In case you haven’t heard the news from all the other technology blogs out there, Nokia is suing AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Samsung, Sharp, LG, Tatung, Seiko Epson, Samsung SDI, Hitachi, Toshiba and Philips, for allegedly fixing the prices of LCD screens between January 1, 1996 to December 11, 2006. That’s 10 years of…
iPhone App: AT&T’s “Mark the Spot” turns iPhone owners into wireless network testers
A long, long time ago I was once told that if people in Japan ever experienced a dead zone, they would simply call their mobile operator, tell them what happened and where, and soon their problem would be fixed and an apology would be issued. Will AT&T do the same with their “Mark the Spot”…
Google Goggles: A new service that promises to make searching the internet as easy as taking a photo
CNBC recently aired a program called “Inside the Mind of Google” and revealed that Google is working on a visual search project that internally is referred to as Google Goggles. The application, which will premier on Android devices, will let a user snap a photo of anything and then Google will deliver search results based…
HTC roadmap leaked, with product photos: Legend, Salsa, Tide, Buzz, Bravo, Photon, Trophy and Tera
Part of HTC’s 2010 roadmap has been leaked by “B3ler3fonte”, member of the xda-developers fourm. The 8 new devices fall into 4 new segments that HTC will be targeting, in much the same way that Nokia or Sony Ericsson target different audiences depending on the product being marketed. In the “Design/Lifestyle” category we have “Legend”,…
Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition: The cheapest device with GPS to ever hit the market [110 EUR]
Nokia’s massive scale allows them to drive down their costs drastically. While many, practically all of you, will never buy the 2710 Navigation Edition, there are people in emerging economies who are going to enjoy the safety of having a map in their pocket at all times and knowing where on that map they’re currently…
T minus 2 days until Samsung reveals Bada; EA and Twitter to be at the launch event
I don’t know about you, but I’m actually quite curious to see what Samsung has up their sleeves with their home grown Bada operating system. You may not know this, but Samsung is the second largest handset maker in the world. They’re not a little fish in the sea, and depending on which analyst you…
Ultrabrief: Google Maps hits 3.3.1 to fix a problem with Layers [Symbian, Windows Mobile]
Remember when I told you about Google Maps 3.3 around 72 hours ago? They’ve issued a small update, 3.3.1, to fix a problem that some people have been having with Layers. Just type http://m.google.com/maps in your mobile browser and install the new version. That is all. Enjoy your weeked. [Hat tip to All About Symbian]
Head of HTC Sweden: Hero successor to be shown in February 2010, will be in stores shortly thereafter
Patrik Andersson, formerly Channel Manager at LG, is now Head of HTC Sweden. Having recently took office his first order of business was to recruit 10 people under him to handle sales and marketing in the land of IKEA and meatballs. He says that standing in a room full of people arguing about megapixels and…
Ovi Prime Place: A service for businesses to put their information on Ovi Maps [Yellow Pages 2.0]
In October we discovered that Nokia trademarked “Ovi Prime Place” and ever since then we’ve been wondering, what kind of service could it possibly be? Wonder no more, it’s officially launched! Ovi Prime Place is a free services that businesses can use to put their contact details and other store information on Ovi Maps. It’s…
Former Psion employee and Editor at All About Symbian launch the PsiXpda [3G, QWERTY, Windows XP]
Paul Pinnock left Psion, the once famous British company who pioneered the mobile computer space, in 1995 to start POS Limited. His new company offered service and support to Psion owners, a group of people whose dedication to their machines is equal to that of Apple fanbois from the 80s and 90s. One of these…