In an effort to preserve Moore’s law that states the number of transistors on a die will double every 24 months those transistors had to become smaller. With that shrinking you’ve always witnessed the shape of personal computers change. What a 12 inch laptop can do now is more than what most computers 5 years…
Archives for 2007
Google considering 3G GPhone solutions – could we see a 3G Google Phone from HTC?
We’re all eagerly awaiting Google’s entry into the mobile phone market. The near-mythical Google Phone (or GPhone, if you will) has spurred rumors and speculation from the get-go – and it looks like the rumor mill has been cranked back up. Grapevine news has Google considering a 3G solution for the GPhone. We initially expected…
Avast ye maties, take pirate pictures of your friends with your iPhone
There’s nothing like a goofy picture to brighten the hum-drum of daily life. And, in celebration of “Talk Like A Pirate Day,” TUAW has released a natively-installed iPhone application that will make a pirate-worthy snapshot out all of your friends’ smiling mugs. The Pirate.app can be downloaded as a stand alone or downloaded (and automatically…
Rogers Canada picks up their first Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone – the Palm Treo 750
Rogers Wireless is finally joining the Windows Mobile 6.0 party with the launch of the WinMo6-powered Palm Treo 750. As Canada’s sole GSM wireless carrier, Rogers will be getting an exclusive on the Treo 750’s 1.3 megapixel camera, 300Mhz Samsung processor, 128MB RAM, Bluetooth, and quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM radio with 2100Mhz HSDPA . We’re sure…
Could a 3G iPhone be slated for early 2008 with GPS in tow?
Not if Steve Jobs has anything to do with it. Apparently, Scott Moritz, of TheStreet.com fame, has some sort of information that would have Apple releasing a 3G iPhone as soon as Q1 2008. As Into iPhone mentioned yesterday, TheStreet.com‘s dubious credibility (or lack thereof), after their erroneous reporting caused Apple’s stock to plummet, doesn’t…
HP iPAQ 910 on AT&T’s 3G network?
Wouldn’t that be nice. Well, it seems AT&T’s higher-ups thought so too. According to HP’s website (Warning: PDF link), it looks like the new HP iPAQ 910c (HP iPAQ 914c) is headed to AT&T’s network. We’re expecting HP’s renewed effort into smartphones to bring the 2.5 inch 240×320 touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera, A-GPS, WiFi b/g,…
ASUS P550 Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone outed by FCC
Asus sure pulled a fast one on us. They’ve been pretty quiet recently about their Windows Mobile 6.0 offerings, and out of the blue we get word of the Asus P550 Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone from the FCC. Oh FCC, thanks again for the great scoopage. The spec sheet on the Asus P550 reads similarly…
Interview: Mary McDowell, General Manager of Nokia’s Enterprise Solutions
IDG had a 3 minute interview with Mary McDowell at the Nokia Enterprise Day event yesterday. Some interesting tidbits are server side compression is coming to Intellisync this year as well as VPN support for S60. Read it here.
AT&T to start selling BlackBerry 8820 GPS WiFi Phone for $299
It looks like Research In Motion’s GPS and WiFi-toting BlackBerry 8820 is finally making it’s debut on AT&T’s nationwide network (well, Amazon’s offering notwithstanding) – a bit behind our expected schedule. With a $299 price-tag, AT&T will begin offering users the chance to get in on the GPS and WiFi goodness that is RIM’s BlackBery…
Xobni: Hey Nokia, snatch these people up before Microsoft does
I don’t care what anyone says, email is still a killer app and many businesses wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t invented. Yes social networks are cool, but they all fail to be transparent. Anyone can call or text me, anyone can email me, I shouldn’t have to join Facebook to contact you, nor…