Let’s do this one quick and dirty style. To complete the re-branding of the Cingular 8525’s ROM, all new shipments of the re-branded HTC TyTn (Hermes) will heretofore be known as the AT&T 8525 (as seen on the HTC Americas website). This could mean that the Hermes will be sticking around for a while longer.…
Archives for 2007
Mobile gaming losing ground to Mobile TV and Music
We all love playing games on our cell phones. Remember when Snake first hit the scene? Mobile gaming has come a long way since then, but Screen Digest analysts are saying that growth in the mobile gaming market is slowing down – almost to a stall. Japan and Korea have been driving the growth of…
Nokia Preps “Un-Plug” Alerts for Mobile Phones
Nokia, ever the green-minded cell phone manufacturer, wants to cut back on electrical consumption, save precious resources, and save the user some precious green. Like many consumer electronics that rely on an external battery charger, mobile phones will draw a trickle of electrical current even when fully charged. This “trickle” of electrical current can add…
New Nokia phones are coming: 6263, 6555 and 7500
We’re still waiting to see Nokia announcing 3109 Classic and 8600 phones, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped digging for information about the future Nokia handsets. Lately we came across User Agent Profiles (XML files) for still unrevealed devices, Nokia 6263, 6555 and 7500. All of the mentioned devices are Series 40 feature phones with…
Sony Ericsson announces HBH-DS980, stylish stereo Bluetooth headset
Sony Ericsson announced its latest Stereo Bluetooth Headset – HBH-DS980. This stylish, charcoal-colored accessory weighs just 27 g, but promises to deliver wireless music and calls with superior sound performance, even in noisy environments. The HBH-DS980 supports Bluetooth 2.0 standard along with A2DP (stereo via Bluetooth). The new headset also comes with the digital noise…
Rogers Wireless launches Nokia 6682RVI for customers who are visually impaired
With the launch of Nuance TALKS software equipped Nokia 6682RVI, Rogers Wireless hopes to help Canadians living with significant vision loss. Nuance TALKS converts menus, instructions and content displayed on the screen into audio output through phone’s speaker, or an optional headset. With Nuance TALKS and the Symbian OS powered Nokia 6682RVI, customers can easily…
No Windows Mobile 6 upgrades for HP devices
Bad news for existing HP Windows Mobile 5 based device owners. The company has no plans to provide Windows Mobile 6 upgrades for their current line of Windows Mobile 5.0 devices (iPAQ hw6900, iPAQ rw6800, iPAQ rx4000 and rx5000 series). The reason – “the potential for long delays, as well as possible carry-over costs.” Future…
Sony Ericsson patents multi-layered display
One limitation of all mobile phones is the size of the screen. Handset makers can not make it too large, as it would result in bulky devices. Sony Ericsson hopes to solve this with its latest patent that adds a multi-layered display. With this kind of technology, Swedish-Japanese company can add more information on the…
Epocware releases the largest Merriam-Webster’s dictionary for Symbian smartphones
Epocware has released Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, the largest and most comprehensive explanatory dictionary produced in North America, for Symbian S60 3rd Edition, S80 and UIQ 3.0 smartphones. Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged is based on Epocware’s existing fast SlovoEd engine, so user does not have to spend much time on looking…
Japanese use phones to perform computer tasks
When you look at Japan, you see the picture of the world within a decade or more. With so many advancements in mobile technology and ultra-fast mobile Internet connections in the land of the rising sun, many young people have forsaken computers. Modern smartphones have many functions of the computers — like mobile web access,…