A device like the Samsung Bang&Olufsen Serenata F310 isn’t something you should carry unprotected, even if you have tons of money — and you probably do in case you bought one. You need a case, not “yet another case” but something special. Something designed by no other company but the masters of fashion bags –…
Archives for 2007
Only 12-13 percent of U.S. mobile users surf the Web on their phones
Apparently, mobile phone users in the U.S. aren’t that eager to browse the Web from their mobile phones. According to Rethink Research, mobile web accounts for 12% of ARPU in 2007, far bellow the expected 50 percent. On the the other hand, Yankee Group argues only 13% of mobile phone users in North America use…
Twitter limits outbound SMS in UK
In an effort to cut costs, Twitter has started limiting the outbound SMS in UK. There is a weekly limit of 250 messages per week on the UK long code. There is no limit on incoming updates to Twitter from your mobile phone, however, you’re limited to 250 SMS messages from Twitter to your mobile…
Treobble adds iPhone-like contacts to Palm OS devices
I must admit I love the scrolling on iPhone. It’s so simple, elegant and useful at the same time. And I’m sure I’m not the only one loving it — after all we saw it demoed on such device as Linux-based Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. And now, TreoTown has released Treobble, a touchscreen contacts scroller…
China Mobile testing an unnamed TD-SCDMA Windows Mobile handset
As far as we know, Chinese 3G network is just around the corner eagerly waiting to be tested during the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing next August. The largest carrier in the country, China Mobile, expects to finish building 3G networks in eight cities by the end of this year and at least 10 more…
Palm Treo 755p coming to Verizon after all
Back in July we’ve spotted Verizon-branded Treo 755p in the wild and thought the carrier will be introducing what seemed as the last Garnet-powered smartphone within a week or two. After that, Verizon’s leaked roadmap told us the 755p will be released on November 1. Still nothing… And now they’ve set the page for the…
TAG Heuer add mobile phones to its offering
If Prada, Armani, Levi’s and Diesel can do it – why wouldn’t TAG Heuer release its own mobile phone as well. Yap, they’re going to… According to Reuters the famous Swiss watchmaker, part of French luxury goods group LVMH, is working alongside Modelabs (the folks behind Levi’s phone design) to release “a series of luxury…
LG to release Viewty in Middle East and Africa
LG fans across Middle East and Africa, here’s a piece of good news for ya’. The Korean giant will be releasing the “much awaited” Viewty phone to the region. Apparently, potential consumers should be able to take their share of the touchy action starting this week. That’s naturally in “select stores,” but what the hack…
Apple’s iPhone SDK will require applications to have digital signatures
The Apple iPhone SDK is likely coming early next year, that much we know. And, as Apple’s Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak pointed out in an interview with Fortune, Steve Jobs is planning to require any third-party iPhone applications to use a digital signature – much like Nokia requires for any third-party…
RIM planning BlackBerry 8110 Pearl with GPS?
So, with the BlackBerry 8120 Pearl sporting a lonesome WiFi radio, it makes sense for RIM to push a GSM version of the GPS-enabled BlackBerry 8130 Pearl. Word on the street has it that the new BlackBerry Pearl 8110 will be picking up where the Pearl 8120 left off – opting for a GPS receiver…