Nokia’s Symbian^3 powered C7, which was announced on September 14th of this year and started shipping less than a month later on the 11th of October, has a little secret. Buried inside is a chip that is capable of interacting with other devices via near field communication (NFC), but due to schedules that failed to…
Mark Papermaster, former IBM employee, then hired and fired by Apple, now works at Cisco
Mark Papermaster is a man whose name is most commonly associated with the issues that plague the antenna in Apple’s fourth generation iPhone. The 49 year old was picked up by Apple after working at IBM for over 25 years where he was, among other things, Vice President of Microprocessor Technology Development. This guy was…
Nokia Battery Monitor: Find out what’s killing your battery and discover how you really use your phone
These days it doesn’t matter how smart your smartphone is, when the battery dies it’s absolutely useless. It’s why RIM is so popular with the business crowd, it’s why the mainstream stayed away from the first generation of Android devices, and it’s why Apple iPhone owners buy those bulky slip on cases that have an…
Verizon’s upcoming USB LTE modems leaked: LG VL600 and Pantech UML290
An advertisement showing Verizon’s upcoming USB LTE modems has been discovered by Engadget and while details are scarce, at least we’ve got some product names. The two modems, due to be announced by the end of this year, are the LG VL600 and Pantech UML290. The LG model we’ve seen before, courtesy of the FCC,…
Sony Ericsson X7 and X7 Mini to bring Windows Phone 7 in 4.3 inch and 3.5 inch flavors in Q1 2011?
Recently a YouTube video was uploaded showing what is supposedly Sony Ericsson’s X7 and X7 Mini smartphones, both running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. If the information is to be believed, then the X7 will sport a 4.3 inch screen, be powered by a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8260 processor, have an 8.1 megapixel…
Africa now has over half a billion mobile subscribers [That’s a lot of phones]
Africa, a continent that’s highly diverse with nations that are well off while others maintain the same living standards that people had several centuries ago, has just crossed an impressive threshold. There are now over half a billion mobile subscriptions, giving people such rich services as mobile banking, reminders to take medication to treat AIDS…
Leak: Samsung to announce 4.5 inch screen Android device with 1.2 GHz processor in February
We recently wrote about the Samsung Nexus S that was leaked via Best Buy’s website, and isn’t exactly the most prettiest of devices, but don’t fret because Engadget just scored a leak of another Samsung handset due to be announced in February that packs a 1.2 GHz processor, 8 megapixel camera with the ability to…
Nokia releases new Wellness Diary Beta to help you from turning into a chunky monkey
Growing up my father always used to say “mens sana in corpore sano” which translates to “a healthy mind in a healthy body”. Those are the two things, probably the only two things, you need to lead a fulfilling life. In reality it was just a fancy way of him telling me to get my…
ABI Research: Operators are going to be writing billion dollar checks for 4G gear in 2011
If you’re the head of a wireless operator then chances are you come to work crying every day because you know that the network you’ve poured millions, maybe even billions, into is showing signs of strain thanks to devices like Apple’s iPhone and the wide variety of Android handsets available on the market. You may…
Survey says 60% of wireless operators are experiencing data congestion [20% say it’s severe]
Amdocs, a company you’ve probably never heard that’s used throughout the world by top tier operators as their customer billing backend, surveyed 30 wireless operators and asked them how data usage is impacting their network. An astonishing 60% said that they’re experiencing data congestion, that is there are frankly too many bits in the air…