According to a rumor over at Fortune, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will be launching a music service and new devices on August 29 in London at the famous Ministry of Sound Club. Will he be dancing with intoxicated teenage girls and inviting them onto one of his many boats is what I’m really curious about,…
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Samsung G600 demo video
Samsung isn’t kidding with its recently announced 5 MP camera equipped G600 handset. Following demo video may not have a sound but reveals that this 14.9 thick baby can shoot photos with panorama, macro, and mosaic effects! It can also take video in VGA (640×480) quality just like the N95. Plus, there’s also a media…
SK Telecom to acquire Sprint/Nextel?
Can you imagine a South Korean telecom jumping in the U.S. market? Germans are already present via T-Mobile, while Vodafone has a decent stake in Verizon, so what’s wrong with Koreans entering the market. Absolutely nothing!!! I would even add it’s a good thing, especially if they bring their cool handsets and awesome 3G services…
Vodafone 1210 – an entry level Windows Mobile 6 smartphone
Vodafone recently released the quite simple camera-less Windows Mobile 6 based candybar-shaped smartphone, seemingly targeting feature phone users who couldn’t handle all the complexity and size of the smartphones, and/or who weren’t allowed to have a camera while working. So they’ve came up with Vodafone 1210, the device which looks like a feature phone yet…
MOTOROKR T505 Bluetooth FM transmitter
So far, I haven’t spotted any Bluetooth FM transmitter. It always seemed kinda strange why no one haven’t done it before — after all we live in a wireless world where cables, well… suck! Motorola decided to change that with MOTOROKR T505, which connects with your phone via Bluetooth and from there transmits your audio…
Alltel launches mywaves mobile video service
Alltel decided to jump-in to the mobile video bandwagon with the introduction of mywaves – a mobile video service that allows customers to browse thousands of “web videos” and watch them from their mobile phone. If you’re willing to add $3.99 on top of your monthly bill, you’ll be able to access both professional programming…
Sprint teams with Google to deliver WiMAX services
While there’s still plenty of time till Sprint’s launch of commercial WiMAX services in Q2 2008, that doesn’t stop the carrier in building its WiMAX ecosystem. Lately, they’ve teamed with Google to bring WiMAX mobile Internet customers search, interactive communications and social networking tools though a new mobile portal. According to Sprint’s release, the two…
Nokia 6500 Classic passes the FCC hurdle
Slick and stylish Nokia 6500 Classic has been approved by the FCC, and is ready to be sold on the U.S. market. Unfortunately, not many carriers actually supports the built-in GSM radio, though this one may end up on AT&T. Or, there are always Nokia Flagship Stores or Dell marketplace, where you’ll be able to…
Obopay partners with Citi; Set to rule the mobile payments
Forget PayPal for mobile, Obopay is set to rule mobile payments! First they’ve partnered with Verizon to offer their services to the carrier’s subscribers. Then we saw more merchants jumping in to the platform, and now… no one else but Citi is partnering with the mobile payment provider to pilot a new mobile peer to…
Yahoo! GO 2.0 available for Windows Mobile?
If you’re a Yahoo! user and at the same time owner of a Windows Mobile based smartphone, you’ll be glad to know that Yahoo! GO 2.0 is now fully compatible with your device. In case you’re not familiar with Yahoo’s mobile application suite, you should know that it brings popular Yahoo services right to your…