All hail the mighty Nokia N95 8GB! With it’s high quality German optics and that huge 8GB of onboard storage, the Nokia N95 8GB is a big winner for Nokia’s high-end lineup. Well, it’s at least a huge success in Europe. North American, not so much. Well, it looks like Nokia isn’t satisfied with taking…
Apple iPhone owners: Free AT&T WiFi at Starbucks and Barnes & Nobles hotspots
Web surfing on the iPhone is without a doubt an experience unrivaled in any other handset. Thanks to the incredible Safari browser and processing prowess of the iPhone, hitting the interwebs over the AT&T EDGE connection is great. But, mobile browsing with a broadband WiFi connection is simply astounding. So, it’s good to hear that…
BlackBerry Kickstart – first ever clamshell from BlackBerry maker RIM
Well shiver me timbers. Who would have thought RIM, the maker of the business-suit BlackBerry handset lineup, would ever make a more consumer-friendly clamshell mobile phone? We sure didn’t. Enough with the rhetoric. What you see here is purportedly the first-ever flip-phone from RIM – dubbed the “Kickstart.” It’s tiny little thing and sports…
Apple making iPhone into gaming graphics powerhouse – PA Semi acquisition hints at in-house chip design
Huge display, multi-touch interaction, powerful processor, advanced graphics core – these are all things that make the current iPhone a potential mobile gaming powerhouse. Thanks to Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR MBX 3D graphics video core that lies within the iPhone’s Samsung-manufactured ARM SoC (System on Chip) chip architecture, OpenGL ES 1.1 is supported by the Apple…
T-Mobile pre-paid: Now just $1 per day for unlimited in-network calls
One of T-Mobile’s greatest strengths is their pre-paid service. With great rates and the best wireless coverage value in the US, T-Mobile stands as a pre-paid wireless service leader. Now, the No. 4 US carrier has announced a new pre-paid plan. The “Pay By The Day” plan gives T-Mobile USA customer unlimited night and in-network…
Meet the Motorola MotoZINE ZN5 5 megapixel cameraphone
We’ve seen spy-shots and blurry in-the-wild photos of the 5 megapixel cameraphone from Motorola. The MotoZINE ZN5, as it’s called, is due to kick up the flagging company’s cameraphone offerings with a high-quality shooter to compete with the cameraphone elite from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and LG. So, to help quench your thirst for clear…
T-Mobile 3G network does voice and 384kbps data!
[Update] It looks like T-Mobile’s 3G network is good to go on the data side. I wish I was in New York and owned a handset with 1700Mhz UMTS to test out the 3G network, but reports indicate that speeds are as expected. Full 3G is better than voice-only 3G on T-Mobile’s 1700Mhz AWS spectrum.…
New 3G iPhone design rumors
And the rumors keep flowing in. The latest rumor regarding the next-generation iPhone comes from iLounge and points to a new iPhone that should be quite similar to the current generation iPhone. Among the key changes that are rumored for the 3G iPhone is a metallic back-casing get replaced by a high-gloss, black plastic casing.…
iSwish – yet another iPhone-like UI for Windows Mobile smartphones
If an open-platform packed with power and backed by a huge developer community is your thing, then you’re probably rocking a Windows Mobile device. Sure, there are complaints of stability and what-not, but chances are that your solid Windows Mobile device has started to stumble every now and again due to the same third-party applications…
Verizon Samsung Glyde planned for May 9
The month of May sure is shaping up to be an exciting month indeed. To help kick off the summer season, Verizon is apparently planning to launch the much-anticipated Samsung Glyde on May 9. As you’ll probably recall, the Samsung U940 Glyde features a full-body, pressure sensitive touchscreen and sliding QWERTY keyboard. We’ve been waiting…