If you’re in America you probably have no clue what Jaiku or Widsets actually are. Jaiku is the Finnish version of Twitter. Main differences are the fact that it has some location based services embedded and it is an application that sits on your phone as opposed to SMS powered. Widsets is what happens when…
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What does Nokia mean by “entirely new type” of mobile phone?
The Nokia E90 just launched in Finland, limited quantities of course, and during a press interview Antti Vasara, General Manager of the Mobile Devices Business Unit said a few interesting things: Nokia is not too enthusiastic about touchscreens, since all their tests had shown that users prefer keyboard and joystick for an input device. But…
Linux Phone Standards Forum to publish their 1.0 spec soon
Linux on mobile phones is a touchy subject. The only reason there is an effort to port the penguin on your cell phone is to reduce licensing costs. Sure Linux advocates will talk about openness and freedom, but at the end of the day you have to collect your receipts and see where you’re leaking…
Review: Nokia Media Transfer (Verdict: Beta, but a nice start)
According to the latest numbers from Steve Jobs there are 22 million active OS X users. These poor souls have been ignored by Nokia for the longest time, until now. Alex Wrege takes an in-depth look at what exactly the “Nokia Media Transfer†application does and initial reactions so far indicates that this program gladly…
A formal introduction, I’m the newest member of the IntoMobile team
I’m not good at hellos or goodbyes. I usually start conversations and relationships in media res. Let me get the basics out and the rest I can answer as time goes on: My name is Stefan Constantinescu and I’m a 20 year old living in Texas. I grew up in NYC and was born in…
Slide 2 UnLock will make your WinMo device feel like an iPhone
Like the iPhone? Who doesn’t? Well, if you currently use a Windows Mobile based device, you may add a little iPhone touch to it. The Slide 2 UnLock is a simple lock/unlock application which brings the iPhone style slide unlocking to your WM-based smartphone. It can be used as a startscreen app or as a…
Mobile ad spending to reach $14.4B by 2011
According to the new Strategy Analytics report “Global Mobile Advertising Update: Outlook Bright as Inventory Expands”, advertisers will spend $1.4 billion on mobile media this year. However, with the wider adoption of mobile technology among both businesses and consumers, that number will rise to $14.4 billion, accounting for a fifth of global spending on Internet…
BlackBerry 8830 on Sprint next month?
We’ve already posted that the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition is coming to Sprint. However, at the time we haven’t got a clue when will that exactly happen. Now, thanks to Engadget, we’re betting that somewhere in July, Sprint’s BlackBerry globetrotters will have a reason to celebrate. No more headaches while travelling — the BlackBerry 8830…
Alltel to add Samsung R200, R500 to its offering
Alltel is about to boost its already solid low and mid range offering with two additional Samsung device, SCH-R200 and SCH-R500. The first one, R200 is an entry level candybar, sporting the similar slim body as the popular Samsung Wafer (already available on Alltel). However, unlike Wafer the R200 has less features, and is therefore…
Samsung Anycall SPH-W2400 swiveling phone
Just recently, Samsung released one of its more advanced feature phone to date. The Anycall SPH-W2400 is a mobile TV (DMB TV) ready handset that prides itself with the swiveling screen, so far seen only on high-end handsets in Japan and some other LG phones. The SPH-W2400 also packs a pair of speakers for stereo…