As Stefan has put it, iPhone is the best thing to happen to the American smartphone industry. I would even go further to add it’s the best thing to happen to the overall smartphone industry. Just take a look at HTC Touch and HTC Touch Dual. They certainly impress both with their features and with…
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Sidekick LX OS walk-through – screenshots galore!
We’ve already posted Sidekick LX “hands-on” photos. How about some screenshots? Well, here they are. Actually, it’s Boy Genius who prepared all of them to help you (and all of us) get around Sidekick’s new interface. There’s Catalog, AIM, MSN, myFaves, Music Player, and much more, so without further adieu – here’s the link. Enjoy!
Qualcomm licenses AMD’s graphics technology for next-generation chipsets
So far, we’ve read numerious articles about AMD’s plans to release graphics chips for mobiles. Apparently, that may happen with the help from Qualcomm, which just managed to license “cutting-edge graphics core technology” from AMD for the next-generation chipsets. Under the deal, Qualcomm will get AMD’s Unified Shader Architecture (introduced in the Xbox 360), and…
Taiwan 3G operator Vibo Telecom launches V-Tube 538, mobile YouTube service
Vibo Telecom, one of the five 3G operators in Taiwan, recently announced the launch of V-Tube 538 (538 is the number dialed for access), the new “mobile YouTube” service that allows 3G subscribers of any operator to use their phones to watch and record/upload videos on YouTube. In addition, Vibo is allowing its subscribers to…
Video: Smartphones Show 44, can your smartphone replace your laptop?
Nice to see Steve Litchfield allowing his youtube videos to be embedded now, in this episode of the smartphones show he ventures out to the HTC launch event yesterday to check out the Touch II, S730 and an 800 gram laptop/smartphone solution that will leave most people scratching their heads. More importantly he tries to…
NTT DoCoMo working on interbody data transfers – talk about body language
It’s one thing to “beam” data to another person or device. But it’s something entirely different to use your own body for electronic communication. NTT DoCoMo is working to develop a commercial application of their prototype mobile device that uses the human body as a communication medium. The technology allows the user to unlock doors,…
Hands-on the T-Mobile Sidekick LX – live pics galore!
The T-Mobile Sidekick LX is slated to launch in late October and the wait for some must be unbearable. But Boy Genius managed to get his hands on the upcoming Sidekick LX and has the live pics to prove it. The Sidekick LX isn’t a major improvement over the Sidekick 3, but it’s the little…
Nokia inks video content deal with CNN, Sony
It looks like Nokia is really pushing their expansion of online mobile services. With their recent announcement of the Navteq buy-out, Nokia is poised to take mobile navigation to a new level. Now, Nokia has announced that they have inked a deal with video content providers like CNN and Sony to bring more content to…
Protect your unborn child from electro-magnetic radiation with MummyWrap
We live in an age of uncertainty. We go through life swimming in a thick soup of electro-magnetic radiation (EMR) that may or may not give us brain damage/cancer. So, what’s a pro-active parent-to-be to do? Well, if you’re concerned that your little bun-in-the-oven might suffer brain development abnormalities from all this EMR, MummyWrap is…
Spyker launches branded mobile phones – C8 Laviolette, Spyder, Laturbie
The @LINK0@ @LINK1@ is Dutch-based Spyker. Known for their incredible attention to intricate, hand-crafted details and strikingly designed high-end sports-cars, Spyker has made the transition from auto-mobile to mobile phones. In addition to the C8 Spyder (299 Euros) that @LINK2@, Spyker has launched of the Spyker C8 Laviolette (399 Euros), and C8 Laturbie (199 Euros),…