Well, talk about nipping controversy in the bud. Just a couple days after Nokia enthusiasts started to get all riled up over having their Nokia N-Gage games locked to a single handset, Nokia has up and announced that they’ll make sure that N-Gage games can be transferred between multiple handsets. Nokia previously said that N-Gage…
HTC Touch Diamond heads to India, forgets 3G radio
There’s only one way HTC is going to meet their upgraded sales projections for the new HTC Touch Diamond over the next year – the Taiwanese manufacturer is going to have to push the HTC Touch Diamond hard in already entrenched markets as well as bring the handset to new markets. As such, the HTC…
RIM allows Indian government to snoop on BlackBerry emails
RIM, not one to let the prospect of getting kicked out of the potentially lucrative Indian wireless market, has apparently had its hand forced by the Indian government. Following on government officials’ threats to ban RIM from the country if a workable network-monitoring deal wasn’t worked out in a timely fashion, RIM has announced that…
AT&T to determine pricing on 3G iPhone?
While Apple had the upper hand in telling what AT&T could and could not do or charge for the current-generation iPhone, the 3G iPhone could usher in a new age of carrier-based iPhone pricing. Speculation over the next-generation iPhone’s pricing scheme is rooted in an AT&T executive’s loose-lipped statement. AT&T CFO Rick Lindner spoke at…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 whitepaper shows two XPERIA X1 variants
With the 3G iPhone just over the horizon and the HTC Touch Diamond grabbing gobs of attention from the Windows Mobile camp, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 superphone that took the industry by storm just a couple months ago has taken an unfortunate back-burner position. Don’t misunderstand, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is still an…
FreeCaddie turns your Windows Mobile GPS phone into a golf range-finder
You don’t have to be a good golfer to appreciate any little advantage that technology can give you on the greens. I don’t think there’s a single hole that I’ve ever swung a club a that didn’t result in a double bogey, but that’s besides the point. One thing that might make it a little…
Freaky cellphone concept that make you/it squirm
Mobile phone concepts usually make us drool in envy and with longing for the possibilities of things to come. So, this new mobile phone concept from Provoke is a bit of a departure from the high-tech wonderment that concept technology usually inspires. The idea behind Provoke’s Touch Concept is to allow “deep communication” between lovers…
Nokia Maps 2.0 exits beta, still free
Nokia Maps 2.0 launched in beta form at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain, bringing with it a handful of features that many S60 users were likely using to great extent. So, with the application’s exit from beta testing, Nokia Maps 2.0 is ready to bring GPS navigation to the S60-masses for free.…
Rogers launches the HTC Shift UMPC in Canada
With a 7-inch “slide-n-tilt” touchscreen, 40GB hard drive, WiFi, quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM, tri-band (850/1900/2100Mhz) 3G/HSPA, Bluetooth 2.0 and full QWERTY keyboard – packed into a package weighing in at just 1.8 pounds – the HTC Shift is a UMPC that redefines what it means to be mobile. The HTC Shift runs Windows Vista Business edition…
HTC upgrades shipment projections for HTC Touch Diamond handset
Well, well, well. I guess I’m not the only one smitten with the new HTC Touch Diamond’s impressive feature-set and cutting-edge looks (is there a pun in there?). HTC has apparently gotten enough positive feedback on their HTC Touch successor that they’ve upgraded their shipment projections for the HTC Touch Diamond. Chinese language tech-rag, Commercial…