We don’t know what to say about this new Apple iPhone competitor from Microsoft – the oPhone. So, instead of fumbling around and trying to justify this apparent joke, we’re gonna let the video do the talking. It’s actually pretty funny!
T-mobile’s Mother’s Day Pormotion: Text your Mother for FREE on Mother’s Day!
Actually, you can text just about anyone for free on Mother’s Day. T-mobile is getting with the matriarchal celebration by offering up FREE, unlimited SMS texting on May 13th. What better way to express your love and appreciation for all your Mom’s hard work than a text message? Well, we can think of better ways…
BenQ Executives Indicted on Insider Trading and Money Laundering Charges
Top BenQ executives were indicted yesterday, May 8, on charges of money laundering and insider trading. The Taoyuan Prosecutors’ Office released a statement accusing chairman KY Lee, president Sheaffer Lee, vice president Eric Yu and two senior financial executives of said crimes. The Commercial Times reports that the Chairman, President, and VP instructed a group…
HTC P3450 (Elf) – Newest Windows Mobile 6.0 Phone from HTC
Not to be confused with the HTC P4350 (Herald), the HTC P3450 (Elf) is only the second Windows Mobile 6 Professional smartphone from HTC. The Elf is an entry-level PocketPC with a QVGA display, Bluetooth, 2MP camera, quad-band GSM/EDGE, and Windows Mobile 6. As an entry-level device, the P3450 will boast the tried and true…
iGR: Pre-teen segment shows increasing mobile phone penetration
A new study, released by iGR, indicates that the mobile phone market for tween/teens is starting to move towards an even younger demographic – 10-years old and younger! The study finds that 50-70% of 12 to 14 year olds own and use mobile phones, with even higher penetration among 15 to 17 year olds (with…
Sensear: Noise-cancelling, Voice-amplifying hands-free system
There are myriad headsets out there that claim to have enhanced voice clarity – through bone-conduction, digital signal processing, multiple microphones. The Sensear promises to deliver voice clarity at a whole new level. This new hands-free system features a slew of directional microphones paired to a signal processor, which uses a powerful algorithm to cancel…
Century Sutra 1688 Mobile Phone plays SNES games
This Century Sutra 1688 “Pocket PC” phone hails from China, with the characteristic large touchscreen and huge speakers. This phone sports a 1.3MP camera, 0.3MP front-facing camera, 3 inch touchscreen, and even dual SIM cards. But, the stand-out feature is the built-in SNES emulator. The phone has an attachable gamepad for playing SNES ROMs from…
Palm Desktop and Hotsync Manager on Windows Vista!
Microsoft has been getting a good deal of flak for their Windows Vista platform having issues with backwards compatibility, mostly because it’s true. Lots of applications that worked on XP, just don’t play nice with Vista. Currently, Palm Install Tool and Palm Quick Install, Palm LifeDrive Manager, File Transfer, and many third-party applications are not…
HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger will be available soon
The iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger has been upgraded to “coming soon” status! The new iPAQ phone from HP is built around VoIP and packs in a quad-band EDGE radio, with Windows Mobile 6.0 running the show. We don’t want to take away from the phone’s WM6 OS, but the real draw of this phone is…
HTC Sees 20% Jump in Year-on-Year Revenues
HTC has reported that its revenue has increased 19.7% from April 2006. This amounts to revenues of $273.8 million, but it doesn’t stop there. Taiwan-based analysts are putting HTC’s second quarter growth at 15%, due to an increase in self-branded handset releases. But, we’ll have to wait and see how marketing and advertising costs, associated…