CTIA San Francisco 2008 is coming to a close and we’re not all that sad to see it end. CTIA SF 2008, held in San Francisco’s Moscone Center, lacked the “oomph” that we had hoped to see. But, it is what it is. So, what better way to close CTIA SF 2008 than to walk…
Monkey: Journey to the West comes to the O2
Talk about when a whole number of strange incidents come together…. I got a nice email from the folks at the O2 telling me that “Monkey: Journey to the West” is arriving there, and I can book tickets. Strange I thought, both the name and graphics seem familiar – reminding me immediately of the crazy…
Helio Ocean 2 won’t be around until 2009
U.S. MVNO Helio is still hard at work on the successor to their original dual slider, but recent commentary from Virgin spokesperson Jane Wallace at CTIA has indicated that it sadly won’t be available this year. Rumored specs include a 3 megapixel camera, 30 fps video recording, 1 GB storage, microSDHC card slot for memory…
HTC shows off HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro at CTIA San Francisco 2008
CTIA San Francisco 2008 isn’t exactly the hardware bonanza that we’d prefer it to be, but that doesn’t mean mobile phone manufacturers aren’t out to show off their newest technology. And, it just so happens that our favorite Windows Mobile smartphone manufacturer wanted to show the world just how cool their HTC Touch Diamond and…
Nokia shows off the Nokia N96, Nokia N79, Nokia N85, Nokia E66, and Nokia E71 at CTIA San Francisco 2008
Nokia has unleashed upon the world a slew of new flagship Nseries handsets with amazing multimedia capabilities with sleek, new design aesthetics. Featuring glossy-finished plastics that just ooze “cool” from every crevice, the Nokia N96, Nokia N85, and Nokia N79 are the hottest handsets to come out of Espoo yet. Nokia was on hand at…
Kingston out with two new mobile memory products
Kingston used the CTIA to announce two new “designed for the mobile consumer” products – a 8GB Multi-Kit as well as a 4GB microSDHC card plus USB reader combination. The 8GB Multi-Kit features an 8GB microSDHC card along with mini- and full-size SD adapters and a USB reader. The 4GB microSDHC card plus USB reader,…
Slacker bringing music services to BlackBerry
Another little gem coming out of Jim Balsillie’s keynote address at CTIA is the partnership between RIM and music service Slacker. Slacker follows the same vein as Pandora and Last.fm, where your feedback will change the music that’s presented to you, only instead of fishing in a giant bucket of digital music or latching on…
MySpace coming to BlackBerry
Facebook has obviously been a roaring success on BlackBerry, but MySpace still has a huge number of users – luckily, an official, integrated app is in the works, and should be due out shortly. Claiming it will be delivering “rich content and data”, make you wonder how big of a role MySpace Music and TV…
RIM shows off BlackBerry Bold 9000 at CTIA San Francisco 2008
RIM has yet to launch their curvy new BlackBerry Bold 9000 on AT&T’s network here in the US, but that didn’t stop the famous push-email handset maker from bringing their latest and greatest new wares to the CTIA San Francisco 2008 showroom floor in the Moscone Center. And we had a chance to get our…
XPERIA announced for September 30 launch date
You can allay your fears of a December or January launch of the highly anticipated Sony Xperia X1, folks – the press release has gone out and September 30th. is the date for folks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America. No love forus in North America, however, presumably due to the host…