Macworld Expo, the event hosted by IDG World Expo that has traditionally been used by Apple to launch new computers, will be hosting their first ever Macworld Mobile event next February in conjunction with the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress. For those of you who haven’t been to Mobile World Congress, it’s an annual pilgrimage that…
Samsung Orion: 1 GHz 45 nanometer dual core ARM Cortex A9, 1080p encode/decode, triple screen support
Samsung has just announced code name Orion, a 45 nanometer dual core ARM Cortex A9 application processor clocked at 1 GHz with a 5 factor increase in GPU performance compared to previous generation models. Expected to ship to select customers later this year, and begin mass production during the first half of 2011, Orion has…
Nokia to introduce the E7 and other smartphone models at Nokia World next week
Nokia’s most important event of the year, dubbed Nokia World, will begin next week in London and sources who have spoken to Reuters say that the E7, along with other smartphone models, will be announced at the show. If true, and we have no reason to believe otherwise, then the E7 will become the first…
More TeliaSonera LTE benchmarks: 33.4 Mbps average download, 12.7 Mbps average upload
TeliaSonera is the world’s first operator to launch a commercial LTE network, turning on the high speed wireless technology in both the city of Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway simultaneously in December 2009. Since then all eyes have been on them to see what the technology can do, and how receptive customers are to the…
Ultrabrief: October 5th: The day Orange UK customers can use T-Mobile UK’s network and vice versa
Almost 1 year ago to the day, T-Mobile UK and Orange UK announced that they’d merge their wireless networks. More than half a year later, in May of this year, they announced that their merged network would be called “Everything Everywhere“. Today the joint venture has announced that starting October 5th customers from both networks…
More images of the Limited Edition R2-D2 Motorola Droid 2 for Verizon hit the net [Ohhh, pretty!]
The Limited Edition R2-D2 Motorola Droid 2 for Verizon, due to launch at the end of this month, has made a cameo appearance on Verizon’s website and it’s a beauty. Not only does the Droid 2 come with a special paint job that George Lucas makes a penny off of for every unit sold, but…
Video: Demo of the new HDR camera feature for Apple’s iOS 4.1 shows it’s not all it’s cracked up to be
One of the features in Apple’s upcoming 4.1 version of iOS is the ability to capture high dynamic range (HDR) photos, and on paper it sounds like such a feature should increase picture quality, but in the 5 minute 34 second demo by TechThrow below it looks like the implementation was rushed, wasn’t tested thoroughly…
Vodafone Germany announces LTE business model: More money gets you faster speeds and more data
Vodafone Germany has announced how they’re going to price their upcoming LTE service, due to launch later this month according to LTE World. For 40 EUR per month consumers will get capped at a maximum download speed of 7.2 Mbps and the ability to download 10 GB of data. An additional 10 EUR gives customers…
Nokia turning off Ovi Files; 3 people seen crying, 1 commits suicide
Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker who has been struggling in their attempt to launch an attractive set of consumer facing services, has announced that they’re going to shut down Ovi Files on October 1st. Similar to Dropbox, one of the most popular cloud based storage solutions, Ovi Files let you store and access your…
Yota dumps WiMAX, launches Russia’s first LTE network: 147 cell towers cover over 1 million people
Yota, one of the first operators in the world to launch a network based on WiMAX technology, has dumped the Intel backed standard in favor of LTE, which has recently gained global acceptance by over 100 operators according to the GSA. Their first network covers the 3rd largest city in Russia, Kazan, and it’s over…