While many IntoMobile readers carry mid to high end smartphones, most of the known world uses feature phones since they’re cheaper and also tend to last longer since they’re designed to be used in countries with extreme climate conditions. All you Twitter and Facebook addiction shouldn’t underestimate the popularity of plain old voice calls and…
Microsoft raises the amount of free apps a developer can offer from 5 to 100 [More crapware to come?]
The gatekeepers of Microsoft’s Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 are feeling rather generous seeing as how they’re now allowing developers to submit up to 100 free applications for users to download. The previous limit was 5 and if you wanted to submit more apps you had to pay $20 a pop. The reasoning behind the…
Survey says only 20% of Americans use the mobile web every day [44% never used it, period]
Accessing the internet while on the go is the reason why many of us use smartphones in the first place. Whether you’ve got 100+ applications installed or absolutely none, the browser icon is the one you most often reach for while waiting in line at the supermarket or when you’re bored listening to your friends…
Mozilla releases Firefox 4 Beta 5 for Mobile [Promises more speed, stability]
Mozilla has once again updated their Firefox for Mobile browser, this time to version 4 beta 5. It’s available for Android 2.0 and higher devices as well as Nokia’s Maemo running N900. The change-log promises speed improvements in page rendering, startup time, scrolling, and it should also take up less RAM, though Mozilla does recommend…
Microsoft: 90% of Windows Phones updated with no issues [The few that failed were all Samsung’s fault]
Microsoft recently issued their first update to Windows Phone 7 and it didn’t go as smoothly as some people had hoped it would. Several people with Samsung devices reported that the software patch failed to install properly and there’s even a small group of people who had their high end smartphone turn into a paperweight.…
Details about how the Motorola Xoom will get 4G connectivity leak [Mail it in, wait a week]
When the Motorola Xoom was announced it was understood that at some point in time it would be getting access to Verizon’s 4G LTE network. How exactly was that going happen though has remained a mystery … until now. Documents that have been leaked to Droid Life suggest that customers who purchase a Xoom when…
Geek Porn: iFixit tears apart the Samsung Galaxy S 4G [ST-Ericsson provides 21 Mbps HSPA+]
The boys and girls over at iFixit are at it again, tearing apart the latest gadgets to hit the market in order to find out what makes them tick. The latest patient to visit their operating table is the Samsung Galaxy S 4G. Like Samsung’s hugely popular 10+ million unit selling Galaxy S, the 4G…
Samsung Galaxy S II does MHL [The microUSB port can be used for HDMI out]
At Mobile World Congress Samsung announced the Galaxy S II and we thought we caught all the important details that you guys would care about. The 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus screen, the dual core processor, the 8 megapixel camera, you know, that sort of stuff, but one little thing slipped past our radar: it…
RBS Analyst: Nokia will own 6.4% of the smartphone market in 2013, stock price will be 53% lower [Sell]
RBS analyst Didier Scemama is recommending that people with Nokia stock should just get rid of it. Now. He says that at one point he thought the stock price would hit 10 Euros, but now it’s more likely to reach 5.80 Euros. In a “base case” scenario the Nokia of 2013 will have 11% of…
Samsung creates the first full color display that uses quantum dots [At least 3 years away]
Millions of man hours worth of research had to be conducted in order to enable the technology that makes that brilliant screen on your mobile phone. From the dot matrix display on the first brick sized cell phones to the Super AMOLED Plus screen that makes the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II absolutely gorgeous to…









