Welp, that’s the game, folks. After almost two months of anonymous bidding, the FCC has closed the 700Mhz spectrum auction. In all, $19.6 billion was put up for the 1,099 licenses that spanned the 700Mhz spectrum. Telecom industry giants like AT&T, Verizon, and Google duked it out with 211 other companies to scramble for additional…
Sony Ericsson sees handset sales slide
Hard times have gone global. Financial struggles in global economies have apparently started to affect our precious consumer electronics markets. So much so that the world’s fourth largest handset manufacturer has just issued a profit warning due to lacking handset sales in key European markets. Sony Ericsson says that sliding sales of mid- to high-end…
T-Mobile set to launch BlackBerry 8120 Pearl on April 14
We’ve got another expected launch date for the T-Mobile BlackBerry 8120 Pearl. This time around, the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home-compatible Pearl is lined up for an April 14 launch. The previous launch window has come and gone, so Pearl fans that can’t wait to get their hands on the integrated WiFi radio that we saw all…
Apple iPhone takes the lead as No. 1 mobile browser in US, No. 2 in UK
Browsing the web on the iPhone is a dream. The experience is unrivaled by any other mobile browsing platform. So, it’s no wonder that the iPhone’s Safari browser has already climbed to the No. 1 spot among mobile browsers in the US. What makes it so great? Sure, there’s multi-touch, capacitance touchscreen, Safari, and tabbed…
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 earn Federal security certifications
Bet you didn’t realize that your crash-prone Windows Mobile smartphone is secure enough to handle government and military duty, did you? Well, actually, the Windows Mobile platform is quite stable and secure – the main reason that WinMo gets such a bad rap from a stability standpoint is because of all those third-party applications that…
Cellphone as ear warmer
In which we discuss how to get yourself out of a traffic citation for driving while using a mobile phone. In many parts of the world, it’s now illegal to drive with a cellphone pasted to the side of your face – it’s distracting for the driver and just isn’t a good look. Even drivers…
Watch embedded YouTube videos on your iPhone – Flash be damned!
Aside from the iPhone’s YouTube application, there aren’t too many other options to satisfy that YouTube craving. So, it’s a good thing that there’s at least one other option on the table. With the same kind of bookmarklet magic that allows iPhone users to copy and paste text and URLs, any embedded YouTube content can…
Internet/Email/Text messaging addiction soon to be official
If your compulsive urge to surf the internet, hammer out an email, or tip-tap a text message is starting to interfere with your daily activities, you might be glad (or not) to hear that you’re facing addiction straight in the face. Forget that “texter’s thumb” of yours, that need for internet/email/text messaging could soon be…
So this is what the Sanyo Katana LX looks like
Trying to get an idea for a handset’s design from a couple measly FCC diagrams is like trying to guess where that distracted soccer mom on her cellphone will drive that huge SUV of hers. You can have a good idea of what’s it’s going to look like, but you’re probably going to be thrown…
Toshiba copies Fujitsu RakuRaku handset, gets sued by Fujitsu
You mean companies can sue for copyright infringement on the design of a particular handset? That must have been news to Toshiba, seeing as how they blatantly copied a RakuRaku handset made by Fujitsu. You see, the Toshiba Kandan Keitai 821T is an almost carbon-copy of the Fujitsu Foma RakuRaku Phone III, prompting NTT DoCoMo…