William Ogle, who used to be the Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Telecommunications America, will soon begin working at Motorola under the same title. He is going to be reporting directly to Sanjay Jha, CEO of Mobile Devices at Motorola. The only cool piece of marketing I remember from Samsung is the Omnia unboxing video…
Apple updates iTunes, no longer syncs with the Palm Pre
The Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes has always been controversial. Yes, software has been invented that will let you sync your non Apple device to iTunes, but the Palm Pre was the first device to actually tell iTunes that it is an iPod and bypass the need to install a third party application…
NTT docomo launches the SH-08A: 8 megapixel camera, waterproof and solar powered
Devices that are announced by NTT docomo, that mobile phone fanbois like yourselves read about, are like mythical unicorns. People talk about them, but no one really sees them. Today another unicorn left the factory, the SH-08A. The clamshell measures 109 x 50 x 17.3 mm (21 mm at the thickest point) and weighs 140…
Dell confirms, again, that they’re working on smartphones
At a recent analyst meeting, Ronald Garriques, President of Dell’s Consumer Division, said the company is working “with the top three to four” mobile operators to “see what their needs are.” He continued to say that the company is working on a range of smartphones, and also has plans to enter the category of devices…
Attention O2 Germany customers who purchased the Toshiba TG01: Your device is infected
The Toshiba TG01, which is the fastest Windows Mobile device on the planet thanks to the 1 GHz Qualcomm processor inside, is being sold in Germany via O2 with a virus conveniently pre-installed says O2 spokesman Albert Fetscher. How this happened is anyone’s guess, and of course O2 is saying this impacts few devices. If…
HD Video: AT&T has finally launched the Nokia Surge
I hereby declare today be make fun of the Nokia Surge day. Append the #surge tag to your tweets. Follow the jokes people have been saying here. I can’t fathom anyone reading IntoMobile wanting to buy this device. I’ve covered it before. It’s been leaked on numerous occasions. It has a 2 megapixel camera, GPS,…
Video: What’s new in Office Mobile 2010?
Update: Microsoft took the video down because it went up too early. Fail. Seriously. I’m not removing the embed code in this blog post because I’m hoping at some point later today the video will go live again. Update: More screenshots courtesy of Pocket Now. This hasn’t officially been announced yet, but expect to hear…
Nokia employee’s delicious summer holiday BBQ captured with pre production E72
While I’m desperately waiting for the Nokia E72 to ship, an employee from the land of 1000 lakes is already testing the device’s multimedia capabilities and uploading photos to Flickr. Mark Guim from The Nokia Blog has figured out that by simply searching for site:flickr.com “Taken with a Nokia MODEL_NUMBER” will yield a decent amount…
LG plans to launch the world’s 176th App Store, will call it the “LG Application Store”
I have an App Store. Your mom has an App Store. We all have an App Store. On Tuesday LG will launch their App Store and call it the “LG Application Store.” It will be focused on Asia at first, but will expand globally by the end of the year. At launch 1400 programs will…
Video: LG BL40, the next Chocolate, actually looks like a candy bar with a super wide 4 inch screen
Last week LG launched some teaser pictures of the new Chocolate and said it would be launched in August. Yesterday a video leaked on to the internet that shows off the device in much greater detail. Think of this PR mishap as a blessing in disguise. The new dumbfone has WiFi, HSPA, GPS, everything you…