The FCC released a notice of approval for this mystery phone from Motorola. The form factor is quite familiar but there is no name to put to the touch-sensitive face. So, for now at least, the new mobile from Motorola will remain a mystery. Mystery name aside, we can still tell you that this phone…
Apple Ripped Off Their 2007 Oscar’s iPhone Commercial
Most of us remember the seemingly original and innovative 2007 Academy Award Show commercial for the iPhone. It featured a montage of clips of actors answering a phone with the famous Apple slogan, “hello.” Apparently, Apple stole the idea from the 1995 film “Telephones,” by Christian Marclay. So, according to Marclay, Apple “approached us [about…
Nokia’s Got Google In Its Crosshairs With New Semantic Visual Search Engine
With more and more players entering the mobile search game, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Nokia is also thinking about starting their own mobile search service. Even big-hitter Google is just starting to develop mobile search platforms and is by no means a dominant force – leaving ample room for the likes of…
Bluetooth 2.1 Gets Official
The ubiquitous Bluetooth short-range wireless standard gets an update in Bluetooth 2.1. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group officially announced the updated standard and touts its improved specifications.
VeriSign And Visa Team Up For Mobile Banking
Yahoo News reports that VeriSign has entered into a deal with Visa to allow payments for services and goods via mobile phones. The Visa mobile platform not only allows for mobile payment, but will offer users of the service promotional offers and rebates.
UTStarcom Drops The Ball On Sidekick ID
You know when someone messes up sooo badly that its even funnier when they try to fix it? Well, that happened to UTStarcom at CTIA. They dropped the ball when they put up a HUGE banner depicting the upcoming Sidekick ID. That’s the kind of mess up where all you can do is shake your…
Don’t Encrypt Your Windows Mobile 6.0 Storage Card!
Like the headline says, do NOT use the new encryption feature in Windows Mobile 6.0 to secure your storage card’s data.A blog post on the Windows Mobile Team Blog confirms that, while encrypting your data poses no problems, when the device craps out on you so will the storage card.
Verizon Bets $6bn On VOIP And Video Calling
Verizon and Alcatel-Lucent just inked an equipment deal to upgrade the CDMA carrier’s wireless network. Alcatel-Lucent will get $6 billion to provide 3 years worth of gear and tech support to expand Verizon’s network. “The Network” wants to add VOIP and video calling features to its, uh, network. In order to enable these features digital…
RIM Opens Up Blackberry API’s
The infamous Blackberry line of mobile phones from Research In Motion, commonly referred to as the “Crackberry,” is getting a development push from RIM. With the mobile phones industry redefining itself with more features and computing power, RIM wants to ensure that their mobiles can compete on the same playing field.
Palm OS Gets SlingPlayer Mobile Beta
If you are using a Palm Treo 700p and have been itching to watch your SlingBox’s TV tream on your mobile phone, consider your itch scratched. You can now download a beta version of the SlingPlayer Mobile software for Palm OS from SlingMedia’s website.