The Nokia 6300i was just announced, with a Q2 ship date and a low price of 175 Euros before taxes or subsidies you can get what is essentially a Nokia 6300 today, but with the additional feature of WiFi which enabled VoIP calls. 2 megapixel camera, 2 inch QVGA screen, 12 mm thin, the 6300…
Archives for March 2008
UK Office of Communications to allow in-flight cellphone calls – OfCom plan allows voice calls
We’ve been hearing a lot about all the data service offerings that will allow airline passengers to get their data-fix while in-flight, so it’s refreshing to here of some developments regarding in-flight voice calls. Following on Norwegian Air’s plan to offer in-flight voice calls and internet services through its Call Norwegian venture, the Office of…
Panasonic Link To Cell base station routes cellular calls to home phone handsets
T-Mobile’s push to rid the planet of landlines with their T-Mobile HotSpot @Home UMA program has started to catch on. The idea of dropping your traditional landline in favor of using your wireless minutes at home is getting more and more traction around the world. I personally haven’t used a landline (although I subscribe to…
Motorola insider: Zander and Brown to blame for Motorola handset division’s failure
Motorola’s up and split itself into two distinct entities. We now have the Motorola Mobile Devices division and the Motorola Broadband & Mobility Solutions division running as stand-alone companies. The breakup of the company follows a string of problems and setbacks related to losses in the mobile phone sector. Perhaps the splitting up of Motorola…
Windows Mobile 6.1 gets new UI tweaks, integration with Windows Live
Boy Genius Reports is always getting the juicy scoop on upcoming handsets, and it looks like they’ve come through again. Their latest handset, a Motorola Q9, not only came to BGR toting a WiFi radio, but also boasts a verified Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard operating system running the show. And, the Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard…
NTT DoCoMo achieves 250Mbps on Super 3G LTE network test
LTE is really starting to stretch its legs as the high-speed mobile broadband standard that we knew it could always be. NTT DoCoMo reportedly just achieved “a downlink transmission rate of 250Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental Super 3G system.” Super 3G, also known as LTE (Long Term…
Gartner: Apple places 10 million iPhone unit order – Apple preparing for 3G iPhone
There’s another round of hyped-up buzz starting to build surrounding the imminent launch of the next-generation iPhone. The first hardware revision of the Apple iPhone will hit the US market with a 3G radio in tow, among other features – which should appease the masses that have lamented the iPhone’s lack of true high-speed data…
Breaking News: Motorola to split in two, Mobile Device Unit to become separate company
Carl Icahn’s dream has finally come true, Motorola is going to split into two separate companies. No date for the breakup has been given. Full press release after the jump. [Via: PR News Wire]
Motorola joins LTE/System Architecture Evolution trial Initiative
Motorola announced that it has joined the LTE/System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Trial Initiative (LSTI), the industry group which is “driving the acceleration of commercial and interoperable next-generation LTE mobile broadband systems through the collaborative efforts of leading telecommunications companies worldwide.” The American handset maker will reuse its WiMAX research and development expertise, along with its…
Guinness World Record: modu is the world’s lightest mobile phone
In a PR stunt obviously designed to get some media attention, modu which is also known as the phone with many coats, informed us they are now officially the world’s lightest phone. Guinness World Records’ crew were there to prove the claim. This doesn’t come as a surprise considering that the bare naked device weighs…