CES Las Vegas 2009 officially kicks off tonight with the pre-show keynote. This year, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, heads up the first keynote. We just sat down, Steve is still talking about the company’s broader future direction. Keep checking back for highlights from the pre-show keynote. 6:40pm Steve talks about TV, computer, and…
IntoMobile at CES Las Vegas 2009!
It’s getting to be that time of year again. With the holidays and New Year celebrations behind us, the mobile world shifts its focus to beautiful Las Vegas where CES 2009 is scheduled to kick off tomorrow! Naturally, the IntoMobile team is going to be embedded in Las Vegas, bringing you the highlights from CES…
Verizon’s “Open Network” initiative just lip service?
So, when Verizon announced last year that they would be opening up their traditionally locked-down network to “Any App, Any Device,” we should have known better than to put too much faith in Big Red. After all, the move to allow unlocked handsets to work on Verizon’s network could possibly hurt Verizon Wireless’s bottom line.…
DeviceAnywhere brings Android-powered T-Mobile G1 to a computer near you
DeviceAnywhere, the company that specializes in providing web-based, interactive mobile phone models, has just announced that the T-Mobile G1 is now available for virtual testing and development. The T-Mobile G1 is the first, and by many accounts still the best, Android handset to hit market. And, with HTC expecting to push many more G1’s out…
BlackBerry Curve 8900 (Javelin) hitting T-Mobile on February 11?
It’s not often that we see manufacturers launching their mobile wares ahead of schedule. Bureaucratic red tape and carrier testing procedures usually result in launch delays. We’re used to seeing products delayed for so long that they risk becoming irrelevant, so it’s refreshing to see that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 (codenamed: Javelin) has actually had…
HTC S743 lands in US – Next generation hybrid keypad/keyboard handset arrives
Fans of HTC’s hybrid-messaging handsets like the HTC Libra will be glad to hear that HTC is updating their smartphone lineup with a US variant of the HTC S740, dubbed the HTC S743. With both a numeric keypad and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the HTC S743 offers a Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (no touchscreen here, folks)…
Sprint still working on Chicago WiMAX network
Sprint and Clearwire’s collaboration on a nationwide WiMAX network in the US has yet to bear any worthy fruit. Sprint had us all thinking that they’d be bringing WiMAX service to Chicago by the end of 2008. The company has been touting their new dual-mode WiMAX/CDMA modem for use on either side of the No.…
LG moves 5 million LG Viewty cameraphones around the world!
When we first laid eyes on the LG Viewty’s spec-sheet, we knew LG had a sure winner on their hands. The LG Viewty mates a 3-inch touchscreen display with a high quality Schneider Kreuznach 5-megapixel camera that doesn’t compromise functionality just because its part of a cellphone. With auto-focus, image stabilization, xenon flash, the ability…
Big name handset manufacturers to benefit from slowing handset sales?
There’s little doubt that 2009 is going to see a continued slide in mobile phone sales. The decreased growth in cellphone sales that started in late-2008 was buoyed by the success of the smartphone market, but it now seems that even the hot-ticket smartphone segment will see a downturn in market growth for 2009. But,…
UIQ bankrupt, mobile platform is officially dead
With the UIQ codebase integrated into the SymbianSymbian OS holdings Foundation’s comprehensive , UIQ’s future as a stand-alone mobile operating system is bleak. And, with news today that UIQ, which is jointly owned by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, has filed for bankruptcy, the UIQ platform is all but dead. We’ve been expecting UIQ to slowly…