With the TomTom GPS iPhone module’s future in serious doubt, it seemed like the beautifully huge multi-touch screen in the iPhone would never see its full glory as a GPS receiver. Lo and behold, partfoundry has taken up the task of bringing a legit iPhone GPS plug-in module to market. We’re hearing that a February…
Archives for 2007
Information Week interviews Anssi Vanjoki, discusses Ovi and reorganization
Information Week sits down with head of Nokia’s Multimedia division Anssi Vanjoki to discuss the sudden shift into the services industry, Ovi, what the context aware web will mean to consumers and how the well the reorganization is going. Not much new information here except that we find out Ovi, as it was meant to…
Quanta licenses Intrinsync Soleus to build WindowsCE device for…someone
The who’s, where’s, and how’s of this equation are still a bit murky. But, we can tell you that Quanta has bought up some Intrinsync Soleus platform-licenses with the intention of building a WindowsCE-based device for, well, someone. The WinCE device will purportedly sport HSDPA functionality and should hit the market (whatever market that turns…
Grab your Alltel BlackBerry 8130 Pearl now
Alltel’s finally joining the BlackBerry 8130 Pearl–party with today’s announcement that the BlackBerry Pearl 2 is now available to all Alltel subscribers. If you’re not familiar with the BlackBerry 8130 Pearl by now, well, you should have been paying attention – there’s going to be a quiz at the end of all this. Anyway, this…
2008: Year of the Apple iPhone battery rot
Robert Scoble’s kid Patrick has an iPhone that isn’t lasting as long as it was on day one, something that batteries always seem to do. Mobile phones with multimedia capabilities inside tend to wear out batteries quite rapidly. I’ve had my N95 since August and I’m already up to my second battery. What will happen…
In your face Steve Ballmer – Apple iPhone Q3 2007 market-share busts up Windows Mobile
We love quoting CEO’s. They’re good at shooting off at the mouth and having to later eat those words. Take, for example, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s statement about the iPhone back in April. Mr. Balls-mer said that “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.” Well, guess…
Unlocked iPhones in Germany and France still locked, kind of
It turns out that those “unlocked” iPhones from France’s Orange and Germany’s short-lived unlocked iPhone offering from T-Mobile weren’t really all they were cracked up to be. You see, we had cracked them up to be truly unlocked iPhones capable of surfing any network in the world. Truly unlocked iPhones would have been an international…
MetroPCS launches the Samsung R410
Remember that easy-to-use, messaging phone that Samsung was sending over to MetroPCS’s network? Yea, well, it’s finally gone live in time for some last-minute holiday shopping. The Samsung R410 will bring some QWERTY-based messaging prowess to MetroPCS’s mid-range lineup. At a $200 price point, this thing is actually at the higher-end of the carrier’s stable,…
Land Rover LRX boasts integrated iPhone
Land Rover is all about riding the iPhone’s coat-tails – or at least it would seem that way by the look of their Land Rover LRX concept car. What better way to get your product noticed then by associating it with the iPhone? The Land Rover LRX will get some time in the spotlight at…
First picture of the Sony Ericsson Z660i leaks, ultra thin clamshell
Straight from Thailand comes a picture of the Sony Ericsson Z660i. Specifications include a 2 megapixel camera, the A200 platform that comes in the K850i, 14mm thin and HSDPA support. It certainly looks pretty, but I have no hope that SE will include industry standard ports. [Via: SE Mania]