While Nokia may be lacking the ability to make their mobile operating systems look modern, they do have supply chain skills that make most other companies envious. Thanks to the convenience offered by buying in bulk, Nokia has just announced their cheapest touch screen device yet, the 5230. It has a 2 megapixel camera, GPS,…
Preview: Nokia N97 Mini: Like the N97, but with a smaller screen, less storage, and less d-pad
Eldar from Mobile-Review is at it again, pissing Nokia off greatly by publishing a preview of an unannounced device. First it was the Nokia N900 a few days ago, and now it’s the Nokia N97 Mini, both devices are expected to be officially launched at Nokia World 2009 which takes place on September 2. Eldar…
Brief: AT&T will stop selling the Nokia 6650 immediately due to problems with the network?
Phone News is claiming that AT&T has put an immediate halt on the sale of the Nokia 6650 due to a network upgrade that was performed in Florida, and is scheduled to go nation wide, that is decreasing the battery life of the 6650 drastically and even causing units to reboot spontaneously. AT&T is instructing…
Review: Dabr, a relatively unknown mobile twitter client, yet my favorite by far
Twitter. The heavily debated service is one that some people say is a waste of time, while others say it’s an indispensable communications medium. I was a huge anti-Twitter spokesman back during my days of using Jaiku. Jaiku had threads, and while your first Jaiku post was limited to 140 characters, the replies that went…
LG finds religion, releases “Islamic” phones just in time for Ramadan
Some countries are more religious than others, that’s simply a fact. I’m not going to poo poo any particular religion since I think they’re all terrible attempts at castrating the hopes, dreams and aspirations of men, women and children around the world by inducing fear and in some cases even hate. That being said, LG…
Torch Mobile, makers of the Iris browser, acquired by RIM; web browsing on a BlackBerry to suck less
Torch Mobile, who make the Iris mobile web browser for Windows Mobile devices, has been acquired by Research in Motion for an undisclosed sum of money. This piece of information was on their website: Torch Mobile is excited to announce that our company has been acquired by Research In Motion (RIM), one of the most…
HTC makes a deal with China Mobile, agrees to make TD-SCDMA smartphones
Laws in China are a funny thing because no one knows which one the country will, or will not, follow. With regards to patents, the thought of having a Chinese handset manufacture pay royalties on UMTS/HSPA technology to a foreign country is down right terrifying, so the nation developed their own standard called TD-SCDMA. China’s…
HD Videos: iPhone App “Ragdoll Blaster” brings back memories of Unreal Tournament’s physics engine
Few of you know this about me, but back in the day I used to be addicted to playing video games. I’d spend all my money on building an incredibly quick machine, even going so far as to investing in exotic cooling solutions such as using a radiator from an old car in a junk…
Rumor: HTC Mega: Cheap Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone with 2.8 inch QVGA screen and HSPA
The HTC Mega, which Simon found a photo of earlier this month, now has a leaked specification sheet thanks to the ai.rs blog. Being a budget smartphone, don’t expect too much: 3.2 megapixel fixed focus camera, 2.8 inch 320 x 240 resolution screen, 7.2 Mbps HSPA on the 900 MHz and 2100 MHz bands, quadband…
TweetPhoto iPhone App denied entrance into the App Store because their logo looks like a Polaroid
The developers of TweetPhoto, an application for the Apple iPhone that hooks into the TweetPhoto service which allows you to share photos via Twitter, just received a rejection letter from Apple after 4 weeks of waiting to hear whether they’ve successfully penetrated the pearly gates of the App Store. The reason: The TweetPhoto logo looks…