Whenever we go into a new country where we have not been before, finding places is an important issue. Efficasoft GPS is the best and mobile GPS solution for your Symbian handset! Get free map navigation, digital compass, speedometer and alot more.

Features

• Designed GPS information overview.
• Free image map real-time navigation. (Advanced caching technology supports fast map operation & ULTRA LARGE map image)
• “Go To” function - define your destinations and be guided all the way with distance, TTA, direction guider, proximity alert…
• World map view navigation with free-scale zooming.
• Digital speedometer & customizable speed alarms.
• Two-mode digital compass with dest. information display.
• Customizable track logger & trip statistics.
• Waypoint & POI Manager + 30+ pre-defined POI icons.
• Night view mode, fast 0~7 view switch.
• Advanced smooth animation effects.
• Advanced “5 Sec. Average” and “Kalman Filter” processors for high precision navigation.
• Supports all Bluetooth NMEA0183 GPS receivers. Auto detects Bluetooth GPS receivers.

Olympics has given a boost to lots of things like economic & technological development. Watching an exciting race on mobile, is i bet a great experience for all. You can catch the updates, whenever and wherever you are.

Mobile TV Olympics is the first time to apply mobile TV in the Olympic history. Reporters was informed from the China Mobile Group that by August 19, more than 1 million people watch Olympic video through China’s mobile network, the programmes clicks were nearly 7 million, a total of more than 0.3 million hours, and with substantial concessions on the Mobile Charges of mobile TV in Chongqing, the cost of watching one hour TV mobile phone was only about 0.18 yuan, many people have begun to try this new audio-visual form.

A universal opportunity for mobile multimedia

According to data announced by China Mobile, the opening day on August 8, nearly 200,000 mobile phone users in China TV Olympic zones, than the day before suddenly grew by more than doubled. China Mobile also launched a dedicated mobile TV software, as at present, the software has been downloaded 30 million times.

“China Mobile joint Chongqing SVA Group provided a mobile TV Olympic Zone, and the Olympic cities in the domestic TD-SCDMA standard 3 G can also offer mobile TV service, these are the Olympic Games through the machine for the phone to prepare for all audiovisual services.” Chongqing Mobile, a person in charge said that as the service is the initial stage, the specific number of users has not yet statistics, but the use of the increasing trend will continue.

30% Internet users to use mobile phones

CNNIC and the Research Department of the development of the Internet, analysts said the current 253 million Internet users, the use of the Internet phone number of Internet users has reached 73.05 million, accounting for all of the 28.9 percent of Internet users.

” The Internet users who used a mobile phone, the age groups bellow 30 accounted for 86 percent.” The person said, cell phone standard, the rich level of media content, accessing speed and charges all affect the number of mobile Internet users. For example, the decreased charge during the Olympic Games have significantly promoted the increase of clients, but he thought it needed time to realize the real popularity of mobile Internet.

Found this useful post titled as “FAMILY TRAVEL: Surviving a road trip - with kids” on Newsday.com where the writer has suggested some tips to make the road trip less boring and dull for kids.

Whatever we may say, but driving on wheels is still the cheapest way to travel. Although it’s difficult to convince your family but when you do so, make sure you make it interesting for them.

As the writer proceeds, keep these tips in mind.

*Maybe the kids’ groaning can be kept to a minimum if you let them help plan the route - and fun stops along the way.
*Visit the official Web site for the state you will be touring (or driving through) and see their top picks for the kids.
*Just don’t expect the kids to check out the scenery along the way. You’ll be lucky if they look up from their video games and DVDs to notice, much less talk to, you.(interesting right and we never think of that)
*For younger ones, you’ll want a grab bag of inexpensive little toys (hand one out when you pass each state line or the going will get really rough).
*Invite older kids to help you check out the car before you get on the road - the fluid levels, the wipers and the tire pressure. Do you have road maps? The kids may prove to be the best navigators in the bunch.

*Picnics are more fun, healthier and less stressful than corralling kids to sit in a restaurant after being in a car for hours

The main point is get the children involved, make them enjoy every bit of the trip, so that they create less trouble for you.

If you are crazy about mobile industry like me, then i introduce you to one of the most greatest event of Future of Mobile. Scheduled to take place on 17-18Nov 08 in London, Kensington Town Hall, featuring all best speakers of the industry.

This year, the event will focus on some important below points like

*How will the threats and opportunities of increased openness affect you?
*What is the future of mobile operating systems?
*How to gain adoption of your apps in emerging markets
*How you’ll be affected by Google’s latest moves in mobile
*Expert analysis of new mobile services worldwide
*Ideas and tactics for breaking down the barriers inhibiting mobile start-ups

Check out more details on the event now

http://future-of-mobile.com/2008/london/

Get your tickets now because there is a very attractive early bird offer of £100 discount on conference and conference/workshop tickets. And student tickets are just £45 for bona fide full-time students.

The site is represented in a lively blue and green theme, making the event details refreshing for its readers.

Martyn Williams has an interesting look at the Japanese mobile content market. He notes that for the calendar year 2007, more than $100 billion was spent on mobile content. The total was actually $107.5 billion and includes items such as ring tones, Web site subscriptions and e-commerce purchases. E-commerce made up about 65% of the total amount spent and all sorts of transactions were handled including: movie and event ticket sales, travel reservations, air and rail ticket sales, stock trading and online auctions.

The biggest percentage gain came from “high-fidelity music” which increased 42% thanks to more mobile devices handling better quality sound. Mobile gaming jumped 13% as well.Maybe the iPhone app store will push other countries to follow suit.

Check out this picture where everyone is engrossed in mobile content.

