iPhone owners have been lamenting the absence of full Flash support on their web-savvy handsets since Apple launched the original iPhone with the promise of full web browsing functionality. iPhone detractors have pointed out the iPhone and iPhone 3G’s lack of Flash support as a critical flaw in the handset. Whatever the case, it’s sad…
Microsoft kills off Deepfish
As Microsoft prepares to release their revamped Internet Explorer Mobile web browser for the Windows Mobile platform, it seems that the company’s mobile browser Deepfish has been canned. Back in the day, Microsoft promised the mobile community full-HTML browsing with their still-developing Deepfish browser. Deepfish never opened up beyond a limited beta program and was…
Nokia CTO steps down – No more Chief Technology Officer for Nokia
The Chief Technology Officer for the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, has stepped down as the company’s top-dog technologist. Nokia’s CTO Bob Iannucci has resigned, effective immediately, from the highest tech position at Nokia for “personal reasons.” Henry Tirri will be filling in for Bob Iannucci as Nokia hashes out how to deal with…
LG KC780 – World’s slimmest 8 megapixel cameraphone get “in focus”
Oh no they didn’t. In a move to punk Samsung for the “World’s Slimmest 8 Megapixel Cameraphone” title, fellow South Korean cellphone manufacturing giant LG has officially unveiled their LG KC780 8 megapixel cameraphone as the multi-megapixel shooter phone with the world’s slimmest waistline. This battle for higher pixel densities and slimmer form-factors sure is…
Samsung introduces Samsung Pixon 8 megapixel cameraphone
Leave it to the South Korean consumer electronics giant to stuff an 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection and geo-tagging support into a 13.8mm thick package that boasts a 3.2-inch touchscreen display. Samsung has unveiled their Samsung Pixon handset for cameraphone power-users that need nothing less than 8 million pixels of imaging resolution. The…
FCC mulling Sprint/Clearwire and Verizon/Alltel mergers – Possible completion by year-end
There’s nothing like a little election season rush to light the fires under bureaucratic feet. Rather than take their sweet time in reviewing the Sprint/Clearwire and Verizon/Alltel wireless mergers (like they usually do), the FCC has announced that they are fast-tracking the review process and hopes to have decisions ready by the end of 2008.…
Windows Mobile Internet Explorer 6 screenshots – Full HTML browsing on Windows Mobile 6.1
Now this is what we’re talking about. The mobile ecosystem is entrenched in a mobile browser war that would have all mobile phone users around the world surfing all those internets in full HTML glory, directly on their mobile phones. Regardless of computing power, data connection speed, or handset form-factor, the likes of Mozilla, Skyfire,…
Nokia N82 gets firmware update
Following on the Nokia N95’s bump up to the new v30.0.015 firmware, owners of Nokia’s candybar Nokia N82 can now update their handsets to the latest firmware. Nokia has unleashed the newest firmware version for all Nokia N82 handsets, bringing with it a new Flash Lite version, Maps 2.0, new music player, less sensitive automatic…
Apple iPhone 2.2 OS shows off refreshed iPhone Safari
Unless your a bona-fide Apple iPhone developer, chances are you don’t have access to the latest iPhone OS beta and the changes hidden within. That’s where we step in. The iPhone 2.2 OS beta 1 that was seeded to iPhone developers earlier this week apparently includes a refreshed iPhone Safari UI. The picture you see…
Google patent application could have handsets selecting cheapest wireless network
Be it WiMAX, WiFi, GSM, CDMA, or LTE, mobile users are quickly becoming inundated with wireless network choices in their area. And, if Google has anything to say about it, the future of the mobile market might be more about network operators bidding for a chance to serve up wireless data/voice to your handset and…