Motorola’s latest flagship cameraphone has been making the rounds of late. The folks over at Crave managed to get their hands on the 5 megapixel Kodak-branded cameraphone that is the Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5, and they’ve posted the sample photo you see to the left. (full-resolution version here) One of the ZN5′ highlights (aside from that…
Best Buy brings Motorola ROKR E8 to Canada’s Rogers network
The Canadian GSM carrier has been getting some serious flack from consumers and business partners alike over their controversial iPhone 3G rate plan pricing. The biggest story for Rogers, it seems, is their iPhone 3G stock downsizing by Apple in response to infuriated customer backlash over the Rogers iPhone 3G’s lack of an unlimited data…
Unknown Sony Ericsson Walkman handset leaks out
We love seeing leaked pics of unannounced handsets popping up on the interwebs. And, Sony Ericsson seems to have the leakiest product pipeline of any major handset manufacturer – which makes for some fun times in handset-speculation-land. The ever-vigilant SE-fans at SEfanatics have uncovered this newest Sony Ericsson handset for the world to see. What…
Sprint posts Palm Treo 800w user manual
Sprint’s upcoming Palm Treo 800w is something of a big deal for Palm. The Palm Treo 800w represents Palm’s latest effort to retake a portion of its once-huge smartphone market share, and a true test of Palm’s ability to follow-up on the success of the Palm Centro. And, helping to spread the word about their…
Businesses lining up for iPhone integration
With the original iPhone and next-generation iPhone 3G set to take on a decidedly more enterprise-savvy role with the upcoming iPhone 2.0 OS firmware, businesses can finally integrate the iPhone with their Exchange-based corporate communications systems. A survey, conducted by Goldman Sachs, of 100 executives revealed that 17% of businesses will be bringing the iPhone…
Is 3G a necessity for mobile phones these days?
The fact that we’re seeing brand-new handsets being cooked up in R&D labs around the world without 3G radios in tow is a surprisingly sad revelation indeed. With the almighty Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 failing to give complement its 5 megapixel Kodak camera with an HSDPA data connection, we figured the 3G oversight was limited to…
iPhone 3G goes on sale 8AM, July 11 – will require credit card and social security credentials
Looking to get a shiny new iPhone 3G on Friday? Of course you are. But, are you ready to throw down your credit card and social security number to get one of Apple’s next-generation handset’s in your pocket? Confirming previous speculation that Apple would not allow any iPhone 3G handsets to be sold without contract,…
Nokia XpressMusic 5320 NAM hits the FCC
Whenever one of Nokia’s handsets makes it across the pond and officially lands on American shores, it’s a sure bet that the FCC will be giving a thorough going-over. The latest such handset to make the journey from Espoo is the Nokia XpressMusic 5320 NAM. The “North American” version of the NokiaXpressMusic 5320 boasts a…
First iPhone 3G unboxing photos hit the web
We’ve already seen enough iPhone 3G press-shots to know exactly what the upcoming Apple handset will look like, but there’s just something about live unboxing photos that gets us going in the morning. iPhonePortugal has posted unboxing pics of the iPhone 3G for all the world to drool over. The 8GB iPhone 3G pictured here…
Survey: 82% of US doesn’t use SMS text messaging
In a seeming confirmation of the US wireless market’s inherent naivety, a new research study has shown that SMS text messaging just isn’t as popular as other reports would have you believe. Sure, there have been trillions upon trillions of SMS text messages sent over the years, but just how does that translate to a…