Apple’s AppStore is an industry gold-standard for integrated mobile application distribution systems. It’s actually both a gift and a curse. A curse because all that app-volume has made it painfully obvious that Apple’s application approval process is straining to keep pace – approving questionable apps while denying useful apps with no rhyme or reason. It’s…
FCC: Hello, Sony Ericsson Satio!
Sony Ericsson has a secret weapon waiting in the wings. Our favorite Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker has been working hard on their upcoming Sony Ericsson Satio 12-megapixel touchscreen smartphone, and it’s looking almost ready for primetime. The Sony Ericsson Satio has just been given the greenlight to connect with wireless networks in the US –…
Zer01 cuts ties to shady affiliates Global Verge and Buzzirk Mobile
In the ongoing pyramid-scheme fiasco surrounding Zer01 Mobile, the “VoIP carrier” has announced that it has cut all ties with Global Verge and Buzzirk Mobile – two of Zer01’s shady affiliates that had so far been distributing Zer01’s services through its “associate” program. Both Global Verge and Buzzirk Mobile are run by executives that have…
Sexy text messages will land you in a Chinese jail
China might soon overtake the US as the world’s leading superpower, but that doesn’t necessarily mean China’s Communist ways are going to evolve. In fact, China’s backwards policies are being enforced more vigorously than ever. Forget internet censorship. Forget about all those journalists jailed for speaking on China’s human rights issues. Chinese authorities are now…
Samsung Instinct successor to be called Instinct HD?
Rumors surrounding the upcoming next-generation Samsung Instinct, most recently known as the Samsung Dash M850, are flying wild. The latest word on the street has Samsung going with the “Instinct HD” moniker for the successor to the Samsung Instinct and Instinct S30. The rumor comes from PhoneArena’s “trustful tipster.” Samsung recently cut the OmniaHD down…
China Unicom snags 5 million Chinese iPhones from Apple
Remember that China Unicom iPhone that we spotted a while back? Well, it sounds like things are getting more official for the Chinese iPhone today. A new report from the International Business Times has China Unicom ordering 5 million of Apple’s custom-made, WiFi-less iPhones for a grand total of 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion). Word…
Smartphone segment keeps growing, but not for Windows Mobile or Symbian
The smartphone market is still seeing solid growth, despite a weak global economy that has consumers cutting back on non-essential goods. Gartner is reporting that Global sales of smartphones in the second quarter of 2009 increased 27% year-on-year, accounting for more than 40 million units sold. Meanwhile, mobile phone sales in general slid 6.1%, compared…
Let’s Talk offering T-Mobile Touch Pro2 for just $200!
The T-Mobile Touch Pro2 has launched today, and the masses are crying foul over T-Mobile’s hefty $349.99 price-point (and that’s the subsidized price, too!). With other high-end smartphones priced well below the HTC Touch Pro2’s asking price, there’s no question that consumers are going to think twice about buying T-Mobile’s latest and greatest Windows Mobile…
Video: Hands-on the HTC Universal Desktop Cradle
HTC’s sleek design and high-end hardware has become the talk of the mobile world of late. But, there are some gems hidden in HTC’s accessory lineup that just don’t get the attention they deserve. One such accessory is the HTC CR-G300 Universal Desktop Cradle. Like Apple, HTC does not bundle a mobile phone cradle/dock with…
Palm Pre phones home with user location data
Palm Pre users, take note, your shiny new smartphone is spying on you… kinda. Palm is collecting all kinds of user behavior data from their US fleet of Palm Pre smartphones. How’s that, you ask? Well, there’s apparently a bit of code hidden within the Pre’s WebOS that instructs the handset to send Palm information…