Nokia has recently announced the acquisition of the context-aware social-activity service Plazes. Under the agreement, the Finnish giant will acquire all assets of the privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. By acquiring Plazes, Nokia will be able to extend its context-based service offering with social presence and time-based activity…
Archives for June 2008
BluePOINTER Bluetooth headset comes with a laser pointer and LED flashlight
Here’s an interesting product for those that like multi-purpose gadgets. BluePOINTER is reportedly the first 3-in-1 Bluetooth headset with laser pointer and LED flashlight. You could ask why would put a laser pointer and LED flashlight on a Bluetooth headset, but then again, if you actually need any of those – why not have them…
Images: Samsung i900 Omnia vs Apple iPhone
Samsung certainly made the i900 Omnia with iPhone in mind. The way the device feels and looks, makes everyone think about Apple’s handset — or at least that’s my take. Today we bring you couple of images comparing the two devices. With a 5 megapixel camera and that uber-cool TouchWiz user interface, Samsung may be…
France Telecom, Teliasonera talks about to end?
The France Telecom-TeliaSonera saga continues as the two parties met for talks late on Sunday, after France Telecom indicated it would sweeten its bid. According to The Wall Street Journal’s sources the discussions could “lead to an agreement or fall apart at any moment.” France Telecom has set an informal deadline for today (Monday) to…
Pantech IM-R300 touchscreen slider lands at SK Telecom
Meet the Pantech IM-R300, a new slider that is about to start selling in Korea via SK Telecom. The device measures 51x102x13.9 mm and has a 2.6-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) touchscreen. The large resolution of the screen makes the phone quite interesting and will certainly make the web browsing experience more enjoyable. The same goes…
A year with the iPhone – iPhone turns 1 year old
As of 6pm PST today, my iPhone will be turning exactly 1 year old. Well, actually, seeing as how it took me a good 20 minutes to get inside the Apple store last year, my iPhone’s 12-month birthday will fall on approximately 6:20pm PST. So, just how has the iPhone lived up to expectations? And,…
Motorola’s touchscreen offering for Verizon – Motorola Blaze isn’t an iPhone fighter
Verizon Wireless, lacking a focused strategy to battle Apple’s current iPhone and upcoming iPhone 3G, has been flooding their CDMA market with touchscreen handsets of all sorts for the better half of the past year. With a dizzying array of almost-there touchscreen handsets aimed at Verizon customers looking for a good iPhone-compromise on America’s “most…
Online petition proves growing Canadian distaste for Rogers’ iPhone 3G calling plans
By now it should be clear that iPhone 3G hopefuls in Canada are getting the short end of the data-plan-stick. Rogers (and their wholly-owned Fido network) announced not too long ago that they’ll be offering our friends to the North a chance to get their hands on an Apple’s next-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G, come…
Are you a University student? Enter the Symbian Essay Contest to win £1000!
Symbian wants to know what people in academia think about the direction the smartphone space is heading and where it will be in 2012-2015. If you’re a University Student you have until the end of September to submit an essay, 10 winners will be selected, each will get 1000 British Pounds (1991.50 US Dollars or…
Pedal your way to full charge – O2’s pedal battery charger
This one goes out to all you cyclists out there. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could harness all that energy you’re putting in to pedaling yourself from point A to point B? While this new pedal-power harnessing technology won’t help you do more than yap on your handset just a bit longer, putting your…