How many mobile phones are actually manufactured in-house? Not many. In this world of globalized manufacturing and marketing, mobile phone “manufacturers” churn out handset designs to component integrators. These ODM’s (Original Device Manufacturer) or OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturer) take care of the dirty details like how to combine all the various parts into a working…
Next-generation iPhone may pack multi-core graphics processing!
The next-generation iPhone is starting to generate a significant wave of hype – and it hasn’t even been announced yet. Such is the game that Apple and its fan-base love to play. Rumors are swirling around the intertubes that hint at all sorts of high-tech features being crammed into the next hardware iteration of the…
White Nokia E71 available in Ohio
Big-name carriers like AT&T and Sprint are usually where we turn when we’re looking to get our hands on the latest GSM mobile hardware. But, sometimes, the little guys beat the big-dogs to the punch. The White Nokia E71 recently made waves on Canada’s Rogers Wireless as the first White Nokia E71 to hit the…
AT&T to offer Apple iPhone 3G sans contract!
Sprint cleaning? Perhaps. AT&T is apparently looking to move a good number of iPhone 3G stock over the next month or so. Internal training documents point to a renewed iPhone 3G sales push that will have Big Blue peddling iPhone 3G’s without contract to existing AT&T customers. The new promotion will give current subscribers with…
Sony rumored to be negotiating Sony Ericsson buy-out
Times are tough. For corporations, tough times usually leads to a few employee layoffs and asset fire sales. In this particular case, we’re hearing that Sony Ericsson may soon be a wholly-owned arm of Sony. Word on the street has Sony positioning itself to buy Ericsson’s 50% stake in the mobile phone joint-venture known as…
‘Find My iPhone’ feature in iPhone 3.0 OS tracks stolen iPhones!
While there are literally a hundred different new features packed into the iPhone 3.0 OS that’s due to hit market in a few months’ time, the discovery of a new iPhone-tracking feature comes as a genuine surprise. iPhone developers have apparently been teasing apart the developer release of the iPhone OS 3.0 beta, and have…
Mobile phones most searched online, Apple iPhone leads the pack
Data mining is a powerful tool. When applied to web traffic data, interesting trends start to emerge. And the latest trend seems to be cellphones. Go figure. Hitwise has come out with the latest web search trends that shows mobile phones as the most searched for consumer electronics across the web. By looking at data…
Verizon Wireless losing lead in wireless call quality
The nation’s largest wireless network is apparently losing its edge over the competition. Verizon Wireless has, for some time, been the market leader in terms of voice call quality in the US, but a new report from JD Power seems to indicate that Verizon is slowly losing ground to wireless carriers like AT&T and Sprint.…
Aircell cuts price on GoGo in-flight mobile data service
In-flight WiFi has the potential to save you from hours of agonizing boredom when flying to and fro. But, the lack of power ports and personal space in coach class can really make it hard to use your laptop for casual outings to the interwebs. Cramped and bored airline passengers looking to get hop on…
Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 and the unannounced Podcast features
Apple did say yesterday that there were over 100 new features packed into the iPhone 3.0 OS. Then they left us hanging after demonstrating just a handful of new features. But, we’d prefer it that way. There’s nothing like a long presentation filled with application demonstrations to lull us to sleep. So, as they do…