Business Week has an article highlighting the plight of innovative companies like Rebtel Networks who American operators block. Recently this year we saw Truphone in the UK win a battle against TMobile, will a similar court case be fought here in the states? The iPhone woke up a country of people who thought mobile phones…
Archives for 2007
Brief: Sony Ericsson retreating from the low end device market
Sony Ericsson had plans to invest heavily into the sub 100 Euro device market, but now they’re giving up and restrategizing according to Digitimes. Just to give you an idea how much that market is worth, over half the phones Nokia sells come in at under 50 Euros.
Nokia joins Blog Council to learn how to talk to us
Nokia, along with 11 other companies, have joined something to be known from here on as “The Blog Council.” The communications guys couldn’t figure out a way how to start blogging themselves, so they want to join an elitist gang of other corporations to make sure that the message they put out is genuine, authentic…
Microsoft admits Windows Mobile stinks, working hard to fix it in WM 7 and 8
Jason Chen from Gizmodo sat down with someone from Microsoft to talk about the future of Windows Mobile and why in its current state the mobile OS is a steaming pile of you know what. The Redmond based company admits that placed an abundant emphasis on the business and enterprise side of the platform, but…
Garageband 4.1.1 now lets you create free custom iPhone ringtones!
The more musically inclined among you will be happy to hear that the new Garageband 4.1.1 was just released yesterday with a cool, little bonus. You can now create your own custom iPhone ringtones for free! Simply select a 40-second or shorter section of any track created within Garageband and choose “Share.” The “Send Ringtone…
Orb set to support iPhone – remotely access your media with the iPhone
If all 8GB of storage on your iPhone just doesn’t cut it when it comes to your massive music collection, we’ve got some good news rumor for you. Orb is reportedly getting ready to announce their support for the iPhone. With some fancy web-browser magic and a little data-transferring, Orb will let you place-shift your…
LG Viewty coming to Korea, other countries
Following its launch in Europe in October this year, LG is bringing the Viewty back to the domestic market. Naturally, the YouTube-enabled, DivX-certified phone will boast Korean language support, but the specs will remain the same. Meaning you won’t find WiFi nor GPS on the specs sheet, but there’s are plenty of other features that…
Verizon’s season offering isn’t all about the phones; It’s also about designer cases
It’s not all about who has the coolest phones among the carriers – it’s also about who’s offering better accessories. Or at least that’s what Verizon was thinking when they’ve announced a deal with accessories and apparel company Paul Frank Industries to create a “line of stylish PDA and mobile phone cases and pouches.” The…
MySpace, other Fox Interactive Media sites hitting Sprint
Sprint users who rely on MySpace for their e-schmoozing activities, here’s a piece of good news for ya. Fox Interactive Media — owner of MySpace — has signed a deal with the CDMA carrier to provide Sprint’s customers with an easy access to the popular social networking service. Under the agreement, MySpace will come as…
Sony Ericsson K530c spotted on FCC; Heading to AT&T or China?
The Sony Ericsson K530c has been spotted at the FCC’s website and now we’re wondering whether we’ll actually see it hitting the stores across the U.S. The “c” suffix suggests it’s made for the Chinese market, but then again why would the Swedish-Japanese handset maker bother filling the FCC papers if they ain’t gonna sell…