Unlimited music streaming is something I, and many others in Europe, have fallen in love with due to Spotify. While Americans are waiting for that service to launch in the states, along with a mobile client due out for the iPhone, Android and Symbian platform, another music provider has joined the race to give people…
Nokia joins the netbook race with the Booklet 3G: 10 inches, 1.25 kg, 12 hour battery life, HDMI out
In a move that is surely making analysts and mobile bloggers scratch their head, Nokia has announced a netbook called the “Booklet 3G.” Nokia is promising this Intel Atom based computer will give you 12 hours of battery life, while weighing only 1.25 kg (2.76 lbs) and standing 2 cm (0.79 inches) tall. Being a…
Google releases beta podcast client for Android devices called “Listen”
Podcasts. You either love them or hate them. I record the weekly IntoMobile podcast with Will and Simon when I can, but could not make it this week. I listen to Steve, Rafe and Ewan at All About Symbian (AAS), and that’s it really when it comes to wanting to devote my free time to…
Nokia 5530 up for preorder on Nokia’s USA website for $289.99; Amazon has the 5800 for $300
The Nokia 5530, which is a Nokia 5800 with a smaller screen (3.2 inches vs. 2.9 inches), no 3G and no GPS, has just gone up on Nokia’s USA website for preorder reports SlashGear. The problem is the cost: $290, and that’s without taxes and shipping. Nokia’s 5800, which has been out for a while…
Video: First look at the HTC Click, it’s a bit chubby thanks to a diet of donuts
Vietnam is lucky enough to get their hands on the HTC Click, a really cheap Android device that has not been announced yet, but we do know it has a 2.8 inch screen and 3.5 mm headphone jack. The device is running Google Android 1.50.999.0 aka Donut, has a 1100 mAh battery, and … well…
ZTE profits and revenues up over 40%, company issues a statement to shareholders: “I’m rich, bitch!”
You may or may not have heard of ZTE. They’re a company based out of China that make mobile phones for operators all over the world, such as a solar powered model for Kenyan operator Safaricom, but more importantly they sell infrastructure equipment so that you and I can curse at our devices when they…
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition: Car kit included, lifetime navigation for Nokia Maps, only $405
In an effort to help sell more Nokia 5800 units and get even more people using Nokia Maps, which I believe is now called Ovi Maps, and doesn’t work with Google Chrome by the way, the Finnish company is launching a bundle that includes a car kit, car charger, and a lifetime walk and drive…
Nokia initiates layaway program for India, act now and with only 25 payments this fone can be yours!
Nokia is looking to help out poor people in rural India by letting them purchase mobile phones on a payment plan. If you’re poor enough, Billy Mays will rise from his grave and clean the filthy clothes on your back with OxiClean … not really. Let me try that again. If you’re poor enough, Nokia…
Next month, there will be 4 billion people using GSM technology
3G Americas, a wireless consortium focused on making sure the western hemisphere catches up to the eastern hemisphere in terms of mobile telecommunications awesomeness sometime before the end of this century, is predicting that in September of this year there will be 4 billion GSM connections live. From June 2008 to June 2009, the amount…
FCC looking into how AT&T and Verizon come up with the prices they charge consumers for service
Between AT&T and Verizon Wireless, they own 60% of the American wireless market. Add T-Mobile and Sprint into the mix and you hit 90%. What policies let that happen and are their pricing structures set up to best serve consumers, while at the same time encourage competition? These are the questions the FCC is going…