Wow, Sprint Mogul customers have been getting their fair share of software mods recently. The newest cooked ROM brings Windows Mobile 6.1 features with it. If firmware hacking is your thing, you might want to forego that previously leaked Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional ROM, and go for broke with threaded SMS text messages. This cooked…
Archives for February 2008
February iPhone rumors point to Spain, Italy, Switzerland getting Apple iPhone
With Apple already having penetrated the European market in Germany, France, and the UK, it makes sense that Apple start casting a wider iPhone-net in Europe. And, it seems that Apple may just be in talks with a few more potential iPhone-partners. Spain’s El Periodico has announced that the country’s Telefonica wireless network has been…
UK: Coming soon Mobiles … Feb 08
Whilst I was browsing the UK operator sites on the interweb, I thought it might be interesting to compare the “coming soon” sections for Mobiles – and see who has what planned in (above is the W890i, due from Sony Ericsson imminently). In the end I decided to survey: O2 Vodafone T-Mobile Orange 3…
UK: PC World offering free Laptop with 3
PC World is offering customers a free Laptop who is joining 3’s mobile broadband service. To qualify that more exactly, customers either get a free £350 laptop, or money of a laptop of their choice, to the same value. Additionally it’s only valid when customers sign up to an 18-month contract, at £35/month. The USB…
Dolby set to enter Mobile
You might have read Will’s article yesterday about SRS-WOW, the company that’s been in the Mobile game (amongst others) for some time now. Well they had better be prepared for the Juggernaut of Digital Audio Processing, Dolby, to enter the fray. It’s been reported that at 3GSM (Mobile World Congress), Dolby is due to announce…
Into Mobile Voicemail #2: More clothes edition
As requested from the comments of Voicemail #1 and a plethora of user emails, I’m wearing a shirt:
Sony Ericsson Tweety Z310 and Z610 limited editions spotted
Sony Ericsson is rolling out special Tweety editions of two of its clamshell phones – Z310 and Z610. The devices will only be available in their turquoise-blue colors and will feature a huge Tweety on the back. In addition, to further sweeten the deal, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker will bundle some Tweety mobile content (wallpapers…
Even iPhone has its role in the Britney Spears saga
With all the media attention Britney Spears is getting these days, something like this simply waited to happen… Few nights ago, police were called to her mansion after she got into a heated argument with her “manager”. Pictures were taken of an iPhone text conversation between Britney Spears’ manager and her paparazzo boyfriend. Not exactly…
Sprint: iDEN stays, for now
Even though many analysts predicted Sprint will shut down Nextel’s iDEN network, recently Sprint came out saying it stays. As a matter of fact, the carrier said they will be pushing it ever harder in the coming months, emphasizing the press-to-talk service called Direct Connect. Back in 2005, Nextel’s network has been described as a…
Watch it! Nokia N95 8GB cloned to perfection
Certain Chinese handset manufacturers are getting better and better in their cloning efforts. Lately we’ve spotted an almost identical “version” of the Nokia’s flagship N95 8GB smartphone. As you can see from the image above — and more images after the jump — the fake device has some weird-looking buttons and also shady marks. Other…