Technology Revolution

Here are some fresh new pictures of the Sony Ericsson Aspen . The Sony Ericsson Aspen is the first smartphone, officially said to run Windows Mobile 6.5.3. It belongs to the GreenHeart family, which houses other eco-friendly handsets by the manufacturer. In addition, it adds a personalized homescreen that you can use on the 2.4-inch touch-sensitive display. A front-facing QWERTY keyboard will be on board to assist your messaging needs, along with many other features. Take also a look at the first leaked images that we published a month ago. [Via]

This video shows that its possible to pair a bluetooth keyboard with the HTC HD2. Today I thought I have to try something new. When i saw my HD2 lie on my bluetooth Keyboard I just had to give it a try. So I paired the HD2 with a Logitech Dinovo Edge keyboard. It is kinda possible to control the HD2 with the keyboard. Some commands wont work with the keyboard arrows, some do. It is possible to assign keyboard keys to Morphgear and FPSECE but they wont work in game. May somehow it would work since the keys are assigned. [Via]

Opera has published the November statistics for Opera mini, one of the worlds most popular mobile web browser. The number of Opera Mini users more than doubled — from about 16.4 million in November 2008 to 41.7 million in November 2009. This increase shows that their prediction of accelerated growth of the mobile Web has come true. More stats after the break… In November 2009, Opera Mini saw increases in all three categories of growth: unique users, pages viewed, and data consumed. In this month’s report, we looked at countries in Africa. The top 10 countries using Opera Mini in Africa are: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Tanzania, and Namibia. Some numbers: From November 2008 to November 2009, page views in the top 10 countries of Africa increased by 374%, unique users increased by 177%, and data transferred increased by 183%. Since our last spotlight on Africa, Kenya jumped from #4 to #3, Ghana jumped from #11...

Phone Arena reviews the Samsung Mythic. It is a touchscreen candybar that features the manufacturer’s TouchWiz user interface. The display is big enough, measuring 3.3 inches with a resolution of 360x640 pixels, which makes it suitable for watching videos. In addition, it offers a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, along with a microSDHC card slot and global 3G. Read the full review here

VMware has demoed its mobile visualization platform, which could potentially let users simultaneously run two different operating systems. Head of MVP engineering Julia Alston walks through the system on a Nokia N800 at VMworld Europe

HTC is releasing 5 new Android phones and 3 new Windows Mobile 6.5 phones by the first half of 2010. I’m not sure if HTC intentionally leaked the roadmap, and to be honest, I do not care =) anyway, you can find the upcoming HTC phones

The LG eXpo is a business-oriented smartphone, running the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. It packs features we do not see very often in cell phones like a detachable pico projector and a fingerprint sensor. The eXpo also sports a 3.2-inch screen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Opera today launched the second beta versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10, available as free downloads. In this second beta release, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users can now enjoy popular desktop features, such as Opera Link and the Download Manager, from their mobile phones. With Opera Link, users can synchronize personal browser settings with their Opera desktop browser, as well as all their connected devices, ensuring that their bookmarks, Speed Dial and search engines are always accessible. The Download Manager gives users a better way to control and speed up downloads to mobile phones. Opera continues its mission to unify its browser products, and today’s beta release is no exception. Features further polished in the second beta release are the unified look and feel across Opera’s browser products, the visual bookmarks known as Speed Dial, and tabbed browsing, one of the most popular innovations in browsing history. “For Opera, ...

Matt unboxes and previews an early pre-release version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2. The XPERIA X2 takes the 3 inch screen from the X1, and upgrades it to a 3.2 inch WVGA TFT display. The handset will be powered by a custom version of Windows Mobile 6.5. Other features include a 3.5 mm audio jack, accelerometer and 8.1MP camera with AF. [Via]

In this video the folks at technobuffalo compares the internet browsing experience of the HTC HD2 with that of the iPhone 3GS. Update: The video is working now

Resco Send SMS gadget is a desktop extension of Resco Contact Manager 2nd Edition supported by Windows 7 and Windows Vista. This simple application allows you to easily send SMS via desktop computer while having your mobile device connected to the PC. Download the 7 days trial from here [Via]