We do! Threaded SMS text message just make it so much easier to keep track of all those “omg hi2u” back and forths with your friends. It’s the most intuitive way to chat with your friends – just like chatting on your favorite IM client. But, if you don’t happen to have a GSM Treo…
Nokia 2115i explodes with a BOOM – another battery problem from Nokia?
Nokia is in a bit of hot water these days, what with all those defective handsets out there rocking faulty batteries. And this is sure to make things a little worse. Gizmodo reader Johnathan says that his Nokia 2115i basically exploded with a dynamite-like BOOM after he plugged in his phone for a little juice…
E-Ten posts 1H 2007 net profits up 73%
Way to go, E-Ten. With amazing products like the E-Ten Glofish X500+ bringing VGA-love to the Windows Mobile 6.0 crowd, and stuff like the Glofish X800 WM6-powered 3.5G handset in the pipeline, it’s not hard to see why the company has recently posted a 73% increase in net profits for the first half of 2007…
HTC announces Windows Mobile 6.0 release details for HTC P3300 Artemis, HTC S620 Excalibur, and HTC Athena Advantage X7500
We know, we know. The last time HTC mentioned a Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade, they kind of flaked on us. But, this time around, we’re pretty sure they’re going to come through and actually deliver on their promise of the long-awaited WM6 upgrade on the HTC P3300 Artemis, HTC S620 Excalibur, and HTC Athena Advantage…
German scientists claims to have broken speed of light – could quantum tunneling allow instant communication?
We’re used to breaking the speed limit laws on our local highways and byways – they’re more like suggested speeds than real, hard limits to us. Unlike these laws governing the speed of our vehicles, the law governing the speed of light cannot ever be broken. Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity prohibits the transmission light…
China Mobile announces 5.6 million new subscribers in July – take that US carriers
When you have fully 10% of the world’s population residing within your borders, the exploitation potential in any market is incredible. Case in point, China Mobile has just announced their continued dominance in the Chinese wireless market – with 5.6 million subscribers in July alone. Smaller rival, China Unicom, has been steadily losing ground to…
Australian man pirates The Simpsons Movie with a video-recording mobile phone
We live in an age where mobile phones have converged enough technology to replace wide-range of consumer electronics – like the casual video camera. And, when you can bring your seemingly innocuous video recording mobile phone into a movie premier, the opportunity to pirate the movie and distribute it on the internet rears its ugly…
Alltel to offer Voice-to-Text voicemail service – SpinVox
One of the biggest hassles with voicemail is that you have to actually check each one and listen to every single one, even if you don’t want to – this wastes precious wireless minutes and even more previous patience. Of course, if you have an iPhone, the Visual Voicemail feature helps mitigate this annoyance. For…
FCC releases details, rules for upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction – $10 billion reserve price
The hottest piece of wireless spectrum real estate is up for auction – and it has the potential to transform the US wireless market. With the 700Mhz frequency’s unequalled ability to penetrate buildings and the possibility of a truly next-gen, high-speed wireless network in the US, it’s not surprising that everyone from Google to Verizon…
O2 set to sell BBC mobile content through O2 Active mobile portal
Everybody wants a piece of the burgeoning mobile video market, and O2 is the newest wireless carrier to jump on the bandwagon. The German, UK, and Irish wireless carrier recently inked a deal with BBC Worldwide to distribute its mobile content through the O2 Active mobile portal. The deal will allow O2 to sell the…