With the iPhone’s on-screen keyboard providing more than enough speed and convenience for everyday text input, why would anyone want to bring handwriting recognition to the iPhone? Actually, HWPen was developed by Hanwang.com.cn in an effort to make Chinese text entry a bit easier (what with all those thousands of characters in the Chinese language).…
White HTC Touch available on Verizon – Verizon XV6900 finally gets real
It’s April 16th, and Verizon Wireless has made good on their promise to bring the CDMA masses a white-clad HTC Touch.If you just don’t have a need for the slide-out numeric keypad on the HTC Touch Dual that’s slated to hit US shores later this year, you might want to check out the Verizon XV6900.…
iPhone OS 2.0 firmware shows embedded YouTube videos
Don’t get too excited just yet. Yes, the next version of the iPhone OS will feature the ability to embed YouTube videos directly into a webpage. What you get is an embedded YouTube video playing on the website like you’d expect from your desktop. But, there’s a catch. You can only view embedded YouTube videos…
CSR debuts dual-mode Ultra Low Power (ULP) Bluetooth chip
Wireless connectivity is the name of the game in the mobile industry, and Wibree, the next-generation Bluetooth standard, is making a splash with its new name. Wibree will now be known as ULP (Ultra Low Power) Bluetooth. ULP allows for 10 times lower power consumption during regular Bluetooth connection and a 50-fold decrease in power-draw…
Samsung G810 to come preloaded with CNN news application
Mobile news applications are really starting to take hold in the mobile space. With newer mobile phones, especially smartphones, making it easier to check up on news from around the web, it’s a bit surprising that news outlets are targeting mobile phones with native applications. Still, a news application is a welcome addition to any…
HTC and designer Nic Wong auction four special edition HTC Touch handsets for charity
What happens when you let a designer like Nic Wong put his design-mitts on one of your popular mobile phones? Well, if you HTC, you get these four special edition HTC Touch handsets. The wacky-cool HTC Touch offerings from HTC and Nic Wong are sure to turn heads wherever you go. That is, if you…
Microsoft completes Danger acquisition – Danger integrated into Premium Mobile Experiences Division
If there’s one thing that Microsoft does well, it’s acquiring companies that might offer benefit to its operations in any market. As you might recall, Microsoft recently put up a cool $500 million in a push to buy Sidekick-maker Danger. Well, it looks like the acquisition has been completed and Microsoft is celebrating by integrating…
T-Mobile’s Shadow brand lives on – T-Mobile Shadow II spy pic
When we first laid eyes on the consumer-friendly T-Mobile Shadow (HTC Juno), we knew T-Mobile had a hit on its hands. The Shadow brand puts full-featured technology into a decidedly easy to use and affordable package. And, T-Mobile is apparently going to keep up with their Shadow lineup. The spy pic you see here, in…
iPhone gets some AOL Mobile Search love
AOL? What’s AOL? Remember when AOL was the premier internet service and the most popular way to get online? Well, AOL’s internet service is pretty much dead at this point, but that doesn’t mean that AOL isn’t going strong in the web-world. AOL has just launched their AOL Mobile Search portal for the iPhone. AOL…
Sega’s Super Monkey Ball promises casual iPhone gaming
The iPhone as a gaming platform. It’s inevitable. And, with the AppStore launching in a couple short months, the success of mobile games on the iPhone will be largely left to how much gaming development is available for the iPhone. One of the few games demonstrated at the iPhone SDK launch was Spore. But, games…