Helio, like so many other MVNO’s, has been hemoraging red-ink like it’s nobody’s business. Cash infusion after cash infusion, the company has failed to bring their bottom-line back into the green. Whether or not the financial aspect has influenced their decision to sell off the “Buddy Beacon” trademark is unclear, but it seems that Helio…
Android in the wild: hacked and running on ARM-based devices, Sharp handhelds
While official Google Android devices are still a good year from hitting the market (at least according to Google), the free availability of the Android SDK and the emulator has brought all those talented hackers out of the woodwork. Aside from that Freescale reference-board that we spotted running Android OS a coupe months ago, there…
Verizon President & COO Dennis Strigl: Data is the future but WiMAX isn’t a threat
With Sprint still pushing hard to roll out their WiMAX-based XOHM data network (unfortunately labelled as a 3G tech), the other big-dogs in the US wireless landscape should be worrying about possible loss of data-revenue to Sprint. But, it turns out that Verizon Communication’s President and COO, Dennis Strigl, isn’t at all worried about Sprint’s…
Samsung launches the Samsung SGH-F490
Samsung’s been movin’ and shakin’ to show of their TV’s, DVD players, and home theater what-nots during CES 2008 Las Vegas, but they hadn’t really done anything new in the mobile space. That is, until today. Samsung used this last day of CES to bring the Samsung SGH-F490 to reality. You may remember this iPhone-esque…
Qualcomm shows off Snapdragon devices
The embattled chipmaker is making a huge push toward next-generation mobile devices. Their most promising offering, Snapdragon, made an appearance at CES 2008 Las Vegas. Stefan mentioned the multi-core, multi-featured processor family a little while ago, and it looks like Qualcomm is showing off it’s charm with a new reference design prototype. Qualcomm’s “Fairbanks” design…
White Palm Centro does GSM at CES 2008 Las Vegas
While Palm is working hard to keep their next Centro under wraps, a little-known accessory vendor at CES 2008 Las Vegas managed to let slip a White Palm Centro. The handset is GSM and most likely headed for AT&T, but doesn’t look like the other Palm Centro that we believed was headed to Big Blue.…
iPhone owner denied service from Apple for using custom non-iTunes ringtone
We already knew that any iPhone needing warranty or repair service from Apple should be restored to its factory state before giving it some hands-on time with an Apple “Genius.” We’re going to keep using putting “Genius” in quotes because we definitely don’t think they’re anything more than hired monkeys. Anyway, we digress. Doug Rodriguez…
First iPhone trojan discovered – 2008 kicks off with first iPhone malware
It was predicted to happen. The New Year was supposed to usher in a new wave of evil iPhone coders, and it looks like an 11-year old kid decided to kick off the new year with his very own piece of iPhone malware. The iPhone Trojan sneaks in through jailbroken iPhones’ Installer.app and starts deleting…
Celio REDFLY gives Windows Mobile 5 / 6 users some Foleo-like goodness
Why should a little thing like an entire platform-scrapping from Palm stop Celio from following in their red-stained footprints? After having pulled the plug on the craptastic failure that was the Palm Foleo, Celio is announcing the Celio REDFLY Smartphone Interface System. Like it’s Palm-borne cousin, the Celio REDFLY is essentially a computing companion for…
More pics of Intel’s iPhone-clone mobile phone concept; Intel’s Hafnium-based, ultra-efficient Silverthorne chips
We know, it’s already old news. Intel’s most definitely jumping into the mobile-scene and they’re planning to make a pretty big splash. So, just what does the chip-making giant have in store for us in the mobile market? Well, aside from possibly powering the next-gen iPhone, Intel’s got a pretty broad strategy for everything mobile.The…