It’s mobile money time folks. I’m at the Hall 5 of Fira de Barcelona, the same place where I was on last Thursday at HiT Barcelona event. Again, this is a small, yet very focused conference. Again — like that was the case with HiT Barcelona — the exhibition area is small, and the focus…
Archives for June 23, 2009
Live Blog: Intel and Nokia to collaborate on a new class of device
In about 15 minutes Intel will be hosting a call to discuss their collaboration plans with Nokia. If you’d rather listen to that call without reading my snarky commentary and the occasional swear word, click here. Intel has pulled the trigger and released some PR material about what is going to be announced. Nothing Earth…
HTC Firestone Release Bumped up to August?
We had heard about the Firestone first in HTC’s leaked roadmap back in March, alongside a few specifications: 3.6″ WVGA display, 8 megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 6.5, 256 MB of RAM, 512 MB ROM, 600 MHz processor, running on GSM/HSPA networks and an estimated release date of September. Although the above rendering might be a…
Unlocked Palm Treo Pro Now Available for $399 via Palm Store
Having trouble getting your hands on the new Pre but still want to show Palm some love? What if I told you that Palm is offering up the Palm Treo Pro, unlocked, and ready to go for only $399? Yep, that’s right, Palm is offering up the predecessor to the Palm Pre unlocked for $399,…
Don’t Call it a Comeback… Call it a Samsung Comeback
Sticking with T-Mobile news, my bud David over at TMoNews has managed to get his hands on details for the upcoming Samsung Comeback. As you can see from the image he spliced together above, the Comeback features video messaging, a 2MP camera with video, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, microSD slot and much more. A full physical…
HD Video: Tour of the new AT&T Motorola Karma QA1, the hockey puck that makes calls
I usually don’t write up press releases regarding operator variants of devices that have long been released in Europe, nor do I care about the latest crippled handsets coming out of America, but this hockey puck is just too ugly for me not to riff on. Motorola is practically dead, and creatively has been stagnant…
T-Mobile Loyalty Unlimited Plans Gone by End of the Month
If you’re a T-Mobile customer, hopefully you’ve taken full advantage of the Loyalty Unlimited plans that have been available. Such plans offered up such gems as $50/mth for unlimited voice on a single line… or $89.99/mth for a two-line family plan. Sweet. The unfortunate news here is that T-Mobile is apparently cutting the Loyalty Unlimited…
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Unboxing Video
First we had the announcement that the T-Mobile myTouch 3G will be available for pre-orders July 8th. Yesterday, we had spy shots of the upcoming Android-powered device. Today, of course, we have the obligatory unboxing video of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G! You will already recognize the box art from a previous leak, but you may…
The Android iPod: Meizu M8 Re-Tooling for Android?
Remember the Meizu M8? The iPhone clone that tries to do everything the iPhone can, but can’t? Looks like Meizu might be heading in a new direction. We’re hearing rumblings that the Meizu M8 is getting geared up to run Android. Very interesting. An iPhone clone running the open source Android OS. I suspect those…