Apologies for not giving you readers more lead-time on this, but I just found out that LG will be hosting an event in Los Angeles tomorrow to help drivers deal with the new hands-free cellphone law that goes in to effect July 1. If you don’t already know, California drivers will be required to use…
FCC unveils new T-Mobile 3G handset – Sony Ericsson TM506 Bella
With T-Mobile’s 3G network up and running, we’re eager to see T-Mobile bring some serious 1700Mhz 3G-compatible handsets into their stable. Some eagle-eyed detective work by Cellphonesignal has uncovered FCC documents that clue us in to a new T-Mobile 3G handset – the Sony Ericsson Bella. We’re looking for T-Mobile to pick up the Sony…
LG Dare rumored for June 26 launch
It looks like the summer’s really heating things up for Verizon. With the iPhone 3G launch hanging imminently over their corporate heads, the No. 2 US wireless carrier has announced the LG Dare alongside the LG Decoy and LG Chocolate 3 to help attract some newcomers to the CDMA network. So, with a 3G radio,…
iPhone isn’t turning Japanese anytime soon – Survey shows 91% of Japanese don’t care about iPhone 3G
In a country full of mobile devices that can pay for your food, let you watch live TV, surf the web at broadband speeds, and even wash your clothes (ok, maybe not), it’s not too surprising to hear that less than one-tenth of the Japanese population is interested in snatching up an Apple iPhone 3G.…
Skin-tenna – antenna uses your skin to trasmit signals, increases battery life
While most wireless devices these days are designed to broadcast RF signals that are strong enough to perpetuate through open air as well as penetrate through solid objects (like walls or human bodies), there’s a group of researchers that are looking to send wireless signals around an object, rather than through it. NewScientistTech reports that…
Delta Air Lines rolls out cellphone boarding pass at LaGuardia
As the mobile space continues to pervade every aspect of our lives, we’re going to inevitably see more integration of mobile phones with everyday services. The latest such mobile-integration comes from Delta Air Lines. Delta has announced that domestic air-travelers flying departing from New York’s LaGuardia airport may choose to use their cellphones in place…
ASUS tapped to manufacture Garmin Nuvifone
Garmin, one of the biggest names in GPS navigation hardware, has announced that it has, for the first time ever, outsourced production of a device. The Garmin Nuvifone, long-expected to marry Garmin’s GPS navigation prowess with the convenience of a mobile phone, will apparently be manufactured by ASUS. DigiTimes cites mysterious “industry sources” as indicating…
Nokia N95 running Android!
Wait, what? Google’s Android mobile OS is running on a handset designed with Symbian as the underlying mobile platform? Yep, at least that’s what it looks like from what we can see in this here video. Apparently, some enterprising Android fan has managed to get what seems to be Android up and running on their…
iPhone controls UAV in UC Berkeley
If there’s one thing a group of college students are probably most aware of in the mobile space, it’s the iPhone. Case in point, this video here shows a group of UC Berkeley students putting their iPhone to use as a wireless remote control for an UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). The iPhone is used to…
HTC Touch Diamond US-spec available through CompUSA
The hot new sleekness from Taiwan’s HTC has finally landed on US soil. And, it available through CompUSA, of all places. We’re not knocking CompUSA here, but we would have thought the HTC Touch Diamond would be available through a big-box retailer with a larger US footprint than the CompUSA chain. Regardless, it looks like…