• First of all our strengths in the past months have been put in discussing with large customers about what they expected about mobile and web convergence. The good news is that they share our visions and some deployments are currently being prepared.
• Franck has been key in the history of Webwag but our focus on convergence and B2B lead us to look for a new CEO that had both a large scale B2B experience and strong mobile competencies and network. We are pleased to welcome Stéphane Labrunie , former SVP Sales and Marketing of I-Play (a leading company in casual web and mobile games) as Webwag’s new CEO.
• Some of you have already had the pleasure (if they are SFR customers) to test the new Webwag Mobile 2.0 beta. In a few weeks invites to a private beta will be made available. Meanwhile, here are a few teaser screenshots.

ps: The news has already spread over the web here, there and in other places.

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Come and ask any questions to Webwag tonight, in real time, I’ll answer them!

»You can view the annoucement here (french)

Tags: webwag, live, questions

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Full info here.

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Here’s a video I shot at a dinner where many old IF collegues were there. None of them works at IF/MobileScope/Zenops anymore…

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Tags: MWC

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Here it is thanks to a hacker named Georges Hotz.

The process is still tricy but doable in 15 mins for anybody with basic command line and iphone knowledge.

Here is a link to a very well done French tutorial and to the original post.

And just for fun, a screenshot of the end of my unlock process:

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See the full post here along with the press release!

Tags: webwag, awards

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Update: Real annoucements here

The magic of the internet & wikipedia tells us what will be released at macworld. Pretty sure this is not a scam! So here we go:

New iPhone!
Not a big revolution here, but Apple introduces the awaited 16GB version at $499. The 8GB version remains at $399.

iPhone/iPod touch SDK
Now, this is big news, even if awaited, it will now be legit to develop apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch, better late than never!  Most important is that price range of the apps is controlled by Apple. Not only apps but also widgets can be developed and developers must submit source code! The SDK becomes available Wednesday as a beta and finalized in february. In details:

• Developers can create both Applications and Widgets
• Using Cocoa with Objective-C
• Developers submit programs as source code, not executable! Pretty sure this will cause issues to some developers
• Specify iPhone or both iPhone/Touch (certain features iPhone only)
• Price of the apps range from $0-$6.99, Widgets’ prices range $0-$2.99
• Developers get 70% of the price
  
• Users buy/download in iTunes Wi-Fi Store / iTunes Store (Mac/PC)
• Automatic updating wirelessly or when docked:
• When: Developers can get their hands on a beta version of the SDK tomorrow on ADC and start developing; final version due early February

iPhone 1.1.3 new apps update
This part is certainly uncomplete since it doesn’t feature the other 1.1.3 enhancements  but here are the highlights found on Wikipedia:
New/available apps for download include:
Apps

• iChat (AIM, Jabber/Google Talk)
• RSS Feed Reader(read feeds online or off)
• Last.fm (scrobble tracks played on iPhone/touch wirelessly without syncing w/ computer) (not directly in 1.1.3)

Widgets

• Dictionary (quickly look up words, translate, use wikipedia)
• Yellow/White Book (search for contacts, add them to your address book directly from the app, will sync back with address book on your Mac/PC)
• Sports Ticker (choose your sports and teams, get updates on their progress)
• Twitter (not directly in 1.1.3)

New Macbooks
This is the news I expected the most: New Macbooks, thinner 0.8 inch/2cm compared to actual 2.75cm! (certainly lighter) and with a wow 1440×900 resolution, starting at $1199. Here are the details:
- What would MacWorld be without a new Mac? (sorry about last year)

• Completely redesignd with aluminum body like MacBook Pro
• 13″ screen at 1440×900
• Two colors: Black and Silver
• Only 0.8″/2 centimeters
• DVD drive pops open on side when eject button is pressed (we’ll see how this looks)
• New on all notebooks and iMac: iSight HD (720p), means better resolution photos and video conferencing
• New backlit keyboard based on recent Apple Keyboard revisions (keys slightly lighter than that of laptop casing, colorwise)
• New matching MagSafe cable (Aluminum ends, cord color matches that of keyboard)
• New matching Apple Remote (slightly smaller with larger overall buttons)
• Graphics card: Intel GMA X3100
• There are 3 models
• Completely phasing out the combo drive on all product lines today
• BTO models can upgrade all the way to 2.6GHz/4GB Memory/320GB hard drive
• 4.5 hours of battery life
• Starting at $1199

Others
Apple is releasing on tuesday a big 10.5.2 and upgraded their mac pro line this week

Credits: Thanks to  www.switchingtomac.com for the news & details!

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The feedback has really been extremely good, outlining a cool intuitive user interface along with a very lightweight product.

Here are a few videos shot at leweb3 on the topic with more to come (FR).

Go to the original blog (Accessoweb & Tapahont) to get exclusive invites to this beta!

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