It’s been a busy day for Verizon, as the carrier announced four mid-range devices with three of them tasting like Chocolate. We knew about the VX8500 successor (VX8550) coming, but surprisingly Verizon also released the Motorola’s everything-but-impressive W385 phone. For 100 bucks after an online discount, you can pick Chocolate flavor that fits your taste…
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Video: Finland, Version 2.0
I can’t believe how difficult it is to create a solo video that doesn’t make you look like a complete tool. Props to Steve Litchfield with “The Smartphones Show” for pulling it off wonderfully; be sure to watch this weeks episode for a complete review of the Motorola Z8.
Sena launches premium leather iPhone cases
Still looking for the right case for your iPhone? Maybe Sena Cases has something you like… Just today, the California-based handheld device accessory designer Sena Cases announced its series of premium leather iPhone cases. If you’ve been using their cases before, you know they know their job in terms of quality and looks — all…
iPhone CPU supports hardware Java acceleration, yet it is turned off, why?
Java applications running a bit slow on your mobile? You probably don’t have Jazelle in there, a technology created by ARM that speeds up the execution of Java applications and lowers RAM consumption by a factor of 8. It also allows for multiple Java applications to be run with minimal overhead. Why is such an…
Twitter for the iPhone – PocketTweets for your mobile Twitter fix
If you’re on Twitter and you have an iPhone, boy, do we have a bookmark-worthy site for you. We can’t stand going without our Twitter fix for more than a few minutes, so it’s a good thing PocketTweets has launched their iPhone-optimized website for mobile Twitter access. The web-based Twitter client gives your iPhone the…
Samsung and Ericsson make love, not war – agree to cross-license patents
In a global stand-out example of good-will and cooperation, Samsung and Ericsson just inked a deal to cross-license the other’s intellectual property. Interesting news, considering Ericsson’s patent infringement suit, filed back in August 2006, alleging Samsung of infringing on Ericsson’s mobile phone patents (upon expiration of a 2002 licensing deal in 2005). The handset manufacturing…
E-ten and Arima collaborate on High-end Windows Mobile smartphones
We’re hearing that E-ten and Arima have joined forces to start pushing high-end devices loaded with the Windows Mobile OS. Arima will bring to the collaborative effort their experience in developing Ericsson mobile phones and related chipsets and networking chips from Marvell Technology Group, while E-ten will be bringing expertise from their experience in developing…
Apple iPhone nano coming in this year: JP Morgan
Reuters is reporting that JP Morgan analyst Kevin Chang believes that Apple is working to push a new, cheaper iPhone out its doors later this year. Chang cites sources in the “supply channel” and the recent Apple patent application filing. The new iPhone will be based on the Apple iPod Nano’s design, as we expected…
Verizon Launches Premium Calling Plans with Unlimited Messaging and Mobile Email
With Apple and AT&T’s recent launch of the Apple iPhone, Verizon may be looking to boost its appeal in the face of over half a million iPhones being sold in the first few days – all on AT&T’s network. Verizon has launched premium-tier calling plans, aimed at the non-smartphone set. The premium plans start at…
IntoMobile announces our new Mobile Application and Games Stores!
As always, the IntoMobile team has been hard at work to bring you the ultimate mobile resource. Our latest additions to the IntoMobile universe are our online stores! We now offer mobile games and application for every platform – Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, BlackBerry, Java. As long as you don’t have an iPhone, you can…