Samsung sure knows how to milk current handset trends. The latest touchscreen craze has Samsung crunching out smartphones of all sizes and form-factors for almost every imaginable demographic. The Samsung Eternity from AT&T is just such a handset. AT&T has gone live with their Omnia look-alike, the Samsung Eternity. With its 3.2-inch touchscreen (with pseudo-haptic…
Microsoft: Internet Explorer Mobile 6 only coming on new devices, no upgrades for “6 on 6”
In what could be construed as a mis-step by corporate strategists, Microsoft Windows Mobile team representative Khush has announced that the upcoming Internet Explorer Mobile 6 will only be made available on new Windows Mobile 6.1 devices. The revamped Internet Explorer Mobile 6, also known as Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) 6 and casually referred to…
Nokia preparing touchscreen handset with true haptic feedback?
The road to true tactile feedback systems in touchscreen smartphones has been littered with half-baked, so-called “haptic” feedback solutions that do little more than vibrate the entire handset with every touchscreen input. Granted, the technology is still in its infancy, but there are some that would argue that implementing anything less than true tactile feedback…
Phone as airline boarding pass coming to American Airlines
The US airline industry, with airlines still using decades-old planes and FAA air-control computers running less processing power than the smartphone that’s being used to write this post, isn’t exactly quick to adopt new technologies. But, they’re slowly starting to catch on. In their search to attract more customers and streamline operations, American Airlines has…
Verizon HTC XV6900 gets Windows Mobile 6.1 OS software update available early!
Sure, you could wait for Verizon and HTC to get their act together and release the upcoming software update for your Verizon HTC Touch, confusingly known as the Verizon HTC XV6900, or, you could just grab the un-released update for yourself. Thanks to PhoneNews, Verizon HTC XV6900 owners don’t have to wait on an “official…
Sony unveils 12+ megapixel Exmor CMOS image sensor – Cameraphone pixel-war heating up!
We don’t usually condone any type of war, but when hardware manufacturers fight for cameraphone market share (and mind share), we’re all for all-out warfare. One of the many handset-wars going on right now is being fought on the cameraphone battle-ground. With handset manufacturers packing image sensors with every increasing pixel densities into their mobile…
Apple working on own search engine or just a new search portal for iPhone?
Is Apple secretly working on developing their own search engine? Rumblings throughout the web, originating from TechCrunch, has Apple working to supplant the Google search engine that is currently integrated into both the desktop and mobile (iPhone) versions of its Safari web browser. Apple is apparently not satisfied with the current search engine experience that…
Google drops new iPhone-optimized search portal
Even with the T-Mobile G1 bringing Google’s new mobile platform to the masses, it seems that Google still respects the iPhone and it’s mobile browsing market influence. With the iPhone Safari browser grabbing chunks of the mobile web browser market and driving mobile web consumption around the world, Google has rolled out a new iPhone-optimized…
Internet Explorer Mobile 6 emulator now available – IE 6-on-6 inches closer to market
Touted as Windows Mobile’s answer to the growing market of mobile web browsers delivering desktop-like browsing experiences, Microsoft has been promising to release a revamped Internet Explorer Mobile (previously known as Pocket Internet Explorer) for Windows Mobile 6.1 that is based on the same underlying code that powers the desktop version of Internet Explorer. The…
Sprint HTC Touch Pro unboxing pics
Well look what the delivery man dropped off today. HTC’s flagship QWERTY smartphone is now available as the Sprint HTC Touch Pro, and we’ve got hands on the goods. HTC has given Sprint first-dibs on the branded HTC Touch Pro, allowing Sprint to offer their customers the best that HTC has to offer in the…