GLOBE Telecom announced the availability of the Blackberry Curve 8900, touted a
s the thinnest device yet by the Canadian firm Research In Motion.
Available to corporate subscribers, the Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest
full-QWERTY Blackberry device.
The device features richer multimedia capabilities, as well as advanced phone,
email, messaging, organizer and Web browser applications.
The Curve 8900 weighs around 110 grams and fits comfortably for one or two-hand
ed control. It is equipped with a 512MHz mobile processor supporting quad-band
EDGE and built-in WiFi/Bluetooth connectivity.
The latest Blackberry handset also carries and 480x360 resolution display and c
omes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, image stabilization, digital
zoom, flash and video recording and an expandable microSD slot that supports up
to 16GB of memory.
Globe is yet to announce availability of the RIMâs first touchscreen device, th
e Blackberry Storm.
RIM earlier this month announced Blackberry App World, a site for third-party a
pplication developers rivaling Appleâs iPhone App Store.
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SNAP. Select. Send.
Sending photos instantly from your camera phone to the Web isn't entirely a new
thing.
Blackberry or iPhone users can install Facebook for mobile which allows photos
to be sent instantly to one's profile. Depending on how fast your connection is
, of course. (But that's what 3G is for, right?)
But not all people carry Blackberrys and iPhones. Yet, most people today can't
be caught dead carrying a phone that doesn't have a camera.
So basically, Globe is eyeing a bigger market for PixLink since it works with m
ost Nokia series 60 phones, those Sony Ericsson Cybershot units and Windows Mob
ile handsets.
Pixlink uses compression technology from a company called PixSense. Which promi
ses to send files faster and then un-compresses them so it retains the original
resolution when posted on Facebook, Flickr, Blogger and Picasa.
So unlike most file-s
haring sites that reduces file size (ergo, lower resolution) in order to send f
iles faster - it's free anyway so they wouldn't want your pics hogging their se
rvers - there's a good chance your pictures will appear clearer when your frien
ds view them online.
Unfortunately, I'm a Blackberry user and PixLink isn't available yet for my dev
ice and the iPhone.
The service is also on free trial right now and Globe isn't telling yet how muc
h it costs. I'm guessing users will be charged per picture sent.
And yes, it's not just Facebook. So if you think you just took the perfect prof
ile shot, and you have money to burn, then post it right away to all your socia
l networking accounts.
Here's another interesting experiment from YouTube. Story from AFP:
Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON--The YouTube Symphony Orchestra is tuning up and getting ready to pl ay. YouTube has selected the winners of its contest to create the world's first onl ine orchestra, choosing more than 90 professional and amateur musicians from ov er 30 countries through auditions on the video-sharing service. Google-owned YouTube announced the winning musicians on Monday in a post on the YouTube blog and the orchestra's YouTube channel, youtube.com/symphony. The winners will travel to New York to take part in a three-day classical music summit culminating in a performance at Carnegie Hall on April 15 directed by M ichael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony.
