A Symbian Spokesperson gave a statement to ZD|Net and apparently said they are thrilled that Nokia plans to port Qt to S60 and it agrees with Nokia’s statement that this purchase will make S60 more competitive in the marketplace. Motorola told Linux Devices that since joining the LiMo foundation over a year ago they’ve been…
Archives for January 2008
What does the Trolltech buyout mean for other Mobile Linux vendors?
Definitely enjoyed reading this ARCchart article by Matt Lewis. In a nutshell he says that Trolltech was practically the only Linux vendor making money, they’ve been around forever and the purchase price of $153 million by Nokia is in line with what the company was worth over 2 years ago. How are other Linux vendors…
HTC thinks they’ll make 30% more in 2008, launching new hardware in Q2
CFO of HTC Hui-ming Cheng is saying that the company is going to earn 20-30% more revenues in 2008 compared to 2007 and will be launching 3G products in Q2 with lower end EDGE units later this year. The products that are launching next quarter will be different from the current Touch lineup (what does…
Accenture demos a supercomputer that fits into your pocket
Instead of shoving a really fast, battery hungry processor, inside a mobile phone Accenture choose to offload the computing to a nearby laptop that did all the maths and then transferred the results back to the low powered LG feature phone shown above. It sounds great in theory, but will it scale? Will latency ruin…
Sony Ericsson outsourcing production of T270, T280, R300 Radio, and R306 Radio handsets to Taiwan-based makers
In an effort that seemed envisioned to boost efficiency and cut costs along the way, Sony Ericsson is outsourcing production of its recently announced mobile phones to two Taiwan-based OEMs. According to DigiTimes, Arima Communications will be making T270, T280 as well as R300 Radio models, while Chi Mei Communication Systems (CMCS) will handle the…
Nokia Siemens Networks selects Ubiquisys for 3G femto cell solution
Nokia Siemens Networks has selected Ubiquisys to cooperate and market 3G femto cell solutions to operators around the world. A brief introduction to femto cells: your mobile operator gives you a box that you connect to your broadband internet, now that box handles your voice and data versus the cell tower somewhere in your neighborhood.…
Verizon adds BlackBerry 8830 World Edition in red
Verizon today announced that the popular BlackBerry 8830 World Edition is now available in red. Boasting both CDMA and GSM radios, this red baby is designed for the modern, fashion-savvy globetrotters. Or that’s just ladies Verizon is targeting… Whatever the case is, if you want it – you’ll have to wait for another day when…
Contactless payment system being trialed on the San Francisco BART
230 people in the San Francisco Bay area are trialing electronic wallets embedded into Samsung mobile phones that allow them to pay for public transport and fast food. They’re probably using NFC, but CBS (3 minute video) is too afraid to get too geeky on us and explain the actual technology. Consumers shouldn’t have to…
Lenovo sells mobile phones division for $100 million
Lenovo makes mobile phones, you probably didn’t know that however and that is why they never made any money. In a move that surprised no one they’ve decided to get rid of their mobile phones unit for a cool $100 million; Hony Capital is the buyer. [Via: The New York Times]
Video: RockNscroll, flicking your wrist to control your mobile phone
In a video that looks to create dollar signs in the eyes of sports therapy professionals and make sufferers of carpal tunnel syndrome even more uneasy, KEYnetik, makers of RockNscroll, are demoing an application that uses the accelerometer inside the Nokia N95 to act as an input mechanism. I can’t imagine doing this for more…