While NEC’s Flask Phone might not help you smuggle any reasonably-priced alcohol into that kitschy nightclub in West Hollywood, it’ll help you save the environment one handset at a time. The NEC Flask Phone features a large liquid-reservoir that holds the precious “fuel” that is converted to electrical juice. Without the need to recharge the…
Archives for January 2008
Sony Ericsson announces W61S and W62S in Japan; Rest of the world cries
Sony Ericsson is one nasty company. They keep all their best products for Japan. It’s like they don’t want to compete with high-end Nokia phones in Europe… Whatever the case is, they’ve just announced two new phones for the Japanese market – W61S and W62S. Let’s briefly introduce them, shall we…
Gmail’s IMAP fixed to work with Windows Mobile
If you own a Windows Mobile powered smartphone and are also using GMail, you’ve probably experienced a problem with GMail’s IMAP. Apparently some users reported that HTML email messages showed up blank, while others said they could only read message headers. In case you’re one of the affected one, you’ll be glad to know that…
Rogers to bring Sony Ericsson K850i to Canada?
Rogers Wireless is set to bring the Sony Ericsson’s flagship K850i phone to Canada. According to some sources, the Canadian carrier will be launching the device by the end of this quarter for $199.99 CAD on a three-year term contract. Best of all, buyers will also get the 8GB Memory Stick Micro bundled with the…
Brief: Nokia N95 8GB NAM approved by the FCC
Those of you eagerly waiting to see Nokia’s flagship N95 8GB model singing along U.S. 3G frequencies, here’s a reason to rejoice. The N95 8GB NAM has been spotted at the FCC’s website and is now almost certainly heading towards AT&T. And Nokia’s own Flagship stores in New York and Chicago… [Via: TheNokiaBlog]
Sprint Mogul pre-release ROM adds GPS support!
There’s nothing worse than owning something that you’re not allowed, or unable, to use. Imagine this – you buy a handset that has GPS and EVDO Rev. A hardware inside, but you just aren’t able to make use of those features. Well, owners of Sprint Mogul Windows Mobile smartphones don’t have to kick their imagination…
$5,000 reward for working HTC Kaiser video driver
It looks like HTC Kaiser users over at the xda-developer forums have really put their money where their collective mouths would be. In response to HTC’s veritable cold-shoulder response to the HTC Class Action Organization’s petition for updated video drivers for HTC smartphones using the Qualcomm MSM7500 and MSM7200 chipsets (which includes the HTC flagship…
Photo2Lab for iPhone – Online photo printing service for the iPhone gets real
We’re not sure that many users will be taking advantage of an online photo-printing service for the iPhone. The iPhone’s camera isn’t anything special and the lack of a built-in flash turns night-shots into nightmare shots. But, that didn’t stop ECCE TERRAM from bringing an online photo-printing service to the iPhone. ECCE TERRAM has announced…
Leaked iPhone SDK key for third-party application authentication?
Did Apple (or someone with the right connections) leak the iPhone application SDK key? Well, according to those that know more about iPhone development than us, the code you see below is the official iPhone application SDK key. The key was apparently going to be used to authenticate official third-party applications that were developed using…
Operator outsourcing of games is a GOOD thing….
… at least that’s what Sven Halling of End2End says (by the way, his company runs the outsourced games services for Vodafone, amongst others). You may remember a post I made last week relating to Virgin Mobile outsourcing their games and video delivery, so this is a follow-up. Sven does make a good point actually,…