Archive for the ‘GPhone’ Category

SportyPal Pro / 2 about to launch

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

I’ve used a few different mobile apps for tracking my runs. I really like AllSportGPS on the Blackberry for the fact that it gives you a lot of feedback on the screen while you are running.

However, since I left my previous company and ditched my BB I have been using SportyPal which also works nicely and is free although isn’t as feature rich. They have just announced SportyPal Pro (or 2, they don’t seem to have decided the branding yet). I’m guessing the ‘pro’ title means there will be a charge for the product. I think up until now they have relied on advertising on their website.

SportyPal 2

SportyPal 2

Of course, if you don’t want to be hauling a device around with you then there is the Garmin Forerunner but maybe that isn’t quite geeky enough. I quite like things like the ‘race’ option on AllSportGPS where you can watch on the map where your ‘former self’ was on the run at the same time.

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Fitaly on Android (update)

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Thanks to Google Analytics I know that quite a few visits to this site are for people looking for a version of Fitaly running on Android.

I’ve found a great resource if you are interested in a ‘quick and dirty’ coded version for Android here.

What is particularly nice is that he has included the source code and links to other useful input resources. However, interesting to note he still prefers using Swype. I wonder if Swype would consider allowing you to redesign the keyboard so you could get a Fitaly and Swype mashup :-)

Posted in Fitaly, GPhone, Input, SDK, Swype, UK | 1 Comment »

G-Day in the UK, October 30th 2008

Friday, October 17th, 2008

As reported by Ewan at Mobile Industry Review the G1 will land in stores across the UK at the end of this month.

There have been a reported 25,000 inquiries into the phone although I logged a request for updates and haven’t heard anything – maybe my Gmail being a bit too strict with the spam filter?

The phone is still due to be free with £40 tariffs and Ewan outlines the packages below:

“At that monthly price, you’ve a choice of Combi 35 (800 minutes and unlimited texts) or Flext 40 (up to 1,250 minutes, 2,500 texts or any combination of the two).”

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T-Mobile G1 UK launch page live

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

T-Mobile UK have already put up their own ‘Get it first’ button on their site in the UK.

Reports have already stated that it will be free with £40 a month tariffs. It will be interesting to see if their are lower tariffs offered, what you’ll pay for the phone with those or whether there are any contracts offered shorter than 18 months.

Below are the O2 UK tariffs for pay monthly customers on the iPhone for comparison. I’d guess that, like the $179 price tag for the G1 in the US, T-Mo are going to try to pitch the G1just a bit cheaper than these prices…

O2 Pay Monthly Tariffs for iPhone

Choose from one of our four Pay Monthly tariffs for iPhone.

Monthly Charge £30 £35 £45 £75
Cost of 8GB iPhone £99 £99 Free Free
Cost of 16GB iPhone £159 £159 £59 Free
Minutes 75 600 1200 3000
Texts 125 500 500 500
Unlimited Data & Wi-Fi Yes Yes Yes Yes
Visual Voicemail Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reduced Roaming Rates Yes Yes Yes Yes
Minimum contract length 18 months 18 months 18 months 18 months

As mentioned before, I wonder how soon before people will be unlocking these phones both from the US and the UK. I’d give it about 2 weeks from release.

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(rumour) Google building own phone?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Interesting job posting on Google. They are looking for someone to design and build ‘functional prototype’ hardware. However, it seems a little unusual that they would build prototypes to then have them taken into production by third parties from the OHA (e.g. HTC, Samsung, Motorola…)

Job description includes the following requirements:

  • A minimum of three years of product design experience in the field of consumer electronics.
  • High-end 3D CAD design proficiency a requirement (ProE, UG, SolidWorks).
  • Proficient in the knowledge of injection molding, metal manufacturing methods, materials & finish, mechanisms and heat transfer.
  • Working knowledge on battery, display, input devices, RF designs (wireless antenna integration), camera, acoustic devices and EMC.
  • Handheld/portable device design experiences are a plus.

After all the speculation, could it be that Google are planning their own in house ‘Gphone’ after all?

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