Have any of you Sprint Mogul owners out there wished for GPS and EVDO Rev. A in your HTC-sourced handset? You know, the features that your Sprint Mogul handset already has built into it, but were disabled for some crazy reason? Well, it looks like Sprint and HTC are working on a new ROM update…
Archives for 2007
WND DUO Atom sports dual SIM cards, upside-down sensor
We’ve seen many a handset sporting dual SIM-card support, but none as unique as this WND DUO Atom. Having two SIM cards plugged into your handset at the same time is nice and all, but we’d imagine that switching between the two accounts can get a bit tedious, if not downright annoying. The WND DUO…
Nokia files patent for side-sliding mobile phone with QWERTY keyboard
Here’s an interesting tidbit from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We stumbled across this patent application, from none other than Nokia, that outlines a method to incorporate a “turn and slide” display that tilts upward to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Now, there have been numerous sliding-screen designs in an effort to combine…
RIM to launch iPhone-fighting BlackBerry 9000/9xxx early next year
Wait a tick. Didn’t RIM CEO recently bash on the Apple iPhone’s touch-sensitive, virtual keyboard “that’s a real challenge” to use? Well, he did. But that doesn’t mean this latest speculation is any less true. Rumblings from the rumor mill have indicated that RIM is preparing the 9000-series smartphone to give the iPhone a run…
Alltel picks up the BlackBerry 8130 Pearl with GPS
It looks like Alltel’s keeping up with its larger wireless rivals. The recently launched CDMA BlackBerry 8130 Pearl with that glorious integrated GPS receiver will be making its way to Alltel’s network sporting an “amethyst” color scheme. Expect the Alltel BlackBerry 8130 Pearl to pack in all the same hardware as its Sprint and Verizon…
Motorola planning a 20-30 handset blitz in 2008
We’re glad to see Motorola starting to claw their way back to their days as a leader in the mobile industry. Moto just secured a significant portion of the top ten 3G handsets sold in the US this past Q3 2007, and they’re not going to just sit back and bask (which is the mistake…
3G handset sales in US pass 50% mark
Even with the half-assed 3G environment that is the US wireless landscape, sales of US handsets have reached a milestone – the majority of handsets sold in the US in Q3 2007 featured 3G radios. Data from Strategy Analytics indicates that mobile phones equipped with the high-speed wireless data technology accounted for 55% of all…
Brief: Interview with Mads Winblad, Nokia Multimedia
M as I like the Multimedia group inside Nokia, are the coolest bunch of cats inside the entire company. They really get the internet and it shows in how they market their Nseries products versus other groups such as MP (Mobile Phones) and ES (Enterprise Solutions). This interview is a few days old, and I…
T-Mobile Germany offering unlocked Apple iPhones due to court order
What do we have here? Unlocked iPhones in Germany? Indeed we do. It seems Vodafone’s legal pursuit of T-Mobile’s Apple iPhone exclusivity has finally caught up with the No. 1 German wireless carrier. Thanks to a German court order, T-Mobile Germany has agreed to start selling iPhones sans contract – at least until they can…
Cool Chinese candybar or a Nokia Aeon ripoff?
At a first glance, the device pictured above looks like a cool candybar. However, having already seen the Nokia Aeon concept as well as the similarly-shaped USB key, we must warn you it’s another ripoff device we’re dealing with here. As a matter of fact, aside from the awkwardly similar shape, the unnamed Chinese phone…