If contracts and carrier-branding just aren’t your cup of tea, Palm’s got the perfect Treo 750 for you – an unlocked, un-branded version. That’s right, following on Palm’s hours-old launch of the Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade for AT&T-branded Treo 750 users, the struggling handset manufacturer has announced that they’ll be selling the unlocked Palm Treo…
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AT&T announces full acquisition of Edge Wireless
No, this has nothing to do with AT&T’s EDGE data network. It seems that AT&T has decided to pull the trigger and fully take over Pacific Northwest wireless carrier Edge Wireless. Now, AT&T already had a minority (35.7%) stake in the small-time network operator, but that just wasn’t enough for the nation’s largest carrier. Continuing…
Continental Airlines trials paperless boarding pass using mobile phones and barcodes
Paper-based boarding passes are about to be a thing of the past. But, before that can happen, airline carriers will have to make sure that all those digital boarding passes won’t muck-up their daily operations. So, following on the IATA’s approval of a global digital barcode standard, Continental Airlines has kicked off trials of the…
T-Mobile goes live with 3G Nokia 6263! T-Mobile 3G network to launch soon?
We’re not surprised to see this Nokia 6263 hit T-mobile’s network, but we are excited to see that it’s finally gone live on T-Mobile’s network. You see, the FCC already dropped some little morsels of information on this 3G, 1700Mhz WCDMA handset – we’ve been expecting it for some time now. And, with the launch…
Audio: IntoMobile and SimplySymbian interview Naresh Chouhan from UIQ
Well folks, the first IntoMobile authored audio is in front of you. Actually, I’m one of the co-authors along with Dario Soltani from SimplySymbian.com. At the UIQ Fast Track event in Budapest, Hungary, two of us caught Naresh Chouhan, Head of Developer Programs at UIQ, and asked him several questions about the platform. For recording…
A quick word on Nokia World
I’ve been in Amsterdam since Monday, not blogging, because this city is amazing and if it wasn’t for all the coffee I wouldn’t be alive. That being said, there are a few things I want to jot down for a more elaborate piece later on, but here is some immediate feedback: Chris Anderson from Wired…
Sony Ericsson: Yes, you can buy the W960i now!
If you’ve been waiting for Sony Ericsson’s latest Walkman smartphone, W960i, your wait is over. Just today, the “W960i is now available” message from the Swedish-Japanese handset maker popped in my mailbox. Guess the carriers are next to add the device to their offering anytime soon. Or you may want to go the “unlocked way”…
Chinese Sony Ericsson W580i “version”
Well folks, Chinese have done it again. This time their target was Sony Ericsson’s shaky W580i phone — you know the one which had problems with a keypad. Anyway, just like the original device, the Chinese “version” is also optimized for music. Scrap that, it’s optimized for disco music, or at least 4 speakers and…
Nokia launches “Comes with Music” program; Wants to sell handsets bundled with music service
In order the grab a piece of the music downloads market currently dominated by Apple’s iTunes, Nokia is launching an innovative “Comes with Music” program. The idea is bundle handsets with a year of unlimited access to “millions of tracks” from (at least initially) Universal Music Group International. And while it’s hard to find any…
Nokia 3110 Evolves into environment friendly device
Almost every single company in the world wants to be affiliate with environment friendly activities. Nokia is not an exception, hence they’ve announced the “Evolved” version of its 3110 Classic handset, emphasizing just how green this feature phone is. Apparently, the new 3110 Evolve sports bio-covers “made from more than 50% renewable material.” The device…