Number 6 on my list of 20 Nokia New Year’s resolutions: USB Charging. Now that the spec if official, I hope we will start seeing devices using it.
Archives for 2007
Nissan Developing Test Intelligent Transportation System – Mobile Phones Prevents Auto/Pedestrian Accidents
Nissan is developing its Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in hopes of reducing road accidents in Japan. Using traffic information collected by NTT DoCoMo’s CARWINGS-enabled mobile phone subscribers, the ITS system can route drivers through the quickest path, warn of potential vehicle/pedestrian collisions, and notify of speed limit changes (a school zone, for example). The “probe…
Tellme Beat Google To The Free 411 Game – Free Directory Assistance With Options
Tellme Networks, recently acquired by Microsoft, claims to be responsible for 80 percent of automated 411 calls in the US and they beat Google to the “free 411” market. Tellme’s free directory service was already in place when Microsoft announced its acquisition of the company, beating Google – with their recent announcement of GOOG-411, Google’s…
Dell Might Be Getting Into Smartphone Game
DigiTimes is reporting that, according to “industry sources,” Dell is working with Quanta Computer to develop a new smartphone. The collaborative project, codenamed “Fly,” is purportedly using the Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional operating system – so we know that the smartphone will be a touchscreen PDA – with HSDPA. A qwerty keyboard is likely for…
Another Apple iPhone Knock-off – The IPHONE
Apple’s got another rip-off to throw their legal team at. This time around its called the Apple IPHONE and it’s from China (who woulda guessed?). Fuijan Huamin Import and Export Company is hocking their “newly” (sic) Apple IPHONE on their website – alongside other Apple product rips. The specs seem to match, more or less,…
Apple iPhone Rebate / Subsidy Now A Possibility!
According to an American Technology research report released today, the boys up in Cupertino may be considering a rebate or carrier subsidy for the up-coming Apple iPhone. Analyst Shaw Wu’s sources have indicated that Apple could likely be offering a break on the uber-expensive iPhone – to the tune of $50-$150.
Sharp’s New Super Contrast LCD With Incredible Viewing Angles – For Mobile Phones
Sharp, ever the LCD pioneer, has developed a new 2.2 inch QVGA LCD for mobile devices. Another LCD for mobile phones, great. But actually, this new high-contrast mobile LCD tech really is great! With features like 2,000:1 contrast ratio, 176-degree viewing angle, and 8ms response time, this tiny LCD has the “bits” to play with…
Nokia 6120 Classic Now Official! – The Slim HSDPA Candy Bar
At 15mm thin, the Nokia 6120 Classic is pretty darn slim (at least for a phone from Nokia), but it still packs in the features. We’ve been expecting this slim candy bar for a few weeks, and now that it’s finally here, we can’t wait to get our 6120 Classic’s HSDPA rockin’ with quad-band GSM…
Cingular 8525 Firmware Update Could Be Upon Us
Cingular’s 8525 (HTC TyTn) has that vestigial, and now useless, push-to-talk button. It was marketed as having the feature, but having the feature is a completely different story from actually enabling the feature. An anonymous tipster over at Engadget Mobile says they got the down-low on the promised PTT-enabling firmware update come April 25 –…
Samsung To Debut SCH-B710 DMB Phone At Korea IT Show – PIP For DMB
Samsung is planning to debut a new DMB TV phone in their home-country’s upcoming Korea IT Show. The Samsung SCH-B710 is the newest addition to the Anycall lineup and rocks that digital TV tuner so popular in South Korea, but the shining light on Samsung’s new DMB baby is its PIP (Picture in Picture) technology.…