There’s no doubt that Nokia is the largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. Even in the face of an uncertain financial sector and declining global handset demand, Nokia has managed to increase their net profits in Q2 2008 compared to the year-ago period. With €1.474 billion in second quarter net profits, compared to €1.393…
Sprint Palm Treo 800w display compatibility issues arise
With Sprint having recently gone live with their Palm Treo 800w, Palm fans have been flocking to the new Treo flagship and putting it through its paces. The Palm Treo 800w features 3G EVDO Rev. A data connectivity, that trick WiFi toggle switch, and the new 320×320 resolution display. That last bit is the topic…
SugarSync brings online backup and storage to Mac and PC iPhone users
Web-apps are here to stay. Like a new wave of easily developed (relatively) and deployed applications, cloud-computing has taken its first steps to true legitimacy. Just as Apple’s revamped .Mac service, MobileMe, has pushed cloud-based computing to Joe MacUser, Sharpcast is poised to bring their SugarSync online backup/storage solution to the iPhone. SugarSync aims to…
LG Rumor hits Virgin Mobile Canada
Virgin Mobile, always looking to offer new hardware to its customers, has announced that they will be picking up the LG Rumor for its SMS text messaging users in Canada. The 17.8mm thick vertical slider features a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and speakerphone. But, the LG Rumor’s dual keypad and slide-out QWERTY keyboard design takes…
iPhone application celebrates Dark Knight release by making you look crazy
The premier of one of the most-anticipated movie-releases in history is upon us. We’re talking about “The Dark Knight,” of course. And, to help market the new movie, there’s a new iPhone application available through the Apple AppStore that let’s you celebrate your Batman-enthusiasm by making yourself look crazy. You can use your iPhone’s camera…
HTC Diamond firmware enables 850Mhz support – New HTC Diamond radio ROM does 850Mhz
The one thing keeping the HTC Diamond from sweeping across America as the next big competitor (and a capable one at that) to the iPhone 3G is the HTC Diamond’s lack of support for the 850Mhz GSM frequency band that us Yankees love to use. Sure, 850Mhz has better penetrating power than the higher frequency…
Details on Verizon’s LG Voyager refresh – new firmware, new features, 4G LTE?
Verizon not long ago launched their LG VX10000 Voyager as an answer to AT&T’s Apple iPhone. The touchscreen revolution had just gotten underway and Verizon had to scramble to get its own touchscreen offering on the table. But, with a squishy pressure-sensitive touchscreen and clunky UI, the LG Voyager failed to cash in on the…
Sony Ericsson planning new Walkman product launches for July 22
Marketing and hype are keys to getting the consumer excited about the next big handset. Apple, HTC, Samsung, LG, Nokia all know that you have to get the market hyped up about an upcoming product launch if you want to sell boatloads of handsets. And, it seems Sony Ericsson is also getting in on the…
GlideOS brings Microsoft Word documents to iPhone – Announcing 10GB of free storage
GlideOS previously popped up on our radar with their Glide Mobile web-app. The web-based application allowed for Microsoft Office document creation and editing on the iPhone (as well as other mobile platforms). Glide Mobile offers online collaboration on Microsoft Office documents as part of their Glide Mobile suite – which includes Glide Photo Editor, Glide…
Hong Kong retailer offers unlocked iPhone 3G for any GSM network
What’s this? Brand-new and unlocked iPhone 3G handsets shipped to your door from China? Say it ain’t so! We waited over 10 hours in line for the iPhone 3G last week, and all we got was a fully network-locked 16GB iPhone 3G that took several excruciating hours to activate. So, with Hong Kong’s Alibaba Wholesale…