At first glance, the Novatel MiFi Portable Intelligent HotSpot shows no signs of being intelligent. To the casual observer, the CDMA and GSM MiFi Portable HotSpots are nothing more than portable WiFi routers. And, those casual observers would be wrong. Sure, the Novatel MiFi HotSpots provide up to 5 continuous hours of WiFi connectivity (using…
Archives for February 2009
Nokia gets a 500 million EUR loan from European Investment Bank for smartphone R&D
Nokia announced that it has completed a 5-year 500 million EUR loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to part-finance software R&D projects during 2009-2011 to make Symbian-based smartphones more competitive. Apparently, the R&D activities supported by this loan will also benefit the work of the Symbian Foundation, which is expected to start operations…
Juniper Research: Ringtone sales may go down, but mobile music revenues are set to reach $14.6 billion by 2013
Juniper Research’s latest report argues that a sharp fall in ringtone revenues will be more than offset by growth in full-track downloads, streamed music services and ringback tones. As a matter of fact, the research company forecasts that global revenues from mobile music services will reach nearly $14.6 billion by 2013! Juniper has found that…
i-Doodz is a fun/sexy e-cards iPhone app
Unfortunately for some this isn’t one of those “not safe for work” apps. Or is it? Basically, it’s a sort of fun/sexy e-cards application, allowing users to compose cartoon-ish like images of themselves and send it to their boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses… you name it. If you feel that confident and you think your boss has…
Palm posts WebOS MOJO SDK tutorial – Proves WebOS development is easy
Following on Palm’s WebOS MOJO SDK development book announcement, it seems Palm has finally gone super official with their Palm Pre-powering MOJO SDK. Palm has posted a new video tutorial that walks us through the WebOS’s development specifics. The video is just a few minutes shy of an hour, and outlines the structure of the…
First-run Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handsets have defective speakers!
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available in the US with North American 3G frequency support (read: AT&T 3G support)! Good news for Symbian touchscreen fans with an itch for all things music, to be sure, but there’s something you should know about early-production Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handsets. According to Nokia, all 5800 XpressMusic cellphones…
PodTrapper Brings Podcasts to your BlackBerry
After getting the Bold, I had decided to ditch the iPod Touch in favour of using my BlackBerry as my primary music device (no sense lugging around two gadgets when one will do), but the lack of integrated podcast support definitely stung. Even if I still used iTunes to pull in all my podcasts, there…
CBS brings FREE streaming TV to iPhone with TV.com application!
Want some FREE, streaming TV on your iPhone? Of course you do. As the first major US network broadcaster to embrace the iPhone and its media-consuming customer-base, CBS has released their new iPhone application, appropriately named TV.com, that pulls down streams of full-length CBS TV shows. Better yet, the application serves up episodes over WiFi…
Incoming Tweets on Bell Will Actually be Free?
Bell was all smug with its announcement yesterday to bring back SMS Twitter, but the $0.15 charge per incoming and outgoing message left a bitter taste in many a Canadian tweeter. Twitter CEO Biz Stone has cleared up the situation, however, and stated that we’ll be able to get unlimited incoming SMS messages through Twitter…
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Now Available at Bell for $29.95
One more quick Bell announcement to tell you about. Bell has gone all official with the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 as well. Again, you need to fulfill the minimum voice/data plan requirement. The 8230 is available in the standard black or pink. Purchase options are as follows: 3-year: $29.95 2-year: $349.95 1-year: $449.95 No-contract: $499.95…