During the CES, Trimble has announced that three of their GPS apps — AllSport GPS, Geocache Navigator and Trimble Outdoors — are now available for CDMA-based GPS-equipped BlackBerry smartphones. The three applications allow select BlackBerry device owners to use their smartphones as they participate in outdoor activities such as hiking, backpacking, fishing, biking, running, walking,…
Mio kinda mimics Samsung’s approach to phones – one side phone, other side GPS
You’ve probably already heard a number of stories that pure portable navigation devices (PND) are bound to die in the coming years. So it doesn’t surprises the leading PND manufacturers want to get into the handset market and release either its software for the popular smartphone platforms (something TomTom and Garmin already did) or even…
Motorola S9-HD adds high-def audio and more comfortable, noise-canceling ear buds on top of MOTOROKR S9
During the CES, Motorola has announced its latest Bluetooth headphones – S9-HD. Like the previous model – S9 – the new headphones keep the same (or at least very, very similar) shape, but also include the high-definition audio support, as well as ear buds that reduce background noise and improve comfort. The way I see…
Steve Jobs’ Macworld San Francisco 2008 keynote highlights video
It’s barely mobile related, but seeing as how there’s mention of the iPhone and its new v1.1.3 features, we thought some of you might enjoy the video. Here’s a little video of Steve Jobs giving his keynote speech at Macworld San Francisco 2008.
Samsung to unveil i900 Windows Mobile touchscreen smartphone with 5 MP camera at Mobile World Congress?
The Italian mobile magazine Cellularmania is writing Samsung will unveil the powerful and cool-lookin’ i900 smartphone at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. According to the Italian watermark freaks, the upcoming device will sport the huge 3.5″ 240×400 touchscreen, GPS receiver and 5 MP camera, and will run the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile…
Motorola scores multiple awards at CES
Samsung may lead the pack with the number of awards won at this year’s CES, but Motorola’s products also scored few points. Among all MOTO products, it’s the ROKR E8 phone which shined the most, receiving four awards – including the prestigious CNET People’s Voice Award. Other Moto’s awarded products include, MOTOROKR S9 and Motorola…
ASUS, iRiver to sell Unlocked smartphones in U.S.
I’m not sure how we’ve missed this, but during the CES – ASUS and iRiver announced they’ll start selling their smartphones unlocked in the U.S. The idea is to, at least initially, try to grab a small piece of the market using the existing PC sales channels and later who knows — if people get…
13 Samsung handsets named CES Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards
At this year’s CES, it was Samsung which shined more than any other handset manufacturer, as the Korean giant received 13 International CES Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards. In the wireless handset accessories category, the Samsung UbiCell was named the Best of Innovations, which is awarded to the most highly honored products in each…
Gizmodo with 10 reasons why CES was horrible
Or as I like to call it: 10 reasons why I’m skipping CES 2009. In less than a month I’ll be in Spain for Mobile World Congress and I hope, really hope, that it will make up for the next to meaningless trip to Vegas. Have any of you been to 3GSM? What did you…
iRiver preparing to launch its own handset; Shows some very “familiar interface” on CES
I do believe the pure media players are counting their last days. There may be room for video-centric devices with larger screens even in the future, but having a separate music/MP3 player is kinda obsolete these days. iRiver knows that, hence they’re working on their own handset. According to PC Magazine, they’ll be rolling out…