features that will be released in the UK market by next month.

This baby is really compact with easy navigation for its touch screen interface. With just single touch you can go to your applications, web, call, whatever. With Timescape it will be lot easier and facter to connect with your friends, facebook, twitter, or even the traditional SMS. With Google Android OS you can enjoy the powerful Google applications on your finger tips. For internet connection, there are two features available, Wi-fi and HSDPA connection.

Here are few key features available on this new mobile phone:

• Google Android OS, with Android apps
• Facebook, Google maps, Wisepilot, YouTube
• Bluetooth, aGPS, WiFi, 3G
• 5 Megapixel Camera with photo flash and geo-tagging
• Infinite button: Just one press to all about your friends or all the artist info you need

I can’t wait to see this Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 phone available on my country.

BlackBerry Bold

Makers of the popular BlackBerry smartphones said on Saturday they are looking into Saudi press reports that regulators in the conservative Muslim kingdom want to control its popular messenger service.

The Saudi Communication and Internet Technology Commission (CITC) has reportedly contacted Canada’s Research in Motion Ltd (RIM) seeking to have access to and monitor communications by BlackBerry Messenger, known as BBM.

“RIM is investigating the reported matter in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and will provide an update once further information is available to share,” the company said in an emailed statement. Read more…

Nexus One

If you are Android developers and you have an application with 3.5 stars or higher and your application has been downloaded for more that 5,000 times,then Google have Free Nexus Ones and Droids for you. Google has just sent out an email to selected Android developers about this.

This free Nexus Ones and Droids is part of “Device Seeding Program”. In an odd move, Google isn’t actually allowing the developers to pick which device they’re receiving — if you’re in the US, you’ll get a Droid or Nexus One, at random. If you’re in Canada, the EU, Norway, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Singapore, you get a Nexus One.  If you’re not in any of those, you don’t get a phone at all (Google explains that the phones aren’t certified in other countries).

So why is Google doing this? Android is already having to deal with fragmentation issues, as a large number of users (and developers) have older phones that aren’t running Android 2.0. Now that the Droid, which runs 2.0, comprises a big part of Android’s market share, it’s in Google’s best interest to make sure that Android’s best developers are building software that’s compatible with the latest devices. The free phones also serve as a nice carrot to entice developers to build quality applications.

Here’s the Google email sent to Androids developers

Due to your contribution to the success of Android Market, we would
like to present you with a brand new Android device as part of our
developer device seeding program. You are receiving this message
because you’re one of the top developers in Android Market with one or
more of your applications having a 3.5 star or higher rating and more
than 5,000 unique downloads.

In order to receive this device, you must click through to this site,
read the terms and conditions of the offer and fill out the
registration form to give us your current mailing address so that we
can ship your device.

You will receive either a Verizon Droid by Motorola or a Nexus One.
Developers with mailing addresses in the US will receive either a
Droid or Nexus one, based on random distribution. Developers from
Canada, EU, and the EEA states (Norway, Lichtenstein), Switzerland,
Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore will receive a Nexus One. Developers
with mailing addresses in countries not listed above will not receive
a phone since these phones are not certified to be used in other
countries.

We hope that you will enjoy your new device and continue to build more
insanely popular apps for Android!

Mobile User

Mobile phone operators must now limit how much they charge customers for using the Internet within the European Union, after new rules went into effect Monday.

Customers have until July 1 to set a maximum monthly cost with their network, and those who do not will by default have a euro50 ($68) limit set.

Networks will send a warning when customers use up 80 percent of their allotment. At the limit, they will be cut off.

The European Commission has pressed networks into slashing roaming charges, leading to a 35 percent drop in the average cell phone bill to about euro20 a month, according to EU data.

But until now the cost of online surfing had remained unchanged. The EU office noted that German traveler was billed euro46,000 after watching a TV show in 2009 while roaming online in France, and a British student was charged euro9,000 for a month’s roaming while studying abroad.

By setting a monthly Internet limit, the European Commission hopes that “the tendency for operators will be to bring the price of surfing the Web down,” EU spokesman Jonathan Todd said.

Neelie Kroes, the new EU digital issues commissioner, called the new measure a step in “building customers’ confidence to surf the Internet when traveling in Europe.”

Network operators can now charge each other no more than 1euro per megabyte for downloading. National telecoms regulators are responsible for enforcing the rules with m