Forget multi-tasking, push background notification is where it’s at. With the limited resources available to mobile devices, running multiple applications in the background can tax the CPU, drain the battery faster, and lead to system instability as multiple applications fight for memory allottment and CPU cycles. Apple has seeded a new iPhone 2.1 OS SDK…
Nokia: We’re slashing prices on our phones!
Nokia isn’t going to idly sit by while handset manufacturers the world over try to catch up to the Finnish handset vendor’s industry-leading market share. Nokia has been cutting prices on their media-centric handsets by up to 10% – particularly their Nokia 5310 and 5610 music phones and the Nokia N81 8GB. While other handset…
Motorola squeezes out profit despite struggling handset business
There’s no doubt that Motorola’s handset manufacturing business is on the ropes. Following on quarter after quarter of multi-million dollar losses and sliding global market share, Motorola has been trying to shore up its mobile phone division in an effort to gussy it up for a potential investor to come in and sweep it off…
AT&T rolls out Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) for iPhone 3G
It’s happening all over again. Just as we saw with the original iPhone, AT&T is offering their hard-of-hearing customers the option to use their new iPhone 3G as a text-messaging communications device with none of the voice-call costs. The Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) has come to the iPhone 3G. AT&T isn’t going to make their…
SMobile Systems, Sybase iAnywhere team up on mobile enterprise security
SMobile Systems and Sybase iAnywhere partnered to “deliver advanced mobile security solutions for Information Anywhere Suite’s Afaria mobile device management and security platform.” The two companies will work to secure a broad range of smartphones from the latest intrusions and threats, leveraging SMobile’s antivirus, firewall and mobile spam protection. Commenting on the announcement, Sybase iAnywhere’s…
2 million Palm Centro smartphones sold!
It was at the end of March when we reported about Palm’s success to sell one million Centros. Now, they are reporting another million has been sold in the meantime! This is a huge success for the struggling Treo maker and I honestly hope they’ll release the long-awaited successor to the Palm OS pretty soon.…
LG to incorporate Dolby Mobile in its high-end handsets
LG and Dolby Laboratories announced that LG would be the first handset maker to incorporate Dolby Mobile technology into its handsets. Announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress, Dolby Mobile is an optimized-for-mobile audio processing technology platform designed to “deliver rich, vibrant audio and dramatically improve listening enjoyment.” Some of the Dolby Mobile features that…
No more BlackBerry Connect for Nokia E-series – Nokia Email emphasized
That’s it. Nokia’s had enough of RIM’s encroachment on their business-phone segment. Rather than allowing Nokia E-series customers to eat from both sides of the pond, to butcher a few metaphors, Nokia has announced that they’ll no longer support BlackBerry Connect support on their business-oriented Eseries handsets. RIM is apparently doing well enough for themselves…
Official AT&T Motorola Q9h Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM leaked!
Feeling a bit down about having to deal with your already-old Motorola Q9h on AT&T’s network? Buck-up, sport. At least you can update your aging AT&T Motorola Q9h (codename: Norman) to the freshest Windows Mobile OS available. As far as being frustrated at the maddening pace of handset development (and subsequent obsolescence), you’ll just have…
T-Mobile goes official with T-Mobile Sidekick 2008
The wait is over, fellow Sidekickers. A new era of customizable and user-swappable Sidekick shells is finally upon us. Following on Sidekick 2008 live pics leaked to the web, T-Mobile has launched their highly anticipated T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 for HipTop fans across the US. And, just like their Sidekick LX Tony Hawk edition launch, T-Mobile…