I say this as a fan of devices and a man trying to understand the mobile industry, not as a blogger, Eldar Murtazin is a guy I look up to. He can talk to you about mobile phones all day if he could, but obviously he is a busy man. You see other sites writing…
Archives for 2007
Apple iPhone sales eclipse all other smartphones in July!
Sealed battery? Closed operating system? No physical keyboard? Slow data / No 3G? Say what? Despite all the iPhone’s negative attributes (and in spite of all the iPhone’s detractors), Apple has just outsold all other smartphone in the month of July. According to a study from iSuppli, the Apple iPhone’s first full month of sales…
Next Nokia E Series monoblock (E50i?) picture leaks
It says EXX on top, but this is obviously the sucessor of the Nokia E50. The key cluster shows email, contacts, home and calender. It obviously doesn’t have USB charing and you can’t really make out anything else. Thanks for the email tip Germany! Update: Unwatermarked image sent to me by a friend in Russia.…
President of Sony Ericsson Miles Flint to step down November 1; Hideki Komiyama to replace him
Miles Flint, a man who single handedly doubled Sony Ericsson’s profits and volumes has decided that he wants to try new things in life and is leaving the company effective November 1, 2007. Hideki ‘Dick’ Komiyama, currently Chairman of the Board of Sony Electronics USA and EVP Electronics Marketing and Sales Strategies of Sony Corporation…
Why should the big boys be afraid of the Google Phone?
This post is entirely speculation on my part, I don’t have any inside information and you shouldn’t listen to people who say they do either. The Google Phone, it might be an operating system, it may be an actual device or series of devices, whatever it is I know that if Google gives this thing…
Three Samsung mobile phones featured in Guinness World Records book
Three of the Samsung mobile phones made its way into Guinness World Records book and will be featured in the new release this year. Among the entries are: Samsung SGH-U100 – the 5.9mm thick device is the slimmest phone in the world Samsung SGH-Z370 – at 8.4mm thickness, this is the slimmest 3G phone Samsung…
FCC approves the Sony Ericsson MBW-150 Bluetooth watch
Even though we saw the three Sony Ericsson MBW-150 Bluetooth watches announced back in June, they have just been spotted on the FCC pages. Basically what this means is that soon enough you’ll be able to grab one of these babies and control your phone straight from the watch. If you remember, Sony Ericsson announced…
AT&T adds Sony Ericsson Z310a clamshell
Sony Ericsson is steadily gaining some presence in North America. Following the company’s shaky W580i Walkman phone, AT&T is adding the handset maker’s low-cost clamshell device – Z310a. Available for free with a two-year agreement or for $179.99 without any contract, the Z310a is quite a stylish device and comes in either “Jet Black” or…
Don’t try this at home – natural handsfree concept
Although this handsfree concept is basically free, you’ll still have to experience lots of pain while getting used to it. Not to mention the overall deformation of your ear — then again, it seems worth it for some people. Don’t know about you, bu I’m sticking with Bluetooth headsets… Make sure to check out the…
Chinese space shuttle mobile phone
Nah, the car-shaped phones are just not good enough. What about a space shuttle mobile phone? Now, that’s something… actually not! Still, a Chinese handset manufacturer thinks there is a market for such devices. Nothing special in terms of specs here – there’s a color screen, a camera and the microSD expansion slot. On the…