While us Yankees have been enjoying the iPhone’s grace’s since day one (that is, launch day), our friends to the North have yet to get the iPhone to officially cross the border. There are likely innumerable unlocked iPhones surfing Rogers’ network, but no official deal has been struck between Apple and Rogers. Rogers Canada is…
What happened to Voce?
By now it’s clear that the most unethical MVNO in history has shuttered its windows and boarded-up its doors, leaving its customer literally in the wireless-dark. Voce, the Beverly Hills-based MVNO has gone belly-up, but what happened exactly? Well, on the surface, it seems that all those billboards that Voce paid for didn’t yield any…
Micron and Intel make flash memory breakthrough, faster NAND memory on the horizon; phase-change memory possible NAND successor
Mobile devices are starting to rely more and more on embedded NAND flash memory. The iPhone just got a bump in NAND flash capacity, the MacBook Air comes with an optional SSD (Solid state disk) flash drive, the Nokia N95 8GB uses, uh, 8GB of flash memory, and so on. So, as more data gets…
Still waiting to upgrade your AT&T 8525 to Windows Mobile 6.0? You still have time.
If you still haven’t upgraded your AT&T 8525 to the newer Windows Mobile 6.0 ROM, you still have time – luckily. You see, HTC and AT&T offered up the free upgrade for AT&T 8525 customers, with the caveat that the ROM would be taken offline on February 1. So, if you’ve been lagging on bringing…
Asus Galaxi Mini – Asus’ answer to HTC Touch with Windows Mobile 6.1
With the HTC Touch having already hit the 2 million-unit milestone, it seems that Asus wants in on a bit of the iPhone-fighting action. Enter the Asus Galaxi Mini. In addition to the Asus M930W Communicator that Asus should be bringing to Mobile World Congress 2008 (MWC), we’ve just got word that the Asus Galaxi…
Disney Mobile gives it another go in Japan with DM001SH
What a trooper. Disney Mobile, the defunct MVNO that closed-up shop in the US after less-than-stellar sales, is up and at it again. After falling off the US-horse, Disney Mobile is trying again in the Japanese market – as we expected. This time around, the tenacious MVNO has teamed up with Softbank to offer some…
Palm releases new firmware for Sprint 755p
If you’ve been feeling like Palm left you out in the cold with a slightly buggy Palm Treo 755p while they focused their efforts on the Palm Centro, you’ll be glad to hear that Palm has released an updated ROM for Sprint Palm Treo 755p owners. The new Treo 755p ROM v1.07 is a bit…
Fake Chinese iPhone – C-002 is the REAL iPhone killer
Sure, every handset vendor and their grandmothers are putting out their own iPhone-killers, but leave it to the Chinese to make a real iPhone killer. While others are concentrating R&D resources on design and UI tweaks (remember, the future of mobile is the user experience), the Chinese-made C-002 basically takes Apple’s iPhone design and stuffs…
Not satisfied with your mobile phone options? Build your own, custom-ordered handset
Wouldn’t it be nice to play “handset designer” for a day? What would your dream mobile phone look like? While you might not get to design your “dream phone” just yet (unless you’ve got some serious design-credentials and a high-level design-job at a handset vendor), zzzPhone allows you to build your handset to custom-order specs.…
Nokia Aeon on eBay
A Nokia Aeon is on sale on eBay? Riiight. Let’s all whip out our PayPal accounts and bid this auction up. The Nokia Aeon was going for just $999, which is a steal, considering that the handset is a Nokia concept and nothing more. If you haven’t realized by now, the Nokia Aeon auction is…