Yahoo! has announced a new widget platform called the Yahoo! Mobile App for Smartphones. Huh. Look familiar? Due to go public at the end of May on BlackBerry, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, and Nokia devices. A slightly different one for the iPhone will be available for the end of March. By using an…
Samsung Omnia HD video overview – Live from Mobile World Congress 2009
There’s just no substitute for in-hand video walk-throughs. No amount of summarizing specs and in-hand photos can match the power of a few minutes worth of hands-on video. That said, the Samsung Omnia HD impressed us with its quarter-HD resolution capacitance touchscreen and 8-megapixel camera. We’re huge fans of capacitance-based touchscreens, so it’s refreshing to…
Beating up on the i-mate 810-F – Ruggedness redefined
I-mate’s brand-new 810-F “Hummer” smartphone really lives up to its nickname. Like the military-tough Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)), the i-mate 810-F can take a beating and keep on… calling your friends. Seriously, this thing is one tough sucker. I-mate really wanted to hammer home the 810-F Hummer’s military-spec ruggedness with a live…
Sony Ericsson Idou – Hands-on video and pictures!
The Sony Ericsson Idou is still riding the hype-wave generated by Sony Ericsson’s PR team, and with good reason – the Sony Ericsson Idou smartphone boasts a class-leading 12-megapixel autofocus camera, GPS, WiFi, and the Symbian Foundation OS. As a smartphone, the Symbian Foundation OS is expected to deliver all the functionality you could want,…
Sony Ericsson booth tour from the Fira Barcelona
Sony Ericsson’s booth at Mobile World Congress wasn’t as big as we remember it being last year, but was nevertheless impressively stocked with new hardware from the Japanese-Swedish cellphone maker. The newly unveiled Sony Ericsson Idou 12-megapixel smartphone was on-deck as the highlight Sony Ericsson’s Barcelona appearance was the. With an industry-leading 12 megapixel camera…
O3SIS launches multi-platform smartphone clients for data sync, media backup and push email
O3SIS launched the new version of its device client suite. Based on OMA DS (SyncML), Java and IP-Push industry standards, O3SIS’ new offering enables users to synchronize all types of multimedia contents from and to mobile devices. The Clients also fully support push-email capabilities of today’s smartphone platforms like iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile and…
Skuku joins mobile VoIP space
Another company is joining the ever growing mobile VoIP space. It’s called Skuku and they’ve launched a Windows Mobile client to allow low-cost phone calls for the users of smartphones running Microsoft’s mobile OS. By now you probably already know how these things work – you start the app and it will route international calls…
Mobile industry unites for universal, energy-efficient chargers
You know how it goes when you switch from one handset maker to the other one? Your old cables are useless with the new phone. Handset makers know that but they don’t seem to care much. No more! At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSMA along with 17 leading mobile operators and manufacturers committed…
LG to pre-install GyPSii software on its devices
LG and GyPSii announced a partnership to embed GyPSii’s “location-enabled mobile digital lifestyle application” on a range of new mobile devices. Under the agreement, LG mobile phone users will have access to utilize GyPSii services — including user generated content sharing, friend finding and social networking application, as well as the ability to view it…
Blyk, Velti partner for new content service
Mobile marketing and content services technology provider Velti and ad-supported mobile operator Blyk have partnered to launch the new Blyk content portal called “On Blyk.” Built primarily on messaging, the new service is already available to Blyk’s UK customers. Here’s how “On Blyk” works (from the press release): The new portal acts as a conduit…