Source: http://www.centernetworks.com/japan-mobile-ecommerce-content

There are some tasks in your life which need utmost priority and importance. Like for example sending a nice bouquet to your wife or may be attending your childs parent teacher meeting. Sometimes we become so engrossed in our lives that we usually tend to miss them.

This application will help you in not missing an important task! Create your own voice memo and get reminded with color, buzzer, ringtone and your own voice.  The best thing is you can also share it with your friends!

See what else you can do with e-Mobile Voice Memo

*Create a memo with single clicks and set it to alert you at time and date you desire.
* Record your own voice and create a voice memo directly from your phone.
* Choose alert by trackball/LED color, buzzer, ringtones and your own recordings.
* Create a reminder to alert your friends for upcoming lunch appointment or use it as a simple wake up call.
*Send your voice greetings to your friends anywhere in the world.
* Quick recording with a single press of button.

Click here to read how you can share it with your friends!

I was very interested in reading the details about the latest 2008 World’s Best Awards from Travel & Leisure Magazine. See some highlights below.

*Travel & Leisure magazine has announced the winners of its 2008 World’s Best Awards, with Bangkok taking the top city accolade.

*Readers of the magazine ranked the Thai capital ahead of Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Sydney and Florence. Cuzco in Peru, Rome, New York, Istanbul and San Francisco completed the top ten.

*Singapore Airlines received more praise by winning the top international airline award, ahead of Emirates, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific.

*In the hotels section of the awards, the top prize went to the Four Seasons resort in Hawaii, followed by the Oriental in Bangkok and Los Angeles’ Hotel Bel Air.

*The Domain de Hauts de Loire in Onzain, France and the Tortilis Camp at Amboseli national park, Kenya also made it into the top ten.

*Holidaymakers looking for a luxury break may be interested in the Leisure & Travel list of the world’s top ten islands, which included Bali, Indonesia; Easter Island, Chile; Santorini, Greece and the Great Barrier Reef islands of Australia.

“If all the three billion people that own mobile phones brought back just one device we could save 240,000 tonnes of raw materials”.

Nokia has highlighted some dissapointing figures as to how many people recycle their mobile phones. It has been found out that only one in 10 people in the UK recycle their mobile phone, according to new research by Nokia.

Two thirds of respondents did not even think about recycling their devices, and nearly a fifth were unaware that it is even possible to do so, the mobile giant said.

Despite these rather dismal figures, the UK fares much better than most other countries.Globally, just three per cent of people recycle their unwanted devices, and nearly half are not even aware that a mobile phone could be recycled.

“If all of the three billion people that own mobile phones brought back just one unused device we could save 240,000 tonnes of raw materials and reduce greenhouse gases to the same effect as taking four million cars off the road,” said Markus Terho, director of environmental affairs and markets at Nokia.

It is clear from this survey that very few mobile devices are recycled when they reach the end of their lives.” Nokia found that most people have an average of five mobile phones, but that only nine per cent in the UK had recycled their old mobile phone.Nearly half keep their old mobiles at home in a drawer, and about a fifth pass them on to friends or family. The rest are either resold, dumped into landfill or find another life.

According to Nokia, around 80 per cent of its devices are made of recyclable and precious materials which can be reused to make new products such as kitchen kettles, park benches, dental fillings or even musical instruments.

“Plastics that cannot be recycled are burnt to provide energy for the recycling process, and other materials are ground up and used as construction materials or for building roads. In this way nothing has to go to landfill,” explained Terho.

The handset maker is encouraging customers to bring unwanted phones to any of around 5,000 collection points in 85 countries around the world.It is also developing a series of campaigns and activities to give people more information on why, how and where to recycle their old and unwanted devices, chargers and mobile accessories.

So coming to the title, have you thought about recycling your mobile. If not just google it and you will find lots of options out there.

Source: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2221088/mobile-recycling-unknown

The post from “TravelBrook” makes iPhone the ultimate travel gadget. It says that the new iPhone 3G (to be released on 11th July) includes a built-in GPS navigation. It has an operating system of Mac OSX.It provides a powerful platform for software developers to create applications for popular categories such as ttravel and entertainment.

The post continues …

“You’ll be able to keep track of your golf score from you iPhone, or use Tom Tom GPS on a device that is probably smaller than your TV remote. You’ll be able to surf the Internet and find directions and points of interest like never before on the iPhone, and with the amazing development community out there the options for travel specific applications are virtually unlimited.”

And just like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one —a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device

Read more about the iPhone 3G from here.

Weather is one thing which is so unpredictable at times especially when you have some important meeting to catch, or you have to fly to some other place. I bring you one of the best world-wide weather tracking utility for Windows Mobile called SBSH PocketWeather! It offers 10 day forecast, Custom Layouts, Winds, Humidity, Earthquakes and more!

Featuring a robust weather engine wrapped with a stylish and easy to use interface. Including special SBSH Facade integration placing your weather forecast directly on your device Home screen and the powerful WeatherConsole for advanced weather information such as: humidity, wind details, cloud layers, METAR stations information, earthquake details and much more!

Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you

• PocketWeather’s WeatherConsole is an advanced weather tracking solution at the palm of your hands!
• Including separate views for: Summary, METAR, Forecast, Radar Images, Locations Compare and Earthquake tracking!
• Define unlimited weather maps and radar images for each of the weather locations
• Up-to-date current condition METAR feeds as used by the aviation industry
• View extended daily forecast including visibility, humidity, dew point, Sunrise and Sunset times and much more

Read more about the features of the product and i bet it’s hard to resist. So whatever the weather is you are all prepared to bear it!