We love O2’s penchant for completely renaming their smartphone handsets to fit their “Xda” naming scheme. Especially when they rename the already long-named HTC smartphones. O2 has announced that they’ll be launching the HTC Polaris P3650, which HTC recently renamed the HTC Touch Cruise, as the O2 Xda Orbit 2. The O2 Xda Orbit 2…
Archives for 2007
Successful initial test of Finland’s next-gen wireless broadband LTE network
Remember that new 4G tech that Verizon was considering for their next-gen wireless broadband network? Yea, well, the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) protocol isn’t just being considered in Finland, the ultra-fast high-speed wireless 4G protocol has already wrapped up a successful trial in Nokia’s homeland. The LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution/System Architecture Evolution) Trial Initiative (LSTI) kicked…
Nokia sells music and games, Sony Ericsson will do the same in 6 months
Nokia’s Music Store, currently in the UK only, and the N-Gage gaming service, currently delayed until December, are all efforts under a new branding scheme called Ovi. Sony Ericsson wants in on this action too and they have announced plans to launch a service called PlayNow Arena. No details for pricing, but some interesting tidbits…
Hands on the Nokia N82!
If you’ve been waiting anxiously for the Nokia N82 to hit the ground running with its long, 5 megapixel, Carl-Zeiss legs, you’ll have to keep waiting a bit longer. But, we have some more pics of the N95’s candybar-sibling for you to drool over in the meantime (or not, we prefer the N95). Again, this…
Samsung Z240 Vittorio & Lucchino edition costs the same, looks much better
Partnership with a single fashion house (Armani) is just not enough for Samsung. Now they went one step further and decided to make a Vittorio & Lucchino branded handset. However, this time they haven’t prepared a special phone for the occasion, rather they’ve decided to refresh one of their existing handsets – the Z240 clamshell.…
Fake Steve Jobs on Android: It’s not a phone, it’s an alliance
We’ve no doubt there’s some truth in Fake Steve Jobs’ words, but somehow he managed to take its Android criticism to the next level. Certainly our favorite quote from his article involves the nature of companies in consortia which according to him “are too stupid or shitty to make a great product on their own.”…
Video: Hands on latest Sony Ericsson phones
As we’ve already reported, yesterday Sony Ericsson announced three new phones – W380i, W890i and K660i. What follows is the short video from Sony Ericsson’s event that includes short hands-on demonstration of the latest devices. It’s an almost 10 minute long video. Enjoy! [Via: Cell Addict Blog]
Fido launches 3G network; Enables video calling!
Just recently, Fido announced their new offering which includes Internet data plans via 3G. Their latest offering follows numerous complaints from Fido’s users, who had to pay expensive data plans ranging from 1MB for $12 and 200MB for $100. The new plans are not only cheaper, but also much faster as they rely on Fido’s…
Education: University of Oxford adds mobile-related courses
It’s always a good thing to see a major institutions adopting the latest technology. As a matter of fact it’s even better when that institution is a famous university, which can help spread the knowledge to the younger generations. That being said, we’ve spotted the University of Oxford adding interesting mobile-related, emerging technologies courses. Among…
Juniper Research: Mobile games market will reach $10bn by 2009
According to Juniper Research’s latest study “Mobile Games: Subscription & Download (4th edition)”, more than 460m mobile users are expected to download games by 2009, pushing revenues to nearly $10bn by 2009. Mobile game developers should thank to a steadily increasing variety of gaming-friendly handsets offering high quality 3D graphics, but also to emerging markets…