Sun is demonstrating its game server prototype at this week’s GDC.
Sun also announced the 2004 Java Technology Game Development Contest running from now through June 2004. Click here for details or learn more via the java.net Games community.
More from CTIA: Information on Qualcomm’s plans to use ATI 3D graphics tech in its next gen mobile phone chipsets.
Following up on previous posts on the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference:
ETech 2004 presentation files are now available from the O’Reilly site (click here to access).
An interesting glimpse at how Disney uses enterprise weblogs and wikis across their various business units (including Disney, ABCNews, ESPN, Movies.com, etc.).
Learn more by reading Disney’s abstract for the ETech session “Leveraging RSS at Disney: From Collaboration to Massive Content Delivery” and/or downloading a copy of the presentation slides.
Reuters provides a glimpse of things to be discussed at this year’s CTIA Wireless in “Mobile Industry Focuses on Fixing Basics“.
Nokia announced its first megapixel cellcam this week as part of its CeBIT 2004 announcements. The Nokia 7610 ups the photo resolution to approximately 1Mpix but still falls short on my cellcam wishlist for 2004 (no flash, doesn’t support EDGE or WiFi, size is apparently smaller than the 3650 but not clear from any info I can find at this point).
Everybody’s been blogging about the 7610’s feature set, so rather than repeat what they’ve been saying, I’ll link to them. Read all about it from:
- Russ Beattie (includes link to Nokia’s CeBIT presentation)
- Mobitopia (links to more photos)
- Reiter’s Camera Phone Report
- The Register
Will this be “the” device of 2004 instead of the 6620, or are we still waiting for it to appear? I’m inclined to think the latter. There are simply too many things missing:
- “In flight”, aka “hospital” mode, allowing one to use the non-cell features of the phone (calendar and address book, J2ME applications, camera, etc.) while having wireless capability turned off
- Camera flash (OK, I’ve harped on this before, but other cellcams vendors have had them for months)
- EDGE and WiFi support (GPRS is just too darned slow)
- Serviceable desktop software (assuming PC Suite for 7610 has not been vastly improved from the 3650 version: Why can’t we enter phone numbers and other address and calendar information in PC Suite like we can in the Palm Desktop?)
- From the “I wish someone would do this” category: FRS/GMRS and GPS, which would render any Mpix cellcam so equipped a “must have” gadget for outdoor enthusiasts of many persuasions
eWeek reports on Nokia’s RFID plans, which as of now include a Nokia Mobile RFID kit which includes two RFID reader enabled covers for Nokia 5140 cellcams.
Recommended: Christian Lindholm’s selected gems for Nokia Series 60 phone users.
Also linked to from comments in Christian’s blog:
- Symbian Wiki, full of Series 60, 80, and other related Nokia and Symbian tips and tricks
- A long list of Nokia 3650 related links (requires some effort to use)
Worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the history of St. Patrick’s Day, including sections on St. Patrick himself, Irish history, and the roots of the modern holiday.
A follow-on to my post last week, “Sun Adopts RSS“:
XML co-author Tim Bray joined Sun effective this week and has several interesting things to say about RSS and XML in this eWeek interview. Want the skinny straight from Tim himself? Read his blog entry on why he chose Sun and what he’s planning to do there.
Welcome, Tim!
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