As we close in on the June 9 Apple WWDC event in San Francisco, more and more images of the next-generation iPhone are coming to light. So much so that we already know, with a fair degree of certainty, just what kind of aesthetic changes to expect in the 3G iPhone. There are already confirmed…
Projections put Windows Mobile growth at 50% per year
Microsoft really wasn’t kidding when they announced their intention to bring Windows Mobile to the top of the smartphone market. The Redmond-based company has announced that it expects its mobile phone platform to grow by a remarkable 50% per year in 2008 and 2009 – fueled by a fast-growing smartphone market. Smartphone shipments grew by…
Samsung taps Infineon for chips
Following on Infineon’s recent announcement that their CEO will be stepping down at the end of this month, Samsung has announcement that they’ve tapped Infineon to supply the mobile chips for Samsung handsets. In doing so, Samsung will no longer be sourcing wireless components from Qualcomm. The South Korean company has purportedly chosen Infineon as…
Apple acquires third-party handwriting recognition software for iPhone OS 2.0 firmware
Remember that cool handwriting recognition software that I mentioned some time ago? Well, it seems that the HWPen application that was developed by Hanwang.com.cn has been acquired by Apple for use in the next major firmware release for the iPhone – the iPhone OS 2.0 firmware. Hanwang claims that Apple has acquired their handwriting recognition…
Palm Treo 850 specifications
Fans of Palm’s Treo lineup of smartphones are no doubt waiting on the edge of their seats for Palm to go live with the next-generation Treo lineup. And, from the looks of the leaked and in-the-wild pictures we’ve seen of the fresh, new wares, it’s not hard to see why. The slimmer, sleeker, and more…
iPhone applications iControl and Whrrl get iFund funding – 2 out of 1,700
Remember that $100 million iFund money-pie that was supposed to spark innovation amongst iPhone application developers? Right, well it seems that “sparking innovation” isn’t exactly how we’d describe the state of iPhone applications seeking iFund approval. Since its inception, iFund has been flooded with 1,700 application submissions. But, only two of those iPhone applications have…
OmniVision to bring backside illumination technology to image senors – BSI coming to consumer market
It’s refreshing to see a manufacturer in the mobile space actually paying attention to quality over quantity – image quality over pixel quantity, that is. OmniVision has taken a bit of a higher road in the cameraphone business with their push towards higher-quality image sensors (CMOS sensors) in favor of pixel-packed sensors. The company has…
Disney Mobile to launch Sharp DM002SH handset in Japan – Disney Mobile Cinderella Phone
Disney Mobile has already shuttered the doors to its US-based MVNO operations, but that doesn’t mean the Disney-branded network operator isn’t going to give it its all in Japan. With network time leased from Japan’s Softbank, Disney Mobile is looking for a more successful Japanese-run this time around. As such, Disney Mobile has announced its…
Earthscape developing iPhone Earth – Google Earth-like app for iPhone
One of the cooler applications being developed for the iPhone, using the iPhone SDK, has got to be iPhone Earth. Earthscape is developing the application to bring Google Earth-like functionality to the iPhone and, from the looks of it, iPhone Earth is sure to be a killer app when it goes live. It may not…
Nokia N95 NAM gets firmware update – Nokia N95-3 gets firmware 20.02.011
The heralded Nokia N95 North American edition (NAM) already gets props for its multimedia capabilities, most notably its high-end imaging prowess. And, with this latest software update from Nokia, the Nokia N95 NAM (aka Nokia N95-3) gets the same added features and performance gains that its European counterpart (Nokia N95-1) has enjoyed for some time…