Voice for Java across all Platforms and 100 New Devices Supported
A few weeks ago we launched voice for Java and promised to give you the voice feature for almost all our supported Java devices. Our development team have been very busy making this happen, and I am happy to tell you that the porting has been done and that nearly all Java devices should now support voice calls. To see how you can make cheap calls from your Java phone please click here.
We have also updated our list of supported handsets lately. We have added no less than 100 devices to our list. You can find them all here.
We try to keep our list of supported handsets up to date but sometimes there are phones that might be left out, so if you don’t see your phone on your list you can try to select a similar model and see if barablu runs on your device. If you have any doubts please contact our support team - They can help you and verify whether your phone is supported or not.
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michael thomsen
Voice Calls for Java is here
If you have ever browsed through our supported handsets on the download page, selected your mobile phone, and noticed an annoying little red notification message saying: “This phone supports chat, sms and sending files, but not voice calls” – Well, then we have very good news for you.
We will remove this little annoying message, so you will never have to see it again – Yes! Barablu does now support voice for Java (J2ME) devices listed on our download page, so you can now call your friends on barablu for Free! Java voice is available for Nokia and Blackberry and other platforms like LG, Samsung and SonyEricsson will follow very soon.
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michael thomsen
Kogan to offer the second-ever Android phone
Australien based company Kogan recently announced that it would be the second company to offer phones based on Google’s Android platform.
The Phone is available for international pre-order, but unfortunately it will not ship until the end of January, so if you thought you had just found your final x-mas present I’m afraid I’ll have to dissapoint you. The phone itself shows some promise, though - It features a 624 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, wi-fi, 2 MP camera and 400 minutes of talk time, along with a 2.5” touchscreen, microSD slot, and 3G connectivity. It promises to be a worthy rival and great alternative to T-Mobile’s G1.
The Kogan Agora and T-Mobile G1 can look forward to some significant competition as it was recently announced that 14 new members will join the “Open Handset Alliance” including Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, and Vodafone Group Plc. They are joining a list of members that also include companies like HTC, Motorola, T-Mobile, and Intel. This means that we can surely look forward to a bunch of new exciting devices next year running the Android OS.
I’m sure you will all be happy to know that here at barablu we are working on a barablu version for Android. Our developers are working very hard and we are expecting to be able to offer it to you in the year to come. By the time we are going to offer barablu for Android we hope you will have a wide range of Android based devices to choose from.
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michael thomsen
New barablu version!
We have released a new barablu version for PC, Windows Mobile and Symbian. It is now available from our download page.
We have carried out some generel bug fixes and optimizations to voice and performance.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
You may also notice a few changes to our website - We have changed the Sign Up process and done some changes to the “my barablu account” area. So if you Sign In to your account to check your call history, add credit or seomething else then don’t be surprised by the very different look.
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michael thomsen
Ever Dropped your Phone in the Toilet?
I read sometime last year in a survey from SimplySwitch that 855.000 handsets are flushed away each year in Britain alone. How this happens, I guess I will never know… I admit that I have once dropped my phone in a cup of coffee and, on a few occasions, spilt some water or juice on it, but never ever dropped it in the toilet. After a few days of drying I always managed to get the phones working again… kinda - but not everyone are this lucky.
For careless unfortunate users like myself there is hope, though. Golden Shellback coating is a new and unique coating that protects your phone from damage if it is exposed to water. The coating can repel oils, synthetic fluids, dust, dirt, and water based solutions, and it is almost invisible, so your device will still look slick and stylish.
The coating is developed by Northeast Maritime Institute in Fairhaven, MA USA. It was originally developed to solve a problem of water proofing a ‘man overboard’ system, which needed to be able to function when exposed to water. This has now evolved into the Golden Shellback, which can be used for smaller devices like mobile phones, cameras, Mp3-players, and laptops.
Unfortunately it does not mention on the website when this will be available, but rumors have it that the price will be around $50-75 depending on the size of your device. Bigger devices like laptops are likely to be more expensive.
Watch the video here:
Golden Shellback Waterproof Coating from gCaptain.com on Vimeo.
Written by
michael thomsen
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