Now, that’s what I call the good marketing — nothing will make you sign-up for a long-term plan like a good dose of beer. 🙂 Apparently, two Chinese carriers — China Mobile and China Unicom — are practicing a novel marketing strategy in the east China city of Suqian. According to the BusinessWeek’s article, the…
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First Chinese phone with 3.8″ screen
I like writing about certain Chinese phones. While I’m well aware that some handset manufacturers in the world’s fastest growing economy will end up guilty for various copyright infringements, I find it very interesting to watch their speed of producing new devices, with some of them sporting such features even phones from the well-known brands…
Verizon buys Ramcell network in Oregon and Kentucky – expands rural network coverage
Hot on the heels of Vodafone’s annnouncement that will be keeping their fingers in the US wireless-cookie-jar a bit longer, Verizon Wireless has announced their acquisition of Ramcell’s wireless infrastructure in western Oregon and southeast Kentucky. The move will net Verizon Wireless all of Ramcell’s spectrum licenses and the 51 cell sites in the two…
Street Fighter 2 goes mobile
Ehh, those were the days. I can clearly remember going after school to the local arcade to play Street Fighter 2 for hours. I’ve never played the first part, nor “special turbo” sequels afterwards. So, I’m glad to see this classic game finally hitting the mobile screens! 🙂 According to Capcom, the game remains true…
BlackBerry 8820 coming to Spain
Obviously, Orange is pushing hard to dominate the mobile workforce in Europe. Following UK’s release, the France-based carrier will also introduce the BlackBerry 8820 in Spain in mid-August — i.e. very soon. We’ve already wrote extensively about the BlackBerry 8820, and as a reminder I’ll just add that it’s the first RIM’s device equipped with…
fring adds ICQ support
While Windows Mobile users got the chance to taste fring just recently, the VoIP and IM application was present on Symbian devices for long time — actually it gained its popularity on Symbian devices that run Nokia’s S60 platform, while the UIQ version has been announced a month ago. And now, they’ve added ICQ to…
Nokia 6110 Navigator demo video
I really like the Nokia 6110 Navigator. It’s a reasonably priced GPS-equipped Symbian S60-based smartphone that offers lots of features packed in a nice slider form factor. Besides the GPS receiver, the 6110 Navigator also sports the 2 MP camera, HSDPA, Bluetooth and stereo speakers. What follows is the short demo video highlighting all the…
Telus releases Fastap-equipped ZTE D90
While it’s not exactly known by its handset business, we have seen several phones coming from the China’s largest listed telecommunications equipment provider. Now, Telus released ZTE’s Fastap-equipped D90 clamshell to accommodate (I guess) the frequent users of the text messaging service. As you can see from the image above, the ZTE D90 hides the…
Alltel to offer content from MTV Network
So, it’s not just Verizon who is teaming-up with MTV. Alltel also wants a piece of the action, and they’ve announced a deal with the popular network for youth to include mobile video, wap content, games and personalization features from MTV. According to the deal, Alltel customers will soon be able to download video clips…
Apple iPhone users reporting unresponsive multi-touch displays
Just as we were starting to think that the Apple iPhone would make it through the launch windows relatively unscathed by hardware defects and technical faults, we’re getting reports of a small number of iPhones’ multi-touch displays going numb to touch-inputs. Forum users at Apple Insider and MacRumors are complaining of a “dead strip” starting…