In case you have a desktop computer, or God forbid a laptop, without Bluetooth support, here’s something to consider buying. Princeton has made the smallest USB Bluetooth adapter we’ve seen. There’s no way you’ll accidentally snap off this tiny accessory — it’s one of those peripherals you won’t plug out. Naturally, the Bluetooth 2.0 along…
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New Nokia phone spotted on the FCC
New Nokia phone has been spotted passing the FCC hurdle. Apparently, the Nokia type (not model) RM-233 will come with the support for micro USB standard, a camera and the Bluetooth connectivity. In addition, “made in Korea” probably means this one is manufactured by Nokia’s partner in the country – Pantech. Still no official word…
Palm Centro to hit Europe on September 12?
Although we saw the Centro clearly branded with Sprint logo, it seems that Europe will get the Palm’s new baby sooner than U.S. The special dedicated page on Palm’s site suggests “the latest cool phone from Palm” will be officially unveiled on September 12. In addition, the site indicates the new device will be ready…
HP iPAQ 614c, 914c leaked photos
We know HP is preparing to launch the new business-centric smartphones, but except the fact that they will run the latest Windows Mobile 6, we haven’t got any other information. Now, on MoDaCo forums we spotted two photos of the upcoming iPAQ 614c and 914c models. Apparently, the iPAQ 614c will be the ultimate business…
The Motorola ROKR U9 PEBL gets its time in the spotlight – press shots of the MOTOROKR U9
With Motorola rumored to launch the newly-“cool” PEBL successor this month (September), it makes sense for the press-blitz to get started. The Motorola ROKR U9 PEBL is finally getting its time in the spotlight with these new press shots. Up until now, all we’ve had to go on was that little teaser pic of the…
Sharp announces new optical-sensing touchscreen display – better than iPhone multi-touch screen
Multi-touch is like sliced bread. Sure, bread has been around for hundreds, nay thousands of years. But it took the innovation of pre-sliced bread to show us how bread was meant to be eaten. In the same vein, touchscreens have been around for years, but multi-touch showed us what touch-screens are really all about. Multi-touch…
Sharp Sidekick LX spotted in the wild – the Shuriken is out and about
We thought successive versions of mobile phones were supposed to look different/better than previous versions. Apparently, Sharp never got that memo. The newest “wild” pictures of the Sharp Sidekick LX “Shuriken” are pretty disappointing – and a bit expected. But, then again, why change the tried and true formula that’s worked so well through three…
Samsung prepping new iPhone rival – Samsung Croix?
Could we have another iPhone-fighter getting prepped in Samsung’s R&D department? Well, if this newest rumor pans out, the Samsung Croix could be the South Korean mobile phone maker’s answer to Apple’s iPhone. The full-face touchscreen toting Samsung Croix is based on the Croix user interface that recently won the iF Communication Design Award 2007.…
Pregnant Indian woman burned by Nokia – non-recalled Nokia battery explodes and catches fire
These days we almost expect to hear about an exploding battery about every week. Whether it’s a mobile phone or laptop, batteries engulfed in flames no longer surprise us. But, the newest battery-exploding incident involves our favorite battery-recaller, Nokia. They’ve already had enough bad press with their BL-5C battery recall and now it looks like…
Why Ovi will not be dead by Christmas
When it comes to writing about Nokia I’m practically a corporate cheerleader, hell I even moved to Helsinki to see if I can join the borg. On the other end of that spectrum there is Andrew Orlowski who seems to enjoy slamming everything Nokia has done recently. In the world of telecom it is absolutely…