The holidays are always good for a solid boost to retail sales. The iPhone 3G in France is no exception. Orange France has announced that this just-past holiday shopping season was surprisingly good to the French wireless carrier. Orange reportedly saw a three-fold increase in iPhone 3G sales in December 2008, contrasting with the 70,000…
Sprint goes live with Pink Samsung Instinct!
As expected, Sprint has just gone live with their more feminine-hued variant of the Sprint Samsung Instinct. The Pink Sprint Instinct was spotted hanging out at Best Buy’s online storefront last month, and is now available for Sprint smartphone-customers with an extra “X” chromosome. You might recall that the Sprint Instinct quickly rose to the…
National Safety Council urges nationwide ban on cellphones behind the wheel
It’s not hard to see how cellphone use by motorists behind the wheel of a 2-ton hunk of metal could be a bad idea. Several US states have already put legislation on the law-books that make it illegal to send SMS text messages or talk with a mobile phone pushed up against the ear while…
Chipotle Mobile Ordering iPhone application hits iPhone App Store, quickly removed
Apple giveth, and Apple taketh away. Such was the story for the “Chipotle Mobile Ordering” iPhone application today. This morning we saw the iPhone App Store offering a new Chipotle iPhone app for fans of the fast-food chain’s simple-yet-satisfying Mexican fare. For those of you not familiar with Chipotle, think Subway for burritos and tacos.…
iCEphone shows itself at CES 2009 – Triple-flip in the flesh
The tri-flip iCEphone that made waves in the mobile world with its three-tiered fold-out design was hanging out on the Las Vegas Convention Center showfloor for all to see. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to hit up the iCEphone in our brief time at CES 2009 Las Vegas, but the good folks over at Ubergizmo…
Motorola pledges CTIA Wireless 2009 attendance
Remember when we told you that Motorola was rumored to be skipping out on the largest US wireless tradeshow this coming Spring? Right, well we take it back. Motorola has confirmed that they will indeed be showing up at CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas, with two booths, no less. We’re still waiting on more…
Leaked HTC Sapphire 2.0 might just be the Android-powered T-Mobile G2
Just this morning we saw HTC’s 2009 product lineup leaked out to the various corners of the web. And, as these types of things usually go, everyone and their sister are speculating as to what the unreleased devices are packing under the hood and to what carriers they’re ultimately destined for. The latest rumblings along…
Palm Web OS’s MOJO SDK spotted in the wild!
The Palm Web OS’s software development kit, the MOJO SDK, is still in private beta, but that hasn’t stopped Boy Genius Report from posting up screenshots of the MOJO SDK in action. Most interesting is the fact that the MOJO SDK doesn’t include a Web OS emulator, as all Web OS applications are coded in…
Motorola Booth Tour – CES Las Vegas 2009
Motorola’s presence at CES 2009 Las Vegas was a given. CES is the biggest consumer electronics tradeshow in the US and there’s no way Motorola could miss out. It’s a shame we can’t say the same for Motorola’s attendance at CTIA Wireless 2009. Motorola’s booth at CES 2009 turned out to be something of a…
Motorola looking to slash handset division, concentrate on Android smartphones
More bad news for ailing cellphone maker Motorola today. PhoneScoop reports that Motorola will be making some significant job cuts that could see upwards of 50% of the Motorola handset division being laid off. The cuts could happen as soon as this week, according to a source who is “familiar with Motorola’s plans.” The news…