Rock Band is on its way to the iPhone! Forget everything you thought you knew about beat-matching music games on the iPhone, EA Mobile’s Rock Band is by far the best in its class. We had a chance to sit down with EA Mobile at CTIA WITE 2009 to get a sneak-peek at Rock Band…
Live from CTIA WITE 2009: Nokia booth tour
There’s no doubt that the fall CTIA (also known as CTIA WITE) is a smaller shin-dig than the spring CTIA conference. That much was evident in Nokia’s smallish booth in the San Diego Convention Center. We’re used to seeing Nokia’s massive booths bursting with cool hardware and enthusiastic people, so it was a bit disappointing…
Qualcomm shows off 30fps color video on mirasol display
Passive display technologies rock. You’re probably familiar with the Kindle’s e-Ink passive display, but that’s already ancient technology. The future of low-power displays is color video, something the Kindle can only dream of doing. Qualcomm, however, isn’t just dreaming it, they’re living it. The company’s mirasol division was proudly showing off their latest mirasol display…
Hands-on with the Android-powered Samsung Moment
Samsung has officially gone Android. Today, at the CTIA WITE 2009 conference in beautiful San Diego, Samsung unveiled the Samsung Moment as their first Android phone to hit market. The Moment features a 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera (with autofocus and LED flash), slide-out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, WiFi and an optical mouse. There’s also…
Zer01 unlimited voice and data service demo @ Fall CTIA 2009
It’s been a long time coming, and they’ve had to trudge through a veritable gauntlet of bad press related to Global Verge and Buzzirk Mobile, but Zer01 Mobile is finally ready to show that they’re not just full of hot air. Zer01 CEO Ben Piilani was on hand at the Fall CTIA WITE 2009 conference…
Pocket MBA for iPhone FREE for a limited time
B-schoolers, listen up! The Pocket MBA iPhone app has just gotten as big a price cut as you can expect. Originally $29.99, Pocket MBA is now FREE for a limited time. The app helps iPhone-wielding MBA-hopefuls get their business schooling in order with some handy topical knowledge text, stay fresh on that knowledge with flashcards,…
Microsoft brings My Phone backup service to Windows Phones
Windows Mobile 6.5 is officially official today. We know it’s hard to stop drooling over all the cool new Windows Phones that have been launched or announced over the past couple days, but Microsoft wants you to know that their free My Phone over-the-air backup and storage service is now ready to give Windows Mobile…
HTC launches HTC HD2 (Leo) with Sense for Windows Mobile
Big-screen lovers, capacitive touchscreen fans and smartphone users “in the know” will be happy to hear that the HTC HD2 (aka Leo) is almost here. HTC has today announced that their HTC HD2 will be launching later this month in select European markets. Boasting a class-leading 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen (a first for Windows Mobile…
Hands-on the AT&T PURE and Windows Mobile 6.5!
AT&T launched the HTC PURE late Sunday evening as the first Windows Phone (get used to seeing that more) to sport the new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, and it’s taken us this long to get a proper hands-on video together. Our bad. To make it up to all of you, here’s a quick(ish) look at…
Verizon says Android phones on the way
Verizon Wireless has yet to jump on the Android train, but the carrier is determined to hop a ride in the near future. Today, Google and Verizon announced that they are working together to bring a “family of [Android] devices” to market in the near future. In fact, we should be seeing two new smartphones…