It looks like Phone Arena‘s report that the Sprint Samsung Instinct would be priced at $199 has missed its mark. After running an intensive “iPhone vs. Instinct” advertising campaign, Sprint has announced that it will price its iPhone-fighting Instinct at just $129.99, not the $199.99 that we were previously led to believe. The Samsung Instinct…
Flash IS coming to the iPhone – Adobe CEO pleased with Flash development for iPhone
All those hints and signs that the iPhone might be getting some much sought-after Flash support turned out to be fairly on point. Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen announced that he’s “pleased with the internal progress that we’ve made to date.” Just what kind of progress has Adobe made in the Flash-on-iPhone arena? The code-monkeys at…
Thrrum MMS Search brings visual search to Sprint and AT&T subscribers
Semantic search has been shown off before, and there have even been trials and full-blown service launches of visual mobile search services. But, 23half Inc.’s Thrrum MMS Search is the first ever visual mobile search service available in the US – specifically for Sprint and AT&T subscribers. The service is available through each carrier’s MMS…
FCC shows Pantech Duo 2
Dual-sliders aren’t exactly taking the handset market by storm, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t at least a handful of you out there that love having a keypad and keyboard on the same device. And, keeping the dream of hybrid keypad/keyboard devices alive, Pantech has just pushed their Pantech Duo 2 through the FCC. The…
Sanyo PRO-700 review
With Sprint’s QChat service launched and ready to rock with compatible handsets, it was only a matter of time before we started to see QChat handset reviews start trickling out in to the public eye. Phone Arena has posted their comprehensive review of the Sanyo PRO-700 that was launched as one of four available QChat…
Sprint QChat is live – 40 markets, 4 new handsets
Sprint’s delayed nationwide push-to-talk (PTT) system, dubbed QChat, went live on Sunday, June 15. With Sprint’s Nextel arm still reigning king as the benchmark of push-to-talk providers, Sprint has expanded the service to its CDMA subscribers. QChat is now available coast-to-coast in over 40 markets in the US. Sprint subscribers in cities like Austin, Boston,…
Apple iPhone 3G manufacturing costs – Would you believe $100?
Barring any official disclosure from Apple, we’ll likely never know exactly what it costs Apple to put the bits and pieces of an iPhone 3G together. But, that’s not going to stop analysts from estimating the cost of manufacturing the next-generation iPhone. Already experienced in putting the iPhone together, its widely believed that Apple has…
AT&T to pick up Samsung SGH-i780 as Samsung i788?
Random tips from those allegedly privy to AT&T meetings are the sort of rumors that we thrive on. So, imagine our excitement when we heard that some handset manufacturer representatives at a recent AT&T store managers’ meeting started showing off their latest wares. Most interesting is the mention of a Samsung SGH-i780 destined for AT&T.…
China Unicom looking to launch iPhone 3G in August?
Word on the street is that Apple has finally inked a deal that would allow them to break in to the Chinese wireless market with the iPhone 3G. There are rumblings of China Unicom having signed on with Apple to offer the iPhone to its considerable Chinese subscriber-base this August. Apple has had problems getting…
Rumor: Garmin Nuvifone to be available in White
With the Apple iPhone 3G slated to be released in a 16GB White variant, we’re hearing that Garmin could be considering a White variant for their navigation-oriented Nuvifone. Garmin is still expected to start shipping the Garmin Nuvifone in Black for $500 in Q3 2008, but if this latest rumor pans out, we could see…