ST-Ericsson’s newest modem, the M5730, may not sound sexy, nor will manufacturers who use it bother even mentioning it’s inside their hardware, but we’re mobile geeks, so we care when we hear things like “up to fifty per cent lower power consumption than competing HSPA+ 21Mbps modems available on the market”. Let’s back track a…
Archives for 2010
Samsung Wave II unveiled with 3.7-inch Super Clear LCD screen
Shoot me if I understand Samsung’s naming scheme. They already have the Samsung Wave 2 (Wave 525), but now they unveiled the Wave II, which is the true successor to the original Bada-powered smartphone. However, you/we shouldn’t expect tons of new features on board — after all, even the original Wave rocks, specs wise. The…
AT&T revamps its Developer Program website
AT&T announced a new website for its Developer Program, offering “extensive support to its developers for the technical and commercial challenges they face.” Among the features you will find on the updated website, we highlight: Live chat tool for developers to get answers to application questions in real time Help ticket system for more complex…
AT&T launches the rugged Motorola ES400, too
Sprint won’t be the only carrier to offer Moto’s rugged ES400 smartphone. The device that runs Windows Embedded Handheld platform has been announced by AT&T, which will offer it to its business and government clients. As you can expect from a rugged phone, it’s not exactly a beautiful device. Rather the accent is put on…
SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 launched for manufacturers and carriers
SPB Software announced the latest version of SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 for device manufacturers and carriers. One of the most popular mobile UI solutions is available for multiple devices and platforms, including Windows Mobile, Android and Symbian and has already been deployed by over 15 companies, including Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and O2. In terms of…
Symbian Exchange and Exposition application developer and business track line-ups unveiled
The Symbian Exchange and Exposition announced the application developer and business track line-ups. Here’s who’s coming: Jerome Portier, Senior Developer at Orange Wednesday Daniel Rocha, Senior Technology Expert at Nokia Espen Riskedal, Co-founder of Cutehacks Piotr Janas, Comarch Steve Kingsley-Jones, Director of Product Management at Immersion Corp. Paulius Meskauskas, Principal SW Architect at Nokia Jari…
Rand McNally’s Explore America hits the AppStore
North American travel expert Rand McNally is out with its free iPhone app Explore America, offering snippets of unique travel content, photos and videos, destination information, a daily quiz and more. Once downloaded, users receive a Daily Adventure, which includes a description of an intriguing place in North America, a locator map, and up to…
CarZar is a FourSquare-like car-spotting service, iPhone app
CarZar is a new mobile location-based social automotive service and iPhone app, unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The main idea is to allow consumers to share their passion for cars in an easy to use way. All you have to do is start the CarZar app on your iPhone, snap a vehicle image…
Nokia Nuron (5230) coming to T-Mobile, Nokia C3 to AT&T, both for the prepaid market
The Nokia Nuron, otherwise known as the 5230 across the rest of the world, has been sold by T-Mobile since March of this year, but today it’s finally going to be made available to people who prefer to be on prepaid plans. Likewise the Nokia C3, which has been on sale around the world since…
AT&T announces 3 new USB modems: One does LTE, the other HSPA+, and the last is for the prepaid market
AT&T isn’t expected to launch an LTE network until the middle or end of 2011, but that doesn’t mean they can’t start selling devices to support their next generation of mobile broadband. The first of three USB modems announced by AT&T, the “Adrenaline” made by LG [pictured above] will run you only $50 with a…

