The good: The Samsung Code offers a sleek design with an easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone also has Bluetooth, GPS, and a 2-megapixel camera.

The bad: Runs on the older Windows Mobile 6.1. No Wi-Fi.

The bottom line: The Samsung Code is a basic but solid messaging smartphone [...]]]> Product summary

The good: The Samsung Code offers a sleek design with an easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone also has Bluetooth, GPS, and a 2-megapixel camera.

The bad: Runs on the older Windows Mobile 6.1. No Wi-Fi.

The bottom line: The Samsung Code is a basic but solid messaging smartphone for MetroPCS customers.

The Samsung Code (SCH-i220) is MetroPCS’s first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, which seems like a step backward seeing as Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are available. However, that shouldn’t detract the customers from getting the messaging-centric device. The Code offers a sleek design, easy-to-use keyboard, and decent performance and call quality. Plus, it costs $100 less than the carrier’s only other smartphone, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330, making it a nice and affordable alternative. The Samsung Code is available now for $299.99 with a $50 prepaid monthly plan, which includes unlimited voice, text, and data.

Design
Having seen several QWERTY slate devices over the past few months, we expected it to be a much of the same as we’ve seen; however, we were pleasantly surprised by the Samsung Code’s design. While it’s nothing incredibly fancy, the Code has an eye-catching dark metallic gray chassis and slim profile. The handset measures just 4.6 inches tall by 2.3 inches wide by 0.5 thick and weighs 3.6 ounces, so it fits into a pants pocket without adding too much bulk and it feels comfortable in the hand.

The Code features a 2.4-inch QVGA (320×240 pixels) non-touch display. While on the smaller side, text and images look clear and bright on the screen, though it tends to wash out in bright sunlight. You can customize the Home screen with various background images, home screen layouts, themes, and so forth. We found the Samsung WizPro home screen layout to be particularly useful as it provides a toolbar along the bottom where you can scroll through some of the more commonly used applications, including your Calendar, favorite contacts, and multimedia.

To help you navigate through the menus, there is a directional keypad below the display that also doubles as a jog wheel. It works well both as a D-pad and scroll wheel and features a center select button. You also get two soft keys, Talk and End/power buttons, a Home shortcut, and a back button to make one-handed operation of the phone easy.

Also easy to use is the Code’s QWERTY keyboard. The keys are raised above the surface and don’t feel too soft or stiff when pressed, so that made for a comfortable typing experience. With large buttons, we had little problem composing text messages and even cranked out longer e-mails with minimal mistakes. We can’t foresee too many users having problems with the keyboard.

In addition to the aforementioned navigation controls, there’s a volume rocker on the left side and a user-programmable shortcut key on the right, as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack and Micro-USB port. As usual, the camera and self-portrait mirror are located on back with the microSD slot behind the battery door.

The Samsung Code comes packaged with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a software CD, and reference material.

Features
Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Edition, the Samsung Code doesn’t offer some of new enhancements of Windows Mobile 6.5, such as an improved Internet Explorer Mobile browser and revamped Home screen layout. However, Microsoft has opened up its Windows Marketplace for Mobile to Windows Mobile 6.1 phones, so you should be able to access the store to download more apps to the Samsung Code. In addition, MetroPCS throws in a link to its own app store on the phone.

As is, the Code ships with the full Microsoft Office Mobile Suite and a handful of productivity tools, including a PDF viewer, an RSS reader, a voice recorder, a notepad, a calculator, a stopwatch, and a measurement converter. There’s also a Task Manager so you can switch between apps and end tasks to optimize memory usage and the smartphone’s performance.

Being a Windows Mobile phone, you also get Microsoft’s Direct Push technology for real-time e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization with your Outlook calendar, tasks, and contacts via an Exchange Server. In addition, you can configure the device to access your POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts. Samsung includes its own setup wizard to help you along the process and includes direct links for popular clients, such as Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Comcast. All we had to do to get our Gmail on the Code was simply enter our e-mail address and password, and the phone did the rest. While the smartphone offers text and multimedia messaging, the smartphone only comes preloaded with Windows Live Messenger.

Phone features of the Samsung Code include a speakerphone, speed dialing, three-way calling, conference calling, and voice dialing. The address book is only limited by the available memory and has room in each entry for multiple phone numbers, e-mail addresses, company information, and so forth. For caller ID purposes, you can assign a photo, group ID, or custom ring tone.

