It seems Nokia India is making it easier for their Indian customers to check the status of their Matsushita-made BL-5C batteries. Customers can now send an SMS text message to “5555” with a text containing “BT” and the 26 digit battery serial number (with a space in between). Users can expect a response on their…
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Canada getting the HTC P4550/Kaiser/TyTn II on Rogers Wireless?
We have yet to get HTC’s flagship smartphone on any US carrier and it seems Rogers Wireless is already making preparations for the HTC P4550 Kaiser (aka TyTn II). One eagle-eyed Howard Forum user spotted something interesting on the Rogers Wireless website. As the above pic shows, Rogers Wireless has listed the HTC Herald as…
HTC releases Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade for HTC P4350 Herald
It looks like HTC is making good on their promise of bringing the long-awaited Windows mobile 6.0 upgrades to their smartphone fleet. Hot on the heels of the WinMo6 upgrades for the HTC P3300 Artemis, HTC S620 Excalibur, and HTC Athena Advantage X7500, the latest handset from HTC’s own-branded stable to get the WM6 goodness…
Qualcomm may be getting into Mobile TV industry with Taiwanese joint venture partners
Qualcomm’s chip-set business is troubled, to say the least. These guys are getting hit from all sides with more lawsuits and trade bans than their head legal counsel can deal with. So, what’s an embattled patent-monger to do? Well, if you’re Qualcomm, you get into a new industry – maybe. Word on the street has…
Verizon launches Motorola Q9m music smartphone online
Just as we expected, Big Red has just launched their Motorola Q9m music-oriented Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard smartphone. The Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard-powered smartphone will put that custom, media-UI in exchange for $349.99 – after $100 online discount and $50 rebate, it’ll cost you about $200. It’s not a bad deal, especially for a brand-spankin’…
LG Shine Rainbow Special Edition goes for the tacky, cheap look
We love the shiny metallic surface of the LG Shine – we love shiny things. The LG Shine series is one of the more visually stunning handsets on the market – there’s the Titanium Black version, the Red version. Why would anyone want to deface it with some cheap, plastic rhinestones? Apparently, having a sleek…
Apple releases iPhone update – version 1.0.2 fixes bugs, green-tinted photos
Didn’t we just get an Apple iPhone update recently? ‘Tis the beauty of the iPhone’s integration with iTunes – it’s easily updated and patched. The newest update bumps up your iPhone to version 1.0.2 (the last update was version 1.0.1), and fixes more bugs. Most notably, the update fixes that green-tinted photo problem we mentioned…
Two more Chinese phones with WQVGA screens
While we’re still waiting for the major handset makers to make a single WQVGA screen equipped device available in the Western hemisphere, the Chinese have done it again. This time we’re presenting you with two such devices we’ve spotted recently.
Israel bans cell phones at the cabinet meetings
Until I’ve read this, I haven’t realized that Isreal’s government has problems with information leakage. They always seemed so efficient on TV… Anyway, ministers in Israel were notified that they would no longer be allowed to bring their cell phones to cabinet meetings. Their phones will stay with security guards, who will keep them till…
4G slowly shaping up
While more and more people are “going 3G” these days, we’re all wondering how will 4G look like. Yes, it will be much, much faster, but until 2008/2009 we don’t know which technology will stand at the core of new networks. The primary 4G technologies of the future are expected to be Ericsson-touted Long Term…