Motorola and Carl Icahn, the guy who owns 6.4% of Motorola’s stock and has been wanting to see Motorola split up for as long as I can remember, have reached an agreement. Effective immediately Keith Meister, a managing director of the Icahn investment funds and principal executive officer of Icahn Enterprises, will be serving on…
Show notes from the Nokia presentation at the Growing Together 2008 Conference
Meraj Chhaya from Phone Report attended the Growing Together 2008 Conference and was able to get some hands on experience with the 4 devices Nokia launched at the event. I’ve offered to publish his article on Into Mobile and he has agreed, quite enthusiastically might I add. The fascination with sub 100 EUR handsets stems…
Motorola planning Qualcomm powered low cost 3G handset for EU and APAC in Q3
In the third quarter of this year Qisda (formerly known as BenQ) is expected to begin shipments of a monoblock form factor device for Motorola that will be powered by a Qualcomm solution. The device will be priced around $100 for people in the channel, which means we’ll probably be seeing it retail for a…
T-Minus 60 days for the 3G iPhone says Walt Mossberg
Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal just said that the 3G iPhone will come out in 60 days. I believe him. Fast forward to the 6 minute and 50 second mark. [Via: 9 to 5 Mac]
Call Out: Tony Lewis, Verizon Wireless’ newly-appointed VP of Open Development
I’m calling out Tony Lewis, Verizon Wireless’ newly-appointed VP of Open Development, for saying this sentence: “The only way this is going to work is if it’s a true partnership between carriers, devices and applications. Any independent part can work, but not individually. Tony Tony Tony, what do you sit in front of every day?…
New blue Palm Centro is a Mexican exclusive for Movistar and Telcel
A new color variant of the popular Palm Centro, which has already shipped a million units, was announced for Mexican operators Movistar and Telcel. Check it out in Blue, I certainly digg it: [Via: Palm Info Center]
Breaking: N-Gage 2.0 has been released, download now!
Ricky just pinged me to let me know that N-Gage 2.0 is out, if you have a Nokia N95, N95 8GB, N82 or N81 then start your browsers and download.
LG being courted by Google to use Android for future 3G offerings
LG is seeking an “open-standard software platform” for their future 3G data services says Chief Executive Jung Il-Jae. Google has already come up to bat, along with several other players, in an attempt to be the platform LG decides to run. LG already makes Windows Mobile and S60 devices, why not add another platform into…
Indian company Videocon wants to buy Motorola’s handset division
Motorola barely just announced that they’re going to spin off the handset division and already we have someone looking to snatch it up. Indian company Videocon has approached Motorola and for someone who makes televisions of all things they’re like Nokia in the 80’s and early 90’s with their consumer durables manufacturing capabilities, but can…
40 minute video of Microsoft employees discussing Windows Mobile 6.1 in detail
Video: Windows Mobile 6.1 For Windows Mobile enthusiasts only, a few Microsoft employees got together to shoot a video to talk to you about the latest version of Windows Mobile. It clocks in at over 40 minutes, which makes you stop and wonder, why are these people so passionate about Windows Mobile? I can’t wait…