Just before I get in to the news, WDWR is Walt Disney World Resort, for those of you that were wondering… I recently covered the launch of Notescasts for the iPod Classic and Nano, for the new Hilton Hotel at the WDWR – well now we are live on iPhone too (screenshot above). Between both the…
The Tech Shrink asks: Is the core of Apple rotten?
Wow, here’s a contentious one. Dr Jim Taylor, writing as the Tech Shrink, has written an open letter to Steve Jobs, asking him if the core of Apple (joke, geddit?) is rotten. He makes a number of points relating to both the way in which the company is run, and the lack of openness in…
UK: Modu 2 coming in 2010?
We’ve written a lot on Modu before (here and here for example), but news comes to us via GSM Arena that in fact the Modu 2 is due soon(-ish)… For those of you that don’t remember the brand proposition so well (ooh, that’s *so* marketing!), the Modu came as a central core of a handset,…
UK: Is this charger a wind-up? Yes!
MobileFun have just sent me details through of an innovative charger for mobile devices – utilising the power of the wrist (oops, better be careful here), it also packs a torch inside too! Environmentally friendly and money saving, it’s both compact and tough. A solid ergonomic design and powerful internal dynamo make this is an…
Come on UK readers! Who wants an HTC Magic?
Our current competition is the biggest yet: an HTC Magic from Vodafone. Yes, that means it’s for our UK readers, and because it’s a doozy, we’ll be running it for two weeks and offering four ways to enter. Leave a comment on the podcast post Follow @IntoMobile on twitter Use the #intomobile tag when tweeting Visit the HTC…
Wireless Power Consortium release next draft of standard
The Wireless Power Consortium has released the 0.95 technical specification for review by its members and announced the launch of prototype testing at a members’ interoperability test to be held on 15-17 September, 2009. The Consortium also announced that it has chosen the logo “Qi” (pronounced “chee”, meaning “energy flow”) to represent the first international…
Update: Samsung Galaxy i7500 on O2 due imminently
Well it’s a small update of sorts…. A few days back, I reported on a story from Electricpig, stating that the i7500 Galaxy (an Android handset from Samsung) was due in a week or so. To try and substantiate this, I asked O2 directly, and their spokesman said: “The Samsung Galaxy is currently going through…
TCM Mobile and Ganton to launch first cellular VoIP network in India
TCM Mobile has announced it has signed an MOU with Ganton Limited to deploy a commercial cellular VoIP operating network in India. This will be the world’s first commercial network to utilize TCM’s patented telecommunication technology (based on VoIP), and will be rolled out to an initial 500,000 subscribers with a project capex of US…
Video handsets sales to go up, but same isn’t true for content – says Analyst
Infonetics Research has just released a summary of the findings from their latest mobile video report which makes interesting reading… basically it says that whilst sales of video-enabled handsets will surge, the revenue from video and other content won’t! “Though video-capable phones continue to become more widely available, subscriber uptake of pay TV services (not…
Update: T-Mobile Pulse might be 250 Euros…
Phandroid is all over a story regarding the T-Mobile Pulse, which I wrote about before here: T-Mobile are supposedly following their G1 with a new device from Huawei – whilst the Chinese manufacturer gives it the somewhat boring ‘8220? code, T-Mobile could be calling this baby the ‘Pulse’, if the rumours are right. The more interesting point…