The father of a Malayan man passed away recently and like anyone with an IQ over that of a goat’s foot, he canceled the account of the rotting corpse. Well somehow his operator didn’t get the memo because he racked up nearly a quarter of a quadrillion dollars in charges, roughly 17 times America’s GDP.…
There will be a Nokia internet tablet with WiMAX and we’ve known about it for months
Over 4 months ago (March 14, 2007) a Nokia press release was released that said: In addition to supplying Sprint Nextel with WiMAX network infrastructure, Nokia will also develop WiMAX-enabled mobile devices, including multimedia computers and Internet tablets, which are expected to be available in 2008. I blogged about it then and I’m blogging about…
Official: Nokia N95 with USA 3G and 1200 mAh battery
Less than a day after Dusan brought us news that GigaOm met up with the CEO of Sling Media to demo a N95 working on the America 3G network, the official sales flyer leaks out. It is still a quadband phone, but the 3G is now dualband 850/1900 MHz instead of the European 2100 MHz.…
Pictures: Samsung SGH-C506 gets official
This device is your typical clamshell form factor weighing in at 76 grams and nearly 20 mm thick. It has a VGA camera, supports Java MDIP 2.0 and looks kind of sort of but not really ergonomic. Triband GSM on 850/1800/1900 MHz indicates you should start seeing this in America pretty soon. [Via: Mobile-Review]
Interview with Barbara Ballard, author of Designing the Mobile User Experience
Very interesting discussion about the mobile industry and creating applications for it. In my talks with mobile developers, none of them are happy. The industry is a mess right now, but then again that is why it is so damn fun to cover and to read other people’s opinion about it as well. What we…
Nokia Siemens networks is ready to rock and roll at 700 MHz
NSN preformed quite poorly according to Nokia’s results for 2Q of 2007. We didn’t talk about it here at IntoMobile, we were too excited by Nokia’s amazing ability to ship over 100 million devices, 1.5 million of those being the delightful N95. Today Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that they are 700 MHz ready with…
Nokia gets sued by Interdigital, again, over 3G patent violations
Patents are a bitch and frankly it is why Nokia just gave up on trying to make their chips in house. A company called Interdigital sued Nokia back in 2005 and a judge decided they deserved a quarter of a billion dollars. That case was over 2G and 2.5G technologies. History is repeating itself and…
Concept: Phone that changes shape depending on the interface
If creating a device was only as cool as creating it we would have something like the Lukas Koh’s All In One phone. It has buttons that pop out of no where when you need them and go away when you don’t. I don’t like it, but who knows, maybe something like this will be…
HTC Kaiser is now known as the AT&T Tilt, will ship in September
According to a tipster over at Crunch Gear the AT&T Tilt will come in versions with and without a camera, shipping in late August or early September. Knowing AT&T we’re going to say the later. Full spec sheet can he found here along with an unboxing here. Update: Thanks for calling me out on the…
Samsung SGH-i640v hits the FCC
This is all we get to see of it too. It has a 1000 mAh battery so it might be a smartphone. [Via: Mobile-Review]