CeBIT 2007: E-ten announces their Glofish branded X800 smartphone. The device forgoes a qwerty keyboard in favor of Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, WiFi, and 3.5G (both WCDMA and HSDPA broadband protocols) radios. Running on Windows Mobile 6.0, the slim X-series smartphone measures just 113.5 x 60.5 x 15.8 mm and sports a large (640×480) screen and…
Archives for 2007
EU To Get Standardized Roaming Rates Soon
European Union member states get a bit of good news today. Out-of-control roaming surcharges within the EU could be reigned in as soon as June of this year. Viviane Reding, European Information and Media Commissioner, stated that she plans to cap roaming surcharges to 50 Euro cents (about 66 dollar cents). A spokesman further provided…
Apple Will NOT Sell iPhone Tech To Competitors
As we mentioned before, if the iPhone is to really run OS X with any semblance to the fully fledged Mac OS X operating system, there’s bound to be a good amount of back-office licensing hoopla to deal with. But operating system licensing issues are just the beginning. Apple will need to deal with the…
Deal: Samsung i607 BlackJack smartphone for $-25.01!
Cingular keeps pushing great offers through Amazon. This time they are offering the popular Samsung i607 BlackJack for $-25.01 after rebates. Basically, you save $500 bucks with this offer. Of course, such offer requires a compatible service plan, and that’s where Cingular gets its money. Anyway, the BlackJack is a Windows Mobile 5-based smartphone that…
The world’s luxury phones gallery
In one of the recent posts, I’ve talked how the development of future mobile phones goes in two distinctive directions. While on one side we see more features being packed on a handset (i.e. smartphones), on the other side, manufacturers are pushing luxury phones, using precious and natural materials instead of plastics. Wired was on…
An evening with S60: Nokia smartphone users’ gathering
An evening with S60 is tonight. Users of the Nokia’s popular Symbian S60 platform will gather for relaxed conversation at Nokia Flagship Store in New York City, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Actually, it’s sort of an unofficial industry meeting, with most of the U.S.-based S60 bloggers attending. I guess this is also part of Nokia’s…
Schedule for the next few days
As soon as I exited the Boeing 737 last night and took a breath of fresh New York City air, I knew I was home. The atmosphere, the smells, the lights, the rapid pace in ones stride and speech. This is where I grew up. This is my territory. My best friend (Greg) came to…
BlueBird’s classic-style PIDION BM-500 smartphone
South Korea-based BlueBird is showcasing its PIDION BM-500, a classic looking CDMA with EVDO Windows Mobile-based smartphone at the CEBIT in Hanover, Germany. The sharp, conservative edges of this device perfectly fit with a strange keypad, which on one side has dial, hang-up, delete and mail keys, as well as 5-way navigation button; and on…
BlackBerry 8300 vs 8800
If you’re a fan of the RIM’s devices and would like to see your next BlackBerry sporting the full QWERTY keyboard, you’re certainly Wondering which device is right for you – the BlackBerry 8300 or 8800.
T-Mobile brings the My Opera Community to its web’n’walk users
Opera Software announced a release of customized My Opera Community for the T-Mobile’s customers. The deal will allow carrier’s web’n’walk users to post photos and photo blog directly from their devices. Interested T-Mobile users will find 300 MB of storage space waiting for them on the My Opera community. The carriers’ users will also be…