From the monthly archives:
The Weather Channel has big plans in the mobile market apparently. For example, outside this writer’s door it’s been raining buckets all night and day, and he’s wondering when its going to stop, if ever. This app would sure come in handy right about now.
The Weather Channel has announced and released a dedicated Android application, one [...]
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Juicy pics of the Blackberry Javelin 8900 have been leaking for some time now, and now more new pics have been released via various blogs and websites, which usually indicates a company gearing up for a release in the very near future (those sort of things aren’t usually accidents).
The latest gossip had the new device [...]
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The mobile space has undergone radical changes since Garmin announced its exciting, ultra-slick nuvifone, which would combine its famous GPS functions together with a phone and other related smartphone features. It’s been more than a year, and its become a faded concept alongside the G1, iPhone and the Blackberry Storm. Sometimes it pays to actually work on projects and release them [...]
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It’s slick and should attract a lot of eyes when its flashed in public, but does it measure up in terms of actual features? Here’s the quick 411 on the new phone release.
Sprint has announced the very soon to be launched Katana Eclipse X, which will have its One Click app built in. The new One Click software/UI [...]
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Facebook and Google haven’t been getting along lately. The initial animousity arose when the social-networking giant blocked Google’s Friend Connect feature, citing security issues as the reason for the block. Well, hey, protecting users doesn’t constitute a personal attack, right?
Now the battle rages on as Facebook has revealed that they will not be releasing an app for [...]
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HTC head honcho Peter Chou has revealed how many G1s the company expects to ship this year – and the figure is nowhere near the 1.5 million that has been rumoured as the number of pre-orders the phone received. In fact, it may be less than HALF that amount.
Reports from the US in the lead up [...]
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Sprint’s US-exclusive on the HTC Touch Diamond is ending, but the wireless carrier has another reason to be happy: the launch of the HTC Touch Pro.
Starting October 26, Sprint will be giving customers a chance to get their hands on one of the more anticipated Windows Mobile phones of the year. Like its touchscreen cousin, the HTC [...]
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HP will be joining the growing crowd of smartphone providers when it partners with Vodafone to release two new devices for various markets.
Hewlett Packard made the launch announcement at the Simbian Smartphone show in the UK. The devices will be called the iPAQ Data Messenger and Voice Messenger phones (doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue), [...]
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It seems bigger is always better when it comes to tech specs and people shopping online, even if its just about 100% meaningless, either in a technical sense or to the logical mind of the shopper.
Even if we consumers have absolutely no idea what we’re being quoted, what it means or how to actually [...]
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Yes, movie tie-ins have even invaded the world of cell phones.
The special limited edition Titanium silver version of the C902 Cyber-shot is now available and is the same phone that Daniel Craig will be sporting in the long awaited Quantum of Solace movie, which is launching later this month after much secrecy and hoopla.
The [...]
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RIM says it plans to launch the new BlackBerry application store in March 2009, and app developers can start to submit their entries right now. RIM says that developers will be able to set their own prices for applications and will also get to keep 80% of the revenue. Yes, it’s (nearly) a carbon copy [...]
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Although it hasn’t yet been officially launched LG have released some official specs and an official image to the successor of the LG Prada; announcing the designer mobile phone model LG Prada II.
The LG Prada II KF900 phone has a lot to offer with 3 inches of WQVGA 400×240 touchscreen, a slide out QWERTY keypad [...]
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Is there now finally a bona fide challenger to the Apple iPhone? Blackberry’s newest smartphone, the Blackberry Storm, may just give the iPhone a run for its money. With the current influx and overcrowding in the smartphone marketplace today, Blackberry has had to rethink its design and marketing strategy. Blackberry has only ever had a [...]
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Being in touch and being in tune is easier with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and its treasure trove of hidden secrets. Apart from its high-quality multimedia capabilities, there are some other unseen forces at your disposal which will decrease the time it takes to traverse a seemingly endless list of boring menus, giving you more [...]
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Finally, some more long-awaited information has been leaked about the Nokia 7100s Supernova.
Nokia it is adding the little slider design Supernova to its basic phone range and it will have an S40 user interface. Images of the 1.3 megapixel camera should look good with a 262k color QVGA active TFT display.
Supernova also promises to [...]
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