LG sold 27.7 million mobile phones during the second quarter of this year, breaking the record of 24.4 million it set only a quarter ago. The company plans to sell over 100 million devices this year, but warns that sales of higher end devices might drop due to the current state of the global economy.…
HTC Touch Diamond without the art nouveau design = HTC Victor
You know what a regular HTC Touch Diamond looks like right? I’m sure you’ve seen it, we’ve covered it several times, it’s in shops, the picture above should ring a bell. Check out Victor below. It’s softer, rounder and less edgy. What do you think? Same Windows Mobile device with 3.2 megapixel camera, VGA screen,…
SyncML for Google Contacts coming next month!
SyncML, the syncing technology that almost all mobile phones have support for, yet very few people know about and use, will be coming to Google contacts within a month. Google Calender support is questionable at this point in time. Supposedly this is for Google to offer MobileMe like services for the iPhone, but I’m thinking…
Nokia Q2 2008 Results: 122 million devices shipped, 10 million of those are Nseries
Nokia’s Q2 2007 results are out in this PDF for you to comb over, here are some highlights: “Our mobile device average selling price (ASP) in the second quarter 2008 was EUR 74, down from EUR 90 in the second quarter 2007 and down from EUR 79 in the first quarter 2008. The lower year…
Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs to operators, but how many did real customers pick up?
Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs, I’m not debating that. The question is did they sell 1 million to customers or 1 million to operators (carriers as they’re known in the states) who then sold 450,000 to customers according to Piper Jaffray Analyst Gene Munster. The world may never know, but in my eyes 1…
22 minute video review and unboxing of the new Palm Treo 800w; grab a beer
Sprint subscribers raise your hands please? And if you like Windows Mobile please keep your hands in the air. For the 2 people in the room with their arms up, this video is for you. We’ve covered this device before, here is a quick summary: WiFi, GPS, EVDO Rev. A, WM 6.1 [Via: Mobility Site]
HELLOMOTO is dead, be prepared to join the “We Generation”
Motorola’s infamous “Hello Moto” commercials were epic, but how long has it been since you’ve heard those words leave someone’s mouth? The Illinois based company is going with a new motto, crafted by the fine folks at Ogilvy London, that you’ll start hearing day in and day out on the radio/tv/internet: “We generation.” We all…
Video (really long): Nokia’s CTO Bob Iannucci on Open Innovation, Nokia’s Philosophy and the future of mobile
Open innovation and Nokia Philosophy, Dr. Bob Iannucci, CTO of Nokia and Head of Nokia Research Center. from DevilsRejection on Vimeo. If you’ve seen Bob talk before you know his famous “I’ve seen this movie before” story that he tells about how any industry starts as one giant cluster fuck, slowly the number of players…
Sony Ericsson Patty aka W902, is a 5 megapixel feature phone
10 pictures of the Sony Ericsson codename Patty leaked, the supposed model number is W902. From the images we can tell it has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and … that’s it really. Here is hoping the damn thing has a 3.5 mm jack, I’m tired of seeing Walkmans with proprietary ports. 9…
Live pictures of the 3.2 megapixel packing BlackBerry Javelin appear online
Looks like a BlackBerry Bold doesn’t it? That is actually the BlackBerry Javelin and while it may look like the Bold, it lacks 3G and … well that’s about it. The 2 megapixel camera in the Bold is now a 3.2 megapixel in the Javelin, the all black color for the Bold is now two…