Talk about a tough road ahead. This guy’s got a doozy of a mess to clean up when he takes his position as Motorola’s Chief Financial Officer this March 1st. We’re talking, of course, about Paul Liska, the replacement for Motorola’s interim CFO Tom Meredith. Liska should bring something of a fresh outlook on Moto’s…
Samsung Soul hands-on video from MWC 2008 Barcelona
The Samsung Soul was pretty much the highlight of the Samsung booth. The multimedia feature phone (we wish it was a smartphone) packs in a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with Xenon flash, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and that context-dependent touch-sensitive navigation panel below the display. Unfortunately, the Samsung Soul is only a tri-band device, so don’t expect…
Flash on the iPhone? Go ask Steve Jobs
Flash on the iPhone. We’ve been pining for just a little bit of Flash-love from Apple ever since we first ventured on the New York Times website. But, to our dismay, Cupertino’s been pretty tight-lipped about any official Flash support for our iPhones. But, it’s not just the public from which Steve Jobs is keeping…
Hands-on video with the LG KF700 at Mobile World Congress 2008 Barcelona
The LG KF700 touchscreen slider made its appearance at Mobile World Congress 2008 and we had a chance to briefly play with the device. The pseudo-haptic feedback is helpful, but it generally reminds us of how lacking these vibration-feedback mechanisms have so far turned out. The entire device vibrates to indicate a button press, rather…
O2 and Vodafone team up on 3G femtocell trial
With carriers and manufacturers rushing to get femtocells into the hands of the end-user, the those searches decent wireless signals are going to be a fading memory. Femtocells are basically end-user wireless signal boosters – they help customers get reliable signal strength and reduce infrastructure costs for carriers. No wonder Sprint’s already commercialized their femtocell…
Quick video-look at the LG KF510 and the Magic Touch Interactive UI
Yea, aside from that thinnish slider form-factor and the 3 megapixel camera, the LG KF510‘s relying on some gimmicky interactive UI, that they’re calling the “Magic Touch,” to push sales. The area under the display is touch-sensitive and lights up in different configurations depending on the phone function – much like the Samsung Soul. However,…
LG booth tour from Mobile World Congress 2008
Take a trip back in time as we visit the LG booth at Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. LG had their LG KF700, LF Viewty, and KG KF510 on deck for all to play with. We managed to work our way through the crowd and get some hands-on time with a couple of…
China to take down Great Firewall for Beijing Olympics
Right, it’s something of a slow news day around these parts, so here’s something to enlighten your day. It seems that China will be taking down there “Great Firewall,” for the Beijing Olympics. Sure, China officially denies any censorship on their part, but it’s a well known fact that China routinely censors any information that…
US Cellular goes unlimited too
All the big-dogs in the US wireless market are doing it, so it makes sense for the smaller, regional puppies to jump in on the unlimited-action. US Cellular has done and announced their own flat-rate unlimited wireless calling plan for $99 a month. And, to keep itself within eye-shot of the competition, US Cellular is…
Samsung patent application reveals projection display for mobile phones – holographic displays to come?
We’ve got another mobile phone manufacturer jumping on the projector-bandwagon. But, it’s not what you think. Samsung has filed a patent application for using projection technology to light up the handset’s primary display. Unlike Sony Ericsson’s recent patent application to perfect a pico-projector embedded within a cellphone, Samsung wants to use a projector to project…