With shots of Maemo coming out, it looks like Symbian has a future after all…
It was tricky talking about Maemo and its appearance on the unreleased N900 without Stefan around this week, but Will and I make do, as well as chat about Apple’s relationship with carriers, the iPhone’s profitability, and its potential expansion into China.
Our HTC Magic from Vodafone giveaway rolls on for another week for the UK readers, so be sure to enter while you still can. There are four ways to go about it – be sure to do ’em all to maximize your odds!
- Leave a comment on this podcast post
- Follow @IntoMobile on twitter
- Use the #intomobile tag when tweeting
- Visit the HTC Magic’s page on the Vodafone.uk site and send an e-mail to contest@intomobile.com with the THREE different items located in the “Key Features” section.
Our review goes over the Magic in detail, but the bottom line is that it’s a slick, smooth, functional smartphone that is most definitely worth the trouble of dropping a comment. If you’re looking to enter, be sure to go over the terms and conditions at the end of the post.
If you’re in the market for some games for your phone, Will and I run down a few in our Apps of the Week segment, with download links and the rest of the week’s mobile news available after the jump.
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Apps of the Week: Games
BlackBerry – Happy Tree Friends: Blood Money
iPhone – 3D Vector Ball – (iTunes)
Headlines
It’s up! Mobile-Review’s preview of the Nokia N900 has just hit the net
iPhone Subsidies Make Device Unprofitable for Carriers
China Unicom: 5 million Chinese iPhones? What 5 million Chinese iPhones?
Rumors
Archos Making Android Announcement September 15th.
HTC Hero Caught All Dressed Up… in Pink.
Verizon’s Samsung U450, U960 Rogue caught in the wild
WebOS-powered Palm Eos (Pixie) delayed to 2010?
Android-Powered Samsung InstinctQ Spotted with Full QWERTY Keyboard
Black and Lavender BlackBerry 8530 Aries Spotted in Verizon Records
BlackBerry 9700 Shows up in AT&T Sales Systems
Unannounced Nokia N97 Mini and 5900 smile for the camera
Photos: Dell’s first smartphone, the Mini 3i for the Chinese market, spotted in the wild
BlackBerry Bold 9700 Spotted in Bell Systems?
Releases
Mid-range Samsung W8300/W8350/W830 clamshell unveiled
Vertu Ascent Ti Neon only looks cheaper than its brothers
Samsung Gravity 2 Available on T-Mobile
LG GD910 available at France’s Orange for 899 EUR!
Contest Terms and Conditions
- Contest participant must be a resident of the UK in order to qualify for the prize.
- By entering the contest, the contestant acknowledges that they are at least 18 years of age. If contestant is under 18, their entries will be disqualified from the contest.
- If the prize is locked to a particular carrier service, contestant must be aware of the device’s limitation.
- IntoMobile does not offer cash alternatives to prizes. What we promote as the prize is exactly what the winner will receive.
- When a winner is chosen, the winner has 7 days from the first email sent to them, to claim their prize. If the winner fails to respond, IntoMobile has the right to disqualify the winner and proceed to pick a new one.
- The winning contestant must have a valid address to ship the prize to. P.O. Boxes will not be an acceptable address.
- The prize may be opened by IntoMobile in order to ensure the prize will be shipped complete. The product itself will remain untouched.
- Winner will not hold IntoMobile or its partners liable if product is damaged or defective in any way.
- Contestants will not attempt to cheat or enter fraudulent entries into the contest. If IntoMobile finds a contestant attempting to cheat or fraud a contest, their entries will be disqualified and the contestant will be banned from future contests.
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Awesome Video: Welsh Police Department scares the living crap out of kids to get them to stop texting
By Stefan Constantinescu on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 4:20 AM PST Edit this entry.
In Health
Words can not describe the amount of awesome you’re about to witness. This video was made by the Gwent police department in Wales as a part of a 30 minute lesson on the dangers of texting and driving. It’s obviously fake, and a lot of money went into this. The results speak for themselves:
[Via: Gizmodo]
Brief: Nokia vs. InterDigital: Round 9,245: Nokia did not infringe on 4 patents
By Stefan Constantinescu on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 4:11 AM PST Edit this entry.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and InterDigital have been fighting it our for a few years now, regarding four patents relating to UMTS (aka 3G) technology. A Houston Judge yesterday ruled in Nokia’s favor saying he has determined no patent infringement took place. Of course InterDigital is upset with the decision, and are making a petition for another round of review. At the end of the day, patents make your toys a little bit more expensive.
[Via: The Associated Press]
Bert Nordberg to become the new President of Sony Ericsson on October 15th
By Stefan Constantinescu on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 3:52 AM PST Edit this entry.
Bert Nordberg (pictured above), who is currently the Executive Vice President of the Ericsson Group and Head of Ericsson’s Silicon Valley headquarters, will switching things up a bit by becoming the Co-President of Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) on September 1st. He’ll be learning the ropes with current Sony Ericsson President Hideki (Dick) Komiyama for a month and a half, after which Bert will become the sole President of Sony Ericsson on October 15th. It doesn’t stop there, current Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer will become Chairman of the Board of Sony Ericsson on the 15th of October, replacing Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson. What does this all mean for Sony Ericsson? Hopefully, now with Howard Stringer poking around, they’ll bring devices to market that are both physically lust worthy and technically capable as well. It wasn’t that long ago that Sony licensed the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) OS and made an awesome lineup of PDAs under the CLIÉ brand name which won the hearts of geeks all over the world. Can he and Bert bring back those days of innovation? I’m crossing my fingers.
Full press release after the jump.