With all the push-emailing and that industry-setting QWERTY keyboard on RIM’s BlackBerry handsets, we can see how all those thumbs out there could start to get worn out. If you haven’t already injured your thumbs with all that tap-tapping, Jott wants save your thumbs from eventual injury. The new Jott application is aimed at BlackBerry…
Nokia shows off iPhone fighting Nokia Tube
The Finnish mobile phone giant is not about to let the iPhone take any of its dominant market away from Espoo. With the iconic iPhone redefining the user experience in mobile phones, Nokia has been toiling away with a touch-based competitor to the iPhone. With S60 Touch finally getting the touchscreen treatment that the Symbian…
T-Mobile preparing to launch Fire Red T-Mobile Sidekick Slide?
Is that Purple trim on the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide keeping you from making the jump to the a Sidekick handset? Worry not, Sidekick-fan. Word on the street has it that the exclusive T-Mobile provider, T-Mobile (of course), is planning to launch a color-revised T-Mobile Sidekick Slide with “Fire Red” trim. Fresh off its defective Sidekick…
Verizon Wireless does femtocells too – CDMA femtocells for Verizon customers later this year
Having a hard time “hearing me now” inside a building, especially your home? Verizon Wireless has your back. The No. 2 US wireless carrier has announced that they intend to enhance indoor wireless coverage for their Verizon network by making femtocells available to customers later this year. Femtocells are small-scale cellular base stations, typically designed…
Samsung Instinct scores “Best In Show” from CTIA Las Vegas 2008
When it comes to innovation, functionality, wow factor, and technology, the Samsung Instinct takes top honors at CTIA Las Vegas 2008. Of all the handsets on display at the mobile industry tradeshow, a panel of 31 judges has proclaimed that the Sprint-bound Samsung Instinct is the most innovative and “coolest” device at the show. I’ve…
Two-thirds of Chinese aware of Apple iPhone
In a country that hasn’t even seen the official launch of the iPhone, more than two-thirds of the Chinese population is aware of the iPhone. There are so many iPhone clones coming out of Chinese factories, it’s almost impossible not to ignore the counterfeit side of things. Perhaps the prevalence of China-made iPhone copies has…
Mitac Mio DigiWalker Lovebird does Windows Mobile 6.1 and GPS on the slim – specs and launch date
We don’t know Mitac for their impressive industrial design, but that looks about to change. The Mitac Mio DigiWalker Lovebird handset made an appearance at the Microsoft booth at CTIA and the keen eyes over at msmobiles caught it on film. Mitac set out to make a sleek and slim Windows Mobile smartphone, and it…
Blind Japanese man creates vibrating Braille handset
Raised Braille-bumps on handset keypads are good for dialing a phone number and other simple tasks, but it can be a little more demanding to tap out text messages or do anything more complex by feel alone. To help the blind get more out of their mobile phones, Nobuyuki Sasaki, a former Tsukuba University of…
Guitar Hero III coming to Windows Mobile soon
That’s right! Guitar Hero III fans with Windows Mobile smartphones are just a stone’s throw away from rocking out to the solo-riffs of their favorite rockstars whenever they please. lokeuei over at Backstage at MED has dropped the Guitar Hero 3 bomb on faux-rock fans. Magmic is preparing the launch the GH3 gaming title on…
Walt Mossberg doesn’t really know when the 3G iPhone will launch – no solid 3G iPhone launch date
It was nice to think that Uncle Walt had an inside line on Apple’s plans to launch the 3G iPhone in just a couple months, but that’s where it ends. The seasoned gadget reviewer has just done an about face on his comment that the 3G iPhone will launch in 60 days. Apparently, the comment…