Lately, we spotted an interesting Sharp handset which seems to aim to compete with Motorola’s popular KRZR model. The WX-T81 is a 3G clamshell with cool look and decent specs. There’s the 2.2″ QVGA 262K internal screen, media player, 2 MP camera for photo taking and 1.1 MP camera for video conferencing — quite unusual,…
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Mobile ads keep annoying users
Not surprisingly, mobile phone users remain annoyed with mobile advertising. Universal McCann conducted a survey among 9,500 people in 21 countries and have found that about 61% of respondents rejected ads on mobile TV and Internet services. For those who are open to mobile ads, the survey discovers that opt-in Bluetooth is the most effective…
Big Brother 8 live on V CAST Mobile TV 24/7
Verizon is launching a new V CAST Mobile TV channel dedicated to Big Brother 8 in partnership with CBS Mobile and MediaFLO USA. Mobile broadcasting have started yesterday and will not stop till season finale on September 18. Existing V CAST Mobile TV will get their Big Brother dose for free — there is no…
Blades & Magic looks as one of the most promising mobile games ever
German developer Fishlabs is working on something that looks as the best mobile RPG ever – Blades & Magic. Apparently, the game will boast an awesome graphics with 3D battles and cut-scenes, and will enable players to add up to 42 different warrior and magic skills for their characters. Plus, it will feature the online…
Black Nokia N95 8 GB pictures leaked thanks to the FCC
There she is, all in her 8 gigabytes of glory. Rafe from All About Symbian just tipped me off on this over Skype and I can’t say I’m surprised. Rumors about the screen being larger were true and I’m digging the enterprise-device-like cluster
More details leaked for Verizon’s Motorola Q9 lineup – the Motorola Q9c
Remember those mysterious Motorola Q’s waiting in the wings of the Motorola Q promotional website? Well, newly leaked information leads us to believe that at least on of the flanking pair of mysterious Moto Q’s will be the Motorola Q9c – the “c” stands for enterprise. The Moto Q9c will be marketed to the business-minded,…
Chinese blogger imprisoned for 4 years on charges of writing about democracy!
Alrighty folks, this one’s a bona fide off-topic post, but it’s definitely worth mentioning. Apparently, in the land of trademark infringement and mobile phone rip-offs (we’re talking about China), a Chinese blogger has been sentenced to 4 years in a swanky Chinese prison on charges of writing about democracy. Well, actually, he was officially charged…
AT&T: Get off our TDMA network and pay us more money!
Is there anyone actually still using the old AT&T (Blue) Wireless’ TDMA wireless network? Well, there must be, because AT&T is stickin’ it to those AT&T TDMA network subscribers that are taking advantage of those super-low legacy rate-plans. They’re trying to make the monthly savings less appealing by charging TDMA users an extra $10 per…
Welcome to Helsinki Darla Mack
Darla Mack was the first S60 blogger I found on the net and ever since sending her an email asking her what blogging engine she used we’ve been best of friends. First time we ever met was in Las Vegas at the 2007 Consumer Electronics show, then it was at the New York Evening with…
Learn about food and wine on your iPhone
Everyone’s “going iPhone” nowadays, so why not a family winery in Yountville, California? Actually, even before the iPhone, Goosecross Cellars — a Napa Valley family winery — had a great informative-educational website Napa Valley Wine Radio for wine and food lovers around the world. Yes, I knew about their website from before. 🙂 Anyway, both…