Update: Several videos after the jump. The Nokia N8, which we’ve known about, and seen, for a few months already, is finally official. Due to hit “select markets” in Q3 of this year for 370 EUR ($495), it’s the first Symbian^3 handset from Nokia, and the first to feature a 12 megapixel camera plus 720p…
What does Dilbert have to say about the lost iPhone prototype? [Unreleased comics]
Scott Adams, the man behind the most excellent Dilbert cartoon that many of us who have worked in a corporate environment find all too real, and slightly depressing, has released two comics about the lost iPhone prototype that was eventually sold to Gizmodo and then put up on the internet for all to see. Adams…
Gizmodo Editor in Chief has computers seized by police, iPhone 4 to blame
I’m pretty sure I speak for everyone here at IntoMobile when I say that our heart goes out to Jason Chen. Poor guy had his computers taken away by the police last night while he was out with his wife having dinner, all because Steve Jobs is pissed off as all hell about the fact…
Nokia N8 specification sheet leaked [12 megapixel, Xenon flash, 720p video, T-Mobile USA 3G]
Earlier today we reported on a preview of the Nokia N8 that Eldar from Mobile-Review published. He didn’t really like the thing, but anyway, for those of you still interested we have the full Nokia N8 specification sheet courtesy of Unwired View: 12 megapixel camera with f/2.8, 28mm wide angle Carl Zeiss optics, and Xenon…
Yahoo! and Samsung sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g [Samsung’s fones to ship without Google]
Samsung and Yahoo! “announced a strategic global partnership” today, that comes down to this: future Samsung devices, including those running Bada and Android, will come preloaded with Yahoo! services. Now I know what you’re thinking, why? Who the hell still uses Yahoo!? In Asia, a lot of folks. In fact, it’s the number one instant…
Taiwan: We may launch LTE around 2016 and it’ll be on the 700 MHz band
While the world looks towards Sweden, the very first country to launch LTE, and wonders when they too will be able to enjoy double digit megabit per second download speeds while on the go, many countries are only just now starting to talk about their LTE plans. We’ve got America, the most ambitious, probably due…
Video: David Letterman: Top 10 excuses for the guy who lost the iPhone prototype
It’s 2 minutes 35 seconds long, and the number 1 reason is a punchline that many of you on the East and West Coast will understand: For those of you who need more back story: Gary Powell. [Via: Daily Mobile]
The Japanese are building a mobile operating system that will run both Symbian and Linux apps
Filed under “huge waste of research and development costs”, today we have a press release saying that NTT DOCOMO, Renesas, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Sharp Corporation are going to combine forces to create a mobile operating system that will be compatible with both Symbian, and Linux. It’s due to come out by March…
Nokia C5 and Nokia X5 come with TD-SCDMA for China Mobile
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of number of subscribers, uses a non-standard form of 3G called “TD-SCDMA”. They invented this standard themselves, solely due to the fact that they didn’t want to pay patents for the WCDMA technology that’s used all over the world. New technology = needs new devices to support…
Nokia N8, first Symbian^3 handset, gets previewed and is deemed an embarrassment to Nokia
Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review, makes Gary Powell look like an amateur when it comes to leaking early prototypes. Eldar gets things weeks, even months before everyone else, and has been for years. How he does it … no one actually knows, and whether or not his opinions on preproduction unfinished hardware and…