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Filed under: Internet, Security, Utilities, BlackBerry

All SMSed up on your Crackberry with no space left? Dexrex 'em.

Dexrex Blackberry SMS archivingA common problem for many Blackberry and other mobile phone users have as well is what to do with all of those "omg these could be important" SMS messages. What to delete, what not to delete?

That's no longer the question in Dexrex's mind.

Dexrex has put out an SMS archiving software and service for Blackberry people like yourself.

Once you get an SMS message it immediately gets archived by Dexrex for later checking out, re-reading, pining over, crying about, and forwarding to your buddy whilst drinking at the bar online (by just you hopefully). Dangerous stuff indeed.

We're calling this one Gmail for SMS.

The obvious issue here is privacy, as it is with all web services. SMS messages can be uber private, for example:

"d00d, thiz girl eez hawt". Do you want everyone in the world to see that? We don't. Dexrex has to prove themselves trustworthy.

Having said that, if you get a lot of SMS', give it a shot, tell us if its helpful, and share your experiences.

Filed under: Business, Google

No, there is no Google Phone in the works, or is there...

no more google phoneLooks like our hopes for the development of the highly anticipated, and much rumored Google Phone have been stomped out. Richard Kimber, a managing director of sales and operations in Google's South-East Asia office, says that Google will not be entering the crowded handset market, but Google is obviously investing in the software side of things through partnerships with existing handset makers.

Software is key to Google, and equipment manufacturing is far from Google's business plan, as Vint Cerf had relayed earlier this month. As our friends over at Engadget point out, neither Vint or Richard have come out and flat out denied a mobile device is in the works, so who knows what the future can hold.

With this news out, I suppose everything will be ok, the world will go on, and Apple will have to look elsewhere for a worthy battle against the iPhone.

Filed under: Business, Fun, Internet, Utilities, Windows Mobile, Web services, Microsoft, BlackBerry

Lost? Let Microsoft find you with pictures

microsoft mobile map technologyMicrosoft wants to find you, you little lost puppy, and it's not by posting flyers on telephone poles. They want to help find you when you're lost with pictures that you take and send from your camera phone and, they've been out and about Seattle taking pictures of every foreseeable location to enable this new search technology.

Microsoft showed off some 40 new technologies at the Microsoft Research TechFest last week, and one project team has been gathering millions of street level pictures in Seattle. The team has been testing out and building their map search technology that has the potential to change the mobile map searching world forever. As devices become more and more sophisticated, technologies are making the dream of searching on maps via mobile devices more of a reality.

The mobile map searching application is currently being tested out at Microsoft in its early stages, but will take a long time for the team to snap shots and create a database of all major areas in the U.S. in order to make it a viable application. When this is complete the map search technology is going to make for one application that we're not going to want to leave home without.

Filed under: Internet, Google, P2P

Mobile Google Talk with Java

talkonaut google talkWant to stay in touch with your Google Talk friends and contacts while on the go? Check out Talkonaut. It's a Java-based client that can be added onto your mobile phone, giving you access to your contacts on Google Talk or any Jabber network. You can choose to have Talkonaut send you an SMS with a download address, or go directly to get.talkonaut.com to download it. The download took about 1 minute for me. The application will work on pretty much all popular J2ME handsets, and there is a list of compatible units on their website. You will need a data plan to use the Talkonaut service since it does establish a TCP/SSL connection.

Even though Google Talk supports VoIP, this free Java client only supports instant messages, so no free voice calls yet.

Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, E-mail, Web services, Freeware

Flurry: free mobile email and RSS access

FlurryNow that Download Squad is accessible via mobile device, I thought I would start bringing you more downloads for mobile users.

This slick little app will turn your mobile device into an email and RSS powerhouse. You set up an online account with Flurry first with your email accounts and RSS feeds, then you can download mail and RSS feeds from their gateway servers onto your mobile device. They support OPML import for all your news feeds, and POP3 or IMAP for your email accounts. The service is currently available on many carriers including T-Mobile, Cingular, Verizon, U.S. Cellular, Nextel, Sprint, Virgin Mobile, Boost, Edge and others. You need a phone that supports J2ME (Java) and MIDP protocols (most newer devices do support both) and a wap-enabled browser to download the app. Get this download (direct download for your mobile) of Flurry. Then set your Gmail or other POP3/IMAP service to allow access, and you're golden! If you can't download the app via your phone, it is also available to download onto your PC (JAD edition or JAR edition) then transfer using blue-tooth or a cable. Drop me a line below or send me a tip if there are sweet mobile apps you want me to cover in the future. The read link below is a PC-viewable version of the download page. Enjoy!

Filed under: Internet, Freeware, VoIP

Hullo: Versatile VoIP

HulloHullo looks very interesting. It's a VoIP service described as a "personal manager that will change the way you stay in touch." What sets Hullo apart from the likes of Skype or Gizmo is the way it can integrate your Windows-based "softphone," your cell phone, and your land line(s). How does it do that? When you set up Hullo, you enter your other phones' numbers, and then when someone calls you, Hullo will route the call as you please--if you're not at the computer, it can ring your home phone, then your cell, and so on. Somewhat more interestingly, you can set up different rules for different friends, so for example your best friend could be routed right to your cell phone, whereas your parents could be sent to voicemail. Not that you'd want to do that. Hullo also has a cool "Handoff" feature that will let you switch a call from one device to another, e.g. if you're talking on the computer and have to leave the house, you can seamlessly transfer the call to your cell phone. Hullo is currently in beta and all calls to North America are free.

[Via Alec Saunders]

Filed under: Audio, Hardware, News

When will we have a gigabyte phone?

Gigabyte PhoneIf you have been watching the mobile market lately, you'll know that the next big thing will be music (and other content) downloads over the air (OTA) to cell phones. This will require a lot of network bandwidth, for which advanced networks exist and are being built. What I want to know is when will we see a killer phone that has some kickin features, with one of them being at least a 1GB memory capacity. I think my RAZR has like 5MB, which to me (a chronic downloader) is quite an insult. That isn't enough to hold even one TV show. Yeah, I know what you're thinking, "normal people just take pictures"...whatever. The hardware will have to come soon, most likely with flash-based memory, but I will be waiting to see who comes out with this first. With my luck, Engadget probably already has pictures of a 1GB phone, and I just missed it or something. I want a phone that is worthy of props and that I can call home about. One that will support my downloading habit anywhere, anytime, any file-size. How else am I supposed to be dependent on downloads 24/7? I mean, if I ever happen to end up on an African safari (fat chance), I want to be able to download the latest tunes from my favorite bands from the jeep!

Filed under: Photo, Hardware, Web services, Yahoo!, Freeware

ZoneTag: Upload location-tagged photos from your phone to Flickr

ZoneTagZoneTag is a new app from Yahoo! Research that enables certain Nokia Series 60 to upload cameraphone pics directly to Flickr with two keypresses. The cool part, though, is that the photos are automatically location-tagged via some magic with cell tower IDs. Now I wish I had a Series 60 phone. Conveniently, ZoneTag is free.

[Via the Unofficial Yahoo! Weblog]

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