Palm update enables Bluetooth voice dialing on Treo 800w
Screaming names into Jawbones — while undoubtedly relaxing and a great source of stress relief — hasn’t been particularly effective at accomplishing anything for early 800w owners on Sprint who’ve discovered that their devices don’t support voice dialing via Bluetooth out of the gate. Fortunately, Palm’s been crazy on the ball with this one, releasing an update this week all quick-like to get the feature enabled. Don’t let that stop you from screaming random names in public, of course.
.NET Micro Framework v3.0 Beta SDK and 3.0 Features.
The .NET Micro Framework team have made a Beta of the .NET Micro Framework 3.0 available to download from the Microsoft Connect Site (more information on the NETMF team blog)
What’s new and interesting with v3.0 I hear you ask… The list of features planned for the v3.0 release can be found here and here’s the short list.
* Interop
* Touchscreen
* Filesystem
* VS2008
* DPWS Tools
* Wi-Fi
* SSL
* Serial enhancements
* USB Device
* Fonts
* More cores
* Emulator and diag enhancements
Sidekick 2008 now available on eBay, too
It looks like those bummed they couldn’t snag that Sidekick 2008 (a.k.a. Gekko) that hit Craigslist earlier this month now have another shot at one, as an apparently non-prototype version of the device has just turned up on eBay — again, before one is actually available at a T-Mobile store. Currently, the bidding is topping $300 with the reserve not yet met, but if you’ve just gotta have one, you can swoop in and snag it for the Buy-it-Now price of $999. Or, you know, you could just wait and spend your savings on things you really need, like RFID-activated sliding doggie doors.
Skyfire for Symbian now in beta
While Skyfire continues to promise big things on the Windows Mobile front — a front that needs as many high-quality browsers as it can get — there’s another beta getting underway at the company for a S60 version of its Flash-enabled web viewer. Like Opera Mini and Deepfish, Skyfire renders content server-side — and in addition to Flash, it’s packing support for Quicktime, Windows Media, Silverlight, and AJAX, so it should serve up a pretty PC-like experience. Unfortunately, that’s an experience that only a select few in the private beta can enjoy at the moment, but Skyfire’s now taking signups for Beta 2, so get in (or at least try to) while the gettin’s good.
iPhone 3G accidentally snaps photo in factory, reveals long lost siblings
Unless you hit the jackpot at an Apple Store, you aren’t apt to see this many iPhone 3Gs in one place without planning a meetup. As the story goes, one particular lady picked up one of Apple’s latest handsets, took it home and began checking things out. Curiously, a trio of images were already on the Camera Roll. Upon viewing them, she noticed two snaps overcome with blur and the one you see above — likely a rare look into an iPhone 3G factory. Not that we haven’t see Apple products give away their place of origin before, but still interesting nonetheless. Now, scurry along and check out your own roll to see if any hidden treasures are waiting.
