Dual-sliders are great and all, but the price we pay for the convenience of having both a numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard is usually a considerable amount of bulk. Even HTC is guilty of adding a bit of heft in the name of convenience. But, that could all change if our favorite Taiwanese WinMo manufacturer…
Verizon launches Motorola RIZR Z6cx – the “x” stands for “no camera”
Hurray! Verizon Wireless has launched yet another version of their world-traveling Motorola RIZR Z6 slider! Wait a tick, it’s actually got less features than the Moto Z6c? The Motorola Z6cx has gone live on Verizon Wireless, but don’t be fooled by the extra letters adorning the model name of this slick slider-phone. The “x” in…
Nokia: hell no we ain’t gonna pay back that $92 million
So, just how did the German threat of legal action fare with the Finns? Well, it seems that Nokia couldn’t care less (or couldn’t care more, depending on how you look at it) about North Rhine Westphalia’s demand for repayment of subsidies. As you might recall, the German state bank, NRW.Bank, recently called upon Nokia…
Nokia is holding its ground – $1 billion in licensing fees to Qualcomm is enough
Again and again with this legal back and forth between Qualcomm and Nokia. The latest bit to come out of Espoo basically calls into question Qualcomm’s entire argument. Nokia states that they’ve dumped something like $1 billion in licensing fees to Qualcomm in order to use Qualcomm’s early mobile technologies. The licensing deals from 1992…
India and RIM come to terms on BlackBerry encryption
So it looks like RIM’s encrypted BlackBerry network will keep on keeping on in India. Following a meeting between Indian government officials and representatives from the wireless industry, India has decided to let the encrypted BlackBerry system continue operating. “We will discuss the issue with the Telecom Commission… the country’s security is of paramount importance,”…
Who wants a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1? Get your own XPERIA X1 on pre-order today!
I think it would have been easier to ask, “who doesn’t want a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1?” As Sony Ericsson’s Windows Mobile-powered, high-res touchscreen, sliding QWERTY superphone, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is quite possibly the most anticipated WinMo device that we’ve heard of to date. And, in a seeming effort to cash in on…
Mixmeister Scratch makes you an iPhone DJ – scratch your way through your iTunes library
There’s no amount of virtual “disc-scratching” that can replace the training afforded by some real turntable experience. But, if being an iPhone DJ is good enough for you, you’ll want to check out Mixmeister Scratch. With the beautifully useful multi-touch capacitance touchscreen on the iPod Touch and iPhone, wannabe disc jockeys can play like they…
AUDEO: Talk on your mobile phone without talking; thought-controlled conversations due later this year
Like a gadget straight out of some Sci-Fi flick, Ambient (using technology from Texas Instruments) has busted up the mobile phone industry with their new thought-controlled communications technology. AUDEO, as it’s called, picks up the neurological signals produced by the mere thought of speech and translates the nerve-impulses into audible words. “The Audeo can enable…
Motorola Z9 outed by FCC
Motorola’s been slow on their roll to launch the Motorola Z9, but with a bit of luck, we could see Motorola launching the MOTO Z9 at CTIA Las Vegas. The prospect of a launch is made all the more likely with the FCC’s recent blessing of the Motorola Z9 slider. It’s seems like we’ve been…
Next iPhone firmware caught on video; screenshots of Microsoft Exchange support, mass email delete, Cisco VPN, and parental controls
Everything’s a bit muddled in the iPhone firmware world. Will the iPhone v1.2 “Aspen” OS that’s used in the iPhone SDK emulator be released prior to the iPhone v2.0 firmware that’s due out in June? The iPhone v1.2 Aspen firmware could actually be the firmware that will serve as the iPhone SDK-compatible v2.0 firmware –…