Both Bluetooth and GPS/A-GPS are onboard. MetroPCS has its own location-based service called MetroNavigator so you can get voice-guided driving directions and real-time tracking with the smartphones GPS. Supported Bluetooth profiles include A2DP for stereo Bluetooth, hands-free kits, audio-video remote control, object push, file transfer, phone book access, basic printing, and personal area networking. Unfortunately, there’s no integrated Wi-Fi but the Code is 3G EV-DO capable.

The Code’s multimedia capabilities are average. You get the standard Windows Media Player with support for MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, MPEG-4, and WMV files. In addition, you get a 2-megapixel camera with video recording capabilities and a decent amount of editing options, such as white balance settings, effect, and night mode. Picture quality was quite impressive. Images looked sharp and despite the fluorescent lighting, colors looked pretty rich.

Performance
We tested the dual-band (CDMA 800/1,900MHz) Samsung Code in San Francisco using MetroPCS roaming service and call quality was decent. We made multiple calls during our test period and experienced clear audio with very little voice distortion or background noise. We also had no problem using an airline’s voice automated system. Meanwhile, friends reported mostly good results, though some did say that we sounded tinny. Speakerphone quality wasn’t very great, however. While callers said they could hear us OK, the volume was very low on our end so it was hard to hear the conversation even in quiet environments. We had no problem pairing the smartphone with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset and the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones.

Overall, the Samsung Code felt like a responsive device. There weren’t any major delays in performance, aside from some brief pauses when working in multiple apps, nor did the phone crash on us during our test period. Though the Code is EV-DO capable, we were only able to get 1xRTT in San Francisco. CNET’s full Web site loaded in 1 minute 20 seconds, while mobile sites for CNN and ESPN came up in 15 seconds and 13 seconds respectively.

The Samsung Code features a 1440mAh lithium ion battery with a rated talk time of 6 hours and up to 12.5 days of standby time. In our battery drain tests, the Code provided a solid 7 hours of talk time on a single charge. According to FCC radiation tests, the Code has a digital SAR rating of 0.623 watt per kilogram and Hearing Aid Compatibility rating of M4/T4.

OS5.0 is FAST. Menus open and close with no noticeable delay and the device feels generally snappier. In fact, those that reviewed the Bold 2 9700 often attributed it to the newer device or the application memory but it appears it was entirely the new OS5 that comes preloaded with the [...]]]> Speed:

OS5.0 is FAST. Menus open and close with no noticeable delay and the device feels generally snappier. In fact, those that reviewed the Bold 2 9700 often attributed it to the newer device or the application memory but it appears it was entirely the new OS5 that comes preloaded with the new Bold. Upon loading it up in the older Bold 9000, the same snappiness was experienced. This is the single biggest improvement of OS5 and makes using the Blackberry a real pleasure.

Battery Life:

Battery life seems to have improved a bit. With 3G turned on and moderate use, surfing, streaming Youtube, lots of Blackberry Messages, Google Talk running in the background, couple of texts and a few short calls and 17 hours later, I just hit red at 6% battery. This used to run flat about 3-4 hours earlier with IM off! Do note that my battery is rather old and it may have lost some of its original charge holding ability but you can expect your phone to last the day without the need for a recharge with moderate use.

Reception:

Now reception is a tricky one considering even on the 4.6 builds, this varied greatly from build to build. However I didn’t see any notable difference between this and my previous build 4.6.303 which is generally a good thing!

Bootup Time:

Another thing many reviewers reported was the faster bootup time. I’m actually not too sure about this as on my build, it did seem a tad faster though I have a suspicion it’s a psychological effect due to the new progress bar shown while on bootup. The bar gives you a rough idea of how far its into the bootup process and gives you the feeling that ’something is moving’ rather than just a blank hour glass loading that has no apparent end.

On my test, my Bold took 5 minutes to boot-up, still far too long, but the progress bar makes things better.

Media:

Now perhaps the most important thing that was resolved is that thumbnails load quickly now and media scanning no longer takes an eternity.I loaded some 187 songs into my phone, complete with album pictures and folders and it scanned them all in less than 10 seconds. A pretty good improvement considering that it used to take minutes. There are also some slight UI changes though nothing significant.

Browser:

Slightly faster, but still chokes on Javascript. We probably still have to wait for their Webkit based browser.

