The Apple iPhone launch has us all up in a tizzy, and we can’t help but let you in on every little tidbit of news regarding the Apple iPhone. It looks like we’re going to see a couple Japanese panel-makers sourcing the multi-touch display panels for the Apple iPhone. Speculation has AU Optronics and Innolux…
Beatnik announces new audio format for Mobile Phones – 10 times smaller than MP3!!
Beatnik has announced that they have developed a new audio format geared specifically for mobile devices. The company, fittingly founded by Thomas Dolby, claims that their new format can compress audio files ten times smaller than the popular MP3 format. To make good on their claim, the format includes just one copy of a repeated…
Broadcom snags $19.6M payment from Qualcomm over Patent Dispute
The Inquirer is reporting that Qualcomm will be ponying up some cash to Broadcom – to the tune of $19.6 million. The lawsuit embattled chipmaker has filed and fought its fair share of patent suits over the past year. Broadcom filed suit against Qualcomm for infringing on patent related to video compression, push-to-talk, and simultaneous…
Ceramic Speaker Driver Takes Mobile Phone Speakers to a Whole New Level
National Semiconductor has released their Boomer single-chip audio amplifier for driving high-powered ceramic speaker drivers in mobile phones, laptops, and other mobile applications. Ceramic speakers have an advantage over traditional voice coil speaker drivers because, even though they require more voltage (but less current, which is the more important factor), they take up a lot…
Last chance to cancel your T-Mobile account without the $250 Fee
Let’s get right to it. If you are at all interested in getting your service contract termination WITHOUT that damned ETF (Early Termination Fee), make sure your follow these instructions – you only have until June 1! (Keep in mind that they will do everything to convince you to stay with T-mobile and/or that you…
New SMPD Photo Detector makes flash obsolete! Cameraphones to benefit!
Korea’s government laboratory, Korea Electronics Technology Institute, has developed what they call a Single-carrier Modulation Photo Detector (SMPD) chip that can work in extremely low-light conditions. The new technology basically obsoletes the need for flash photography, especially on mobile phones. The new chip can collect enough picture data from 1 lux (1 candle’s worth of…
Samsung’s A717 Ultra Edition Phones get outed on AT&T website – User’s Guides Posted
The sweet pair of Ultra Edition phones from Samsung, the A717 and A727, are, sadly, still not released. But, AT&T’s posting of the user’s guides for the A717 3G phone gives us hope that at least one of the Ultra Edition phones from Samsung will be upon us soon. BGR found the user’s guide for…
MyPalm Web Portal makes using your Palm Treo a Cinche!
Keeping up with all the new firmware updates and software fixes for your Palm can get to be a trying experience. Wouldn’t it be nice if all the latest troubleshooting tips, firmware updates, and software downloads were in one, easy to use, web portal? Well, Palm understands your plight. The company has launched a new…
Asus debuts the J502 PDA Smartphone
Asus is on a roll with their PDA phone releases recently. The company has launched their new J502 smartphone. The Asus J502 is touted as a PDA phone (although, without Windows Mobile, it can’t really lay claim to being a Smartphone) and packs a 2.4 inch QVGA display, 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, TV-out, Skype,…
HTW S116 – Solar Powered Mobile Phone
Yea, we know Motorola already patented the solar-panel LCD screen. That doesn’t mean that a solar-powered mobile phone is off-limits. HTW released their HTW S116 handset at the Chinese tradeshow, CHITEC 2007. The S116 was actually debuted at CeBIT this year, and we finally see this thing being sold in China – from HTW for…