Those lucky Japanese… It’s like they don’t have enough good lookin’, feature rich phones already. Now, just like KDDI and Softbank, NTT DoCoMo announced a bunch of new phones — eight to be more precise. What makes me happy is seeing half of them (D703i, F704i, SH704i, SO704i) running MOAP on top Symbian OS. 🙂…
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Is it Apple’s or Samsung’s iPhone?
It’s Apple’s – let’s not move the discussion in that direction. 🙂 Still, I wanted to point out that Samsung has provided Jobs&Co with the crucial parts need for the iPhone, including main processor (620MHz ARM-based Samsung S3C6400), lithium-ion batteries, flash memory chips. Furthermore, to save electricity in the iPhone, Apple used Korean giant’s capacitors.…
Marlbara tobacco addicts phone
It’s not exactly Marlboro – it’s Marlbara, but sounds familiar enough for smokers in China — and Philip Morris’ lawyers for that matter… Anyway, this isn’t the first cigarette pack phone we’ve seen. However, the Marlbara phone is slightly better than the previous one we’ve talked about. This device is a fully working phone and…
Simpsons mobile game is coming!
D’oh! Homer is about to enter our mobile screens! 🙂 EA Mobile is adding the final touches to the “Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown” mobile game. The idea is to ride the coat tails of The Simpsons Movie’s multi-million dollar global marketing campaign, with the release of the game scheduled in the US later this month…
BlackBerrys finally ready for China
Maybe there were no Independence Day in Canada yesterday, but RIM had a good reason to celebrate. After eight years of trying, the maker of the popular BlackBerry devices finally got the green light for entering the red market. 🙂 To pursue its China dream, RIM has partnered with China Mobile to bring some push-email…
15% of U.S. mobile workers wants an iPhone
It seems that iPhone sales have just started… Market research firm RDA Global polled 1,027 U.S. mobile workers, and found that 15% of workers who either travel, work away from their office or are telecommuters are interested in buying Apple’s flagship product. By taking into account the total number of mobile workers in the States…
Sony Ericsson listens to its customers; Promises one more software update for P990i and W950i
It’s nice to see companies actually listening to their customers. In that sense, Sony Ericsson announced that they WILL release another update for their P990 and W950 phones. Previously, we saw them canceling further firmware updates for their current Symbian UIQ 3-based smartphones, and now they flip-flopped for good reason — customers were angry. I…
iWood case – iPhone meets nature
Still haven’t found an iPhone case you like? Maybe this will help… Touted as the “natural protection for your iPhone”, iWood is an exclusive iPhone case carved from a single piece of the finest woods. Yeah, you’ll take part in the eco-destruction, but then again – you’ll have the coolest case around. I’m not saying…
Sony Ericsson M610i live and in the wild – Lizy / Elena debate resolved!
The somewhat schizo Sony Ericsson M610i has finally been spotted in the flesh – putting an end to the “is it the Lizy or is it the Elena?” debate. We know most people out there don’t put much importance in an upcoming device’s codename, but chances are, if you’re reading this, you are at least…
Breakthrough NEC technology for longer battery life, higher megapixels
NEC’s really on a roll with innovative new technologies these days. Their new M2 LSI chip allows for twice the power efficiency from the same battery. NEC says that their new system will “drastically cut the energy used by a cellular phone” – giving you a longer lasting mobile phone. Since a phone is only…