Check back on this post for updates as I find them. For now, go ahead and update your device. [Hat tip to My Nokia Blog] Update: Mark from The Nokia Blog made a video of the update. Update: The update is huge, coming in at 146.4 MB. Update: From Howard Forums user ltalis: “everything stayed…
Brief: Sprint Nextel Vice President of Corporate Brand Marketing, Thomas Murphy, died on Friday
Our condolences go out to the family of Thomas Murphy, Vice President of Corporate Brand Marketing at Sprint Nextel. He died on Friday while driving. A boulder fell from a mountain and went through his windshield rendering him unconscious, and injuring his 11 year old son. His wife and two other sons, who were also…
Unannounced Nokia N97 Mini and 5900 smile for the camera
A photo from an unnamed retailer was published to Flickr and Mark from The Nokia Blog was there to snag it. Unfortunately, the owner of said photo made Mark and Engadget remove his fuck up. Thanks to the internet however, that photo will never die! As you can see below, there are a lot of…
Awesome Video: Welsh Police Department scares the living crap out of kids to get them to stop texting
Words can not describe the amount of awesome you’re about to witness. This video was made by the Gwent police department in Wales as a part of a 30 minute lesson on the dangers of texting and driving. It’s obviously fake, and a lot of money went into this. The results speak for themselves: [Via:…
Brief: Nokia vs. InterDigital: Round 9,245: Nokia did not infringe on 4 patents
Nokia and InterDigital have been fighting it our for a few years now, regarding four patents relating to UMTS (aka 3G) technology. A Houston Judge yesterday ruled in Nokia’s favor saying he has determined no patent infringement took place. Of course InterDigital is upset with the decision, and are making a petition for another round…
Bert Nordberg to become the new President of Sony Ericsson on October 15th
Bert Nordberg (pictured above), who is currently the Executive Vice President of the Ericsson Group and Head of Ericsson’s Silicon Valley headquarters, will switching things up a bit by becoming the Co-President of Sony Ericsson on September 1st. He’ll be learning the ropes with current Sony Ericsson President Hideki (Dick) Komiyama for a month and…
Photos: Dell’s first smartphone, the Mini 3i for the Chinese market, spotted in the wild
Mr. Blurry Cam is in the hospital after being beat up by Apple employees for posting photos of the new iPhone before it was announced, but luckily his wife, Mrs. Image Stabilization, is taking his place. She is in China and has snapped some clear photos of Dell’s first entry into the smartphone market. The…
Merrill Lynch: Number of HTC shipments to increase 19% in Q4 due to launch of Mega and Click
The Chinese Economic Daily News is sourcing a Merrill Lynch report given to investors saying that the Windows Mobile 6.5 powered HTC Mega, and the budget Android powered HTC Click (pictured above), will be launched toward the end of Q3 this year. Those two devices will be responsible for a 19% increase in shipments from…
Live Blog: Nokia and Microsoft in NYC
Microsoft and Nokia have announced a partnership whereby Nokia mobile phones will ship with office productivity software from Microsoft. This is the first time Microsoft has made their office productivity software available on another mobile platform. Read the press release here, watch the 3 minute video detailing this announcement below, or enjoy my live blog…
Brief: Interesting statistic: Number of text messages sent between 7 and 10 AM up 50% from 2008
While reading an article in the New York Times that discusses how more and more people are starting their day with technology, I came across a sentence which I just had to share with you guys: Verizon Wireless reported the number of text messages sent between 7 and 10 a.m. jumped by 50 percent in…