Deutsche Telekom, otherwise known as T-Mobile, is looking at buying Sprint Nextel according to sources that spoke to the Telegraph. A bid could come within the next few weeks. As of Q2 2009, Verizon had 87.7 million customers, AT&T 79.6 million, Sprint Nextel 48.8 million and T-Mobile 33.5 million customers. If T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel…
LG Etna officially announced, to be called GW620 from now on; boring, boring and more boring
Some guy in South Korea working at LG woke up one day, downloaded the Google Android source code, compiled it, and then slapped it on a mobile phone that he had laying around his desk. Tweak the wallpaper a little bit, call up the marketing department, and boom, you have a handset. Say hello to…
Japanese mobile phones come to come with software that will check if you purchased your music
Straight from the “OMFGWTFBBQ” category, Japan is planning on rolling out a system some time in 2011 that will check the music files on your mobile phone, with a server located in some secret location that has 24/7 security courtesy of a group of specially trained ninjas, for pirated music. If the song doesn’t pass…
Brief: Nokia Booklet 3G available for preorder in Italy for €699 ($1020)
Hat tip to SlashGear for pointing out the avilability of the Nokia Booklet 3G, the company’s first netbook, in Italy for a whopping €699. I don’t know about you, but I’m staying far, far, far away. Specs, videos, and pictures can be seen in my Nokia World 2009 coverage blog post.
Brief: INQ says they’re going to use Android in future devices
INQ, the handset maker owned by operator Hutchison Whampoa, better known as 3, is going to be releasing an Android device in 2010, rather than continuing to stick to the BREW platform. The statement was made at Mobilize 09 by INQ CEO Frank Meehan. Quick recap: their first fone was the INQ1, and more recently…
The Nokia Mural has been on sale for less than a week, and AT&T just pulled it off the shelves
The Nokia Mural, a really low end cheap clam shell phone that doesn’t even run S60, has been pulled off the shelves according to The Boy Genius Report who cites that the 3G feature inside the Mural has been “inadvertently turned off during production at Nokia.” Are you serious? Nokia doesn’t even know how to…
Nokia 7705 Twist for Verizon: QWERTY, 3 megapixel camera, $100 after 2 year contract
The Nokia 7705 is finally official, after numerous leaks, and even a clone produced by the Chinese. For $150 ($50 mail in rebate) and a 2 year contract you get a 2.71 inch x 2.71 inch x 0.59 inch phone that weighs 3.44 ounces and has a 2.5 mm headphone jack that makes it useless…
Nokia 2200 Slide leaked: Ultra cheap, dual band GSM/EDGE, 3.5 mm headphone jack
The Nokia 2200 Slide has been leaked by Czech site mobil.cz and while it may not be impressive spec wise, it is nice to see something in this price range (85 EUR; $125) with a standard headphone jack. What we’re looking at is a 97.2 mm x 47 mm x 15.9 mm thin device that…
Palm Pixi announced the same day as Apple’s Rock and Roll event, will anyone notice?
The Palm Pixi has been officially announced. Take the Palm Pre in the current state, remove WiFi, remove 80 pixels of vertical resolution, downgrade the camera, add support for Yahoo! and LinkedIn syncing, a preinstalled Facebook application, and badda boom, you’ve got the Pixi. To be more specific about the specifications: 2.63-inch multi-touch screen, 18-bit…
Video: Nokia’s concept of the future does away with keyboards and screens, is full of augmented reality
Not much info on this video. It was shared with me via Twitter from @alextootchie. Enjoy: Think something like this will ever happen? Do you even want it to happen? Update: And the paper [PDF document] that goes with this video. Hat tip to @chilko.