Props to the guys that made this, you got me to laugh, but seriously, Verizon? [Via: Mobility Site]
Archives for 2007
America gets a new Nokia N95-3 color: Bronze
Got an email asking me why the Nokia N95-3 Bronze is $80 more than the Black version. I never even knew a Bronze color existed, but here it is: As for Eric, the answer is you pay more for the new color. People like exclusivity. Nokia, and every other maker of consumer goods, will often…
Weekend Reminder: Nokia’s warranty service still stinks
Since I began blogging I got a lot of email from people thinking that I have some magical powers to fix their mobile phone just because I have a few friends at Nokia. This is not the case, please stop sending me emails, but recently I stumbled across a blog post that resonated all too…
Happy Birthday Nokia: 15 years of mass producing GSM phones
15 years ago today Nokia launched the 1011. It was their first mass produced handset and at the time was a technological revolution. Here are the specifications of the device that won the hearts and minds of the people more than a decade ago: 2 line display 475 grams 195 x 60 x 45mm Enough…
Sprint and Clearwire call it quits on partnership plans
We knew Sprint and Clearwire’s relationship was on the ropes, but we still had in the back of our minds that those two would work things out. We think a partnership between the two would make perfect business sense in the US’s nascent WiMAX environment. The Clearwire/Sprint team could have made a cohesive WiMAX network…
Opera Mini 4 goes gold!
That’s right. After a successful beta program, the good folks at Opera have just taken their prized Opera Mini browser to an official gold-status. That means this baby’s ready to rock your mobile-world with a solid, stable, desktop-like, mobile-browsing solution. The Opera Mini 4 browser is Opera’s push to bring the feel of browsing the…
Bell Canada set to pick up HTC Touch, offers $7 unlimited data
Word has it that Canada’s CDMA carrier, Bell, is eyeing the HTC Touch (well, it’s actually the HTC Vogue) as the newest Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone for its Canadian subscriber-base. Bell may be looking to bring the TouchFLO device to Canada in mid-November for $249 with 3-year contract, $299 on a 2-year, $399 for 1-year,…
Apple posts iPhone v1.1.2 firmware – yea, great
As expected, Apple has posted a new iPhone firmware today. With the European iPhone launch well underway, the new firmware is now an official part of the iPhone community. As you’ll probably recall, the iPhone v1.1.2 firmware basically adds extended language support with special character sets and keyboards. More notably, the iPhone v1.1.2 firmware gives…
SK Telecom swings control their way, takes management control of Helio
It looks like that little wireless venture between Earthlink and SK Telecom has finally hit a crossroads. Helio has been thus far managed on two fronts – with investors Earthlink and SK Telecom getting equal say in Helio’s future. Well, it seems that Dusan’s mention of Earthlink taking a lesser role in Helio was pretty…
Video: T-Mobile’s Sidekick Slide review
Lower resolution than the LX with a less impressive keypad? Color me unimpressed. [Via: Phone Scoop]