Mobile melkosofta: Which of the "dark horses" first come to the finish

Quietly rake "Cannes rubble" of securities from time to time on the surface spills something tempting, interesting exhibitions in the confusion did not immediately understood and appreciated. With 99% probability any killer-application and was really hidden, and in six months or a year will bite your elbows: after all, seen with his own eyes "the birth of a miracle" that was worth a moment to stop and think? Still, try not to miss the fun.

Computer - poboku, the smartphone is self-sufficient?

Mobile Portal www.handango.com long been a favorite place for "showcase shopping" owners of intellectual and advanced equipment. Indeed, the software for all tastes - the sea, although the prices are sensitive to bites. It is not surprising that the company seriously worried about how to facilitate the process of parting with money. Of course, talking about the user, not the manual Portal Handango. Last ingenious refinement in this area - AMPP-client for smartphones Sony Ericsson P800/900 and devices based on Windows Mobile. The program was announced at 3GSM-Congress in Cannes and is distributed free of charge until March 31, 2004. Commercial prospects of the client side rather vague, but you never know - quite enthusiastic users of smartphones and can reach up to pay for advertising placed on the portal software.

So, happy owners of the above devaysov can get integrated into the smartphone browser on the link http://mhgo.com, download the client side will almost automatically (for the sake of decency traditional question yes / no will still be given). Distribution client (phone) part pulls on 370.2 kb, after installing the memory space lose anything about? MB. As a result, we have a browser on a smartphone content on the site Handango, vaguely reminiscent of Windows explorer and CuteFTP at the same time. In the graphical directory tree site contains thematic subsections, which is really convenient to move. By pressing the joystick to the selected program is displayed rather detailed information: price, rating, brief description of functions and in some cases even a screenshot. Next, you can choose to download with payment "," try "or return to the list. In the case of desire to pay the appropriate box appears to enter your name and credit card options, after the payment is redirected to a server manufacturer, from which the desired program and loaded. All supporting documentation (purchase order number, payment code, etc.) come to this address e-mail, then all the questions better addressed directly to the developer software - "the Moor" (handango) did his job and quietly leaves.

Convenient, practical and seem to even work. The new smartphone client from Handango carefully guides the user (along with his credit card) over the entire thorny path from server to server, providing a seamless delivery of "goods" and its timely payment. However, the "sign" of the project first and foremost that of a long selection process, download, install and pay for telephone software completely ruled out the computer.Including all the intermediate stages - is connected to the GPRS smartphone is sufficient to carry out any necessary actions. And it can be regarded as the beginning of an interesting trend, especially because of the same "engine" handango already binds boot logos / ringtones, and strongly recommends that users make a virtual wallet (eWallet) on its own server.

Key Touch: another "attempt" on the T9

Twelve phone buttons - clearly less than the letters in the alphabet. Today's youth have calluses on the big toes in the process of getting your earning numerous SMS, phone developers are not accidentally invent new folding / sliding / opening up the micro-keyboard. With regard to policy decisions, it seemed that with the advent of predictive text input (including the famous T9) to come up with nothing new. But no, the company Key Touch Corporation has decided to exploit the potential of this business phone joystick. It is difficult to say how quickly the vanguard solution and take hold take hold there anyway, but the program looks promising.

The program is called KeyTouch Multiplay, is in memory of a little over 50 kilobytes and runs on smartphones running Windows Mobile versions 2002 and 2003 (two versions available KeyTouch Multiplay). The idea is simple as all genius: in applications associated with typing on the screen is always present a sort of "compass" and the movement of the joystick, you can choose from four different letters, symbols, or context-sensitive commands. The main purpose - to simplify and make clear typing, especially in mixed (letters + numbers + of characters) and in different languages. To enter any letter / character is only two clicks: the corresponding button on the phone, plus the joystick in the desired direction. Important additional "goodies" - are readily available are needed commands like select / copy / paste / undo. The program has its own vocabulary and combinations, according to the developers, thanks to an intuitive tool set that plain text is accelerated almost doubled. Not to mention the complex combined messages with phone numbers, addresses, e-mail, etc. Additional features, capabilities and settings can be described for a long time (in the User Guide 17 pages), but such things are better "feel" their own hands.

Begs the question: What KeyTouch radically better than T9 and it better? Still predictive avoids a single click, but it requires two movements. According to the developers: KeyTouch not replace but rather complements the successful predictive. For example, typing the word "home" (a combination of keys "4,6,6,3"), the result will be three options - "home", "gone" and "good". From which to choose the right one, and yes even watch any crap on the screen changing in the recruitment process. All of this can easily be avoided if at the beginning of a set of one movement joystick to set the correct first letter "h", then the joystick can not touch - work T9 will become meaningful. Declared support for multiple languages, easy selection of special characters and much more. Unfortunately, I myself am unable to verify that it is indeed "Smart Input for Smartphones" due to lack of Windows-smartphone will ask Anton - I wonder how it will work with the Russian language.