Following on the UK’s O2 and Germany’s T-Mobile announcement that they will be bringing their respective European nations the much-heralded Apple iPhone, France’s Orange has just announced their intention to bring the iPhone to the crepe-eating, mime-loving population of France. We’re not surprised, but at least it’s official now. France Telecom’s spokeswoman said, “We have…
AT&T Tilt, Q9 Global to launch September 25?
The rumors keep flying. This time around, we’re hearing that the hotly-anticipated AT&T Tilt (aka, HTC TyTn II Kaiser P4550) and the Motorola Q9 Global (aka Motorola Q9h) will be hitting AT&T’s GSM frequencies on September 25. According Boy Genius‘s image of a leaked AT&T internal document, the AT&T Tilt and Q9 Global should be…
Google considering 3G GPhone solutions – could we see a 3G Google Phone from HTC?
We’re all eagerly awaiting Google’s entry into the mobile phone market. The near-mythical Google Phone (or GPhone, if you will) has spurred rumors and speculation from the get-go – and it looks like the rumor mill has been cranked back up. Grapevine news has Google considering a 3G solution for the GPhone. We initially expected…
Avast ye maties, take pirate pictures of your friends with your iPhone
There’s nothing like a goofy picture to brighten the hum-drum of daily life. And, in celebration of “Talk Like A Pirate Day,” TUAW has released a natively-installed iPhone application that will make a pirate-worthy snapshot out all of your friends’ smiling mugs. The Pirate.app can be downloaded as a stand alone or downloaded (and automatically…
Rogers Canada picks up their first Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone – the Palm Treo 750
Rogers Wireless is finally joining the Windows Mobile 6.0 party with the launch of the WinMo6-powered Palm Treo 750. As Canada’s sole GSM wireless carrier, Rogers will be getting an exclusive on the Treo 750’s 1.3 megapixel camera, 300Mhz Samsung processor, 128MB RAM, Bluetooth, and quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM radio with 2100Mhz HSDPA . We’re sure…
Could a 3G iPhone be slated for early 2008 with GPS in tow?
Not if Steve Jobs has anything to do with it. Apparently, Scott Moritz, of TheStreet.com fame, has some sort of information that would have Apple releasing a 3G iPhone as soon as Q1 2008. As Into iPhone mentioned yesterday, TheStreet.com‘s dubious credibility (or lack thereof), after their erroneous reporting caused Apple’s stock to plummet, doesn’t…
HP iPAQ 910 on AT&T’s 3G network?
Wouldn’t that be nice. Well, it seems AT&T’s higher-ups thought so too. According to HP’s website (Warning: PDF link), it looks like the new HP iPAQ 910c (HP iPAQ 914c) is headed to AT&T’s network. We’re expecting HP’s renewed effort into smartphones to bring the 2.5 inch 240×320 touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera, A-GPS, WiFi b/g,…
ASUS P550 Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone outed by FCC
Asus sure pulled a fast one on us. They’ve been pretty quiet recently about their Windows Mobile 6.0 offerings, and out of the blue we get word of the Asus P550 Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone from the FCC. Oh FCC, thanks again for the great scoopage. The spec sheet on the Asus P550 reads similarly…
AT&T to start selling BlackBerry 8820 GPS WiFi Phone for $299
It looks like Research In Motion’s GPS and WiFi-toting BlackBerry 8820 is finally making it’s debut on AT&T’s nationwide network (well, Amazon’s offering notwithstanding) – a bit behind our expected schedule. With a $299 price-tag, AT&T will begin offering users the chance to get in on the GPS and WiFi goodness that is RIM’s BlackBery…
Apple taps T-Mobile as German iPhone carrier
Following on yesterday’s official announcement that the UK iPhone will be the responsibility of UK wireless carrier O2, Apple today announced that the German iPhone carrier will indeed be Deutsch Telekom’s T-Mobile – as we expected. Germany and the UK will see Apple dopping the iPhone simultaneously on November 9. T-Mobile Germany reportedly agreed to…