Talk about getting the cold shoulder. Qualcomm, the litigation-loving chipmaker, has turned a cold shoulder to its own legal counsel – all 19 attorneys on Qualcomm’s payroll. Apparently, Qualcomm is trying to pass the blame for what a judge called “gross misconduct on a massive scale” onto the legal team. The 19 attorneys involved in…
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Nokia N95 8 GB shipping to retailers today with Spiderman 3 preloaded
This contradicts information I got first hand from the Helsinki Nokia Flagship store. When I asked them about the N95 8 GB they told me to come back in December. I’m currently in the UK and am going to march right back to that store with a print out of today’s press release and demand…
UIQ is now a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Ericsson and Motorola
UIQ, Sony Ericsson and Motorola held a press conference today, which I had the pleasure of attending, where they announced their new strategy to become an open platform. What exactly does that mean? Anyone can own a piece of UIQ, in fact as of today Sony Ericsson no longer owns 100% of UIQ, but instead…
Samsung goes for gold with AnyCall E848 18k Gold Edition
What better way to celebrate the coming of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing than to release a special edition of the Samsung AnyCall E848? Samsung’s new AnyCall E848 18k Gold Edition is clad in the same precious metal that Olympic athletes will be vying for in Beijing China next year. With a 2.2 inch…
First dotMobi online auction successfully closed
The company behind the .mobi Internet domain, dotMobi, has announced that it has successfully closed its first-ever online auction on October 3. dotMobi. 100 domain names were auctioned through Sedo.com, generating more than $850,000. Highlights: There were bidders from 34 countries. The most desired domain was hosting.mobi that was sold for $101,000, followed by bank.mobi…
MovieTickets.com goes mobile
Probably one of the most popular Internet movie ticketing service, MovieTickets.com, announced its mobile offering, hence allowing customers to buy movie tickets in advance even easier. Thanks to the partnership with MobileGates, movie goers can now search for a movie by location or title, buy tickets, access a listing of new releases, box office information,…
Fake Nokia N82 (CECT N82) spotted
Even though we still wait to see Nokia N82 released, China-based CECT has already made their “version” of the device. To be fair, there’s no Nokia branding on this phone — it’s just the name “Nxx” ala Nokia that bother us. Anyway, the CECT N82 comes with a 2.6″ QVGA touchscreen, 1.3 MP camera, stereo…
Dilbert: Newspapers are dying
While there’s nothing new in the “newspapers are dying” phrase, we wanted to post Scott Adams’ thinking on the subject. According to the “Dilbert” creator, newspapers will die out within two upgrades of a cell phone. Looking at the iPhone, Adams commented: “When you have a web browser in your pocket, a printed newspaper is…
Liquid Air Lab’s spodtronic to include content from Podcast.com
Liquid Air Lab and Treedia Labs announced their plans to deliver a full spectrum of podcast programming to mobile phone users around the world by integrating Treedia’s Podcast.com distribution services and Liquid Air Lab’s spodtronic mobile application. Touted as the “first worldwide radio and podcast content hub,” spodtronic allows its users to receive live radio…
Alltel & Superscape launch interactive gaming community
Just recently, Alltel along with one of the leading 3D mobile games publisher — Superscape — launched Axcess Game League, a free, community gaming application that enables players to seamlessly navigate between games, compete in a variety of tournaments, check their status and post high scores. At the moment, it’s all about casual gaming, hence…