Almost the same just some slight cosmetic tweaks

Blackberry Messenger

Many of you who had upgraded to BBM version 5.0 which is available on the older OSes would see no surprises here. Those who haven’t would see use of Avatars, a nicer UI, the option for Blackberry Groups, barcode scanning and very importantly remote backup of your BBM Contacts

Blackberry’s Killer App is improved

Threaded SMS

For those of you envying IPhones for their threaded SMS feature, envy no more! Threaded SMS is here with a variety of styles and works pretty well making it feel like a BBM conversation. Expect your SMS bills to soar.

Threaded SMS finally!

IM Contact on Home Screen

I’m unsure if this is a new feature of OS5.0 or simply an updated function of Gtalk and MSN but now you can place contacts on your Home Screen or folder for quick access! I felt this was pretty neat.

Closing Thoughts

Now I didn’t have much expectations of OS5.0, expecting it to be a minor cosmetic update. Although yes the OS remains by and large the same, the speed improvements and snappier feeling, improved battery life combined with the faster media scanning makes it a must upgrade for Blackberry users (who know what they are doing). OS5.0 is a huge step in the right direction and all the Blackberry needs now is a real browser (and perhaps a slightly snazzier UI) and a bigger app library. Annoyingly, you still can’t easily add a new number to an existing contact….

It’s a bit of a bittersweet feeling as I recently purchased myself a 9700 Bold which will now feel almost exactly the same as my old Bold in terms of responsiveness since it has the same 624mhz processor. Battery is still at 1500mah and I have a feeling we’ll get similar battery performance. Suddenly the 9700 Bold seems to be a much less compelling upgrade with only a better 3.2 megapixel camera, trackpad, a smaller form factor (which to those with large fingers is a bad thing) and a higher definition screen (which in real life is practically unnoticeable).

Is the 9700 Bold worth the high RM2XXX price if you are an existing Bold user? Probably not with OS5.0 running so well on the 9000 Bold. I’m frankly quite surprised that RIM did not take the opportunity to upgrade the processor further but perhaps they didn’t see the need to with OS5.0 running so smoothly already on existing hardware. I do feel that it was a missed opportunity to really have a device that stands out considering the Bold IS the flagship device for RIM. I think this was most apparent when the 9700 Bold and Storm 2’s release was almost entirely overshadowed by Motorola Droid’s release. RIM seriously needs to get its ’sexy’ back.

Oh and would appreciate if comments were steered away from ‘IPhone ROX’ sort by the Mac fans among you. They do rock as a lifestyle device but still have ways to go before becoming a true business communication device with secure e-mail and multi-tasking still unimplemented and a short battery life which I’m sure would be rectified in future releases.

This amazing slider phone is available [...]]]> Sony Ericsson has designed another handset to join their already popular C range of camera phones which is known as the Sony Ericsson C903. The C903 is a super stylish slider phone which comes with an array of user friendly camera features & high speed technologies.

This amazing slider phone is available in three colour options which are a glamour red coloured casing, techno white & a lacquer black coloured casing. The handset is mainly coloured in the users chosen colour but the phone has accents of silver which add to the overall design of this beautiful 3G slider phone. The slide opening system is smooth & easy to use which allows the user to slide the screen section of their handset up to reveal a numeric keypad on the lower section of the handset. The C903 is from the same family as the Sony Ericsson C902i & the Sony Ericsson C905 which are also stunning camera phones designed by Sony Ericsson. The Sony Ericsson C903 Mobile is a slim cyber-shot™ slider phone which measures only 16mm deep by 49mm wide by 97mm tall when in its slide closed position & the casing weighs 96 grams which is an ideal weight for carrying purposes. The large 2.4 Inch screen has a crystal clear viewing display which supports an automatic rotation feature allowing the user to view their screen in a wide screen mode.

