Now that’s a good stock market. Responding to Motorola Chief Financial Officer Meredith’s announcement that Moto will be on-track for a positive Q4 2007, the company’s shares saw a bit of a boost on the stock market. With the ouster of CEO Zander and the recent departure of CTO Warrior, we’re sure CFO Meredith (tired…
Mactracker updated with iPhone and iPod Touch info
Technical geeks will be happy to hear that Mactracker has updated its sometimes useful, always interesting (to us, at least) database of Mac products to include the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The new Mactracker is upgraded to work with Leopard (you have upgraded, haven’t you?), integrates warranty information with iCal, shows “iTunes compatibility” for…
LiPS Forum nails down Release 1.0 specs – ready to take on Android
Google’s announcement of Android was big, there’s no doubt about that. But, the OHA and Android aren’t the only group to push for an open-source mobile phone movement based on Linux. The LiPS (Linux Phone Standards Forum) Forum has been championing the Linux cause for handsets on the open-source tip. With the might of Google…
Nokia: In the year 3000…we will have HD Video on our mobile phones
Actually, it might be a little sooner than the year 3000. Nokia envisions a future (hopefully a short-term future) where our mobile phones will be able record video in full HD-quality. It’s going to be a few years, but we should be sufficiently distracted with higher-megapixel cameras and ever faster data connection in the meantime…
Women overtake men in gadget buying
What comes to mind when you think of super-geeky gadgets like, oh, mobile phones and DAPs (Digital Audio Players)? You picture a youngish dude sitting at his computer workstation typing away at his keyboard, right? Well, no more. It seems, in the UK at least, that woman have finally overtaken men in their last bastion…
FCC unveils HTC Neon – HTC Touch variant
What’s with HTC pushing all these unexpected handsets through the FCC’s testing labs? We’re feeling a bit left out of the loop here. The latest HTC handset to hit the FCC’s website is the HTC “Neon.” Actually, the FCC label identifies the device as the “NEON100,” and by the looks of the image in the…
Motorola looking towards a positive Q4 2007
Sometimes a changing of the guard is exactly what the corporate-doctor ordered. With the recent announcement that CEO Ed Zander will be taking off on January 1st, and CTO Warrior’s abrupt resignation, Motorola’s future is starting to take on a shimmer – a profitable glow, if you will. Motorola has announced that they are expecting…
US airlines prepping in-flight internet access for next week
While in-flight mobile phone use in the US is likely grounded for the forseeable future, it looks like air-travelers will be able to get their airborne internet-fix soon. JetBlue Airways has announced that they’ll be trialling free internet access – email and instant messages – on Tuesday. The test-trial will only be offered on one…
AT&T brings iPhone, other handsets to former Cellular One markets – Alaska gets iPhone
They sure didn’t waste any time in putting their newly acquired markets to good use. Having just taken over all of Dobson Communications’ infrastructure and licenses, is bringing the iPhone to all former Cellular One (formerly owned by Dobson Communcations) markets. AT&T has started to convert 200 Cellular One stores across 16 states into the…
Apple increases iPhone purchase limit to 5 per person
Just in time to bring the joy of the iPhone to all your loved ones this holiday season, Apple has increased their purchasing limit on iPhones to a whopping 5 per person. The previous limit of 2 iPhones per person was enacted by His Jobness in order to ensure that there would be enough iPhone-cheer…