While Dusan woke up early enough today to cover the launch of the Nokia E72 and the Nokia 5330, he neglected to cover the 3710 Fold and I have a huge smile on my face because of that. The sub €200 segment is interesting, and the sub €100 segment gets me even more excited, why? When you…
Photo: Is this Dell’s upcoming Android smartphone?
Engadget found a photo out of China of a device that is supposedly the first Android device manufactured by Dell. There have been rumours, constantly, about whether or not Dell will get back in the smartphone game. Around 2 months ago, Zhang Jun, an Analyst at Research Firm Wedge MKI, said Dell may be bringing…
Video: Nokia E72 accidentally makes an early appearance on YouTube
Nokia Conversations, a blog officially run by Nokia, accidentally posted a video to YouTube that showcases the Nokia E72. It looks very similar to the E71, but has a 5 megapixel camera. Judging by the repeated swipe gestures on the D pad, it may have an optical mouse. The headphone jack also appears to have…
Video: Phone that can change color is the first step toward a whole new world of awesome
Have you seen the Nokia Morph video? It’s an animated sci fi film set to ambient techno that takes a look at the kind of technology mobile phones will have in the future. One of the cool things in that video was a device that could change colors. It looks like some company called Kent…
40 dealers in China refuse to sell Nokia phones due to heavy fines
Some 40 dealers in Jinan, of the Shandong province in China, are boycotting the sale of Nokia devices due to being heavily penalized by the Finnish handset maker for selling devices outside agreed upon areas. They’ve asked for their money back. All 40 dealers have a banner outside their door that says “protect the interests and rights of consumers,…
Japan opening up new spectrum for LTE by the end of this year, DoCoMo to start building network in 2010
The Japanese Communications Ministry, which is sort of, kind of, but not really like the FCC in America, will allocate new spectrum by the end of this year to be used for the deployment of LTE. It’s estimated that during the next 5 years, over $11 billion will be spent on deploying LTE. What’ weird about…
Canada’s three largest operators getting together for mobile payments
Canada’s three main operators: Bell, Rogers and Telus, are joing forces to launch a mobile payment system called Zoompass. It’s supposed to be launching on June 15th and will allow customers to send, receive and request money, with a $0.50 fee to send money and transfer funds from your Zoompass account to your bank account.…
Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 1
140 character summary: RSS rocks, if you’re not using it: you suck. I have too many RSS feeds. I’m going to share my list with you, and trim it down. RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, was invented by Dave Winer and since learning how to use it several years ago, I’ve affectionately given it the…
Norway, The Netherlands, the UK, Malta and Italy ignore the EU, push for DMB vs. DVB-H
Norway, the UK, Italy, Manla and the Netherlands are joining forces in a race to see who can waste the most time and money when it comes to the standard for getting TV on your mobile phone by forming the International DMB Advancement Group (IDAG). In March 2008, Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for the Information…
Dear Dell: Buy Palm
Take a look at the top 5 PC vendors today: HP with 20.5% Dell with 13.6% Acer with 11.6% Lenovo with 7% Toshiba with 5.4% These numbers come from IDC who says that in the first quarter of this year: 63.5 million computers shipped. HP has the iPaq, Acer purchased E-TEN in March 2008, Lenovo…