Research In Motion’s push email servers give the BlackBerry its addictive email functionality. And last night’s server crash is still causing service interruptions and leaves CrackBerry addicts in a state of despair and withdrawal. Rim is working hard to get the system back up and running at full steam, but the down time inevitably caused…
Archives for 2007
50% Market Penetration For Camera Phones In The U.S.
The numer of cameraphones has reached 106 million in the US. This numer represents a 50% market penetration among mobile phone users. M:Metrics has released a study that finds that the proliferation of cameraphones is leading a decline in wallpaper and phone graphics revenue. As more and more people opt to plaster their own cameraphone…
Nokia N95 VoIP Feature Crippled By Orange And Vodafone
VoIP calls on cell phones are a great way to get around paying for wireless minutes. It’s too bad Orange and Vodafone don’t understand that point of view. Apparently, in an effort to prevent revenue loss from VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) calls, the two European GSM network operators have opted to disable built-in VoIP…
Reminder: Nokia Q1 2007 Earnings report comes out tomorrow
The conference call will be taking place at 07:00 in Texas, 08:00 in New York, 15:00 in Finland. When it’s over I’m sure Reuters, Barron’s and Forbes will have a nice 1 page summary of it all. 7 in the morning isn’t too bad; I might just wake up and listen to this while enjoying…
Widsets just went from zero to hero thanks to Netvibes
I don’t mean to belittle the Widsets team; what they are doing is exciting stuff, but they desperately needed this sort of content boost. Over 85,000+ widsets have now been added to the previous library of ~ 1200. In the blink of an eye, the amount of syndicated widset content has increased by a factor…
Another Apple iPhone Clone – From China
China, ever the trademark-infringing, sub-par quality, knock-off manufacturing powerhouse, has another iPhone clone – the Hua Long IP2000. It kinda looks like an iPhone, and it’s even got a touchscreen, but the dual-band GSM phone is noticeably thicker, has a crap UI, and is adorned with a huge, gaudy Apple logo on the backside. Still,…
Porsche Cayenne Mobile Phone – From Hong Kong
We’d love to see Porsche officially sanction and design a cell phone, and apparently some Hong Kong (of course) manuacturer wanted the same thing. This “Porsche Cayenne” cell phone looks like a toy (it’s actually pretty funny) but it’s actually a fully functioning cell phone. With dual-band GSM, microSD, and audio playback, it barely qualifies…
Bell Canada On The Auction Block – BCE In Talks To Sell Bell Canada
Bell Canada (Canada’s largest telecom network) is on the auction block as parent company BCE Inc. negotiates to sell Bell Canada. Four companies are in talks with the Canadian company and the deal could be worth CDN $40 per share – a CDN $32 billion deal. BCE stock rose 6.4% with the news of a…
LG’s Prada Phone Gets DMB Mobile TV Feature
LG is refreshing their KE850 Prada Phone (since it’s so old) with a DMB tuner. The Korean company is catering to it’s home-country’s love of mobile TV with this newest rendition of the much lauded Prada Phone – iPhone killer. A flip-out tuner antenna has been bolted onto the side of the device, but everything…
It’s A Drink Coaster, It’s A Frisbee, It’s A… ‘Radia’ Cellphone? – Interesting Circular Disc Concept Phone
Nope, it’s not a drink coaster, it’s actually a new cellphone concept from the mind of Michael Laut. The “Radia” concept is a refreshing take on cell phone design. There’s no candy-bar, slider, or flip form-factor here. With a minimalistic and simplified design, the palm-sized disc features a brushed aluminum outer ring and a touchscreen…