Well, it seems that Qualcomm’s finally catching a break in the litigious battlefield of patent-licensing. Nokia had recently filed suit against Qualcomm over the same, tired patent-licensing dispute in the Netherlands. You see, Nokia’s chip supplier, Texas Instruments, already pays licensing fees to Qualcomm to use their 3G technology. Nokia believes that they shouldn’t have…
RIM CEO: Apple and Microsoft who?
Talk about talking smack. Mike Lazaridis, CEO of RIM (Research In Motion), makers of the addictive CrackBerry handsets, is being quoted as saying that the iPhone is no threat to the BlackBerry lineup. He suggested that people “try typing a web key on a touchscreen on an Apple iPhone, that’s a real challenge. You cannot…
Samsung’s all about WiMAX – new lineup of WiMAX devices for South Korea
WiMAX is really starting to come into its own recently. We know, there have been WiMAX devices in Asia for quite some time, but now that the US is on the verge of getting our own WiMAX network we actually care about these Asian WiMAX handsets. Actually, Sprint’s been dangling WiMAX in front of us…
AT&T launches nationwide mobile banking
It looks like AT&T is getting down with mobile banking. The No. 1 US wireless carrier has just launched their nationwide mobile banking service. Wachovia and SunTrust customers will be able to check balances, pay bills, and transfer funds using their AT&T cellphone – all for free. AT&T has partnered up with Wachovia and SunTrust…
Brief: Sprint’s Motorola Q2 with Palm OS – for sure not going to happen
Remember that little holiday teaser from Sprint that just had to be a screw-up? You know, the one where the Motorola Q9c was renamed as the Motorola Q2, sporting what looked like Palm OS? Yea, well it turns out that it was a major screw-up by some advertising ‘tard at Sprint. Sprint’s promo site for…
Qualcomm makes first-ever call with 45-nm 3G chip
Mobile phones these days have more computing power than full-fledged desktops of yore. So, it makes sense that mobile chip-makers are continually pushing the boundaries of mobile phone chip architecture. Qualcomm has just announced that they have successfully placed the first-ever phone call using a new 3G chip that was fabricated with 45 nanometer technology.…
Lebanon gets its WiMAX on
While the US’s WiMAX future is still being hashed out by the likes of Sprint and Clearwire, our friends in Lebanon have already nailed-down their plans for getting a WiMAX network deployed in 2008. Redline Communications has announced that its RedMAX WiMAX solution has been tapped by Lebanon’s Comium Data Lebanon to be used in…
Sony Ericsson HBH-PV703 Bluetooth headset quitely released
We’re used to manufacturers flooding the interwebs with press releases and pictures of their newest product launch, but it seems Sony Ericsson has decided to take the more modest approach. Hidden within a press release for their Sony Ericsson K660i is a mid-range Bluetooth headset – the Sony Ericsson HBH-PV703 Bluetooth headset. The Sony Ericsson…
O2’s iPhone activation system buckling under pressure
Remember when the iPhone launched in the States? Remember how AT&T’s activation servers buckled under the massive deluge of launch-day iPhone owners trying to get their iPhone activated? Well, it seems activation-problems have crossed the pond and are afflicting O2’s iPhone activation servers. With O2 selling iPhones like it’s nobody’s business, we’re not too surprised…
China Mobile negotiating with Apple to carry iPhone
The largest wireless operator in China, nay, the world, is reportedly in talks with Apple to bring the iPhone to the 350 million end-users that China Mobile calls its subscriber-base. We already know the iPhone will be hitting the Asian-region in 2008, so it makes sense for China Mobile to court Apple for exclusive rights…