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Skype for Android and other Java devicesToday

Skype today announced the release of a lite version of Skype, a ‘thin’ client for Skype that can be downloaded on Android-powered devices, as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones. This launch builds on successful public testing last year and the incorporation of user feedback to an earlier beta version which was only available on a limited number of mobile devices. The updated beta now makes Skype software broadly available to millions of mobile users worldwide, including for the first time, mobile users in the U.S. The lite version delivers core Skype capabilities including:

 

• Make Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world
• Send/receive instant messages to/from individuals or groups
• Make Skype calls at low rates to people on landline or mobile phones
• Receive calls to your online personal phone number on Skype
• See when your Skype contacts are online/available to chat

By bringing the world’s leading Internet communications software to mobile phones, Skype users can save money on calls

Palm Pre hands on videoToday

Phonescoop lived up to their name and have managed to get some hands on time with the Palm Pre that was announced yesterday at CES. They have put together a short video demonstration of the phone and Web Os in action and we have it after the break. A little more information is coming out now on this device and its not all good. For example old Palm OS applications won’t work on Web OS directly, but Palm did say that a third party developer is working on an emulator to enable such compatibility. More info and the hands on video after the break.

 

Although you get 8 GB of memory to play with, there is no memory card slot to add more. There’s also no video capture, and no Flash or 3D support. The Bluetooth profiles are also limited to audio - there’s no OBEX, for example.

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Palm Pre press conference videosYesterday

The guys over at Pocketables managed to get a video of the Palm CES press conference and have posted the event over five seperate YouTube videos. Pretty good quality too with sound so if you want to see how all the Palm news unfolded today along with the demo of the OS check out the videos after the break.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Review of Microsoft Tag Reader for iPhoneYesterday

Here we go again: Microsoft has just released yet another application for Windows Mobile. This time it is available also for other platforms at gettag.mobi website, but iPhone users should use App Store of course - it is free. First, when you start this app you see short instructions. More after the break

Then you take picture:

… and then the picture is recognized as a tag and if it is URL then it opens a website. Later you can see your captured tags in history:

Conclusion: Microsoft Tag technology works and it allows for storage of various kind of information, not just links. Now let’s see how widely it will be used by various companies…

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Palm Unveils All-new webOS and Palm Pre phoneYesterday

Palm, Inc. today unveiled its groundbreaking PalmwebOS mobile platform, built from the ground up to be constantly connected to the web, and the new Palm Pre, the first phone based on the new platform.Pre is scheduled to be available exclusively from Sprint in the first half of 2009. Palm webOS is a brand-new kind of platform, invented exclusively for mobile use. webOS recognizes that you want your people, calendars and information to move with you, wherever you are, wirelessly, as opposed to being bound to a personal computer. Palm webOS is the first mobile platform to automatically bring your information from the many places it resides - on your phone, at your work or on the web - into one simple, integrated view.The new Palm Pre and webOS are designed to be so in sync with your needs that it feels like Pre is thinking ahead for you.  Loads more after the break.