Video Recording on the BB Curve running 4.3.1 plus Other Enhancements

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DIY iPhone Battery Replacement

From BoyGeniusReport:
Are you getting a bit frustrated with your iPhone’s lack of battery life? Feel like it could use a boost from a new juice pack? Do you have nerves of steel? This new kit allows you to replace your iPhone battery without sending the unit in for replacement by Apple. The only catch? You’ll [...]

Windows Mobile 7/Photon in Q1 2008?

So we can’t really delve into a lot of specifics, but today Microsoft showed off the next version of Windows Mobile at their annual Mobius conference. Nope, it’s not Windows Mobile 7 / Photon, but what we saw “is an update, not an upgrade”, was running on current hardware, and is due to manufacturers Q108. [...]

3G iPhone Next Year?

From Bloomberg.com:
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. will introduce a version of the iPhone next year that can download from the Internet at a faster rate, AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said.
The device will operate on third-generation wireless networks, Stephenson said today at a meeting of the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, California. [...]

Photo and Specs for Cowon A2

For your comparison to the Q5W:

Video Playback File Format : AVI, WMV, ASF
Video Codec : DivX 3.11 1) / 4/ 5 2), XviD 2), WMV9 (MP@LL) 3)
Audio Codec : WMA 4), MP3, AC3 5.1 Downmix
Audio Playback MP3, OGG 10), WMA 4), FLAC 10), WAV with 5 bands EQ, BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, and 3D Surround 5)
Photo Viewer JPEG [...]

Cowon Q5W Released

The Cowon Q5W, successor to the A2, is released and available for purchase in the US. THe 40GB version will run you $549.99 while the 60GB iteration demands an extra $50. Here are the specs:
Display
(Touch Screen) Size 5 inch 16,700,000 Color TFT LCD – WVGA(800×480)
Contrast ratio 500:1
Brightness 200cd/m2 (candela)
Hardware CPU Alchemy Au1250 600MHz
Memory 64MB NOR Flash, 128MB DDR2 SDRAM
Wirelss Wifi IEEE802.11g/b
Bluetooth Class 2, [...]

Nokia N95 Formware Update Available

Credit: Darla Mack:
New Welcome application
New camera software and tweaks from the 8GB model – FAR faster shot to shot time, with ‘Processing image message’ during any delays
Long press on camera button launches camera if shutter is open
New My Nokia SMS tips and mobile web portal system
Demand paging (for ROM applications) with 30 plus MB free [...]

Updated Google Maps

Google made a new beta version of its Mobile Maps application available for BlackBerries, Nokia S60 3rd Edition and Windows Mobile smartphones today. The biggest difference between the new and old versions is that the new version uses cell tower information to generate the user’s location. This has several advantages over GPS in that it [...]

From BoyGeniusReport:
Up until now, Mac users looking for a way to sync their Windows Mobile devices to their OS X-based computers have pretty much had to rely on either Pocket Mac or The Missing Sync to get the job done. Both applications offer a wide array of syncing options, and do a pretty good job [...]

New Podcast Almost Recorded

Tonight Robbie and I recorded our first podcast together in weeks. Unfortunately, I forgot to record our Skype conversation, so you only hear me for 63 minutes. We will record another asap.