We’ve been getting hyped-up and excited for the seemingly impending release of i-mate’s “Ultimate” lineup of Windows Mobile devices. Now, following the newly released Ultimate roadmap, we’re hearing that the company’s financial director, Gregor McNeil, has just resigned his post. Shares dropped as “nervy investors discounted the possibility of further bad news.” It’s certainly bad…
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Goodbye Moto; Samsung nabs 2nd place in global market share from Motorola
With a littler over 37 million Samsung units shipped this quarter, 1-2 million more than Motorola, the Korean company has taken the number two position in global sales of mobile phones. Sony Ericsson sold around 25 million headsets and in about 3 weeks we will know if Nokia broke the 100 million mark or not.…
Motorola Revives PEBL From Grave – New Moto PEBL ROKR U9
So it looks like the Motorola is bringing back their fantastically unsuccessful Moto PEBL for another run at mobile fame. The newest addition to Moto’s ROKR lineup of musicphones comes in the form of an updated PEBL – the Moto ROKR U9. The revived flip-phone sports a snazzy new external color display with touch-sensitive music…
Nokia will not allow pornographic and gambling ads on their mobile ad network; suicide?
It is good to see someone pulling the decency card in todays world of sex sells … but the problem is sex does sell. Will this decision mark the impending doom of Nokia’s ad network? Time will tell, I personally don’t even understand how mobile advertising even works. The minute a service starts making me…
Playstation Home to interact with Sony Ericsson devices
In a demo Phil Harrison took a pictures of the crowd at E3 and later it showed up on the wall in your virtual characters home. Lame? Definitely. Potential? Absolutely massive! Mobile games are taking off and with Nokia launching N-Gage 2.0 this year it looks like they finally have someone to worry about. Imagine…
Video: Nokia Download! walkthrough, including ROK TV demo
Steve Litchfield takes a look at the recently updated Download! client on the Nokia e61i. The application was created to help users unfamiliar with S60 to find new applications for their mobile. A serious source of potential, the Download! client is inferior because Nokia categorizes people by the type of device they use. Purchased a…
Sony Ericsson W3i concept
Can you sense that iPhone smell in this phone? I can! 🙂 Well, the Sony Ericsson W3i concept goes one step further than its predecessor – W2i, sporting such features as 6GB of flash memory along with M2 slot, 3.2 MP and VGA cameras, 3G radio, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and of course the big multi-touch…
iPhone print ad: Touching is believing
We all know how Apple is good when it comes to marketing – even “Apple haters” admit that. Their latest print ad goes right in that direction — there’s nothing too fancy about; it’s plain, simple yet hits right on target. The ad features a guy’s a finger touching the iPhone with a slogan “Touching…
Sony Ericsson P1i, T650i micro sites launched
Interested in Sony Ericsson T650i or P1i? The Swedish-Japanese handset maker just launched two mini sites dedicate to the mentioned two devices, giving users an ability to explore them in a Flashy environment. You can rotate each of these or quickly go through their features. The nice mini sites use Sony Ericsson’s vibrant colors and…
iPhone typing test
Wondering how fast you can type on your shiny new iPhone? Well, now you can actually find that out thanks to the new service intuitively called “iPhone Typing Test“. The web service calculates the number of words typed per second or per minute. It’s nice to know how fast you advance in your iPhone typing…