YouTube to go Mobile

YouTube is talking about bringing their service onto the mobile market. They aren't sure on on how they'll be able to make money but are considering Google's Adwords to be used as a money making solution. Read about the beaking news here.

S60 Browser Blog

Another great blog by the S60 Blog team called S60 Browser Blog has been launched. Check it out.

What is a Walled Garden ?

A simple graphical explanation that goes straight to the point here.

Information Utilities for your Mobile Phone

A host of useful mobile utilities including a Spell Checker, WordNET Dictionary, UK STD Codes, Crossword Finder, Websters Dictionary, Mini Thesaurus, Bible Dictionary, Abbreviations, Stock Quotes, UK Highways Traffic Information and POP Email client are available via a simple WAP connection at MobileQueuery.com. In other worrds there is no application to install all you need to do is bookmark the applications URL in your mobile WAP/WEB browser and you will be able to access the information you require.

Use your Nokia as a Mouse

Written in Java and an accompanying Windows driver, utilizing the phones BT(bluetooth) capability and camera, a fellow hacker has come up with a great way to add a new funtionality to the Nokia phone in creating a BT mouse.

All is required is a BT-enabled pc or notebook/laptop and Windows OS. There's also a possibilty of a GPRS connection and an interface for mirroring the PC's screen on the Nokia's display.

The possibilties are endless and I believe this application/project will take off since everyone carries their mobile phone with them and people aren't so keen about notebooks/laptops input devices and this is a perfect match.

Linux phone by Trolltech in September

Troltech is promising to ship out what they call the "Greenphone" a GSM/GPRS mobile phone in September this year with a user modifiable Linux OS.
The phone will allow the users to re-flash the phone firmware via a mini-USB cable port.

The phone will be available with the software development kit.

A great new phone with all the benefits of the Linux operating
system.
Start porting your applications to run on Linux and Qtopia Phone Edition !

Mobile Phone Trojan !

“Kaspersky’s laboratory”, the Russian developer of systems for protection against viruses, trojan programs and a spam, informs on detection of the first nocuous program for the mobile phones, capable to execute Java-appendices (J2ME).
The Trojan spreads in the guise of a J2ME application “RedBrowser”, which promise to enable the user to visit WAP sites without using a GPRS connection. Trojan’s author says , that it is realized by sending and reception of free-of-charge SMS-messages. Actually the Trojan sends SMSs to some premium paid mobile services, at a rate of $5 - $6 per each of such a messege.
Trojan program has received name Trojan-SMS.J2ME.RedBrowser.a (by classification of virus analysts of the company).
The Trojan is a J2ME application, may be called “redbrowser.jar”, and is 54482 bytes in size.
The Trojan can be downloaded and installed to the victim device either via the Internet (from a WAP site) or via Bluetooth or from PC.

The Jar-archive contains :
* FS.class - auxiliary file (2719 bytes in size)
* FW.class - auxiliary file (2664 bytes in size)
* icon.png - graphics file (3165 bytes in size)
* logo101.png - graphics file (16829 bytes in size)
* logo128.pnh - graphics file (27375 bytes in size)
* M.class - interface file (5339 bytes in size)
* SM.class - Trojan application which sends SMS messages (1945 bytes in size)

The user is able to remove this trojan by using the standard “Remove application” utility of his phone.

More Mobile Internet that Wired Internet Users in Japan

A report from Digital World Tokyo (via Textually.org) has the interesting news that more people in Japan access the Internet through mobile devices than through wired connections, and more frequently. At the end of 2005, an estimated 69.2 million people were using the Internet from mobile devices, compared with 66 million from conventional PCs. This is a startling figure, and one I can only assume comes from a much cheaper data transfer pricing model in Japan compared with elsewhere. We've seen recently that UK providers like O2, Vodafone and T-Mobile are launching high speed mobile services, but they also cost significantly more than fixed line services, and come with much more restrictive limits on data usage, which prevents them from being a competitor for fixed line Internet access.

One side effect of cheap access to mobile Internet services in Japan has been an explosion in mobile commerce services, with the Japanese mobile commerce market worth an estimated US$6.3 billion in 2005. 2005 was also the first year that saw sales of conventional goods via mobile websites exceed the sale of mobile-specific content, such as ringtones and video clips.