We love a good rumor. But, if there’s one thing we love more, it’s the back and forth between the blogosphere and spokespeople that these rumors generate. Following on rumors that Dell and Google are working together on a mobile phone, a Dell spokesperson has denied that Dell has no hardware to debut at the…
Archives for January 2008
American Airlines launches mobile website
Jet-setters looking to quickly check in and manage their American Airlines itinerary can rest easy. American Airlines has recently launched a mobile version of their website that allows travelers on-the-go to check their flight status, itinerary, check-in, etc. directly from their mobile phone. Of course, you’ll need access to a web-browser to access the American…
Nokia’s virtual keyboard patent application – forget on-screen keyboards, try on-desk keyboards
The problem with a full touchscreen handset is that there’s usually little room to ergonomically fit a physical QWERTY keyboard alongside the display. Nokia is working ’round-the-clock to bring S60 Touch to market, and it looks like they’re also working to develop a suitable keyboard solution. This here patent application, titled “Mobile device with virtual…
Wireless charging from MWg and Slashpower
The newest entrant into the wireless-charging, magnetic-induction game comes in the form of a partnership between Mobile & Wireless Group (MWg) and Slashpower. The two companies have joined forces to bring wireless charging (by which electrical currents are induced by magnetic fields) to a handset near you. As with all wireless-charging solutions, MWG and Slashpower…
Motorola co-creates EGPS forum to help GPS suck less
Motorola [mobile phone manufacture] and CSR [provider of GPS solutions to mobile phone manufactures] teamed up to create the EGPS forum to improve the speed of acquisition as well as the accuracy of GPS in mobile phones. Benchmarks for performance will be created by the end of the first half of this year and the…
O2 to introduce business tariffs for iPhone
Following on AT&T’s launch of business/corporate iPhone accounts, Apple’s iPhone partner overseas has announced their intention to do the same. O2’s corporate/business customers in the UK will soon be able to take advantage of their corporate pricing discounts with the iPhone. An O2 spokesperson stated that they “Want to offer it as a service for…
iPhone takes on commercial truck, iPhone wins!
Well the iPhone didn’t really win, it just sorta walked away with its life. Here’s a quick little “How (NOT) To” guide for taking care of your iPhone: Don’t place iPhone on trunk of car on cold, windy, day in Kansas Don’t drive off with iPhone still sitting on said trunk – especially onto a…
FCC 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction meets $4.6 billion “C” block reserve price – Open Access baby!
With previous anonymous bids (the FCC is keeping bids secret until end of auction) on the coveted 700Mhz “C” block hovering below the $4.6 billion reserve price required to ensure “open access” rules are enacted, we were starting to get a little nervous about giants like AT&T or Verizon Wireless snatching up the spectrum and…
MobiTubia is out, emTube still kicks ass
MobiTubia is emTube with a pretty UI, but it just doesn’t feel right. Call me minimalist, but I strongly prefer the work Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz has done compared to Sittiphol Phanvilai, in fact I feel emTube should have won the Open C competition instead. Try out both before and let me know which one you like.…
Live pictures of the Asus M930 surface
The Nokia E90 look a like, but not really, Asus M930 is out and about. TamsWMS got the scoop, check out all the images on their site. Will covered the product launch and official specifications two weeks ago.