Now that the Europeans officially have the iPhone (the UK and Germany do, at least – France’s Orange is slated for November 29), it’s time to turn our attention to our hockey-loving friends to the North. We’re talking about Canada, of course. When is the iPhone coming to Canada? Well, we’ve been hearing rumors left…
Archives for 2007
Qualcomm’s Q4 profits spike, NASDAQ shares drop
Wait, aren’t stock prices supposed to increase on good news? Apparently not always. Qualcomm’s stock took bit of a nosedive after the company announced that revenue had grown 15% to $2.31 billion from $2 billion, with Q4 2007 profits up to $1.13 billion from last year’s Q4 profits of $614 million. It looks like all…
Brief: Confirmed: Countdown timer on Nseries is for the Nokia N82
Someone on Mobile Review (smart Russian hackers absolutely rock) decompiled the flash file which housed the countdown timer. The one line of code that gave it away: flash.external.ExternalInterface.call(“_hbPageview “, “n82_virtual_event”, “/Microsites/n82/virtual_event/”); That pretty much confirms that we’re only expecting one device, no surprises. Less than 90 hours to go!
Bell Mobility adds the Motorola ROKR Z6m
If you live in Canada and were looking for a decent more than a decent music-enabled phone, you’ll be glad to know Bell Mobility is now offering Motorola’s music-optimized ROKR Z6m handset. Aside from the music-playback, Moto’s slider device also packs a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP), and also the standard microSD memory…
Dr Pepper wants some piece of the iPhone action; Launches Bejeweled-like game
Everyone wants to be affiliate with Apple’s handset nowadays. So it doesn’t come as a surprise to see Dr Pepper releasing its own iPhone game called Matchcaps to grab some media attention. Touted as the “first-ever branded game for the Apple iPhone,” Matchcaps is a Bejeweled-like game that runs via the built-in Safari web browser.…
Motorola Q9H/Q2 for Sprint will run Palm OS?
File this under “unlikely to happen,” but if you look at the Motorola Q9h (or Q2 as they call it) on Sprint’s Christmas teaser site, you’ll notice the Palm OS like icons. Can you imagine Motorola using Palm OS on its devices? Now that would be something especially for the image of the struggling Palm…
Samsung announces SGH-T578H, world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM multi-mode phone
Good ol’ Samsung is more than serious when it comes to China. And while most other handset makers are still in the phase of “working on it,” the Korean giant has figured out how to appeal to both Chinese 3G and other networks around the world. Their newly announced SGH-T578H sports both TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G…
Sony Ericsson hooks up with Diesels; Set to launch Z320 Fifty Five DSL edition
Everyone’s partnering with fashion brands nowadays — we have Samsung Armani and LG Prada phones — so why would Sony Ericsson be any different? They are different – for a start they’ve decided to go with the brand popular among the youth – Diesel. Together, the two companies will be releasing the Z320 Fifty Five…
Downgrading iPhone from 1.1.2 to 1.1.1
Just when you’ve started enjoying the unlocked iPhone firmware 1.1.1, Apple decided to close the doors to the third party apps and other hacks again. Luckily, there’s a way to go back in time and restore your firmware version to 1.1.1. You should know you’ll need the firmware 1.1.1 ipsw file in your computer as…
The best music centric mobile phone is currently made by Samsung?
In what will probably be the most debated quote for cell phone audiophiles online, Eldar from Mobile Review said that the Samsung i450 is superior to the Nokia N91 in terms of sound quality; the N91 being the flagship music centric Nseries device. Shame the team who designed it had the last chapter of 2001:…