Torrential interest or not, Japan’s Softbank is set to welcome Apple’s iPhone 3G to its island-soil. As the exclusive iPhone carrier in Japan, Softbank will be doing its best to get an iPhone 3G into the hands of every single one of the 9%, or more, of the Japanese population that indicated interest in the…
Motorola lost 1.3 million RAZR customers to iPhone
While the floundering handset once-juggernaut tries to fool itself and the public that a commendation for “teamwork” is as important as actually pumping out handsets that are worth anyone’s time, it seems Motorola has proved, once again, that “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Oh yes, Motorola was once huge. They were a…
Windows Mobile concept phone is solar powered, has secondary slide-out touchscreen keyboard
We haven’t seen too many concepts of late, but that doesn’t mean we don’t like to see what the creative minds envision the future of mobile to be. This latest mobile phone concept, the Eclipse Intuit, was dreamed up by Eddie Goh. Goh sees a future filled with Windows Mobile devices powered by the oh-so-renewable…
Old iPhone docks won’t fit iPhone 3G?
According to an Apple store employee, we could see all our first-generation iPhone docks become all but useless with the launch of the next-generation iPhone 3G – “the iPhone 3G is shaped differently and doesn’t fit in the same dock.” Which is not all that surprising, given Apple’s penchant for continually updating their products, forcing…
AT&T paying Apple $325 for every iPhone 3G?
If you thought paying $299 for a 16GB iPhone 3G in White was more than just pocket change, imagine how AT&T feels, paying $325 for every iPhone 3G. At least that’s what Oppenheimer equity research analyst Yair Reiner has told clients. Keeping in mind that carriers generally pay a maximum of $200 per handset, Reiner…
Palm Treo 800w launch date confirmed – July 13 on Sprint
With the summer wireless-hardware-blockbuster set to give eager mobile enthusiasts a new wave of high-end smartphones to drool over, we’ve got the latest launch date details on the much-anticipated (for some, anyway) Palm Treo 800w on Sprint. An alleged inventory sheet has been posted up on HowardForums, indicating that the Sprint Palm Treo 800w will…
Motorola named by AT&T as outstanding supplier, highlights strength in teamwork
Now this is just sad. Motorola doesn’t seem to be doing anything more productive with its time than cutting jobs and publicizing a rather pathetic commendation from AT&T. Apparently, Motorola has been named, by AT&T, as an “Outstanding Supplier,” among 27 other companies, in “the area of teamwork.” Had Motorola been named “Most Innovative,” “Best…
iPhone 3G hopefuls should hit the gym
And maybe take up some sort of martial arts training. Or, at the very least, watch your back for iPhone-targeting, low-life, wannabe thugs looking to pry that beautiful iPhone from your cold, dead hands. You see, there seems to be a shift from the old days where people were getting mugged for their iPods to…
Study: 32 million LTE subscribers by 2013
There’s no doubt that LTE is the 4G network of choice the world over. With CDMA-based networks like Verizon even planning to switch to the GSM evolution pathway for their future network, it seems that LTE is the way to go. As such, ABI Research has released a new study that projects 32 million worldwide…
iPhone OS 2.0 beta firmware hints at FM radio, FOTA support
With Apple releasing iPhone v2.0 firmware betas left and right, the iPhone is shaping up with support for more and more features. The latest iPhone firmware beta has revealed that the next firmware revision will enable FM radio and FOTA (firmware over the air) support on the iPhone. FM radio support could point toward the…