AT&T has announced that they’re going to be brining the Dell Aero to customers “soon” for a yet to be announced price. We do have photos however, and a minor list of specifications: 3.5 inch screen with 640 x 360 resolution, 5 megapixel camera, and GPS. The UI was built by AT&T and Dell together,…
iPad: Applications: Barnes & Noble, Kindle, both coming to Apple’s new device
Not many people know this about me, but I have an iPod Touch. I don’t use it for music, since I never listen to music while traveling, and I don’t use it for web browsing, since I have my Nexus One for that, and I don’t use it for gaming because I’d rather hang out…
China Telecom, China’s 3rd largest operator, confirms Palm Pre coming in July, BlackBerry in May
Way back, in November of 2009, we told you that China Telecom may be, might be, could possibly, bring the Palm Pre to their network. Today, during China Telecom’s full year results conference call, the company took the opportunity to announce that not only will the Palm Pre be coming to China’s 3rd largest network…
Must Read: The mobile phone industry is covering up data about radiation
Gentlemen’s Quarterly (GQ) isn’t the first publication that comes to mind when you think hard about hard hitting investigative journalism, but Christopher Ketcham, with support from the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, wrote up close to 4500 words about mobile phone radiation that goes through the entire history of the topic; from how it…
Ultrabrief: Samsung: Over half of the mobile phones we make this year will be made in China
If you buy a mobile phone made by Samsung this year (why the hell would you?) then there’s a greater than 50% chance that it will have been made in China. Now for many people, where a device is made isn’t really important. For other people, it is. A friend of mine is going back…
SanDisk finally comes out with a 32 GB microSDHC card, it’s $200, ships next month
How long have 16 GB cards been on the market? Too fucking long is the right answer. People’s thirst for storage will never be satisfied, and to solve that SanDisk has finally come out with a 32 GB microSD card. Take your microSD card out of your phone right now. Look at it. Isn’t that…
Have problems disconnecting? Mail your mobile phone away for a few days
Johanna Nieminen, a student at the Aalto University School of Art and Design in Finland, created an exhibit titled “Disconnected Holidays” for her MA Industrial and Strategic Design Program. The concept is devastatingly simple. Say you’re going to go on a holiday, and you don’t want to be plagued by the constant beeping and buzzing…
Brief: Bharti Airtel finally getting the iPhone 3GS; no date or price given
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest operator with over 124 million customers, has announced that they’re going to carry the iPhone 3GS. They’ve been selling the iPhone 3G since August 2008, and the iPhone 3GS was released internationally during the summer of 2009, so people there are probably a bit anxious. Will they get the new iPhone,…
Review: TinyPlug MicroUSB Charger [The Smallest Charger In The World!]
On February 17, 2009 the GSMA issued a press release announcing that “17 leading mobile operators and manufacturers” agreed to standardize the interface to charge the devices they’d sell in the future to microUSB by the year 2012. Now I’ve been a Nokia man my whole life, until February of this year that is when…
NPD Group: 3 out of every 10 mobile phones purchased in the USA during Q409 were smartphones
The NPD Group, which uses monthly survey results from over 150,000 consumers, has released some interesting numbers. They say that 31% of all mobile phones purchased in the United States during Q409 were smartphones, compare that to only 23% in Q408. Two out of every three of those smartphones cost consumers $150 or less, compared…