Palm will start selling its Treo 500 unlocked in Europe next month. The device that is also known as the Palm Gandolf runs Windows Mobile 6 and is currently being sold via Vodafone for £299. And while we’ve no idea where Palm thinks this goes, we can only hope some people will buy it unlocked,…
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Marvell and Samsung official with the all-touchscreen M4650; Shipments start in Korea
Roughly month and a half ago, we reported Samsung is preparing to launch the iPhone-like, all-touchscreen M4650 Windows Mobile smartphone. As you’ve probably figured out for yourself from the title, it’s here — actually it’s available on Korea’s LG Telecom network. The specs are unchanged from our previous article and include the Marvell PXA 300…
Air France testing mobile phone calls on international flights; Frequent fliers rejoice!
Well folks, it seems that the day when we’ll be able to regularly use our mobile phones while flying in the plane is approaching, with Air France being the first company to test the new OnAir’s onboard mobile telephony system. Apparently, OnAir got the certification from the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) that their system…
Malaysia: SMS rumor could get you in jail
While we’re sure IntoMobile readers don’t send SMS on racial clashes, it’s important to emphasize that you should avoid sending even the related jokes while in Malaysia – who knows how the local authorities may interpret them. Apparently, by sending such text messages, you could be detained under the Internal Security Act. According to local…
ABI Research: Recycled handset shipments to exceed 100 million units in 2012
With explosive growth of mobile phone sales around the world, it’s only natural that some people opt for recycled handsets instead of buying new devices — either because of the lower price or cause they simply don’t like the fancy features of the powerful smartphones. As a result of this — and also as a…
Nokia’s silent, but deadly competitor: RIM
People think that the iPhone made a dent in Nokia’s revenues, but no one realizes that in 2007 Nokia came out with over 30 mobile phones versus Apple’s single SKU. Apple aside, the real threat isn’t the fruit from the west coast, but the businessman from Canada. Research in Motion is estimated to own 10%…
Brief: Looks like N-Gage isn’t going live until 2008, for anyone
Nokia’s N-Gage software platform was unveiled in August of this year with a promised launch date of November. It has since then been pushed back to December with only owners of the N81 being privileged to trial it. Now the official Nokia N-Gage blog is saying no one will get it until 2008 because of…
Android SDK full of bugs, lacks support – developers frustrated
Google is the last company we would have expected to botch a platform launch. But, in hindsight, they may have rushed things a bit more than would have been prudent. After all, there’s a fair amount of heat coming from Cupertino, and we’re sure Google didn’t want to get burned by holding off on Android…
AT&T MediaFLO Mobile TV coming ASAP in 2008
So, the AT&T deal with Qualcomm to bring the mobile TV technology MediaFLO to its stable of mobile phones (including a few Nokia handsets) didn’t exactly help calm the Nokia-Qualcomm battle this year. In fact, the incessant quarreling was probably the reason that AT&T had to delay launching its MediaFLO service until next year. We’re…
GHIII addicts rejoice – Guitar Hero III Mobile hits Verizon Wireless
There’s almost nothing as addictive as Guitar Hero III. We’ve been caught holding up the lines at Best Buy, making those poor little kids wait for us to finish the final riff on “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” Our refusal to buy it for home-use is testament to this little game’s potential to seriously hurt productivity…