At the 2010 GamesCon event that took place yesterday in Cologne, Germany, Microsoft officially announced that they’re going to have between 50 and 60 Windows Phone 7 games at launch and that one of those titles would be a game based on the Halo franchise. A Microsoft spokesperson added that “additional titles will be announced…
Apple hires Benjamin Vigier as Product Manager of Mobile Commerce [NFC in iPhone 5?]
Apple recently hired Benjamin Vigier as a “Product Manager” for the company’s “Mobile Commerce” unit according to his LinkedIn profile. His career in mobile spans all the way to 1997 where he was part of the team that invented Java for mobile phones or as we all know it: J2ME. Then in 1998 he did…
Verizon: You will not see smartphone devices with LTE before Christmas
In case you were wondering, the answer to the question of whether or not Verizon will have a smartphone with LTE inside by the end of this year is no. What about tablets? Still no. During the Oppenheimer Annual Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference, Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Killian had…
Ultrabrief: Limited Edition Motorola Droid 2 R2D2 Edition launching September 30th
Less than 48 hors ago I showed you guys the very first photo of the Limited Edition Motorola Droid 2 R2D2 Edition. Today I’ve got 1 more photo to share, and a launch date: September 30, 2010. Now go change your underpants. And you’re welcome. [Via: Android Central]
HTC Lexikon: Android 2.2, QWERTY, support for both HSPA+ and EV-DO
After writing an article earlier today about the HTC Mozart, I quickly skimmed Twitter user @Xmoo’s tweets and found this little gem. Above is a hardware sheet for a device called the “HTC Lexikon”. The 800 MHz Snapdragon processor, 5 megapixel camera, 512 MB of RAM, and built in QWERTY keyboard didn’t surprise me, but…
Leak: Photos: HTC Mozart [Ummm, why does this look exactly like the HTC Schubert?]
Several days ago I showed you a video of what I thought was the HTC Schubert. Now there are some more images, provided by Twitter user @Xmoo, hitting the net that suggest Schubert might actually be Mozart. To quote Red Forman from “That 70’s Show”, I could give a rat’s ass about what the code…
HTC holding a press event on September 15th, what are they going to reveal?
Gizmodo just received an invitation to an HTC press event scheduled to take place on the 15th of September. That’s a little over a month away. The invitation reads “Come see what HTC has dreamt up 15 September in London”. Right off the bat, the fact that it’s taking place in London automatically removes any…
Sprint: Kevin Packingham, guy responsible for the HTC EVO 4G, is leaving
Kevin Packingham, who has been working for Sprint since 1999, is leaving the company on August 16th. His name probably isn’t familiar to you, but he’s the dude who was responsible for the HTC EVO 4G account. Seeing how it was the first “4G” phone [check out my article “4G in America: Lies, Lies, and…
America’s shopping malls to blast coupons to your mobile phone using inaudible frequencies [The pain!]
Simon Property Group, which owns 370 shopping malls all across the United States, is teaming up with a Silicon Valley startup called Shopkick to try and make mobile coupons work. How long have we been hearing about mobile coupons, and how successful have they been? Anyway, I digress. Beginning this month 25 malls in New…
Ultrabrief: Idiot Alert: Two guys arrested for trying to parachute off a cell tower in Indiana
Two unnamed winners of the Darwin Award, ages 26 and 32, were planning to parachute off a cell tower in central Indiana. Police were alerted, they arrived, shined their spotlight at the two buffoons, who then proceeded to climb down before potentially killing themselves. They’re currently facing charges of preliminary misdemeanor trespassing. Maybe the cops…