We brought you the XML file almost a month ago. We knew it was going to have S40 5th Edition, A2DP support and a 320 x 240 screen; today we are finding out that it will be ultra thin (it was compared to the Sony Ericsson W880 which is 9.5 mm thin) and black with…
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New York: Hey Steve Jobs, make the iPhone more consumer friendly – we’re not liking that $80 battery replacement fee!
Well, someone had to officially say. Following on that retarded poor, misguided guy’s class-action lawsuit over the iPhone’s sealed battery, New York State’s Consumer Protection Board has officially put in their two-cents on the iPhone’s fleecing of America. The organization took issue with the additional costs associated with owning an iPhone, and sent Stevie a…
Apple prepping first iPhone software update for release
It’s been about a month and Apple is prepping the first release of iPhone updates. We’ve been looking for the first update to enable iChat features and possibly even MMS support, so imagine our excitement when we heard that the upcoming update might include new widgets, chat client, location-based services, MMS support, and maybe even…
Surgeons complete emergency appendix surgery by cellphone light
Remember that Ericsson commercial where soccer fans lit up a blacked-out stadium with their green cell phone backlights? Well, we do and this story just brought that memory back. Reuters is reporting that a July 21 blackout caused the lights to go out in Villa Mercedes in San Luis, Argentina. The town’s hospital was performing…
Nokia LD-4W Bluetooth GPS reciever leaked by the FCC
No details, but boy is it pretty. [Via: Mobile Whack]
Nokia “Go Play” invitation confirms previous rumor about music store announcement on August 29th
Pocket Lint just got the invite you see above. It states: “Come and witness the next stage of the evolution of the internet and mobility.” and “Join us at Nokia: Go Play to see how the latest developments will change the way we all experience and share the things that inspire us.” Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka…
Samsung SGH-i570 Symbian smartphone pictures and details leaked!
Samsung sure does love them some sliders. It seems every other phone coming out of the South Korean manufacturer’s factories are in slider form-factor. The recently leaked pics and deets of the Samsung SGH-i570 show a slider-phone with a full QWERTY keyboard hidden under a svelte and sleek 96x90x16mm body. How does the handset manufacturing…
Nokia N95 schematics with more information than you can shake a stick at have been leaked
Not only can you find detailed technical schematics for the N95 online, but nearly 100 other Nokia devices as well. I’m looking at the PDF for the Nokia N95 right now and I’m shocked that such information leaked. I don’t know if such information can harm Nokia, but am doubtful since every mobile phones manufacture…
5 things I would like to see in Opera Mini
About 2 weeks ago Daniel Goldman, a Technical Evangelist at Opera Software, sent me an email asking for input on Opera’s next version of their Opera Mini client. He must have liked my review since I came to the conclusion that there is no reason why anyone with a data plan on a phone with…
SouthWing launches SH440 Bluetooth Headset exclusively in AT&T Stores
It seems like just yesterday that we were contemplating the increasingly decreasing footprints of Bluetooth headsets. In the world of headsets, smaller is better – and size does count for a lot. Enter SouthWing’s SH400 Bluetooth Headset. This diminutive, 11g, in-ear headset leads the competition with features like voice-guided device pairing, audible caller ID, audible…