Gadgets are cool and all (believe us, we love gadgets), but what good are they if they don’t play nice with your most expensive gadget -you car? With media-centric mobile phones and Digital Audio Players (DAPs) with massive storage, you can carry around all your favorite tunes wherever you go – especially while driving. To…
BenQ Mobile to BenQ: Give us more money for executive bonuses, or we’ll sue you
It’s a pretty bold move to take legal action against that which gave life to you. In a move that amounts to a temper tantrum from a spoiled child, belly-up BenQ Mobile is suing once-parent BenQ for $36 million. The money is said to have been approved by BenQ to pay executive bonuses, just before…
Discovery Channel and Animal Planet launch mobile video-content in UK – part of Vodafone and Orange Sky Mobile service
There’s nothing like watching a bunch of melodramatic bike builders and graphic shark attacks to help you relax on your lunch break. We can’t get enough of the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet’s mesmerizing programming, and it seems that the UK feels the same. Lucky UK subscribers on Vodafone or Orange networks will soon be…
Fujitsu reveals the RakuRaku IV – big fonts, clear audio, big buttons make this phone easy to use
In an era of ever diminishing handset footprints, there are undoubtedly some people feeling a bit left out in the cold. Namely, those people looking for an easy-to-use, easy-to-read mobile phone. Fujitsu has just revealed their solution to simplifying the mobile-phone experience – the RakuRaku IV. The large 2.6 inch screen displays larger fonts, as…
Verizon buys Ramcell network in Oregon and Kentucky – expands rural network coverage
Hot on the heels of Vodafone’s annnouncement that will be keeping their fingers in the US wireless-cookie-jar a bit longer, Verizon Wireless has announced their acquisition of Ramcell’s wireless infrastructure in western Oregon and southeast Kentucky. The move will net Verizon Wireless all of Ramcell’s spectrum licenses and the 51 cell sites in the two…
Apple iPhone users reporting unresponsive multi-touch displays
Just as we were starting to think that the Apple iPhone would make it through the launch windows relatively unscathed by hardware defects and technical faults, we’re getting reports of a small number of iPhones’ multi-touch displays going numb to touch-inputs. Forum users at Apple Insider and MacRumors are complaining of a “dead strip” starting…
Vodafone is now onboard the WiMAX Forum
With WiMAX poised to usher in the 4G era of high-speed wireless broadband, the list of members in the WiMAX Forum is always growing. The newest principal member is Vodafone! As the largest wireless carrier on the globe, Vodafone’s membership give the WiMAX Forum some serious credibility. Says Vodafone’s Global CTO, Steve Pusey, “Our membership…
Nokia launches mobile social network – MOSH by Nokia!
While all the big carriers are working hard to get existing social networks ported to play nice on their networks and handsets, Nokia seems to be taking a completely different approach. They’ve launched the first-ever social network launched by a handset maker – and who better to do it than the the most prolific mobile…
Apple iPhone may be getting games soon – the proof is in the code!
It’s really just common sense. Apple’s got to release some official gaming applications for the iPhone. As nice as web-based gaming applications can be, nothing can beat the speed, integration, and convenience of a natively installed game application. But, until we get more solid proof that Apple is working to help iPhone users across the…
T-mobile USA reports strong Q2 for 2007
We love it when the little guy gets a boost. T-mobile USA, the 4th largest wireless carrier in the US, has just posted their Q2 2007 earnings and performance results – and it looks like they’re doing just fine. With 857,000 new subscribers in the second quarter of 2007, T-mobile easily outpaced 3rd place Sprint…