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Friday, July 22, 2011

Contacts in Your Phonebook Come Alive: Application Announcement – LiveContacts – for iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian OS

Posted by Darren Blade in "Windows Phone Software" @ 10:07 AM

http://www.facebook.com/pages/LiveC...225523594142852

"Appfortel, the Russian developer of mobile applications is proud to announce the release of a unique Beta-version service for organizing your contacts – LiveContacts – in mid-summer 2011. The LiveContacts application will contain a number of functions aimed at livening up your address directories and supporting the contacts in your phonebook in an actual and “animated” way. Today, from hundreds to thousands of contacts are stored in phonebooks of large megacities’ representatives. Many of them quickly become outdated – time has an impact on all kinds of information. Changes can be observed in surnames, workplaces, addresses, jobs and positions, telephone numbers, and other contact data."

A new way in presenting your contacts (Livening them up!) is on its way to you from "Appfortel" LLC, a Russian start-up who wants to breathe life into the staid contact apps on a number of handset platforms, namely Windows Mobile, Android, iOS & Symbian. I contacted Denis Pushkar to confirm whether their Press Release was correct with Windows Mobile, and it is. It looks like the Appfortel code warriors are giving some love back to the Windows Mobile device users; Windows Phone 7, at this point, is not getting the App. The service and respective platform apps are due to start appearing around the end of July.

I still have my Omnia II hiding in the paper tray on my desk. I may just, get a chance, to Liven it up with LiveContacts when released. The scant details hint that a web service is used, and pulling contact details like contact linking on WP7. More details when Appfortel's website goes "Live" soon, here and here.

The remainder of the press release is after the break. Read more...


Friday, April 8, 2011

Android Asks To Borrow Symbian's Market Share, Doesn't Bother Returning It

Posted by Jason Lee in "Android News" @ 03:00 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/07/...phone-market-i/

"We like, ok, love poking fun at analysts' long term forecasts given the volatility of the smartphone market. Nobody, neither Gartner nor IDC, predicted the meteoric rise of Android and iOS, thus making their four-year projections (measured to a decimal point) laughable, to say the least. Shorten that timeline to the end of the year, however, and the accuracy of these forecasts tends to increase dramatically."

If this guestimate is even close to correct this if really not good news for those Symbian people. Everyone pretty much knew that Symbian was doomed but by the end of next year? eep! Even RIM is on the down hill slide but it looks as if Symbian just drove off the cliff. Though it is reassuring to know that Android is finally on the cusp of achieving world domination. *insert maniacal laughter here* I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome all of the former Symbian users to the Android Thoughts community. ;)


Saturday, November 13, 2010

Symbian Foundation Backs Down To Android

Posted by Karey Westfall in "Android News" @ 09:00 AM

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...tm_campaign=rss

"In a press briefing this morning, the Symbian Foundation announced plans to scale back and shed most of its staff. The organization will become a legal entity that is responsible for managing Symbian licensing."

Symbian Foundation has made the decision to cut back on it's staff and modify the company. It appears as if they recognize the growing popularity of Android and will try to rethink their marketing strategy. Does this mean that Android will take hold of the European market?


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