Nokia is cooking something interesting for the U.S. market or at least their new RFID-enabled device at the FCC’s website suggests so. We’ve no idea what’s the name of this handset nor whether it’s a smartphone or not. We do know it’s RFID-enabled, meaning it could be used for near-field communication (NFC) — i.e. wireless…
Archives for 2010
California and Sprint join forces to create America’s first mobile emergency alert system
The progressive state of California and Sprint, one of America’s smaller operators, are joining forces to launch a mobile emergency alert system. You’re used to seeing televisions and radios bleep and bloop whenever a severe storm is about to approach, but this is 2010 and people are not exactly glued to their television screens or…
Clearwire holding a webcast on August 30th with plans to announce new pricing models
Clearwire, the world’s largest WiMAX operator that’s already announced that they’re trying out LTE technology because they most likely regret backing a technology the mobile industry doesn’t care about, is set to unveil new pricing plans during a webcast scheduled to take place on Monday, August 30th. The analysts over at Light Reading think that…
Nokia C7 previewed by Mobile-Review, called potential best seller and the everyman’s N8
Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review, has struck again, gaining access to the C7, a device that is set to steal the title of “most leaked Nokia” away from the E71. With the C7 Nokia took the N8, chopped off the HDMI port, replaced the 12 megapixel camera with an 8 megapixel sensor, and…
Mobclix Infographic: iPad users like to play games and click on video ads
Hey, iPad owners! A new infographic from Mobclix reveals that you like to play games and click on video ads. Apparently, you play games 3X longer than your iPhone counterparts and are 10X more likely to click on a video ad than a standard display ad. If you are feeling a bit guilty, you can…
Windows Phone-powered LG C900 to launch internationally starting September 28th?
Bluetooth SIG published the testing documentation for the LG C900, a Windows Phone handset thought to be headed to AT&T. Surprisingly intermixed within the minutiae of the Bluetooth profile information is LG’s tentative launch date for this Windows Phone handset. According to the documentation, LG has pegged the C-900 handset for an official debut sometime “around”…
Droid X tops all Android superphones in battery life tests
Well lookey here, it’s an Android showdown pitting the hottest Android smartphones out there in a battle royale (with cheese), but it’s not going spec for spec. Instead, LaptopMag has comiled the top Android handsets for a battery life test, and you’ll be surprised who comes out on top. LaptopMag was fair in their tests,…
Bling Nation turns your phone into an NFC credit card
So, for years and years I’ve been talking about how Japan has been using NFC (near field communications) technology to turn all those Japanese featurephones into electronic wallets, but only now are we seeing the beginnings of this tech making its way Stateside. While it’s still not the ideal phone-as-wallet setup that we’d like to…
LG, Jane Lynch try to stop texting while driving
LG Electronics has enlisted Glee star Jane Lynch to try and stop all those crazy teens from texting while driving. Jane Lynch is starring in a promotional video to raise awareness about the dangers of texting while driving and it can be viewed on the LG Text Ed website. It’s cute enough and does have…
HTC Droid Incredible to receive Android 2.2 Froyo on September 1st?
A week ago today, we were expecting Verizon to push the Android 2.2 Froyo update to the HTC Droid Incredible via an over-the-air (OTA) update. Sadly, that day came and went without any sign of Froyo, and instead just got a confirmation that it would not be coming. So let’s try it again, shall we?…