Nokia and Finnish artist Björn Weckström are working together to offer a customized, limited edition of the already stylish Nokia N76 smartphone. The new N76 Signature edition will take inspiration from natural forms “made when the wind, together with the high tide broke up the ice along the Finnish sea shore.” This limited edition device…
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Dopod introduces BlackBerry Connect 4.0 across Asia
Dopod International and Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect software v4.0 on 838Pro (aka HTC Hermes/HTC TyTN). Through the existing licensing relationship between HTC (now the owner of Dopod) and RIM, Dopod will provide BlackBerry Connect software on its Windows Mobile-based 838Pro smartphone to support push-based email services, in conjunction…
AT&T announces GoPhone pay-as-you-go plans
AT&T announced pay-as-you-go packages under the GoPhone brand, which for the first time include night and weekend minutes, messaging and MEdiaNet options. The carrier’s new plans will offer voice packages with 3,000 night & weekend minutes for only $19.99, messaging packages that start at 200 messages for $4.99 and go up to 3,000 messages for…
UK: 855,000 phones dropped in toilets every year
It’s time for some weird stats. According to Britain’s price comparison site SimplySwitch, 855,000 phones are flushed down the toilet every year in the UK. To put it in the other words, 1.5% of the total UK population is apparently doing this. It’s kind a weird. Maybe it’s the result of their usage — few…
Fake iPhone ad, 2001: Space Odyssey parody
Being a part of Apple team is certainly a rewarding experience. Just imaging having people around the world investing their free time to make a commercial for your company. That’s what we have here today – the unofficial iPhone ad, featuring a scene from 2001: Space Odyssey. Enjoy!
Hummer gets into Mobile Phones – Hummer HT1
Hummer, the company made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s giant military-convert SUV (and myriad wannabe, gas-guzzling, urban-tanks), is getting into the mobile phone game with a new slider phone – the Hummer HT1. First Porsche, now Hummer? Anyway, the Hummer HT1, much like its toy-ish, plastic-clad namesake forebears (H2 and H3, we’re talking about you), comes…
Rumor: Nokia may be looking to buy Research In Motion (RIM)
According to EETimes, Nokia is mulling over the possibility of acquiring the famous BlackBerry manufacturer, Research In Motion (RIM). We know, this song has been sung many times before, but this time, Nokia’s remixing this track with a possible bid for Research In Motion. We’ll keep our ear to the railroad tracks on this one…
AT&T / Cingular improving EDGE speeds for Apple iPhone launch!
According to reports from AT&T internal documents, the Apple iPhone’s exclusive carrier is hard at work to improve the quality and efficiency of their EDGE network. As we all know by now, the Apple iPhone does not have any 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) capability, and in efforts to keep the Internet-browsing experience (something that is highly touted…
Porsche breaks into Mobile Phones – Porsche P’952
Porsche design is sleek, beautiful…iconic. They design everything from chairs to sunglasses – so why not mobile phones? Why not, indeed. Porsche is following the growing list of high-end design houses getting into the mobile phone game. Their collaborative effort with Sagem Communications brings us the P’952 handset! The phone was debuted in the Red…
HTC Launches Apple iPhone ‘Killer’ – HTC Touch
Remember when we told you that HTC had a mysterious announcement for June 5th? Well, it turns out that today is June 5th! We bring you HTC’s answer to the Apple iPhone – the HTC Touch. As expected, the HTC Elf-based Touch rocks the new TouchFLO fingertip interface to compete directly with Apple’s multi-touch display…