Please note that we have nothing against citizens of Farmington Hills, Michigan, but somehow we expected the BlackBerry maker to hit Manhattan with its first “authorized” store. The new store provides users with “the most comprehensive offering of BlackBerry products and services,” and is run by Wireless Giant, a chain founded in 1996. Potential buyers…
Archives for 2007
Nokia announces virtual-pet game/service Creebies for N-Gage
Remember Tamagotchi? Well, Nokia thinks there’s still an untapped potential in virtual pets business, hence they’ve announced their own such service called Creebies. Coming in “early 2008,” the new game/service will give each player their own 3D Creebi to “care for, entertain, feed and even breed.” In addition, you will be able to customize your…
Toshiba 920T makes us wanna move to Japan
Again, we see great phones hitting the uber-advanced Japanese mobile phones market. One device that recently caught our eyes is the newly announced Toshiba 920T. Aside from lack of WiFi support which curiously isn’t present in many of the phones for the Japanese market, it has everything else including large screen, 3G radio, GPS, 3.2…
First screenshots from a S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 device, the Nokia 5710, appear online
The next version of S60, before the touch version slated for late next year, will be S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. It was previewed by Mobile Review earlier this year, but now we have the first screenshots from an actual device. Somehow someone got their hands on a 5710, which has specifications that vary…
Playboy teams up with Minick to bring its content to Europe; Europeans rejoice!
Here’s a piece of good news for all the men living in Europe. Good ol’ Playboy announced they’re teaming up with Minick, “a pioneer in wireless infrastructure solutions and interactive applications,” to bring “compelling” mobile products including video clips, mobile TV, games and other services to European markets. According to the official release — which…
CrazySoft announces Smart Educational Games along with the Christmas discount
At the UIQ Fast Track event in Budapest, Hungary, I had a chance to meet Sarris brothers from Greece. It was quite a fun chatting and drinking with them, hence I’ve decided to showcase their latest mobile game on IntoMobile. It’s called Smart Educational Games and is actually designed as a pack of games that…
Mobile operators to challenge EU roaming law
Remember EU’s directive that limits how much mobile operators can charge for roaming? It is/was the profit killer for the high-margin businesses like mobile operators and it seemed only natural we’ll see them complaining about the decision. And they’ve just started their appeal process.. Just recently, four of the leading mobile operators in UK were…
Friendster goes mobile
Although Friendster is now far from the shiny star it used to be, it’s still being used by many people especially in Asian countries. That being said, I’m having a hard time understanding why it took them so long to go mobile. Anyway, the new site called FriendsterToGo is launched for users who want to…
Another BMW phone; Unofficial again
Again and again we see Chinese handset makers releasing devices wearing popular brand badges without any licensing agreements with the brand rights owner. Today we have yet another unofficial BMW phone, which actually doesn’t look that bad — it actually resembles some of the Windows Mobile based smartphones, but has the large BMW logo on…
Sprint to launch Pink Palm Centro and Red BlackBerry 8130 on January 13?
Back in November, we’ve first heard a rumor Sprint is preparing to launch the Pink Palm Centro for Valentine’s Day. Now thanks to our tipster, we have an image from the dealer playbook suggesting we were right on target. Furthermore, it’s not just pink Centro the CDMA carrier will launch — they also plan to…