Sprint, who owns 54% of Clearwire, is having problems finding the money to finish building their WiMAX network and are thinking of letting T-Mobile become a partner according to The Wall Street Journal. It doesn’t help that Sprint’s current 4G strategy is to offer a technology that no one really wants, and then admit that…
China: Show us your papers if you want a SIM card!
China, a country of over 1 billion people and home to the world’s largest operator, China Mobile, has passed legislation that requires everyone who purchases a SIM card to show identification. Even foreigners who are just visiting. Now this isn’t unheard of, every time the IntoMobile team goes to Spain for Mobile World Congress we…
Huawei to announce high end Android 2.2 device that was co-developed with Google on Thursday
According to The Wall Street Journal, Huawei, the Chinese brand that does both infrastructure equipment and dabbles in devices, will announce a high end Android 2.2 device on Thursday that was jointly developed with Google. That’s a huge win if it’s true, considering the only other device that Google ever admitted to having a say…
Ultrabrief: MeeGo 1.1 to land in October 2010, 1.2 in April 2011
Just thought I’d throw out some dates to remember. First off there’s Nokia World, due to take place on September 14th and 15th in London. You bet your sweet ass they’ll be devices announced, and we’re hoping the leaked N9 that we saw earlier this month is one of them. If not at Nokia World…
Sierra Wireless announces the world’s first dual channel HSPA+ USB modem [42 Mbps is yummy in my tummy]
Sierra Wireless has just announced the world’s first dual channel HSPA+ modem, the AirCard 312U. It’s going to be sold in Australia as the “Telstra Ultimate USB modem“, which is just about the most bad ass name you can call a laptop accessory. Telstra, as far as I’m aware, is the only operator in the…
Leak: Photos: LG E900: Windows Phone 7, 3.7 inch screen, Snapdragon
Courtesy of Android.com.pl are photos of a yet to be announced LG device running Windows Phone 7. The site says that there’s a Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 inside, which Engadget is claiming runs at 1.3 GHz, but the QSD8650 is the same 1 GHz processor that’s been shipping in several devices, including the HTC Evo 4G.…
Todd Achilles, former HTC Executive, now handling Palm’s sales force at HP
Todd Achilles, whose named couldn’t be more ironic because of the struggle that Palm is facing integrating into HP and that HP is facing in making a credible name for themselves in the smartphone market, is now in charge of both companies sales teams for the Americas. Achilles has experience in this space. He used…
Videos: Intel CEO Paul Otellini on the Infineon and McAfee acquisitions, plus thoughts on Obama
You’re rarely going to hear me say this, so here it goes: Fox News recently recorded a stellar interview with Intel CEO Paul Otellini and discussed the acquisition of Infineon’s wireless solutions unit, the purchase of antivirus firm McAfee, and his thoughts on how the current administration is and isn’t letting businesses grow. Venture Beat…
Video: What’s the SMS experience like on Windows Phone 7? [Spoiler: Amazing]
Since Microsoft is basically starting from scratch in terms of the user experience of their mobile operating system, many of you might be wondering: what’s the SMS messaging experience like on Windows Phone 7? I may be a tall, wide shouldered, burly man in my mid 20s, but I text like a 13 year old…
Rumor: Nokia C6-01: Symbian^3, 8 megapixel camera, old fashioned design
Nokia’s new naming scheme initially started out as a welcome change from the old cryptic 4 digit product codes now replaced by a letter followed by a number, but things quickly have gone to hell in a handbasket with devices such as the C1-00, C1-01, C1-02, and now a leaked Symbian^3 handset called the C6-01.…