Back in November I had the pleasure of attending the Nokia N82 product launch with several other bloggers. We all got a chance to meet one of the Product Managers who worked on the Nokia N82, Tomoharu Yazawa [23 minute video interview]. He was, without a doubt, one of the coolest cats in the room,…
Intel CEO: All the major handset manufactures are talking to us
Intel CEO Paul Otellini, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, said that they’re in talks with all the major handset manufactures about getting their chips inside future products. What does this mean for ARM? Not much in the short term, and by short I mean ~ 3 years, but what happens when Moorestown…
Nokia Concept Designs: Charger, UI, digital upgrades
Nokia is having its first ever “Design Event” in Central London today at their new Studio, pictured above. Several concepts were presented of projects currently being worked on, but are not going to see the light of day for another 3 to 5 years. First up is this new “People First” concept that is simply…
Nokia 6600 Fold, 6600 Slide and 3600 Slide released
Nokia just came out with 3 Series 40 handsets: The 6600 Fold, 6600 Slide and 3600 Slide. High resolution pictures and detailed specs after the jump. [Nokia Press Release] Update: These devices have a dedicated site, with interviews and videos and more. Check it out here. It doesn’t work for me, but appears to be…
Makers of iPhone 1.0, Foxconn, will deliver 3 million 3G iPhones in June
According to Digitimes, Foxconn, the guys who manufactured the first iPhone, are in line to deliver 3 million 3G iPhones in June and around 25 million for the life cycle of the product.
Samsung Q1 2008: 46.3 million devices shipped, $924 million in profit
Samsung’s Q1 2008 financial statements are out and they’re smoking! Device shipments reached 46.3 million versus 34.8 million this time last year, a startling 33% increase. Profits came in at 0.92 trillion South Korean Won, which is 923.68 million U.S. dollars. Amidst the tax evasion scandal where CEO Lee Kun-hee the company doesn’t seem to…
Motorola Q1 2008: 27.4 million devices sold, $15.25 lost on each device
Motorola’s financial figures for Q1 2008 are out and they are not pretty. While the handset division made $3.3 billion in sales, it operated at a loss of $418 million which would mean Motorola lost $15.25 on every handset the sold. We’re all waiting for the spin off to happen, more importantly I hope someone…
LG KF750 launched, now known as secret, thinnest 5 MP camera phone on the market
Dusan wrote about LG adding a third member to the Black Label Series at the beginning of the month and it looks like it finally happened with the KF750. This 102.8 x 50.8 x 11.8 mm thin, 116 gram device has a 5 megapixel camera with facial recognition, 2.4 inch 240 x 320 resolution 262k…
T-Mobile USA confirms they’ll offer Android device by year end
Joe Sims, VP and General Manager of T-Mobile’s Broadband and New Business Division has played with Android prototypes and he is impressed. He has also confirmed that T-Mobile USA will be offering at least one Android based handset by the end of this year and that there will be “more than one” Android product. I…
Sony Ericsson G502 and Z780: Cheap HSDPA, but how cheap? We’re not telling!
The Sony Ericsson G502 and Z780 were announced today, no price points were given, but supposedly they’re going to be affordable when they hit the market in the second quarter of 2008. The Z780 above looks like an amazing device, with the specs to match, but there are 2 versions apparently. SE’s official PR says…