Does anyone still use an HTC Star Trek? It wasn’t too long ago that the HTC Star Trek enjoyed some limited time in the limelight, but as things go in the mobile industry, it’s already old news. The HTC Star Trek debuted as a Trek-ish flip-phone powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 – among the smallest…
Archives for March 2008
Steve Jobs: Lots of iPhone applications this summer; Flash not going to hit iPhone
Just a day ahead of the much-awaited iPhone Software Roadmap press event, Steve Jobs sat down with with Apple shareholders to talk shop. And, in traditional Jobsian form, Stevie avoided talking about the upcoming release of the official Apple iPhone SDK. The only bit of iPhone SDK info he let slip was that there will…
Spyker shows off LaTurby and MonteCarlo at CeBIT
Following on the Dutch automaker’s lackluster, branded handset offerings from last year, Spyker is set to roll out two new mobile phones at CeBIT 2008. Known for their highly-styled and intricately detailed supercars, Spyker’s initial handset portfolio was slighty disappointing. The latest lineup looks like a decent improvement. Spyker’s new LaTurby is basically a re-branded…
More on the 3G iPhone – 2Q 2008?
The 3G iPhone’s launch is imminent, it’s just a matter of how long we’ll have to wait. Popular opinion and insider reports are pointing towards a mid-2008 release, and the newest bit from Citigroup analyst Richard Gardner hints at a similar or earlier release. After visiting Taiwanese electronics companies in, well, Taiwan, Gardner claims that…
Meizu booth raided and shut down by police at CeBIT 2008
Meizu’s (as well as a few other booths) booth at CeBIT 2008 in Germany was raided by police and required to leave the showroom floor and remove almost all of their booth display materials. According to local newspaper Heise, cops announced Wednesday morning that the Meizu booth was shutdown over copyright issues regarding part of…
Yahoo announces onePlace; Brings Yahoo! Go 3.0 to Europe
Yesterday Yahoo announced onePlace, “a revolutionary mobile content management solution,” to enable consumers to “better manage the wide selection of content available across the Internet.” The idea is provide a single point from where users can access all their favorite content whether it’s static or dynamic. That being said, Yahoo’s onePlace includes such features as…
Boost Mobile adds third phone to its offering – MOTOKRZR
It’s more of a news when Boost Mobile adds additional phone to its offering than when the same thing is done by lets say AT&T or Verizon. The reason is obvious – Boost only got two phones in its portfolio, while the big boys have few dozen. Anyway, the mobile operator for the youth’s offering…
Mitsubishi Electric to terminate mobile handset business
Mitsubishi Electric decided to close its handset business. Now you may haven’t seen a single Mitsubishi-made phone in your life — I’ve seen some of the early GSM models and they sucked big time — but you would surprised to know what kind of high-end phones they’ve been making for the Japanese market. That being…
Review: Handy Weather for S60
As Steve Litchfield always likes to say “filed under articles I wanted to write,” he reviews Handy Weather for S60. One of my favorite S60 applications, I only discovered it at this years Mobile World Congress while sitting next to Jonathan Greene from atmaspheric|endevors and looking at that awesome screensaver pictured above. One thing Steve…
fringME! widget updated; Now works with UIQ smartphones
fring has just announced that they’ve updated the fringME! widget to allow web-to-mobile chat feature. The idea is to provide users with a widget they could use on their blog, social network profile or website and allow their visitors to contact them while on-the-go. In addition, Symbian S60 users with GPS-equipped handsets can also show…