Archive for May 9th, 2008

Cheap Microsoft Office for Starving Students

Microsoft is offering a huge discount of over 90% on  the Microsoft Office Ultimate (for a mere $60 instead of $600). The caveat is you need to provide an .edu email address and carry at least a 0.5-credit course load. If you are qualified, go to  www.theultimatesteal.com.
The 91-percent-off deal ends May 16th at 11:59 [...]

Microsoft is offering a huge discount of over 90% on  the Microsoft Office Ultimate (for a mere $60 instead of $600). The caveat is you need to provide an .edu email address and carry at least a 0.5-credit course load. If you are qualified, go to  www.theultimatesteal.com.

The 91-percent-off deal ends May 16th at 11:59 p.m., and Microsoft has full details for the offer at www.microsoft.com/education/ultimatesteal.mspx.  [via NYT]

New Vista Smartphone Interface VSI 3.0 Released

JGUI just published new 3.0. version of Vista Smartphone Interface , JGUI offers a free “Launcher” utility to make your WM Landscape device look like Windows Vista including the various functions on the sidebar. The version 3.0 brings:

New engine for weather service is udpated.
New engine for news service is updated.
Better support for VGA screens and [...]

JGUI just published new 3.0. version of Vista Smartphone Interface , JGUI offers a free “Launcher” utility to make your WM Landscape device look like Windows Vista including the various functions on the sidebar.

The version 3.0 brings:

• New engine for weather service is udpated.
• New engine for news service is updated.
• Better support for VGA screens and new sizes.
• Completely new registration processing. No password, just one ordinary SMS.
  All lately reported bugs and problems are fixed.

Download VSI HERE!

CorePlayer 1.2.4 Released With .FLV Support

This new release of CorePlayer just added the .flv, f4v  (Adobe Flash video format) support. Meaning you can now download youTube video. CorePlayer can play them back.
Highlights:

Support the Adobe Flash Multimedia Container (FLV, F4V)
All Symbian versions now feature YouTube Browser
Added support for site specific functions like “Revision3′ via RSS… so pick your [...]

This new release of CorePlayer just added the .flv, f4v  (Adobe Flash video format) support. Meaning you can now download youTube video. CorePlayer can play them back.

Highlights:

• Support the Adobe Flash Multimedia Container (FLV, F4V)
• All Symbian versions now feature YouTube Browser
• Added support for site specific functions like “Revision3′ via RSS… so pick your feed and enjoy

LIMITATIONS

• At this time only support the Flash Container (FLV) is available
• CorePlayer still can not to play the video within a webpage 9e.g. youTube) but that will come by early next year with v2.0 of CorePlayerX/CorePlayer API integration.

CorePlayer Mobile Platform Support

• Palm
• CE/MIPS
• Pocket PC /Windows Mobile Smartphone
• Symbian s60 v2, Symbian s60 v3, Symbian UIQ v2,  Symbian UIQ v3

If you wish to upgrade, you can do so by downloading the latest version from your account management page at My Account (http://www.mobihand.com/myaccount.asp)

CorePlayer is available in our store HERE!

Nokia To Become More Internet Company

Granted Nokia has the majority of the worldwide handset market, but with the  pressure of Asian manufacturers; the growing online services from Google, Microsoft, Google as well as competition from Apple iPhone, Google Android, Blackberry and MS Windows Mobile, Nokia feels the need to change its business model.
During Nokia’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday, [...]

Granted Nokia has the majority of the worldwide handset market, but with the  pressure of Asian manufacturers; the growing online services from Google, Microsoft, Google as well as competition from Apple iPhone, Google Android, Blackberry and MS Windows Mobile, Nokia feels the need to change its business model.

During Nokia’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday, CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo stated “Our goal is to act less like a traditional manufacturer, and more like an internet company,” Kallasvuo told his shareholders. “Companies such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft are not our traditional competitors, but they are major forces that must be reckoned with. Make no mistake: We are taking on these challenges seriously and aggressively.” 

We should expect Nokia will diversify its business more toward Web services as it already started with the Music service called “Come with Music”  and the pending acquisition of the Mapping company Navteq. At the same time we don’t want Nokia to lose its focus on the handset core business.

[Source Arstechnica]