The screen is a TFT type screen which displays a high colour & high resolution display allowing the user to view high quality video, movies & pictures on their Sony Ericsson C903. The 2.4 inch screen works beautifully as a picture & video viewfinder when the user is using the built in 5 megapixel camera feature. The camera feature is the main feature on the C903 & comes with a huge amount of imaging features to suit all user’s needs. The camera is a cyber-shot™ camera complete with a slide opening camera lens cover which allows the user to access their camera feature by simply sliding back the lens cover. A dedicated camera key allows the user to capture their images quickly & easily. This 5 megapixel cyber-shot™ camera comes with a smile shutter™ feature which will ensure the user captures their subjects smiling faces when taking a shot & a face detection feature will automatically focus on the subjects faces when the user is taking a picture so that the user captures a clear & well focused picture of their subjects face. The camera comes with a flash feature, automatic focus & a 16 times digital zoom which all allow the user to capture the perfect picture when using the Sony Ericsson C903 GSM camera phone. A built in image stabiliser will ensure a smooth picture is captured even of the user makes a small hand movement when taking the picture as the image stabiliser will counteract any small movements for a smooth & high quality capture. The camera also supports geo tagging pictures with the help of the built in A GPS feature & the user can enjoy the Sony Ericsson BestPic™ feature which allows the user to press the capture key once & the C903 will capture a selection of pictures allowing the user to choose the best picture from the selection taken.

The C903 supports video capabilities which include video recording, blogging, video playing & streaming on this stylish 3G slider phone. The user can enjoy recording video with a perfect & smooth video capture as the Unlocked Cell Phone Sony Ericsson C903 comes with a built in video stabiliser which will counteract any wobbly movements made by the user when the user is recording moving footage. This handset also supports 3G video calling which allows the user to enjoy a video calling feature on their new phone & the user can see their 3G video calling compatible contacts whilst on a call to these contacts. The battery can provide up to 1.5 hours of 3G video calling time for the user to enjoy from a fully charged battery.

The Sony Ericsson C903 Cellular Phone supports polyphonic sound ringing tones as well as AAC & MP3 ringing tones sounds which allow the user to enjoy their favourite tunes as a ringing tone if desired. The built in media player supports a stunning graphic album art display which allows the user to view their album covers on the beautifully clear 2.4 Inch screen for a visual & sound experience all in one. The music player comes with a MegaBass™ sound feature which allows the user to gain the best quality sound from their style of music. The C903 comes with a TrackID™ music recognition feature which can provide the user with the name of the song, the artist name & the album which the specific song is from by simply recording a few second of the song & the TrackID™ feature will provide all this information within moments, give it a try it is an amazing & useful feature for today music lovers on the move.

The Sony Ericsson C903 GSM Cell Phone supports Bluetooth™ stereo A2DP technology which means the user can enjoy a wireless music listening experience when using compatible headphones. A built in FM radio complete with RDS allows the user to tune into a FM radio station & enjoy on screen text information regarding the station or regarding the music currently playing. The C903 works on a HSDPA 2100 & quad band network which covers GSM 850, 900, 1800 & 1900 allowing the user to enjoy worldwide network coverage but the full network coverage on the C903 is dependent on the users chosen network provider. The Unlocked Sony Ericsson C903 comes with a built in Web browser which allows the user to experience popular social network sites & video download sites such as YouTube™ on their 3G slider phone. A built in A GPS navigation feature will assist the user to their next location with the help of either Wayfinder Navigator™ or Google Maps™ & the A GPS feature allows the user to geo tag their picture with information on the location each picture was taken. The Wayfinder Navigator™ navigation feature allows the user to gain turn by turn instruction to new locations & desired destinations. The Sony Ericsson C903 comes with one hundred & thirty megabytes of internal memory & has a memory card slot which can hold a memory stick micro™ (M2™) type memory card for further memory expansion. The battery provide with the handset will provide up to 4 hours of 3G HSDPA talk time or 10 hours of GSM talk time when fully charged.

This beautiful handset is a 3G HSDPA technology phone which provides multitasking skills such as the user browsing the Web whilst taking a call as well as features such as 3G video calling. The user can connect their C903 to other compatible devices such as a PC, printer or laptop using a USB cabled connection or a Bluetooth® wireless connection between devices when transferring data files. The EDGE technology provides high speed transfer rates, which means the user can transfer data files between two compatible devices at high speed. The user of the Sony Ericsson C903 can enjoy motion & 3D games on their gorgeous 3G slider phone. The user can communicate with other contacts via their mobile email service which supports Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync™ allowing the user to communicate with business contacts via email as well as friends from their mobile phone.

The C903 comes with an instant messaging service which allows the user to communicate with others that are online. The SMS or MMS services allow the user to create messages with either just text or with text, sound & pictures or video clips. The user can use the MMS service for a more visual messaging experience. For those health conscious mobile phone users the Sony Ericsson C903 Mobile comes with a built in Walk Mate feature. A flight mode functions allows the user to switch their handset to flight mode when the user is in mobile phone restricted areas & then switch their phone back to normal mode when the user is safe to use their handset in normal mode.

