And another wireless carrier startup bites the dust. Well, not yet, but word on the street is that Sprint spin-off Embarq is considering taking a stage-left exit from the wireless game. Embarq customers still have time to decide what they want to do with their service. Embarq’s CFO said that his company would continue to…
Palm Treo 800w out and about in the wild – more live pictures
With Palm’s fortunes having been boosted with their popular Palm Centro handsets aimed at the decidedly dressed-down consumer market, Palm fans have been waiting on the ailing manufacturer to release their next-generation business-oriented smartphone. The Palm Treo 800w has been pictured in the wild, in all its Centro-esque keyboarding glory. Boy Genius managed to score…
Christian Dior debuts $5,000 mobile phone – Dior cellphone aims at luxury market
When is a cellphone worth $5,000? Hint: never. Christian Dior has been rumored to be working on a mobile phone for some time, and following on recent speculation that the Christian Dior-branded handset could make its debut soon, the Dior phone has gone live. With a $5,000 price tag, we can’t imagine anyone outside the…
AT&T back-peddles on iPhone sales limit – allows three iPhones per person
Just a day after AT&T instituted a one iPhone per person limit to presumably ration remaining iPhone stock, the top US wireless carrier back-peddled and is now allowing customers to buy up to three iPhones at a time. “Our No. 1 concern is to make sure that every customer who wants an iPhone gets one,”…
T-Mobile Germany looking to keep iPhone all to itself
Call them greedy if you want, but T-Mobile Germany isn’t going to change their mind about keeping the iPhone all to themselves. It seems that the iPhone is too good to share with other carriers in T-Mobile’s home country. Reuters is reporting that T-Mobile expects to continue iPhone exclusivity in Germany. While Apple is rumored…
North Korea gets jiggy with 3G wireless networks
You’d think that a locked-down, super secretive Communist regime like that in North Korea would be one of the last countries in the world to roll out 3G network connectivity. And, you’d be right. North Korea’s 3G wireless network will launch as one of the developed world’s last networks to offer higher, 3G data speeds.…
AT&T rolls out free AT&T WiFi HotSpot service for AT&T LaptopConnect mobile broadband customers
While iPhone owners will just have to keep waiting for AT&T to get its ducks in line and decide when, exactly, they want to officially offer iPhone customers a free ride on AT&T’s WiFi HotSpot locations in the US, AT&T LaptopConnect mobile broadband customers can now enjoy free access to all AT&T WiFi HotSpot locations…
3D gaming on the iPhone – Kingdom Lores brings 3D fantasy to life
The iPhone is a great platform for mobile gaming. That generous multi-touch display, speedy internals, and graphics prowess make for some truly promising gaming potential. Case in point, Kingdom Lores has been released for iPhone owners itching to get their dragon-killing, dungeon-exploring fix. Marco Giorgini is developing the 3D fantasy game using a custom OpenGL…
Mississippi class action lawsuit takes aim at US wireless carriers for SMS text messaging charges
Any parent that’s had their tween-to-teenaged child rack up stratospheric wireless bills knows intimately how expensive a few text messages can get. With a 160-character limit on every SMS text message, it can take more than a few text messages to express your thoughts – at 5 to 10 cents per message, those thoughts can…
Apple launching 3G iPhone on June 9 – confirmed launch during WWDC keynote
We all suspected as much, and it’s been almost an unofficial launch date for Apple’s next-generation iPhone. But, today, Gizmodo has reportedly confirmed the launch of the 3G iPhone on June 9th during the keynote presentation at Apple’s WWDC conference. Citing a source “very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch,” the report says that…