Wait, hasn’t this already been done before? Indeed it has. SMS text message-based payment system have been in use for quite some time now, and it seems that Google has been keen to the new trend for about a year and a half. The search giant has just published their patent application (filed Feb. 28,…
Archives for 2007
Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone coming by Christmas?
The Sony Ericsson gaming chief, Peter Ahnegard, said that the new gaming focused device wearing the PlayStation badge is coming by Christmas. However, he added that it may not be this Christmas, suggesting two things: 1) He said that by mistake – that suppose to be the big Santa’s surprise; 2) He’s actually not sure…
Bell Canada shows some Windows Mobile love; Introduces HTC 5800
Yet another reason to blame Canada, they are getting the HTC 5800 — aka Libra — before the U.S. The Windows Mobile 6 Standard powered smartphone packs lots of goodies, including the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, 2 MP camera, stereo Bluetooth, tethering capability, and nowadays standard microSD expansion slot. Of course, there’s also the EV-DO…
Apple, Volkswagen discussing partnership; VW vehicles to come with iPod/iPhone docks?
Everyone wants to ride the iPhone wave these days to grab the piece of the free publicity that comes with relating to Apple and their products. Latest in the pipeline is the German automaker Volkswagen. Apparently, the two companies are discussing partnership that could even result in a Apple-designed car. While this is still speculative,…
Samsung SGH-F330 shiny, sliding, musicphone beauty unveiled at IFA 2007
With the recently released Xpress Music phones from Nokia, No. 2 Samsung is going to have to bust out the heavy guns to compete in the musicphone segment. Enter the Samsung SGH-F330 slider that was unveiled at the IFA 2007 conference. Not only does this tri-band (900/1800/1900Mhz) handset rock UMTS on the 2100Mhz band (with…
Nokia stock at a 6 year high
I don’t follow Wall Street much. When rumors and grudges have the power to manipulate stock prices you realize that the numbers don’t mean a god damn thing. You also have to take into consideration that 6 years ago a share price of $31.67 is the equivalent of $36.05 today according to the consumer price…
Sony Ericsson caught lying about their K850i image quality
Pictures have something called EXIF data, metadata attached to your jpg if you will. In it you usually see the name of the camera taking the picture, ISO settings, etc. It is useful for professional photographers and apparently now handy in catching Sony Ericsson with their pants down. On the German SE sight there are…
What is S40 5th Edition Feature Pack 1?
It was never announced, yet it seems to be the operating system running on 5310 and 5610 announced on Wednesday. So what exactly is in this elusive feature pack? There are no documents on Forum Nokia mentioning it.
Helio lays off 100 employees amidst strongest performance yet
It’s all about working smarter, not harder (or more expensively). Instead of banking on their recent success and going on a spending spree, Earthlink and SK Telecom-backed Helio is actually letting off 100 of it’s 700 employee-strong workforce – mostly in sales. The move comes amidst the strongest sales figures yet for the burgeoning MVNO…
Video: Anssi Vanjoki responds to the “Nokia iPhone” claim
A new born child is the ultimate learning machine, it watches and then imitates. Since our species took that first step in the upright position each subsequent generation has gained knowledge thanks to the information that was already there the second we took our first breathe. We took the great ideas that already existed and…