Nokia launched 3 new devices today, and they all have one thing in common: QWERTY keyboards. Let’s start with the most expensive, the C6 (pictured above). It has a 3.2 inch screen with resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, supports quadband GSM/EDGE, and as a first for Nokia it also supports quadband HSPA! That’s right,…
Dell Mini 3T1 and Mini 3iX find their way on to the internet, available only in China
That, ladies and gentlemen, is the Dell Mini 3T1. It’s the second smartphone from Dell, and we know very little about it. What OS does it run, what are the exact dimensions, when will it launch, how much will it cost? All questions we can’t answer. What we do know is that it has a…
Intel, Samsung, Motorola, all join effort to speed up adoption of WiMAX 2; Sprint and Clearwire missing
WiMAX 1.0, otherwise known as 802.16e, is soon going to be replaced by WiMAX 2.0, more affectionately called 802.16m, and it’s promising to be a hell of a lot faster. It’s proper 4G, meaning it delivers 100 Mbps to mobile devices and 1 Gbps to fixed (not moving) modems. The only competitor to WiMAX 2…
Nokia to announce Ovi Maps and Messaging integration tomorrow, no new devices
Nokia put up a count down timer to an event set to kick off in a little under 22 hours, and while fanbois may be foaming at the mouth, expecting to finally hear some information about the N8 that’s been leaked to high heaven, Eldar from Mobile-Review has it under good authority that what we’re…
Palm, the company, to go on sale this week; HTC and Lenovo seem interested
Three moles, who obviously don’t want to be identified, gave some juice information to Bloomberg today. They say that Palm is seeking bids for the company as early as this week, and that HTC and Lenovo may be snooping around. According to Adnaan Ahmad, an analyst with Berenberg Bank, Palm is burning about $80 million…
Nokia buys MetaCarta, Massachusetts based mapping company with more than 30 employees
Just Landed – 36 Hours from blprnt on Vimeo. The recession must be over, because Nokia has brought 2 companies so far this year. Just 2 weeks ago the Finnish giant purchased Novarra, which provides the infrastructure to do something similar to what Opera does with Opera Mini. Today Nokia has announced that they’ve purchased…
Quick Fact: Apple has sold over 7.5 million iPhones since December 26, 2009
Steve Jobs got on stage today to announce iPhone OS 4.0, and along with it he said that Apple has sold over 50 million iPhones. The last time Apple gave an update as to the number of iPhones they sold was on January 25, 2010 when they published their Q1 2010 fiscal results. As of…
Apple patents “peer to peer financial transaction devices”, looking to be your next wallet
If you owe your friend $5.00, you usually either buy him a beer the next time you hang out with him, or slip him a Lincoln, but that’s too old school for Apple’s taste. In the future you and your friend both have NFC enabled mobile phones and you simply tap them to make a…
Ultrabrief: Rumour: Apple to release 5 to 7 inch iPad in Q1 2011 for under $400
Digitimes Analyst Mingchi Kuo, based on talks with component suppliers, is predicting that Apple is going to launch an iPad in Q1 2011 that’s between 5 and 7 inches large and will retail for less than $400. It’s meant for users who don’t really want to input a lot of text. Judging from the many…
Nokia Comes with Music comes to China, without DRM [Who cares? Piracy is rampant over there!]
“Yue Sui Xiang”, or “Comes with Music” in Chinese, has launched in the land of little factories, dotted across the entire region, pumping out everything from your television set to the shampoo you use. It’ll be available on one of eight devices initially: Nokia X6 32GB and Nokia X6 16GB, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5330, Nokia…