Until technological innovations allow us to power our mobile devices with body heat, motion, and even our own voice, we’re going to be tied to traditional battery charging-tech. We’ve seen all kinds of mobile charging solutions crop up in the past, but this is the first time we’ve come across a Bracelet Battery. If we…
Please don’t let this be Windows Mobile 6.5!
Please, for the love of everything that Windows Mobile 6.5 stands for, don’t let these alleged Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots be real. Following on confirmation that the long-ago leaked WinMo6.5 screenshots were indeed concept designs for Windows Mobile 6.5, an xda-developers member (sun_dream) has released screenshots and video of what he claims is a leaked…
Obama can’t give up his BlackBerry, keeping it for ‘personal’ use
Freshly-minted President of the United States of America Barack Obama is a lot of things, bona fide “techie” among them. Obama has leveraged social media technologies like SMS text messages, social networks, tweets, and email to help rally his Presidential candidacy all the way to the White House. And, as Simon mentioned below, now that…
iPhone takes 2.2% of Taiwan mobile market share!
The iPhone 3G has barely landed on Taiwanese shores and retailers are already lauding Apple’s success in cracking the island’s mobile market. According to sales reports, Apple has locked down a solid 2.2% of Taiwan’s mobile phone market. With 12,012 iPhone 3Gs sold during a December that saw a total of 546,000 mobile phone purchases,…
Helio Ocean 2 spotted with 3 megapixel camera!
The Helio Ocean 2 might just be the most anticipated device to ever grace Helio’s network. With a dual-sliding design that sports both a numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard, the Helio Ocean 2 is a flexible, text-messaging powerhouse that’s sure to appeal to Helio fans all over. Following on rumors that the Ocean 2 will…
HTC expects double-digit growth in 2009 despite economy
The smartphone market truly is gold. HTC has just announced that it is looking forward to a 2009 fiscal year that will grow HTC’s smartphone sales in the double digits. While the rest of the mobile world feels the pinch of a wallowing global economy, HTC’s CEO Peter Chou expects that HTC will tough it…
Survey shows 85% of mobile phone users stumped by badly-designed mobile phones
As mobile phone manufacturers, smartphones especially, pack more features and power into their handsets, it’s inevitable that some users will fall victim to the problem of having too many ill-defined options. It can be a headache trying to navigate through your mobile phone’s menus in your quest to setup email, get a new ringtone, tether…
Peek email-only device for $44.44 for 44 hours to honor our 44th US President!
Everyone and their sister is looking to cash in on the hype-machine surrounding the historic inauguration the 44th President of The United States. In honor of President Obama’s inauguration into the highest office in the free world, Peek is offering their email-only Peek handheld device for just $44.44 for 44 hours – $44.44 for 44…
Multi-Photo Email iPhone app – First third-party email client sends email with multiple photo attachments
The iPhone email client is almost as good as it gets among smartphones. Apple really did a bang-up job in integrating the iPhone’s intuitive email client throughout the iPhone OS. But, there’s always room for improvement. A new iPhone app from Aqua Eagle aims to make up for one of the iPhone email application’s glaring…
Sprint’s Palm Treo Pro popping up everywhere!
The Palm Treo Pro has fast become the gotta-have Treo handset from Palm. The Palm Treo 800w is already old news, giving way to the Palm Treo Pro as the flagship smartphone from Palm. And, with Sprint rumored to be preparing to launch their own-branded Treo Pro before the end of January, we’re seeing the…