The Nokia 6300i was just announced, with a Q2 ship date and a low price of 175 Euros before taxes or subsidies you can get what is essentially a Nokia 6300 today, but with the additional feature of WiFi which enabled VoIP calls. 2 megapixel camera, 2 inch QVGA screen, 12 mm thin, the 6300…
Breaking News: Motorola to split in two, Mobile Device Unit to become separate company
Carl Icahn’s dream has finally come true, Motorola is going to split into two separate companies. No date for the breakup has been given. Full press release after the jump. [Via: PR News Wire]
Pictures: T-Mobile’s Nokia 6550 in red
The Nokia 6650, a T-Mobile exclusive, which was announced at CeBIT earlier this month has cropped up in red; recap of the specifications: 16.2 mm thin, 112 grams, 1500 mAh battery, S60 3.2 and a 2 megapixel camera. She is a pretty good looking device, no clue on when the rest of the world will…
Video: 60 Minutes interviews Carl Icahn, the guy who wants to break up Motorola
This is the guy who strikes fears into the hearts of corporations:
LG-SH240: Touch my keypad, it feels like real skin, seriously
The key selling point of the LG-SH240 is the silicon texture on the keypad which is said to mimic the feel of real human skin. Other than that this 2 megapixel, video calling enabled, device is rather plain and ordinary by Korean standards, but hey, if you’re lonely Saturday night … I’m not going to…
Video: Sprint CEO stars in new television ad
Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse stars in a new ad for the “Simply Everything” pricing plan, basically $99/month to do whatever you want with your mobile phone. [Via: mocoNews]
Motorola’s 5 megapixel camera phone is now known as ZN5, launching 2H08
The infamous 5 megapixel camera phone we’ve been waiting for Motorola to launch for what feels like nearly half a year finally has a name: ZN5. According to people in the know the device will be out by the end of this year along with a slew of other high end devices. It is highly…
EMI onboard with Nokia’s “Comes with Music” strategy
Comes with Music is Nokia’s new strategy at selling music whereby when you purchase a Nokia device it comes with 1 year of unlimited downloads, after that year is over you get to keep whatever it is you downloaded. The first record label to sign up was Universal and yesterday EMI said they’re going to…
Dell is resurrecting their handheld business unit thanks to Acer
Acer’s decision to purchase E-Ten is causing Dell a bit of distress, so much so that they’re planning to get back into the handheld business. Around 1 year ago Dell hired Ron Garriques, former Motorola VP of the Cellphone Division, to help the company get back into the mobile space. Reportedly the handhelds will be…
Microsoft’s new Mobile Internet Device efforts to be based off Windows Mobile
Microsoft recently hired Len Kawell as a “Distinguished Engineer in the Mobile Communications Business Group.” His job involves: “Scaling Windows Mobile to new kinds of kinds of devices with larger screens and faster processors – also known as Mobile Internet Devices, or MIDs.” Could this be Microsoft admitting that the very thought of sticking Vista…