Wow, it really looks like Sanyo is offloading all of it’s mobile phone divisions. The latest mobile phone arm to take new ownership is Sanyo’s mobile phone sales division. TelePark Corp. has ponied up 4.8 billion yen ($41.6 million) to Sanyo for the mobile phone manufacturer’s sales department. We should make it clear that TelePark…
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California teenagers banned from using cellphones while driving – Finally!
In a move that makes so much sense that we have to ask ourselves why it didn’t happen earlier, Governator Arnold Schwarzeneggar has signed a bill that will ban teenagers from using their mobile phones behind the wheel. The bill, introduced by Democratic state Senator Joe Simitian will ban teenagers from using an electronic device,…
O2 inks iPhone deal with Apple – 40% revenue kickback secured
In the latest round of European iPhone dealings, it looks like Spain’s O2 wireless carrier has inked a deal with Apple to exclusively deliver the iPhone to the UK. We’ve been expecting this for a while now, but the interesting thing here is that O2 has reportedly agreed to kickback 40% of revenues to the…
Apple fans offer FREE iPhone unlocking service outside AT&T Store
And you thought you were an Apple fan. Well, in the hopes of getting the iPhone sales-numbers as high as possible, two Apple-fans have started offering their iPhone unlocking service for free. That’s right, if you happen to live near the AT&T Store in this pic, you can head on over and get your iPhone…
Interview (audio): Widsets will be installed on all Nokia devices running S40 in 2008
In the latest episode of the Voice of S60 Phil interviews Tuomo Sihvola, Head of Communities and Inventor of Widsets. They run thru what the application actually is and why it isn’t Nokia branded. An announcement was also made that all devices shipping with S40 from the end of this year going forward will have…
Treo 500v first impressions: “Best Treo yet!”
Says the guys over at Treonauts. They did a quick write up of their unboxing and are ridiculously impressed with the build quality of this device. Not having a touch screen isn’t slowing them down one bit. Check out what else they have to say. After owning a Nokia N95 I can’t imagine what a…
Video: i-mate Ultimate 6150
The worst kind of marketer is one who has to read off the damn demo sheet to tell you about the device. Windows Mobile 6 point 0, are you serious? Anyway, Newlaunches is kicking in Dubai brining you coverage of Gitex 2007:
HTC licenses 3rd party over the air firmware solution for their Windows Mobile devices
Windows Mobile 6 has built in over the air firmware upgrade support, but HTC decided to go with a custom solution from a company called Smith Micro. It will allow HTC to roll out updates in a more personalized manner than just pushing a ROM update down the pipe. Watch their tour of the product…
Easily blog from your mobile phone with Utterz
So far we’ve seen a number of mobile blogging solutions, including Nokia’s own Lifeblog. The service we’re talking about today, Utterz, aims to bring a new level of easiness of use into the world of mobile blogging. In addition, it also has some very neat tools, designed to move your blog outside of mobile realm.…
Nokia buys Boston based mobile advertising company Enpocket
The price is unknown, the deal should close by the end of this year, but what you need to know is that Nokia is serious about offering services to consumers. They want to be to mobile ads what Google is to adsense online. Will they pull it off? Hard to tell, Nokia apparently has morals…