What happens when a mobile phone manufacturing giant teams up with an automaker? Well, sometimes you get Ferrari phones, sometimes you get Porsche phones, and sometimes you get lame little cars from Renault that come with free Nokia 6110 Navigator and a little “Nokia” badge on the B-pillar. Renault is working with Nokia to turn…
Pull up a chair, your mobile phone looks tired
Have you been putting your mobile phone to good use? Well, chances are it’s getting a bit tired of all the hard work. What better way to give your phone a much need break than to give it a seat, literally. These little Phone Chairs from Brando (in your choice of Pink, Green, or Aqua)…
EU citizens benefiting from Eurotariff roaming charge price cap
The European Commission is touting their achievements with this announcement that the price cap on EU roaming charges has been a boon for Eu residents. If you’re in the European Union and you like to travel, you probably already know how good the recently passed “Eurotariff” has been. But, just to be clear, the European…
O2 germany picks up the HTC Touch Dual as O2 Xda Star
If there’s one thing we love more than the quirky codenames coming out of HTC’s labs, it’s O2’s practice of renaming all of HTC’s best handsets. O2 Germany’s done it again with the HTC Touch Dual that was recently launched. It didn’t take long at all for the German carrier to pick up the HTC…
AT&T finally sets launch date for AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser TyTn II) – holy grail of smartphones launches tomorrow!
We thought it would never happen. After missing rumored launch dates left and right, AT&T has finally set a launch date for their AT&T Tilt. It looks like AT&T is going to be offering up the US-spec HTC Kaiser TyTn II as the AT&T Tilt (without the front-facing camera) on October 5. The No. 1…
CEATEC shows off mobile phone with e-ink keypad
Now this is quite an interesting idea. With battery life topping the list of concerns for almost every mobile phone user, e-ink seems like a promising energy-saving technology. You see, unlike traditional displays on mobile devices (usually LCD or OLED) that need a constant power supply to be visible, an e-ink display only requires electrical…
Another RIM BlackBerry outage?
The title says it all. Reports are coming in from various interwebs that indicate another RIM BlackBerry server outage. If this turns out to be more than a regional/isolated outage, we’re looking at yet another RIM outage – the second outage in as many months. Oh, and this would make it strike three for RIM’s…
Apple looking towards Intel chips for next-gen iPhone – Intel Inside iPhone 2.0
Could the next Apple iPhone bear the famous “Intel Inside” sticker that tells everyone that your packing some serious Santa Clara heat? Well, given Apple’s preference for minimalist design and clean lines in their sexy-fied products, it’s not likely that any Apple device will be sporting an “Intel Inside” sticker, much less the iPhone. But,…
Apple iPhone GPS software maker offering refunds on Navizon
Thanks to Apple’s recent iPhone update (v1.1.1), anyone upgrading to the new iPhone firmware will find that their third-party application are pretty much dead (for now, at least). That’s unfortunate for anyone that shelled out their hard-earned cash for applications like Ambrosia Software’s iToner and Navizon’s Virtual GPS. As you’ll remember, Navizon’s Virtual GPS basically…
Verizon Wireless gives customers freedom to change plans
Verizon’s making it easier for subscribers to switch calling plans. Effective October 7, the nation’s largest CDMA carrier will let customers change their wireless plan without a contract extension. In addition to the company’s pro-rated termination fees and 30-day test-drive program, it looks like Verizon is trying to get in good on the consumer side…