The rate of downloads [...]]]> Nokia’s defensive move to make its Ovi maps and navigation free is already seeing strong customer response. Since launching Jan. 21, Nokia (NYSE: NOK – News) said today that people have downloaded the service 1.4 million times, and the one million mark was hit in just a week.

The rate of downloads are staggering, and will presumably surpass Google’s Android user base since Nokia’s reach is much larger. “We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s EVP. “When we announced free walk & drive navigation we knew it would be a game-changer. The number of people now using their Nokia for navigation, and as a result looking for more location-aware software, is growing faster than even we predicted.” There’s no doubt that the program is also helping to get the word out about its Ovi Store, which is now averaging one million downloads a day.

Google (NasdaqGS: GOOG – News) started providing free navigation services on the Motorola (NYSE: MOT – News) Droid, and has rolled it out to many more devices since. That prompted Nokia to stop charging for its mapping services. It’s still not clear how Nokia will make money from giving away the software for free. Nokia got into the maps business after it spent millions on acquiring Navteq. Nokia said its strategy is to “lead the market in mobile maps, navigation and location-based services.” Vanjoki: “This is great news for our 3rd party application developers.  Within a matter of days there is an installed base of more than 1 million active users all potentially hungry for new and innovative location-aware apps. For the operators too there is a growing opportunity to sell more data-plans and a complete navigation package to existing and new customers.”

Nokia provided a list of the top five countries where maps are being downloaded the most. They are very representative of the company’s global reach: China, Italy, UK, Germany and Spain. The service covers more than 180 countries and is available in 46 languages. For now, current users will have to download the app to their devices. At least 12 devices are supported. Going forward, all new Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones will include the new version of Ovi Maps, pre-loaded with local country map data, with high-end walk and drive navigation and access to Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides at no extra cost.

Previously, Greystripe was supporting both the iPhone App Store and the Android Marketplace, but expanding to Nokia [...]]]> San Francisco-based Greystripe has added Nokia’s Ovi store to the list of mobile platforms that can tap into its mobile ad network. Likewise, Greystripe said it is adapting 1,200 game titles from its Gamejump.com entity for the Ovi store.

Previously, Greystripe was supporting both the iPhone App Store and the Android Marketplace, but expanding to Nokia (NYSE: NOK – News) makes sense. Nokia has the largest smartphone marketshare globally, and while many consider its application storefront to be trailing, just last week, the company said Ovi downloads have hit one million a day. Greystripe does not support RIM’s BlackBerry platform, which is considered the second-largest smartphone platform worldwide.

Originally, Greystripe focused on creating free, ad-supported Java-based games, which it distributed through sites, including its own Gamejump.com. But more recently, Greystripe has branched out to support iPhone and Android applications. Despite its emphasis on smartphone platforms, it said that its Java-based games are still downloaded on its network about 250,000 times a day. Those games will work fairly easily on Nokia’s Symbian operating system, and will likely see more downloads because of the increased reach.

Developers that are distributing their apps on Ovi will have the choice of both pre-and post-roll full-screen ads. While advertisers like the Navy and JCPenny were named in the press release as two brands that are looking for the broad reach that Nokia has, those seem like unlikely choices given that most of Nokia’s dominance is outside the U.S. or in emerging markets.

For the third year running, the most popular phone was still the old classic, [...]]]> Finland is sometimes called NokiaLand because the company Nokia comes from Finland and due to the fact that many people in Finland have a Nokia phone. A recent study shows that Nokia´s market share in Finland is 86%.

For the third year running, the most popular phone was still the old classic, the Nokia 3310 with a 5% market share. In fact, the 56 most popular phones were all made by Nokia. At the high end of the range, the most popular phone was the Nokia N70. Nokia held an overwhelming 99% share of the smartphone market in Finland.

From the other manufacturers, Korean phone manufacturer Samsung held about 4% the market, Sony Ericsson 3%, Benq-Siemens 3%, and Motorola less than 0.5%. Other manufacturers made up 1% of the market and 3% of the phones in the study were not identified.

Nokia’s market share has hardly changed in the past three years. Samsung and Sony Ericsson have slightly increased their market share, while Motorola and Siemens have lost out, researcher Antero Kivi told the Finnish news agency STT.The study was conducted in autumn 2007 and was based on information on four million mobile phones from telecom operators Sonera, Elisa (including Kolumbus) and DNA.

