You can love it or hate it, but the fact stays that Apple’s handset made other handset makers “think differently.” We saw such players as Nokia and Sony Ericsson unveiling their plans for the future, which are in many ways inspired by the iPhone. Hence, it doesn’t surprises Time Magazine gave the iPhone a prestigious…
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HTC Touch now official on Rogers
Even though we’re far from surprised, somehow we thought Rogers won’t get the HTC Touch but an iPhone. Whatever the case is, Canadians just got another place (beside Telus) where they can pick up HTC’s touchy Windows Mobile smartphone. Available from CA$199.99 with a 3-year term to CA$399.99 with 1-year term (it seems it can’t…
Moto Q Global (Q9h) now available on AT&T
Following the launch of the teaser site, AT&T has finally made Motorola’s global Q9h phone available. Running on top of Windows Mobile 6 mobile OS, Moto’s new global 3G device also boasts an integrated GPS receiver, full QWERTY keyboard, stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP), 2 MP camera, and of course the microSD memory slot. As for…
Upingme wants to mobilize classified ads
Upingme is a new free classified ads service in Britain that allows people to post adverts directly from their mobile phones. Actually they call it “Classified ads 2.0” because of Upingme’s real-time and active (rather than passive) “nature.” The system works pretty easy. Users post their adverts by sending an SMS text “U” a space…
Video: Motorola ROKR U9 sneak preview
We’ve already wrote about Motorola’s upcoming U9 PEBL handset. Now we have a video of Noah from PhoneDog.com previewing the handset at this year’s CTIA. As you’re about to see, Motorola prepared quite a decent music phone with U9. If it gets priced correctly (i.e. cheap), I can easily envision Motorola’s U9 success. Anyway, enjoy…
Nokia E90 Communicator cloned
Chinese handset makers cloners seem to want to ripoff EVERY SINGLE popular device out there. Latest on their list was Nokia’s flagship E90 Communicator… Just like the original device, the Chinese “version” has two screens and the full QWERTY keyboard. Other than that, it looks too cheap to be real — but you never know…
THQ’s WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 helps fight stress
Now if you don’t jog or visit gym regularly, here’s something that could help you manage your daily stress. It’s the new THQ’s mobile game – WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008. The best thing about it is that your phone is always with you, hence you’ll be able to kick some serious asses even while…
Video: Nokia Music Store Demo (Verdict: iTunes what?)
The Nokia Music Store went up for less than an hour, it is down now, then again it shouldn’t have even been launched for another 9 hours. All that aside, James Burland at Nokia Creative got access to the store and he made a demonstration video: James why do you act as if Microsoft’s DRM…
Video Demo: Nokia N95 has a built in accelerometer
To many people’s surprise, myself included, the Nokia N95 has a built in accelerometer. Not only has it not gone used, but the thing is incredibly accurate. Have a Nokia N95? Grab this sisx file and give it a try for yourself. Mark from The Nokia Blog shot a video demoing the application: How many…
Google courting Sprint and Verizon for new mobile phone platform
Google’s entry into the wireless industry has everyone up in a tizzy, but all this hype means nothing if Google can’t get wireless operators to back their new mobile platform. All the best software in the world means nothing if you can’t get it in the consumer’s hand. Well, The Wall Street Journal is reporting…