Download iPhone Tool Software Based On New Prototyping Platform Soon

Those companies that intend to create apps for Apple’s iPhone will be able to build and try the latest programming template from iRise, a new prototyping platform. The El Segundo company introduced the template at the Software 2008 trade show in Las Vegas.

Companies has sold about 1.7 million units in the year’s first quarter, and respectable Apple forecasts 10 million iPhones in the market by the end of 2008. The case is that application iPhone builders had to get the code for being compatible with Safari browser. But Apple recently released software development kit that enables them to create applications for running directly on the phone.

The iRise software can create prototypes that simulate an application but don’t have any underlying code. This enables programmers and exterior developers design an application without any hurdles just for demonstration. Then decision-makers can see the software in functions and sign off on the project.

The template imitates the iPhone’s standard menu icons and can use sliders, zoom in and out of screens. Application developers can use it to create custom buttons, administer menu icons or designate the effects of actions, like double-tapping a button.

The iPhone simulations won’t run on an actual iPhone, rather on a desktop, manipulating with the virtual phone using a mouse. An iRise-based tool for using simulations can be downloaded for companies to send simulations to consumers and support feedback.

OneSpring design company in Atlanta already uses the iRise application simulation toolkit and calls it the SimDK (watch the video). OneSpring assisted in defining applications based on some other mobile platforms and that showed that iPhone’s display capabilities suggest more freedom for designers, while most applications for mobile devices are text-heavy.

The users of iRise can download iPhone tool software for free, which costs about $5,000 per seat. The OneSpring SimDK will start its proliferation from May 1 for $495.

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Apple Gives 3G iPhone Full IM Functionality

Did you hear that Apple is developing a kind of IM (Instant message) system for the iPhone? This kind of conclusion can be made from the fact that Apple filed a patent for a “portable electronic device for instant messaging.” Though is doesn’t directly mean IM for the iPhone, but most likely the patent will be used in the new generation of iPhone.

So what does the patent add to the device? In fact it is IM option for touchscreen devices with the help of finger gestures.

The patent says that the new function works just like the current SMS option in the iPhone where is is possible to see whether the recipient received and read the message by the change of colors and pop-ups.

The further details of the patent say:

“Portable device-based instant messaging (IM) services are becoming increasingly popular. But most IM services on portable electronic devices have a rudimentary user interface. It is cumbersome to create instant messages on such devices.”

“A user often needs to press a telephone keypad repeatedly to choose a character. It is also difficult to find and view previous instant messages. For example, it is inconvenient or even impossible for the user to view a series of previous messages with a particular user while composing a new message for that user.”

Apple claims that the new technology will help avoid such problems as well as other difficulties with user interface for handset devices.

However, Apple did more than that in introducing IM system for the iPhone. Apple has released SDK for the iPhone, and as a part of the introduction AOL demonstrated an IM technology for both the iPhone and iTouch.

Moreover, Apple encourages third-party developers create and license similar applications. Once the applications are ready they should be made available for the general public to download. By the way, over 100 000 SDK downloads (SDK was launched on March 6, 2008) have been reported so far.

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Photo Sharing & Blogging with Your iPhone

The strive for publicity and public recognition is something natural for people. That’s why people make photos. Of course, you can send the good shots to all your contacts from your iPhone’s contact book, but it would be much easier and useful to publish such shots in a your own blog so that a lot of other users besides your contacts could see them.

For these reasons there are mobile photoblogging services out there. I’ll speak about the world’s most popular one – Flickr.

The first thing you need to do if you want to use flickr is setting up Yahoo ID. The photo blog doesn’t work with other mail services.

The next step is registering at flickr.com. By the way, the login is not anyhow connected with that of your Yahoo ID. Each new user is given its unique email address which can be accessed at Your account => Email => Your Flickr upload email. You don’t have to keep that email in mind as you are planning to post photos only in blog, but not on your personal flickr page.

After the previous steps are completed you need to set the photos’ redirect to the blog. Cross-posting settings are located at Your account => Extending Flickr => Your blogs.

I’m absolutely sure that similar services will spring up like flies in the near future.

Why? They are very simple to use – you don’t have to install any kind of software, set parameters manually. Moreover, the audience is likely to appreciate the possibility to post photos straight off: make a shot – make a post, and you don’t have to rush to your PC with a USB cable and copy the photos on the hard drive. At the same time, the pleasure of having a personal photo blog is not incredibly expensive – all you need to pay for is the GPRS traffic (or other traffic according to which Internet connection plan you use.