Mobile trends in Finland

The findings also showed that Finns change their mobile phones every 2.7 years. There were about 1,000 different phones being used in Finland. According to Kivi, the other manufacturers don?t have a model comparable to the Nokia 3310.

More than 70% of the phones in use had a colour screen and half included a camera. Manufacturers have great expectations regarding the gps feature on the latest models but the study showed that so far this has failed to take off. Only 2% of Finns used phones with gps last autumn and there were still only a few gps models available in the shops.

The third generation 3G phones gained an 18% share of the market, which was more than double the figure in 2006. The market share of the Symbian operating system also increased significantly from 12% in 2006 to 18% in 2007.

The Apple proclaimed that Nokia copies iPhone and its interface in meticulous. The company does not intend to put up with allegations Nokia in patent intrusion and launched castigatory action.

Apple has launched a counterclaim against Nokia, accusing the Finnish manufacturer of mobile phones in violation of 13 patents, reports [...]]]>

The Apple proclaimed that Nokia copies iPhone and its interface in meticulous. The company does not intend to put up with allegations Nokia in patent intrusion and launched castigatory action.

Apple has launched a counterclaim against Nokia, accusing the Finnish manufacturer of mobile phones in violation of 13 patents, reports Associated Press.

Recall that in October, Nokia filed a lawsuit against Apple, reproachful it of illicitly using technology related standards, GSM, UMTS, WLAN, modes of transmission, speech coding, security and encryption for mobile handsets. Total Nokia measured desecrated 10 of its patents.

Documents counterclaim Apple mentioned technology among the mobile gadget with a private computer, data transfer, conferencing, energy and others. Additionally, two patents, which, according toApple , broken Nokia, related to the interface iPhone – colors and textures of elements, and ways of scrolling, zooming and rotating images on the screen.

“In the fight with Nokia is trying to make us pay for freely licensed technology, but she uses other people’s creations, – said Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell. – Nokia has opted to copy the iPhone, especially its extremely popular patented design and user interface. The argument Sewell quoted the executive vice president of Nokia, Anssi Vanjoki, uttered in 2007: “If the world will see something interesting, we are proud to make a copy.

This often happens in everyday life: Blackberry, mobile phone or electronic gadgets [...]]]> Your favorite BlackBerry course to be treated as possible, especially considering the price is not cheap. But as smart-smart bunny jump, it will fall, too. For instance for you if  the BlackBerry splashed into the water, what should you do?

This often happens in everyday life: Blackberry, mobile phone or electronic gadgets from your pocket fallen into the toilet or into a puddle of water, when you’re bent over. So what should be done to save your favorite gadget? Turns out there are telling tip to straighten it.

If it happens to you, quickly turn off the BlackBerry, cell phone, or gadgets that, by removing the battery from its slot. This is intended to avoid a short-circuit or short circuit in the series What to Do When Blackberry Bioelektronic splashed into the gadget. Then, dry, wet your BlackBerry with a dry cloth. Then put the BlackBerry down on the pile of rice. Because rice has a chemical affinity (attraction) of water.

That is, the molecules in the rice has some sort of magnetic force on water molecules, so that water remains on the phone will soak into the rice. This system may be nearly equal to the system owned by silica gel packets that serves to maintain the humidity of electronics goods, or other goods.

What is Project Capuchin? Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin technology is a Java ME API and associated tools that define a [...]]]> Sony Ericsson they have announced/mentioned the first mobile phone which supports the Project Capuchin API. It’s the SE C905 phone with Flash Lite 2.0, FM tuner and a 8.1 megapixel camera.

What is Project Capuchin?
Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin technology is a Java ME API and associated tools that define a bridge between the Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite programming environments.
This API and soon-to-be-available tools makes it possible to use Flash as the presentation layer and Java as the application logic, meaning that Flash tools can be used for UI design while still having access to all the phone services available to Java ME.
The tool packages the Flash content together with the Java application logic into a Java Archive, JAR file, hence allowing the resulting application and package to be treated and managed as a Java application re-using all of the existing Java infrastructure available on the phone and provisioning backend.

Project Capuchin takes advantage of Flash’s strengths in fast UI deployment and well established designer tools, meanwhile Java’s strengths are in services, security and a well developed distribution infrastructure.