The CTIA Wireless Association, which is also holding a show at this very moment if you haven’t been reading Will and Simon’s blog posts from the show floor, is starting an initiative that will require all mobile phones sold in America to have a 3.5 mm headphone jack and microUSB port. If the initiative is…
Samsung accidentally announces the “Moment” for Sprint
Samsung issued a press release today about their groovy AMOLED displays. Their contrast is great, the darks are darker, the colors pop out, and power consumption goes down, but viewing angles in outdoor conditions go straight to hell when compared to transflective LCD displays. Anyway, back to the juicy bit of the press release, the…
Brief: Nokia Booklet 3G to go on sale in Germany on O2 for €249 on a €20/month 24 month contract
The Nokia Booklet 3G will go on sale in Germany for O2 customers on October 22 for €249 ($366) with a 2 year contract of €20 ($30) per month. To get unlimited data however, you’re going to have to cough up €25 ($37) per month. The Booklet 3G will supposedly go on sale in America…
Video of the Day: Apache vs. Voodoo People
This video was uploaded to YouTube on August 23, 2007. Why has it taken over 2 years to reach my eyes is beyond me: The sad thing is that I really do dance like that in clubs. No wonder the women don’t talk to me. Thank science for inventing rohypnol. [Hat tip to Anssi Mäkelä…
Video: iLickit, the first iPhone app that requires the use of your tongue
I’m utterly speechless that someone in their spare time made such a … such a … well fuck it, I’ve ran out of metaphors. Chances are if you use iLickit in public, you’ll never get laid. Which is a good thing, because if you download this application, maybe you should be prevented from reproducing. If…
Global Foundries to make 28 nm ARM Cortex A9 processor
A lot of you have heard of Intel, they do have over 80% of today’s processor market share, but does anymore remember AMD? Advanced Micro Devices, based in Texas, was losing money, a lot of money, and they decided to spin off their factories into a separate company, which was then pumped full of cash…
Brief: Nokia Booklet 3G appears in Best Buy’s database, October 25th launch, $600
The Boy Genius had his ninjas digg up a screenshot of Best Buy’s inventory system that shows the national electronic chain will being selling Nokia’s first netbook, the Booklet 3G, for $600 starting October 25th. This might be true, it might be shenanigans, either way, we thought you’d like to know.
Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 22
Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1, I explained what RSS is and how…
Brief: Rumor: Acer: Half of our 2010 models will run Android
Acer, who only started making smartphones after purchasing E-Ten in March 2008, has been making a few Windows Mobile handsets, but “industry sources” have told Digitimes that over half of Acer’s 2010 models will be running Android. Their first Android device, the A1, will be announced this November. Take this with a grain of salt.
Nokia joins the Wireless Power Consortium
Nokia, you know, the guys in Finland who make 4 out of every 10 mobile phones on the planet, joined the Wireless Power Consortium on September 30th. “Wireless charging technology carries significant potential to enhance consumer experience of battery charging” said Markku Verkama, Director, Devices R&D, Nokia. “Consumers expect ease of use and general compatibility…