AT&T just announced a new service called AT&T Mobile Backup to allow its subscribers to store, update and access their contact information from the Web. Naturally, the idea is to eliminate the need to spend hours re-entering contacts into a new or replacement phone — or to delete all contacts remotely in the case a…
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Broadcom working with Nokia to use their processors in future S60 devices
Broadcom is joining the S60 Product Creation Group today, saying that they will deliver 50 million devices based on their chips within one year. “Broadcom joining the S60 community is a very positive development that will further enhance the silicon resources available to smartphone makers committed to S60 software,” said Matti Vanska, Vice President, Mobile…
CECT rips off the Apple iPhone, again – CECT 599
If you’re in China, and you’ve got a case of iPhone envy, you really don’t have any other option than to go the knock-off route. CECT, one of the most prolific rip-off artists in China (the world?), has released another Apple iPhone clone. Apparently, the CECT P168 wasn’t enough for the clone factory, they had…
Apple getting incredibly large kickback From AT&T for each new iPhone contract – Apple the Bounty Hunter
Apple is really raking the cash these days. Following today’s reports from AT&T about shorter-than-expected iPhone activations (causing panty-wearing investors to jump ship and offload their Apple stock), we’re hearing rumors that Apple’s kickback from AT&T don’t stop at the $3 per month revenue share. According to TheStreet.com, sources close to the company are claiming…
Nokia outs N81 in leaked wap website profile
We can’t tell you how much we love it when phone manufacturers in surreptitious web page publishing. Do these guys really think that no one will notice? Case in point, Nokia has published a WAP profile for their slick new N81 3G slider. We were expecting the Nokia N81 to launch in Q4 2007, so…
Video (very off topic): Pronouncing technology abbreviations
I’m in stitches:
Free UIQ 3.1 application testing
Developer of the UIQ software platform – UIQ Technology wants to push its non-touchscreen version forward. In that sense, they are offering the possibility to send your UIQ applications to them for free testing on a MOTORIZR Z8. Of course, they’ll send back a test report to you. Basically, UIQ Technology will report back whether…
FlickIM – AIM client for your iPhone
The iPhone really, really needs to have a built-in iChat application. It’s a shame that Apple didn’t give us the feature out of the box, but we’re betting on a future update to enable the app on our iPhones. Until then, iPhone web-app developers are having a great time trying to cash in on the…
Nokia set to snap up photo-sharing website Twango
In their push to expand their social networking offerings, Nokia has announced their intention to buy the photo-sharing social-networking service Twango. Anssi Vanjoki, head of Nokia’s multimedia unit said, “The Twango acquisition is a concrete step towards our Internet services vision of providing seamless access to information, entertainment, and social networks.” The future of mobile…
Apple stock take a dive on news of iPhone activations falling short of expectations
We were all expecting iPhone sales in the neighborhood of 500,000 units over the launch weekend. So AT&T’s announcement this morning of having activated only 146,000 iPhones in the last 30 hours of Q2 came as something of a surprise. And, as those hyper-reactive Wall Street drones are so prone to do, Apple stock took…