As yet another answer to Apple’s iPhone and iPhone 3G handsets, Garmin’s Nuvifone was announced earlier this year to much fanfare and high expectations. Garmin’s prowess in GPS navigation devices was expected to give them an edge in a smartphone market that has essentially adopted GPS hardware as standard offerings. The Garmin Nuvifone was set…
Archives for July 2008
ASUS cancels ASUS ZX1 Lamborghini, P560, M536
We knew it was going to happen, but we had no idea that ASUS was looking to make such drastic cuts to its product pipeline. ASUS has confirmed that their Lamborghini-branded ASUS ZX1 Lamborghini smartphone will be headed to the chopping block. The move was expected. ASUS previously stated that they would be diverting resources…
Sprint to launch Airave femtocell in August
Following on speculation that Sprint would go live with its signal-boosting Airave femtocell solution on July 15, it appears that Sprint has finally pinned down a firm nationwide launch date for its Airave. Sprint customers with unacceptable signal strength in their homes can go about fixing their weak-signal issues in one of two ways. They…
China Mobile surpasses 600 million subscribers
China Mobile is already the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers, but that doesn’t mean they can’t impress the world again. According to China’s Ministry of Information Industry, China Mobile surpassed the 600 million subscriber mark as of end of June! 8.63 million new users registered for China Mobile in June…
Sony Ericsson S500i BOSCOSPORT is ready for the Olympics
Sony Ericsson is preparing for the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing with the BOSCOSPORT styled S500i model. The so called Sony Ericsson S500i Bosco Edition is basically the same as the original device, expect for the ornaments which are decorated with images BOSCOSPORT. Additionally, the profile desktop is already injected with BOSCOSPORT-saver. Since 2002, the…
Garmin’s BlackBerry app coming to Europe
Garmin has announced that it will be launching a BlackBerry app in Europe this September. At the moment, Garmin’s application is available in the U.S., only. In addition to turn-by-turn navigation, Garmin Mobile also includes access to Garmin Online, providing users with such features such as local traffic and weather conditions as well as Navteq’s…
ABI Research: Camera, Bluetooth and music preferred consumers’ features on mobile phones
According to a recent ABI Research survey, digital camera, Bluetooth, and music/radio playback are the top three features that consumers consider essential for the next mobile phone purchase. The desire for camera phones with 2 or more megapixels leads the pack with 47% of consumers listing this feature as a “must have,” followed by Bluetooth…
Pinch Media, JumpTap team up on iPhone application ad network
The iPhone application analytics and advertising company Pinch Media and mobile search and advertising company JumpTap announced the creation of the iPhone application advertising network. Here’s why they think it’s significant: The partnership combines Pinch Media’s analytics and advertising technology for iPhone App Store applications with JumpTap’s comprehensive mobile ad network. Developers can easily insert…
HTC Touch Diamond finally gets FCC approval with US 3G HSDPA support!
Well that sure took a while. As the rest of the world had the honor of being part of HTC’s launch markets for the up and coming HTC Touch Diamond, the US has had to wait for HTC to push their US-spec HTC Touch Diamond through the FCC. The HTC Touch Diamond already passed FCC…
BlackBerry Bold 9000 coming to Telstra in September
Australians looking to get their fill of sleekly-styled BlackBerry goodness are going to be in for a treat, come September. Telstra has announced that they’ll be bringing the heralded BlackBerry Bold 9000 to their Aussie customer-base towards the end of September. The BlackBerry Bold boasts a full QWERTY-keyboard that RIM is so darn good at…