It’s not necessarily a surprise, but T-Mobile has officially introduced the myTouch 3G Slide. The handset sports a full physical QWERTY keyboard and enough software tweaks to make you consider it even with all the other high-end Android handsets hitting the market. At 4.55″ x 2.37″ x .6″ the handset is actually not much thicker…
ABC working on streaming video app for iPad 3G?
It looks like ABC is preparing a version of its cool streaming video app for the iPad 3G, so you’ll soon be able to watch Lost on the go. According to the Business Insider, the reason the program hasn’t been available for the 3G version of the tablet is due to business and technical limitations.…
Swype to be on 10 million handsets by end of year
It’s good to see innovative technology be rewarded and I was tickled pink to hear that Swype said it’s technology will be on more than 10 million handsets by the end of the year, according to BusinessWeek. If you’re unfamiliar with the input technology, it was created by the guy who invented T9 and it…
Deutsche Telekom says its still committed to T-Mobile USA
Every few years, you’ll hear rumors that Deutsche Telekom is planning to spin off T-Mobile USA but the German carrier said this isn’t in the plans any time soon. Chief Executive Officer René Obermann said he isn’t “fully satisfied” with how the fourth-largest U.S. carrier is performing but it remains committed to the magenta mobile…
Mobile payment Corduro gets investment from Google
We don’t have much information but Google’s investment arm is pumping an undisclosed amount into the mobile payment startup Corduro. The company specializes in creating a a mobile payment platform that should enable small businesses to take credit card payments on the go. Its sparse site also says it can accept recurring payments and is…
IntoMobile breaks down the HP acquisition of Palm
We’ve had a little time to mull over HP’s $1.2 billion acquisition bid for the venerable handset-maker Palm and the IntoMobile team is divided on how big an impact this will have on the smartphone space. Does an “HPalm” represent a major new mobile player or are these just two dinosaurs huddling together for shelter?…
Devs get new Windows Phone 7 tools
We’re getting tantalizingly closer to the release of Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft has just unveiled some more developer tools in order to beef up the applications before Microsoft’ operating system hits the shelves. According to Microsoft, The Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Refresh includes: * This release has been tested to work with the…
Thumbplay Music comes to Android
We’ve seen Thumbplay Music on the BlackBerry platform already but now the streaming music service is coming to Android. The app offers unlimited streaming of over 8 million songs but the Android version lacks the ability to cache songs to the device. This is a major detraction in my eyes but the company promises this…
The mobile roundup – The HP buys Palm edition
We were in sunny Orlando for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry conference this week and thought its new handsets would be the big story of the week but then Hewlett-Packard dropped $1.2 billion to buy Palm. While that deal will have significant ramifications for years to come, there was also some hot hardware introduced and some…
Is Nokia’s CEO in trouble?
There may be a shakeup at the world’s largest handset maker, as Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasuvo is facing pressure from shareholders and may be on the way out, according to Reuters. This isn’t much of a surprise, as Nokia has failed to innovate and has been outpaced by the likes of Apple and HTC. Nokia’s…