Well good for Apple. A US District Court Judge has dismissed the class-action lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone’s limited battery life and $86 battery replacement fee. Jose Trujillo filed suit against Apple back in July 2007, complaining that Apple didn’t explicitly mention that the iPhone’s battery would slowly die and need to be replaced…
Archives for September 26, 2008
Leaked docs hint at Verizon BlackBerry Storm and Touch Diamond launch window
Sprint still has the exclusive on their HTC Touch Diamond variant, and we’re still waiting for the BlackBerry Storm to get some solid pricing and release information. But, thanks to an anonymous source, Engadget Mobile has shed some light on possible launch windows for the upcoming touchscreen handsets from two of the biggest names in…
T-Mobile G1 user’s manual leaked
It’s not often that the entire world waits for a US-only exclusive handset launch – an event made even more rare in that the US launch of the T-Mobile G1 ushers in a new age of Android-powered mobile phones. As we anxiously wait for T-Mobile USA to drop the Android-bomb on the US next month,…
HTC Touch Dual live on Telus
A scant month after Bell’s launch, Canadian carrier Telus has launched the HTC Touch Dual for $99.99 on a three-year contract and available for your perusal in the online store. The surprise was just a little bit ruined from that Best Buy slip-up earlier this week, but hey, can’t win ’em all. 3G, GPS, TouchFLO…
Apple Cutting iPhone Production Levels?
Analyst group Pacific Crest is claiming that Apple has slashed the number of iPhones it plans to build before the end of the year. According to their sources, Apple is ordering only 14 to 15 million units of the 3G. You can be guaranteed that the units will still fly off the shelves however… So…
Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile Beta
When I first noticed this, I was stunned. ‘Photoshop for a mobile device huh?’ I thought. Seemed kind of impossible to me. I use Photoshop every day for my daily work. It’s an insanely powerful tool. However, after taking a closer look at it, the Photoshop Mobile Beta is more of a photo sharing app…
BlackBerry Storm notifications available for Vodafone Germany
Verizon’s not the only one who’s gone ahead and outed RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry – Vodafone Germany now has email notifications available for when the BlackBerry Storm is ready to launch as well. The simulator shots from earlier this morning already tipped us off to Vodafone availability, but it’s nice to see some more official…
Nokia Tube coming next week?
Two sources have claimed that Nokia’s next XpressMedia device, the 5800 Tube, will be announced next week on October 2nd. at a London media event. This would jibe well with previous rumours, and give it some fine placement for the Christmas rush. As Nokia’s first touchscreen device and with a focus on media, the Tube…
RIM Q2 results up 88% from last year, but forecast gloomy
RIM announced their quarterly results last night, and while pretty good on the whole ($2.58 billion revenue, up 15% from last quarter, 88% from last year), but their outlook for for next quarter sent the stock market in a selling frenzy. Overnight trading is seeing the stock price drop from $97.53 to around $77.80 over…
GyPSii adds China’s hotel information from eLong
The mobile digital lifestyle app and geo-mobility social networking platform, GyPSii, announced an agreement with China’s leading web-based travel company eLong to provide hotel information and reservation services to visitors to China. Under the terms, eLong will pay GyPSii a referral fee for hotel customers using the GyPSii platform. GyPSii users will have access from…