It seems that Apple has heard our pleas to stop talking it up and get their official iPhone SDK out into developers’ hands. Well, in all actuality, Apple probably wasn’t responding to our singular call for the iPhone SDK, but we’ll take what we can get. Electronista is reporting that Apple has started seeding the…
Archives for 2007
France’s Orange expects to sell 100,000 iPhones by year-end; sell cheaper unlocked iPhones
With the French iPhone launch just days away, the nation’s Apple-partnered wireless carrier is speaking up about its iPhone sales goals. Orange has announced that it expects to push 100,000 iPhones out its doors by the end of this year – merely a month after the iPhones launch on November 29. Orange Wireless’s CEO, Didier…
Nokia appeals German courts dismissal of Qualcomm lawsuit
Nokia sure is one tough bulldog, or legal beagle as the case may be. The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer just won’t loosen that legal-bite around Qualcomm’s foot. After having their patent exhaustion case against Qualcomm thrown out in the Netherlands and Germany, Nokia has filed an appeal with the German regional court in Mannheim.…
Samsung develops RFID chip to read various RFID formats
In the world of RFID, not all chips are created equal. Multiple chips are usually required to read the RFID information from different RFID chip-sources, resulting in more bulk – which is counter-productive to the trend towards lighter and slimmer handsets. So, to help make RFID a more ubiquitous technology in the mobile industry, Samsung…
Disclosure: I’ve been blogging for just over a year; what has changed?
I completely forgot about my one year anniversary last week! On November 19, 2006 I started Ring Nokia and since then a lot has happened. I went to Spain for the first time in my life, the UK and now I’m living in Finland of all places. In that one year a lot of my…
Add items to your Amazon wish list with a phone call
If you ever find yourself somehow needing to add a cool, new gadget to your Amazon.com wishlist but don’t have access to a computer, “Jott” might be just the thing you’ve been waiting for. Jott is a voice messaging service that allows you to create shopping lists, send email, and even blog your thoughts –…
Brief: Changelog for Nokia N95 20.0.015 firmware leaked
Someone anonymous left a comment on All About Symbian’s forum with the N95 firmware changelog. Quite long, enjoy the raw details after the jump. It is a shame we have to write “changelog leaked,” this should be released with every firmware.
Nokia Helsinki Flagship Store November 2007 News: White N76, custom engraving
Having previously lived in Helsinki, a trip to the Nokia Flagship store was practically a daily experiance. I got to see things in that small store that to this day have yet to be released in other shops. Now that I live in Tampere that frequency has dropped to a handful of visits per month.…
Widgets: The S60 Web Run Time, what is it and how can I use it?
Starting with the next version of S60, 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, a new technology called Widgets will be enabled. Widgets is a fancy way of saying you will be able to build applications using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript for S60. The web run time, the engine that powers the S60 browser, will be the…
Handy Taskman Contest Results!
Yesterday was Monday, but it sure felt like a Sunday to me! The 24 hour delay in results aside, it was fantastic that we received over 70 submissions at the Handy Taskman Contest page. A lot of the ideas were interesting and I wish I had 5 lisences to give, but sadly I have to…