If you don’t know what Tellme is, check it out here.  Currently, the official version is not available for many, many devices (though oddly enough, it is available for loads of Blackberrys!  Oh, the irony!).  You can sign up on the Tellme site to be notified when the official version is available for your device.

In the meanwhile, if you want to try it on your device (at your own risk, of course), hop on over to this thread and check it out! 

It requires .Net 3.5 framwork installed for it to work, and as you will read in the thread, it does not work well on various devices.  On others, it works great.  As for my Sprint Touch Pro2, the app does not respond to screen taps (has to do with resolution), but the speech-to-text feature works wonderfully!  And searching for things is reminiscent of using Bing (800-BING-411), just not interactive like the phone version.

A developer over at XDA-Developers has created an app called Groovefish which is built upon Grooveshark, and (right now, anyway), this is the only app that does this!

So, now is the time to install Groovefish and walk up to all your iPhone and Blackberry friends and say, “Hey, can you do this?  Pick a song, any song!!” and you can play it for them!

If you are wondering if this is a legit way to listen to tunes, read up on it over at Grooveshark.  They’ve got a business model built around all this.

Someone stumbled upon a job ad from Microsoft that speaks of the future iterations of Windows Mobile which will come to the market in the future.  The job title would be “Product Planning Manager, E&D Mobile Device Strategy & Commercialization,” and one of the things that the person that will get this job will be in charge with is planning the future of Windows Mobile.

“The product planning arm of Windows Mobile” is in search for new talents that “will be joining a very innovative product planning group in a fast moving and competitive industry. The primary responsibilities will include product planning for future versions of Windows Mobile platform. You will develop Areas of Investigation which lead to actionable roadmaps and collaborate with the product engineering teams so that these roadmaps turn into highly profitable products that delight the users. You will be a major driver and contributor to product and business strategy and become the go-to person for important customer, industry and technical insights and trends.”

It’s cool to hear that they’re driving the mobile division harder at MS, but at the same time, it’s a little concerning that they’re needing to go out and FIND someone to be the “major driver and contributor”.  They don’t already have someone doing that yet?!!  Hmmmm…..

The theme for this campaign will reportedly be “The coverage you need, price you want, and the handset you crave.”

According to unconfirmed reports, the first part of that promise will be a roll out of HSPA+ service in markets across the U.S. This will give users 21 Mbps access, considerably faster than most of its competitors’ mobile broadband. This carrier already has this service up and running Philadelphia.

The second part of the campaign — the “price you want” – will supposedly have two facets. One of these is new pricing for service plans: a $40 unlimited voice plan, a $50 unlimited voice and text plan, and a $60 voice, text, and data plan. 

In addition, reports say T-Mobile is going to allow users to pay for phones in monthly installments, rather than asking for the cost of the device up front.

And the third part of Project Dark will be a collection of new smartphones, including the HTC HD2.

The combination of reasonable plans and installments for a device purchase could be huge.  I know many people who have expressed a desire to have a newer device, but cost prohibits them.  It’s a brilliant idea to break the cost into installments!  Kudos to T-Mobile for leading the way on this!

Source: Brighthand

Speaking for myself, I find that I listen to streaming music a lot on my device, particularly when I am at work or in my car.  There are certainly many options for listening to streaming radio out there, and I use several of those options, depending on my needs.  How does Resco Radio 2.0 shape up? Read on and I’ll tell you!  I’ve even put together a quick-and-dirty video as well.  More after the break… (more…)

Goosync

Goosync is an app that syncs your Google calendar & contacts with your Windows phone.  Goosync offers a premium service for an annual fee that allowed for multiple calendar syncs, contact backups, and tasks.  The free version, which was basically limited to contacts and calendar sync, will be replaced with a lower cost service, Goosync Lite that will have the same functionality.  

Goosync Premium will run $32 annually, $48 for a two year commitment or $64 for a lifetime subscription.  Goosync Lite will run $10 annually and will have a seven day trial period.  No word if lifetime pricing will be available for Goosync Lite.

Source: WM Experts

More to come!

The HTC PURE is available at AT&T retail stores nationwide and online at www.wireless.att.com for $149.99. The HTC Tilt 2, will be available in the following weeks for $299.99. (For the HTC PURE, pay $199.99 and receive $50 mail-in-rebate, for the HTC Tilt 2, pay $349.99 and receive a $50 mail-in-rebate. Two-year agreement on a minimum $69.99 plan required.)

Flash 10.1 for smartphones will also make use of GPU acceleration for those who have a smartphone powerful enough to use Flash on their mobile device.  The platform will support the Tegra chipset, Snapdragon, and ION for up to 1080p video content.

Source: PocketNow via Engadget