AT&T’s marketing machine is in damage control mode right now. Remember that post I wrote a few days ago about AT&T’s network sucking because the company didn’t configure it properly? Check out the email I just got: Hey Stefan, Saw your post and wanted to get you a response – we don’t think there’s any…
Photos and a Video: The GSM Motorola Droid, found in Vietnam
Don’t ask, don’t tell, that seems to be the policy in Vietnam where somehow gadget site tinhte.com gets the latest stuff before the western world. Oh sure, Verizon customers will enjoy the CDMA version of the Droid come November 6th, but the real meat and potatoes to be had is in Asia. If the GSM…
Picture: How does Garmin feel about Google’s free GPS Navigation application?
Google announced Google Maps Navigation earlier today, and it crouched on several people’s business models. Check out how Garmin, makers of dedicated turn by turn navigation devices, reacted: [Hat tip to @zpower, otherwise known as Chris Ziegler from Engadget Mobile]
Videos: Official: Google Maps Navigation; Google’s first turn by turn app, Android 2.0 only
Now we all use and love Google Maps, but turn by turn navigation has always been missing. With the Motorola Droid announcement today there was a mention of a new application: Google Maps Navigation, and as the name implies, it finally adds navigation capabilities to Google Maps, albeit with some limitations. It only works on…
Motorola Droid Official: Launching November 6 on Verizon Wireless for $200 on a 2 year contract
It finally happened. After months of speculation, a new name, and a very big leak, Motorola has officially announced the world’s first Google Android 2.0 (Éclair) device: Droid. This monster will be available on Verizon Wireless starting November 6th for $200 (after $100 mail in rebate) on a 2 year contract. You’ll have to sign…
T-Mobile UK launching Nokia 5800, Comes with Music included, on November 1st for free on contract
T-Mobile UK will be offering a special, Chrome coloured (not pictured above, but just imagining what it would look like makes me go ewww), edition of the Nokia 5800 on Sunday, sources tell Mobile Entertainment. The device will be free on a 2 year contract, 30£/month. Note that the Comes with Music subscription only lasts…
Jan Ole Suhr, the man behind Gravity: “More than 90% of my revenue comes from my website”
While listening to All About Symbian podcast epsiode 154, one sound bite jumped out at me. At around 21 minutes and 20 seconds in, Rafe Blandford asked Jan Ole Suhr, the one man development shop who is best known for his Twitter client called Gravity, what is the revenue split from the Ovi Store, Handango,…
Video: Wall Street Journal reviews the Nokia Booklet 3G: 8 hours of battery with harsh use
The Wall Street Journal takes a stab at reviewing the Nokia Booklet 3G, the first laptop to come from the Finnish handset maker hellbent on becoming an “internet company”. Katherine Boehret loves the battery life, saying “after running it through a harsh test with its screen cranked up to the brightest setting, Wi-Fi on, music…
Video: Dear Nokia: The Nokia N97 blows and you know it
I posted this video on the @IntoMobile Twitter account, which if you haven’t followed already may be due to head trauma suffered as a child, and I wasn’t going to blog it … that is until I read what Ewan MacLeod had to say about it: Brilliant, brilliant video from the Phoneage / Tehkseven chaps.…
Sony Ericsson Satio: Consumers get a 1000 mAh battery while employees get 1350 mAh
Steve O’Hear is in London this week for the 2009 Symbian Exchange and Exposition and had a brief sit down with Anders Westin, Head of Software Relations, Sony Ericsson. Several questions were asked, mainly concerning Sony Ericsson’s current portfolio which spans every single smartphone operating system under the sun, including, hopefully, Android 2.0 on the…