If this leaked press release schedule is to be believed, which is plausible since Sony Ericsson does a horrible job at protecting their secrets, then we are due to see 3 announcements within the span of less than 3 weeks. On the 24th of January in India we’re going to probably see the introduction of…
Sony Ericsson shipped 18% more phones in 2007 than 2006, breaks 100 million units
Sony Ericsson, the retarded red headed step child who I want to love but can’t, had an amazing year shipping over 103 million devices. Compare that to a hair under 75 million last year and you’re talking 18% growth. Market share is at the brink of entering the double digits, but not quite there yet…
Brief: Nokia’s factory in Romania has officially produced their first mobile phone
I can barely read Romanian, more like sound out the characters and hope the noises click, but according to this article in “Ziua de Cluj” the Nokia factory in Cluj produced their first mobile phone last night at 8 PM. No clue as to which model, but the paper cites how proud they are of…
Germany pissed off at Nokia, begins a 1000 year ban
On Tuesday we told you that Nokia was going to close their plant in Germany due to rising labor costs, well today Juergen Ruettgers, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia state, where Nokia’s factory is located had a few words to say: “I am very angry, above all about the way this happened.” “So far, there…
Off Topic Video: Party animal has no remorse, balls of steel
Party animals are a special breed. They stay up all night and ignore the rules of law, yet they manage to function as a productive member of society regardless of the blood alcohol content measured upon waking up. I thought I was a wild child, then I saw this video. Ladies and gentleman I give…
The Nokia 5710 exists, picture for proof
Finally got around to checking out the images I took during CES, here is the Nokia 5710 that has yet to be announced and been floating around the rumor mill for quite some time. As you can see it does NOT have a 3.2 megapixel camera, nor does it run S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack…
Brief: Nokia to close German factory, lay off 2300, move to Romania
In order to say competitive Nokia is closing their German plant in Bochum and laying off up to 2300 people. It will be cheaper to do the same work in Romania. “We are moving production to existing plants, mainly in Romania, which will start during the first quarter.” – Nokia Spokeswoman Arja Suominen In other…
Video: Sony Ericsson M610i prototype review
Thank you Mateusz Kurowski for your review and email!
Steve Jobs’ Keynote Leaked: 16 GB iPhone, Japan launch, stealing 30% of devs profits with new SDK?
According to this leaked rough draft of Steve Jobs’ keynote to take place at MacWorld in less than 24 hours the 16 GB will launch for $500, Japan will get the iPhone with NTT DoCoMo and the SDK for the iPhone platform will be shown off. Two categories of programs can be available for users:…
Brief: Anssi Vanjoki to keynote the 2008 Game Developers Conference
Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s head of the recently instituted Markets Division, will keynote the 2008 Game Developers Conference with a presentation titled: “Play with Anybody Everywhere — Context, the New Paradigm for Game Play.” I’m going to go out on a limb here and say N-Gage will be launched during his speech on February 18, but…