Those of us in the States saw the launch of the hotly anticipated Nokia N75 on Cingular/AT&T’s website. Symbian fans rejoiced! Celebration swept the nation! And then…AT&T pulled out their “Out of Stock” sign and promptly killed the party. After just a few hours on the website, the nation’s largest GSM carrier must’ve realized that…
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FCC Approves Auction of 700Mhz Wireless Spectrum
The FCC approved, on Wednesday, a plan to auction the 700Mhz wireless frequency spectrum. The auction will take place as the current 700Mhz block is abandoned, on Congressional decree, by TV stations switching to digital broadcasts. Large tech companies have requested that 60Mhz of this block be auctioned by early 2008 and is expected to…
O2 – First to Ship a Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional Device with XDA terra
We’ve been waiting on O2 to drop the XDA terra for some time now. The re-branded HTC P4350 (Herald) has started to ship from O2 and clinches the coveted “World’s First” title for O2 – as the first to ship a mobile device with Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional. Head over to O2’s website for a…
Apple iPhone – Great Battery Life, Slippery and Hard to Hold
By now, everyone and their grandma is expecting the Apple iPhone to launch on Cingular/AT&T with a 40 minute battery life. First, Dvorak starting talking smack on the iPhone. Then we get “reports” straight out of the component integrator, FoxConn, that the iPhone’s design falls short in terms of performance. But, would Apple really launch…
Videos: Eldar shows off the E90
Eldar of Mobile-Review reviewed the Nokia E90. Right now it is only available in Russian, but videos and pictures know no tongue: For all you E90 addicts: I was at the S60 Summit and checked the firmware version
A few words about a few good men
This is a picture I snapped on my N95 at the Museo del Prado in Spain while the security guard wasn’t looking. The man is Caesar Augustus. The history of the Roman Empire is something that has always fascinated me, even as a little boy. I remember my first visit to the Metropolitan Museum of…
Dusan: Nokia N75, N76 available, a comic, plus the Bulgari wrist-straps
The time has come. Nokia N75 and N76 are finally available. The former is available via Cingular/AT&T with or without a contract, while the later one still has to be picked by some carrier. Nokia decided to additionally sweeten the deal for the N76, by bundling it with the music from Travis. Now, let’s jump-in…
S60 Touch: Pulled at the last minute from the summit
Nokia choose not to cover touch at the S60 summit. Reasons weren’t given, but I don’t really mind. I can understand that any company would rather wait to demo something that would amaze people rather than show off something that wasn’t ready. I did manage to take a picture of this powerpoint slide however: First…
Video: Phil Schwarzmann being interviewed about his other podcast
We all know Phil from the Voice of S60 and See into S60, but did you also know he runs a blog about Finnish politics called Finland for Thought and the podcast Radio Free Finland? I’ve always wanted to know more about the people behind the logo. Nokia is just a 5 letter word in…
Bell Canada to offer BlackBerry 8830; Plus check out some teasers
Following Verizon Wireless and Sprint, Bell Canada jumped on the BlackBerry 8830 bandwagon. BlackBerry fans in Canada should look forward to summer, when the carrier will make the new BlackBerry available to its customers. Frequent fliers will certainly benefit from this “world edition” device, as it works on both CDMA and GSM networks. Plus, it…