Welcome to the age of the CrackBerry, Russia. We’re glad to hear that you’re finally getting with the times and letting RIM bring their heralded BlackBerry lineup within your borders, starting in 2008. Hey, you’ve caught up to Communist China! With the Russian security agency’s (FSB) approval to let Russian wireless operators MTS and Vimpelcom…
Samsung launches first Indian CDMA handset on the open market – Samsung Max
Samsung’s going after the Asian cash-cow that is the Indian wireless market by releasing the CDMA Samsung Max as an open-market mobile phone offering. Hyundai Kim, Vice President and Head of the CDMA Division at Samsung Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd., said, “We expect to fuel the growth of the Indian CDMA industry through the launch…
Most useful iPhone app to date – iLevel
In terms of real-world applicability, this might be the most useful iPhone application to date. So, just what is this uber-useful third-party iPhone app? Well, it’s called “iLevel,” and it is, well, a level. iLevel makes use of the iPhone’s integrated accelerometers to function as a digital level for all your picture-aligning, table-building, driveway-leveling needs.…
Apple starts seeding official iPhone SDK to a select few developers
It seems that Apple has heard our pleas to stop talking it up and get their official iPhone SDK out into developers’ hands. Well, in all actuality, Apple probably wasn’t responding to our singular call for the iPhone SDK, but we’ll take what we can get. Electronista is reporting that Apple has started seeding the…
France’s Orange expects to sell 100,000 iPhones by year-end; sell cheaper unlocked iPhones
With the French iPhone launch just days away, the nation’s Apple-partnered wireless carrier is speaking up about its iPhone sales goals. Orange has announced that it expects to push 100,000 iPhones out its doors by the end of this year – merely a month after the iPhones launch on November 29. Orange Wireless’s CEO, Didier…
Nokia appeals German courts dismissal of Qualcomm lawsuit
Nokia sure is one tough bulldog, or legal beagle as the case may be. The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer just won’t loosen that legal-bite around Qualcomm’s foot. After having their patent exhaustion case against Qualcomm thrown out in the Netherlands and Germany, Nokia has filed an appeal with the German regional court in Mannheim.…
Samsung develops RFID chip to read various RFID formats
In the world of RFID, not all chips are created equal. Multiple chips are usually required to read the RFID information from different RFID chip-sources, resulting in more bulk – which is counter-productive to the trend towards lighter and slimmer handsets. So, to help make RFID a more ubiquitous technology in the mobile industry, Samsung…
Add items to your Amazon wish list with a phone call
If you ever find yourself somehow needing to add a cool, new gadget to your Amazon.com wishlist but don’t have access to a computer, “Jott” might be just the thing you’ve been waiting for. Jott is a voice messaging service that allows you to create shopping lists, send email, and even blog your thoughts –…
Apple’s iPhone SDK will require applications to have digital signatures
The Apple iPhone SDK is likely coming early next year, that much we know. And, as Apple’s Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak pointed out in an interview with Fortune, Steve Jobs is planning to require any third-party iPhone applications to use a digital signature – much like Nokia requires for any third-party…
RIM planning BlackBerry 8110 Pearl with GPS?
So, with the BlackBerry 8120 Pearl sporting a lonesome WiFi radio, it makes sense for RIM to push a GSM version of the GPS-enabled BlackBerry 8130 Pearl. Word on the street has it that the new BlackBerry Pearl 8110 will be picking up where the Pearl 8120 left off – opting for a GPS receiver…