According to reports from AT&T internal documents, the Apple iPhone’s exclusive carrier is hard at work to improve the quality and efficiency of their EDGE network. As we all know by now, the Apple iPhone does not have any 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) capability, and in efforts to keep the Internet-browsing experience (something that is highly touted…
Porsche breaks into Mobile Phones – Porsche P’952
Porsche design is sleek, beautiful…iconic. They design everything from chairs to sunglasses – so why not mobile phones? Why not, indeed. Porsche is following the growing list of high-end design houses getting into the mobile phone game. Their collaborative effort with Sagem Communications brings us the P’952 handset! The phone was debuted in the Red…
HTC Launches Apple iPhone ‘Killer’ – HTC Touch
Remember when we told you that HTC had a mysterious announcement for June 5th? Well, it turns out that today is June 5th! We bring you HTC’s answer to the Apple iPhone – the HTC Touch. As expected, the HTC Elf-based Touch rocks the new TouchFLO fingertip interface to compete directly with Apple’s multi-touch display…
Amp’d Mobile Bankruptcy linked to 80,000 Delinquent Accounts!
We knew it was a bit strange that a company with a healthy, growing user base could go bankrupt. Moconews was able to get their hands on the actual Chapter 11 filing – providing insight into Amp’d Mobile’s financial troubles. It seems that Amp’d Mobile was a bit late in realizing that they had upwards…
Apple iPhone launch giving Apple Executives a case of the butterflies
Even the mighty Apple executives are getting a bit rattled at the pressures of the iPhone’s launch. And, with good reason. The Apple iPhone (we’ve said it before an we’ll say it again) is THE hottest thing to grace all of Tech-dom since the introduction of the mobile phone. We’re getting all goose-bumpy just thinking…
Dopod planning to launch 6 new phones in China
Digitimes is reporting that HTC (High Tech Computer) subsidiary, Dopod, has announced plans to launch 6 new mobile devices in China for the second half (2H) of this year. One device is being described as a “mobile office device,” which we’re taking to mean that one of the mobile phones in the pipeline will be…
Amp’d Mobile goes Belly Up – Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Amp’d has released an official statement regarding their Chapteer 11 bankruptcy filing. “As a result of our rapid growth, our back-end infrastructure was unable to keep up with customer demand. We are taking this step as a necessary and responsible action to sustain and strengthen our momentum in the market place.†Don’t dismiss this as…
Taiwan’s new global memory card standard – miCard
Taiwan’s MultiMedia Card Association (MMCA) has approved the miCard memory standard for use in mobile devices like mobile phones and digital cameras with a USB interface. The new memory card boasts high-speed data transfer rates of 480 Mbps and capacities of 8GB. Over time we can expect data transfer speeds to increase, on the way…
Private Equity Firm buys 25% of Palm for $325M
Just a week after announcing their Palm Foleo, the struggling handset manufacturer has inked a deal to sell 25% of the company to private equity firm, Elevation Partners, for about $325 million. As part of a reorganization plan to revitalize the company, Palm has brought on Jon Rubinstein (former Apple iPod exec) as an executive…
Apple and AT&T stores may meet Apple iPhone demand
We’re all still a little dazed at the announcement that the Apple iPhone will drop on June 29, so it’s not quite registering that Apple and AT&T stores nationwide may not be able to meet consumer demand on launch day. Reports are coming in that there will not be any massive shipments to retailers and…