Cell Phone Classifications: Alcatel, Siemens, Benq –Siemens, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Pantech, Philips, Samsung, Sagem, Sony Ericsson. Part 2

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Cell Phone Classifications: Alcatel, Siemens, Benq –Siemens, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Pantech, Philips, Samsung, Sagem, Sony Ericsson. Part 2

Panasonic

The phones are marked by letter-digit names. Moreover, the higher the digital index is the more sophisticated the device is

A – Budget class
X – Image phones

In both the classes the phones can have various functionality: from a basic phone to a smartphone, plus there is a huge variability in price range.

As the model line of the manufacturer is constantly growing, the novelties fall under the following categories:

SC – Middle-class devices
VS – Slim models
SA – Sport and active lifestyle phones
MX – Bigger phones with high-capacity batteries

Pantech

The markings of the company illustrate the segment in which the phone is positioned

GF – Stylish devices
GB – Budget phones

From 2005 the new marking system was introduced: now the phones come under G series and have different digital markings.

100 – Budget models
300 – Image phones
600-800 – High-end devices

Samsung

Samsung uses letter classification. The abbreviation SGH stands for GSM network support; SCH – PMA support.

P – Multimedia devices
E – Exclusive phones
D – Business-class phones
X – Youth segment
C –Middle-class devices
I – Smartphones
Z – 3G network phones

The models like R210, N620, T400 are named according to the previous classification which is not used any more.

Sagem

All the phones of this manufacturer come under the index My. The third letter stands for the segment the phone is positioned under.

V – Classic form
C – Shell phones
Z – Slider
S - Smartphone

The first digit stands for the segment of the phone: 1 – budget model, 2-5 middle class, further – more expensive models

The digit after the dash stands for the generation of the model. At the end of the digital index might stand a small letter which shows the difference of the given model from the basic one: j – Java, w – WAP, m – MMS, v - Video

Sony Ericsson

This company also uses letter classification, and the price category is indicated by the order number: the more the number is the more expensive the phone is. The budget models cannot be higher than 500.

J – Basic-level devices
K – The main phone line which substituted the T series. Under this category fall the devices with various functionality degree.
W – Musical Walkman phones
S – Multimedia phones
Z – Shells
P – Smartphones

So what devices can theoretically compete with the iPhone? I arrived at this conclusion:

Siemens SV
Benq-Siemens P series
LG L series
Motorola MP
Pantech 600-800
Samsung I
Sagem S
Sony Ericsson P

I deliberately excluded Nokia from the list of manufactures as I’m planning to make a thorough report on comparison of Nokia devices an the iPhone.

Cell Phone Classifications: Alcatel, Siemens, Benq –Siemens, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Pantech, Philips, Samsung, Sagem, Sony Ericsson

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Cell Phone Classifications: Alcatel, Siemens, Benq –Siemens, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Pantech, Philips, Samsung, Sagem, Sony Ericsson

Recently I’ve got very interested in comparing iPhone to its probable (or better to put it like this – potential) competitors. In order to find which devices can compete with my all-time favorite I decided to learn the classification of phones by the major manufacturers: Alcatel, Siemens, Benq –Siemens, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Pantech, Philips, Samsung, Sagem and Sony Ericsson.

I’m sure that you are aware of the fact that all phones fall into different categories or classes: from simple devices to highly sophisticated smartphones. So what is the classification of phones?

Alcatel

Initially the classification of this manufacturer featured 5 classes:

A – budget phones (are real rear phones)
A+B – youth-oriented phones of the series 30x and 31x
B+ - middle-class phones of the series 50x and 51x
C – expensive 70x series phones
G – image phones which planned for production

From 2005 the company introduced the new system which features 3 classes:

OT-E – budget phones
OT-C – middle class
OT-S – image class

Siemens

A – budget models
C - consumer-level devices
E – economical devices
M – Active lifestyle phones
S - Business class
SL – Image phones
SV – smartphones and multifunctional devices

Benq –Siemens

The scheme of giving names to phones of the young brand Benq–Siemens has been left unchanged: the indexes of phones are named by letters and digits, but the meaning of the symbols proper have changed and t he digital sequence has been violated:

The new names:

P – Smartphones with qwerty keyboard
E – Under the letter the company released a number of devices which fall into different classes, so iti s hard to say anything certain
S- it is the only letter that was left unchanged; these are still business-class devices

The devices are classified according to one feature and it is possible to encounter phones of different price category in the same class