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Windows Phone 7: Hands on Demo.

February 16th, 2010 at 10:15 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Microsoft, Mobile, Videos



Interesting video (from Channel 9) showing a preview of the winPhone 7 OS.

I am just a bit worried about the localized version of Bing. So far I have seen it working in the US. Does that mean that Bing will be updated for a worldwide support or that the winPhone7 will be available only in [...]

Siri, the mobile personal assistant

February 5th, 2010 at 1:03 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Mobile



This mobile personal assistant looks awesome!
Unfortunately, for business model reason (the application is free and make money on referrals fees whenever someone buy through the service), the service works only in the US…

Interesting interview to watch with the Siri CEO and VP engineering.
Still is a great application to have on your pocket :)
Currently the application [...]

iPhone 2.0 : 6+ cool Tips

July 17th, 2008 at 2:47 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Mobile



#1 Taking a screenshot: Hold the ‘home’ button then hit the ‘power/sleep’ button
#2 Saving an image from Safari: Tap on an image and hold, a pop up will display

#3 More domain name extension: hold the ‘.com’ if you are in Safari or the ‘.’ button in mail composer, and you will be proposed more 3 [...]

Confirmed: Flash Lite apps coming to iPhone

March 19th, 2008 at 3:54 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Adobe, Flash Lite, Mobile



[via Scott Janousek's Blog]
[...]Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen said the company intends to bring its Flash Player to Apple’s iPhone.[...]
Whether and how Flash applications would run on Apple’s iPhone has been an open question since the device’s launch. Narayen’s comments indicate that Adobe will be able to create a version of Flash Lite for the [...]

Silverlight Becoming Platform Agnostic? Flash Lite Targeted.

March 4th, 2008 at 9:59 am by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash Lite, Marketing, Mobile



It was a great surprise to read that Nokia will help Microsoft to port Silverlight to S60 platforms (also S40 and Internet Tablet later). It is certainly a smart move from Microsoft to target the biggest market first (Nokia got 53% of the worldwide mobile device market) but it’s quite strange from Microsoft to target [...]

Get your Location on Mobile without a GPS

December 5th, 2007 at 11:05 am by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash Lite, Google, Mobile



I just came accross this video on youTube, Google Maps Mobile (GMM) has added a Location services based on CellID (Cell Of Origine).

Cool, now the question is: is there an API from GMM to get this bluedot position and use it with Flash Lite?
Supported device: most web enabled phones such as Java, BlackBerry, Windows [...]

MAX 2007 Chicago: Notes and Videos

October 9th, 2007 at 2:05 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Adobe, Flash, Flash Lite, Flex, Mobile, Photoshop, RIA



First link by Mark Coppock, he wrote notes about most of the sessions that took place during MAX. His note are full of links and really worth the read!
If you are more a vizual guys than a reader then head to Peter Elest’s blog where you can find a lot of Sneak Peeks videos:
Flash “Next”
Flash [...]

Thinking about getting an iPhone? — Say Hello to iPoor!

August 10th, 2007 at 2:47 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Marketing, Mobile



Bright idea from Steve Nojobs against buying an iPhone:
Think again. With iPoor on the scene, buying an iPhone is almost a humanitarian crime against yourself. Do you really want the iPhone’s sexy, metallic body when you can have colorful plastic? Here’s more reason to make your next purchase an iPoor.
It’s Beautiful
The iPoor is the most [...]

Test drive the future: Nokia Beta Labs

July 26th, 2007 at 11:42 am by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash Lite, J2ME, Mobile



Just read via Balagopal NKnair’s blog the opening of the Nokia Beta Labs.
The latest beta app is a Mobile Server to access your mobile directly via Internet:
Mobile Web Server lets you name your device and make it accessible in the Internet with a browser. The software includes several applications from content creation to remote usage, [...]

IPhoney – How your web creations will look on iPhone?

June 24th, 2007 at 2:15 am by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Mobile, Web Design



A useless toy to see how will your web creation look on iPhone…
iPhoney is not an iPhone simulator but instead is designed for web developers who want to create 320 by 480 (or 480 by 320) websites for use with iPhone. It gives you a canvas on which to test the visual quality of your [...]