Steve always brings down the house with his logic and experience; he is both Spock and Yoda for S60 fans. It’s a shame you can’t make it to the S60 Summit, it would have been an honor to meet you. What does he have to say about Nokia’s latest flagship? The N95 only scored 86%,…
Archives for 2007
Mobile ad spending to triple in Japan by 2011
According to a recent study, mobile ads in Japan are set to triple by 2011, reaching 128.4 billion yen (1.1 billion dollars). The growth comes after Japanese carriers last year equipped phones with search apps, allowing advertisers to post related links. Japan is one of the most advanced markets, where more than 100 million people…
UK Operators removed the VoIP capabilities of the N95 and Truphone is doing something about it
It’s nice to see the little guy doing something about this. Rafe and Krisse are having a very interesting debate about this on All About Symbian. My two cents: Buy an unlocked device with a credit card and you’re going to pay for it installments anyway. There is no reason you should give Orange and…
Nokia Beta Labs openned on the Web
Just recently Nokia openned a special subsite – Nokia Beta Labs, allowing users to try out some of the apps they’re working on.
N95 burning up the UK phone charts
Carphone Warehouse thinks they can pump over 50,000 of these things out in a month based on the N95’s selling performance thus far. Who did the N95 knock from the top? The LG Prada.
Sony Ericsson W999i concept, preview or fiction?
What does this look like to you? A new Sony Ericsson device? Or a work of a Photoshop artist? I say Photoshop! Still, the device looks impressive and will hopefully make Swedish-Japanese think about their future developments. According to “sources”, Sony Ericsson W999i is the ultimate Walkman smartphone. It has a HSPDA radio, a touchscreen,…
NTT DoCoMo Joins Fight Against AIDS – (PRODUCT)RED With M702iS Handset
NTT DoCoMo announced today that they will be participating to fight AIDS through (PRODUCT)RED. They will be promoting the M702iS (RED) handset, from Motorola, in the (PRODUCT)RED initiative – where 1% of monthly bills and 1,000 yen will be donated to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS. The M702iS(RED) will be available at all DoCoMo…
Palm working on a UMPC?
File this under “not likely to happen”. Rumors are spreading around the Web that Palm will introduce a UMPC next month. The idea behind this rumor is that Palm most be working on something, as all their latest releases are fairly (software) upgrades — they haven’t announced nothing extra new lately. When you look it…
Window(s) XP Smartphone…From Taiwan
That’s right! There’s another smart dumbphone coming in from China. This time it’s a Doubao 777 Window XP (sic) phone from Taiwan (where else?) with an alleged Window XP operating system stuffed inside. But, it doesn’t end there. The phone is marketed as having Window XP (trademark infringement #1) but then also displays Window Mobile…
More iPhone cases, this time from China
We’ve already seen first iPhone cases from Incipio. More are coming… The pair you just saw was spotted at the Hong Kong Electronics and Components Fair. The company that made them is looking for interested distributors, as it bets that iPhone’s screen will be too sensitive to carry around unprotected. We have the accessories ready,…