Filed under “obvious things like this really need a law?” we’ve got the story of California Senate bill 525, which penalizes people dumb enough to try and sneak a mobile phone into prison. We covered this story back in April 2009 when SB525 was nothing more but a concept in the minds of legislators. As…
Peter Skillman, guy who designed the Palm Pre, leaving Palm
Peter Skillman isn’t a household name, but he’s been with Palm for 11 years and is credited with the design of the Pre. Today we find out he’s leaving the sinking ship, and we’ve got no idea where he’s heading next. It makes sense in the grand scheme of things for Peter to do this.…
Leak: Photo: Nokia 5250: It looks like a Sony Ericsson X10 Mini
Nokia have out done themselves this time by leaking one of their very own unannounced handsets. We don’t have any specifications, price points, or release dates. Just the image above. I’m going to make several assumptions based on what we do know, the model number. It’s a 5250, so you know it’s a low end…
Fun Fact: 1 Nigerian operator burns through 450 liters of diesel per second to power 3,600 cell towers
Mobile telecommunications have been heralded by many as a way for improvised nations to escape the clutches of their poverty by improving many aspects of daily life for the people who don’t know what YouTube or Facebook are. The question Isaac Mbiti from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and Jenny Aker from Tufts University…
Nokia Siemens Networks creates simple software update that doubles GSM capacity
Squeezing every last bit of efficiency out of the limited amount of spectrum operators can afford to buy from the government in whatever country they’re operating is a goal that has driven technological progress in the infrastructure market since the infrastructure market was born. Forget about the latency benefits or speed gains that come with…
Texas Instruments is the first company to license ARM’s Cortex Eagle processor
Warning: This article regarding Texas Instruments and the ARM Eagle processor design is going to be a little technical and it’s not going to impact you as a consumer for at least a year. You can be forgiven for not making it to the bottom or even closing your browser right now. Texas Instruments has…
In case you forgot: People under 35 don’t talk on the phone anymore [SMS ROX]
Ian Shapira from The Washington Post writes a story that we’ve been reading quarter after quarter, year after year, that young people no longer use their mobile phones to talk, but instead bang out text messages at a ferocious pace. The format of these articles are usually the same, highlighting parent’s gripes with their children’s…
Netflix sort of, kind of, confirms they’re making an Android application
On social news site Reddit, a member by the name of NFLX claims to be an employee at Netflix and that the company is actively hiring Android developers. Netflix, the service that ships DVDs to your home and helps you avoid the weird people who go to video rental stores to keep on checking out…
Video: Leak: HTC Schubert, one of the launch Windows Phone 7 devices?
Below we have a video recorded by Windows Phone 24/7 that purportedly showcases the HTC Schubert. Its funky design is mostly metal, but wrapped in rubber at several slanted angles, most likely to increase signal reception. There’s practically no information associated with this device, except a hunch from the leaker that it will be one…
New Firmware: Nokia 5800 (version 51) and 5530 (version 31)
The Nokia 5800, one of Nokia’s most popular touch screen models since it was the first touch screen device out of Finland, plus it was super cheap at launch, has just been updated to firmware version 51. The official change log states an improved Mail for Exchange experience, improved video calls, updated web browser, and…