Nokia used to make their own IC’s (integrated circuits), until today that is. They’ve announced that in order to remain cost competitive a new licensing and outsourcing model will be used. In the PC industry we call this becoming a fabless company. Nokia will design the chips and then tell one of their 4 partners…
Palm chooses Wind River for Foleo’s Linux platform, first photo of retail packaging!
Not much enthusiasm for Palm’s Foleo lives on the net, but you can be sure I’m one of those people who instantly “got it” when Jeff Hawkins first demoed the product at D5 and have been in love ever since. Today Palm announced that it is using Wind River for the Foleo’s operating system and…
Video (NSFW and ridiculously off topic): Superbad trailer
I honestly hope Superbad will play in Finland because this trailer just sold me. Huge amounts of cursing and nudity involved, if you’re uncomfortable with that please do not hit play. Me on the other hand, I’m laughing my ass off right now.
First live pictures and video of the Samsung P520, iPhone and Prada competitor
The site is all in Czech so we have absolutely no clue if this phone is a gift from the mobile phone gods or something so Korean that no one else will understand it. At 8.9 mm thin, I am impressed. [Check out all the pictures over at iDNES]
New Sony Ericsson Walkman clamshell phone pictures leak
Looks very retro, but I love the color. Too bad I loathe clamshells. Doesn’t it remind you of the O2 Cocoon? [Via: JAMP]
Latest Nokia N93i firmware enables A2DP support
More features just a flash away? Go get the software updater now! [Via: Mobile Burn Forums] [Picture from All About Symbian]
Nokia working with FIBA to provide mobile content with the N93i
Never heard of FIBA? It’s OK, neither have I. Wikipedia has this to say: The International Basketball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball), more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball. Originally known as the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (hence FIBA), in…
Nokia Siemens joins Linux Foundation
Nokia Siemens is the networking portion of Nokia, please do not start thinking that Nokia will create Linux phones! They just want to help make Linux for operators as robust as it can be by providing the best solution on the market. “Nokia Siemens Networks will play an active role as a Linux Foundation member…
89% of Americans want to ban SMS behind the wheel, yet 66% of them have done it
Driving is hard to talk about since everyone has a different opinion about being behind the wheel of a car; for the majority of people a car is something to get from A to B, to others it is a pussy magnet and place to engage in coitus and for people like me it is…
Alcatel parties like it’s 1999, releases ultra cheap featureless phone
Some people don’t need the latest and greatest. Those people don’t read IntoMobile. According to CrunchGear Alcatel released a £15 cellphone, the OT-E201. It has a 65k color screen, GSM support on only 2 bands and can handle text messages. Remember folks, while the hardest decision you made this summer was what > $500 smart…