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This was supposed to be the point of an open-source OS: more makers could get their hats into the ring and produce phones. Well, that is defintely getting a test with this story.
The first official Google Android phone was the HTC Dream G1, a handset which became known as the T-Mobile G1. Now we [...]
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It’s easy to see that AT&T would love it if every phone used one OS, and so would some other phone companies. But the power of being able to choose your own poison (so to speak) should outweigh most every other consideration in this case, and it probably will here too.
Speaking at the Symbian [...]
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This isn’t news for any segment of the industry you want to hear, but it could impact the mobile industry a bit: AT&T today announced it would slash 12,000 jobs (or about 4 percent of its total workforce) to cope with an economic downturn that has hurt the industry at large. According to their published [...]
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It shouldn’t be a shock that Samsung’s previous forays into luxury phones and “weird” designs hasn’t gone very well. The combination of odd design and high price won’t be a popular one in this economy, but it seems with the introduction of the Ego, Samsung has learned their lesson well.
Today the Samsung Ego GT-S9402 has [...]
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Motorola really needs a hit, and this new phone may possibly be it. The American handset manufacturer has just announced its latest music phone, dubbed the MOTOROKR EM35 and according to the press write-ups it will offer an “exceptional audio experience for music and talk”. Sounds like many of the other phones coming out right now, but [...]
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The Samsung Omnia is rumored to be a pretty hot phone, and is not available across much of the US yet. That deficit will be corrected on December 8, and as extra good news, Verizon Wireless has already decided to reduce its price from $249.99 retail to $199.99 (with a 2-year agreement).
Two factors at work here: the crummy economy pretty much worldwide [...]
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Sony Ericsson and Motorola aren’t the only ones having issues with their upcoming products, and chopping models right before they ship. While Motorola cancelled the RAZR3, Sony Ericsson has axed Paris and BeiBei models that were coming soon, Nokia has also axed an unannounced model that could’ve been one of the most unique designs we’ve [...]
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LG aren’t exactly new to this whole cellphone thing, yet the South Korean company wants to reach all types of markets with their products, it seems. The company has just become a Global (and Techology) Partner of Formula 1 racing. Seems like an odd combo, but bear with us here.
Starting in 2009, the partnership [...]
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Apparently, the cellphone market in Japan is rough these days, with the market quite oversaturated and competition really rough, and Nokia agrees, it seems, based on their recent business move.
Nokia has just announced that it will stop selling phones in Japan altogether, effective immediately. That includes any and all marketing, which will cease. It marks [...]
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Most industry pundits claim that people don’t use their cell phones for pictures very often. Don’t tell Samsung and their customers that, as their high-res camera phones sales continue to climb and do surprisingly well.
In fact, according to recent industry reports, Samsung has claimed that global sales of its high megapixel cameraphones (considered 5MP or [...]
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Samsung is starting to develop an interest in the business side of phones, and more proof of that arrived in the form of an announcement that they are to launch a new line of business oriented smartphones called BizBee. And while the name doesn’t exactly conjure up visions of a busy CEO (think more Sesame [...]
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Nokia offered 264 million Euros to buy out Symbian, and it appears this deal is on track, says chief development officer Mary McDowell, and should be just about a done deal by mid-December. This could be a potentially huge move in the mobile OS environment by Nokia.
The offer to acquire the last remaining unowned shares [...]
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The beta has only been out a few week, but now Opera has released the final edition of Opera Mini 4.2, and it’s ready for the masses, or so they say.
Besides bringing performance and feature improvements, the release also marks the browser’s availability for Google’s Android platform and Samsung Instinct touchscreen phone; it should be [...]
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There have been many rumors floating about regarding a odd-looking Motorola phone, called the MOTO QA30 and coming as the first QWERTY slider built by Motorola. With sales of their top RAZR line sagging badly, they need to branch out a bit, needless to say.
Today, the phone became official, under the tag Motorola Hint [...]
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Unwiredview.com has posted their early review of the Samsung Eternity phone from AT&T, and the review is mostly good with a few small caveats.
The screen, the UI (the bright, crisp screen is mentioned) and almost everything about the phone received raves in the write-up. Follow the link above to read more about the [...]
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