We’ve got word that the successor to the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970, the HBH-DS980, has just gotten the green-light from the FCC. The DS980 first popped onto our radar some time ago, so we’re excited to finally see this thing coming to The States. As Dusan said, the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS980 is a “stylish, charcoal-colored accessory…
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Save your mobile phones’s battery while your searching the web – Blackle is the power-saving Google
Forget Qualcomm’s battery-saving tech patents for 3G chipsets, we’ve got a better, home-grown tech to save your mobile phone’s electrical juice. Next time you’re surfing the web and you find the need to hit up Google, try Blackle instead. Yea, we know, Google is the end-all-be-all for internet search, but Google’s all-white background can be…
HTC Kaiser almost here – passes FCC muster!
It’s almost here! How do we know? Well, aside from the rumors that AT&T may be picking up the HTC Kaiser as the AT&T 8925, we just got word that the Kaiser has just passed muster with the FCC overlords. The FCC filing shows three variants KAIS100, KAIS110, and the KAIS120 – we’re thinking one…
T-mobile Germany busts out with their branded HTC Touch
The iPhone-fighting offering from HTC has hit German soil. As expected, the TouchFLO sporting HTC Touch has launched on T-mobile Germany as the T-mobile MDA Touch. But, unlike O2’s decision to modify the HTC Touch’s casing, T-mobile has kept true to HTC’s design and opted for a simple T-mobile logo. It looks like the Touch…
Palm finally releases Vista compatible Palm Desktop – but in beta
Windows Vista – so beautiful, so incompatible. New OS’s are expected to have compatibility issues, but software makers are supposed to be on top of their updates so as to make the transition as painless as possible – aren’t they? Anyway, Palm was supposed to have released their Vista-compatible Palm Desktop software about the same…
Apple: 1 million iPhone sold in next three months
As part of Apple’s announcement that 270,000 iPhone had been placed into eager hands in the 30 hour window from the iPhone’s launch to the end of the fiscal quarter, the company has indicated their goal of selling 1 million iPhones by the end of the first full quarter of sales. Could this be an…
Apple shows up twitchy investors, announces sales of 270,000 iPhones – stock rebounds
Following AT&T’s report of only 146,000 iPhone activations in the last 30 hours of the fiscal quarter, Apple has announced their iPhone sales numbers over the same period. After AT&T’s announcement sent Apple stock tumbling, news of the company’s 270,000 iPhone sales helped shares rebound to their pre-AT&T announcement prices. We’re not sure how many…
Qualcomm beats analyst’s Q3 earning estimates – in your face, Wall Street!
Amid the lawsuits and trade-bans, the second largest chip-maker has posted Q3 earnings that beat out Wall Street’s estimates by 6% – with a 31% year-on-year sales growth. Qualcomm’s earnings are now in their 8th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth – fueled by increased demand for its chipsets and technology patents. If these guys can…
AT&T gives the sleek Pantech C150 some low-end love
Low-end mobile phones aren’t really our thing. Not that they don’t have their place in this world, it’s just that they tend to have disappointing specs and less-than-cool styling. But, it looks like Pantech and AT&T are out to change our minds with the new Pantech C150 low-end cameraphone. This thing is as sleek and…
Samsung G800 – another Korean phone with 5 MP camera
Just when they revealed official G600 specifications and pictures, we spotted another phone from Samsung equipped with 5 MP camera with auto-focus. According to Mobile-Review forum members, the upcoming G800’s camera will support 5.8 – 17.4 mm focus length, with some people even speculating it might be able to do 3x optical zoom. That would…