If you’re feeling a tinge of deja vu all over again, it’s because this has all happened before. HTC, long known to be developing a handset running the Android open-source OS, has finally come out in the open and announced that their Android handset will be called the “Dream.” Back in the early days of…
HTC Star Trek gets the Windows Mobile 6.1 treatment
While the rest of us mere mortals will have to make do with screenshots and videos of the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.1 UI, an enterprising ROM-cook over at xda-developers forum has installed the not-yet-released Windows Mobile 6.1 OS on an HTC Star Trek smartphone. Apparently not content with having Windows Mobile 6.0 on the Star…
Apple may ban development of music player application for iPhone
Talk about lockdown. In a move that should make anti-trust litigators foam at the mouth, Apple has reportedly banned the development of any music player application for the iPhone. The new iPhone SDK apparently restricts applications from accessing iTunes functions, effectively prohibiting developers from accessing the iTunes music library or expanding on the iPhone’s music-player.…
Verizon Wireless launches Metal Gear Solid Mobile
Following on Nokia’s more developed and wide-ranging offerings with their N-Gage gaming platform, Verizon Wireless has announced the launch of their exclusive new 3D game, Metal Gear Solid Mobile. Made by the same folks that brought us Metal Gear Solid console games, Metal Gear Solid Mobile is a completely new game with novel features. The…
Sprint pushing “real web” on all data-enabled handsets
Sprint isn’t doing so well as a traditional voice-carrier amidst its more popular competition. So, the struggling network operator is re-focusing its resources on the data-side of mobile communications. Apple’s iPhone has forced the industry to re-think how mobile phones deal with web-content. The fake internet that’s served up with those crappy, bundled WAP browsers…
Verizon Wireless releases more details on “Any App, Any Device” network
What that, you say? Verizon Wireless will be opening their network to “any app, any device?” Surely you jest. Verizon Wireless is one of the most closed networks in the US. The No. 2 carrier insists on controlling what device you use on their network and even what applications you can install on their mobile…
Nokia promotes end of N-Gage beta with free game offering
Mobile gaming is about to get a little more exciting. At least if you own one of Nokia’s N-series devices (N81, N82, N95) that will play nice with Nokia’s N-Gage gaming platform. Until now, Espoo has limited the fun of N-Gage gaming to beta testers with Nokia N81 handsets. In return for making the N-Gage…
Alltel launches Samsung Muse
Some things are just too good to pass up. The Samsung Muse, for example, rocks EV-DO, GPS and a 2 megapixel camera to handle the cool stuff, while the 64MB of onboard memory and microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth, and external music controls handles the fun stuff. But, the best part is that Alltel is launching…
One in three mobiles to be smartphones by 2013
As handset manufactures push smartphone features into their lower-range offerings, more and more people are likely to pick up a smartphone in the coming years. New research from ABI Research indicates that 31% of all mobile phones in 2013 will be a smartphone. Currently, one in ten cellphones are smartphones. “Smart operating systems are continually…
Apple’s iPhone AppStore digital application signatures explained – developer costs lowest in industry
We already know that Apple plans to lockdown the development environment for iPhone applications made with the iPhone SDK and distributed through the AppStore. But, the question is, just how does Apple plan to keep such a tight leash on all those oncoming applications, and how does that play into the plan to charge a…