If you’re a Nokia smartphone user or one of our readers, you’re probably already familiar with Truphone VoIP client. The main advantage of this app is that it automatically uses wireless networks where available, thus provides users with as seamless as possible usage of their serve — and what I mean is that Skype is…
Archives for 2007
Apple iPhone will NOT have flash support – WWDC
Direct from the WWDC, we’re getting confirmation that the Apple iPhone will not support flash. While the iPhone is touted as a web-browsing phone that serves up the “real” internet, we fail to see how any web-browsing experience can be complete without support for all that fancy flash animation that we’re so fond of. Developers…
Sprint looking for WiMAX investors
Reuters is reporting that Sprint is entertaining the possibility of joining forces with cellphone pioneering firm Clearwire Corp. to finance the build-out of the much-touted WiMAX network. Sprint has already earmarked over $3 billion for its WiMAX infrastructure and it may be hurting for some cash after that expensive buyout. It’s understandable that investors might…
Alcatel OC701 Music Phone – live pics
Alcatel’s new music phone for the masses comes to us as the Alcatel OC701. We got some live pics of this puppy and we gotta say that, for an entry-level device, this thing looks pretty cool. The “rubbery” look is pretty attractive and the phone even comes with a remote control for playing all that…
3GSM conference is dead, all hail Mobile World Congress
3GSM is to mobile phone addicts what Mecca is to Muslims. You have to make the journey at least once in your life. I’ve never been, but I’m looking to change that in 2008. The conference will no longer be called 3GSM however, the new name is “Mobile World Congress.” A rose by any other…
Low-light filter for cameraphones promises crisp pictures in the dark!
Eastman Kodak Co. promises to take those barely decent cameraphones to the next level. With their new low-light filter technology – essentially a color-filter – Kodak says that they can double sensitivity to light by any digital camera’s image sensor. This is especially important to cameraphones – which have always suffered in low lighting conditions,…
Lenovo using Texas Instruments LoCosto chipset in new mobile phones for the Chinese market
Current Lenovo based devices using the LoCosto chipset include the V350, E200, E303, i366, i323, i515 with more launching by the end of this year. LoCosto is powerful enough for MP4 recording and playback, 1 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and that is about it. [Via: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
Video: Sony Ericsson S500i commercial
Excuse me while I wipe the tears off my face. [Via: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
Image of the new N Gage platform surfaces
Symbian France took a picture of a Nokia N95 hooked up a plasma television showing off the new N Gage platform. It looks like Nokia is trying to take the best of XBOX Live and make a mobile version of it. What do you think?
Men chat more on mobile phones than women
You read it right. Apparently, men are yakking it up a bit more, on average, than women – at least on mobile phones. The survey, conducted by International Communications Research for AT&T, was completed in May 2007 and comprised of 1,006 respondents (half male, half female). Men averaged 458 wireless minutes per month, while women…