Bad news Palm fans, as the company said it is expecting lower-than-expected revenues for the third quarter due to sluggish sales. While webOS has been well-received by the press, the Pre and Pixi have yet to grab market share away from the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android handsets. Palm had previously expected revenues between $1.6 billion…
T-Mobile stops bleeding subscribers, kind of
T-Mobile USA gained 371,000 subscribers for the fourth quarter but the majority of these were the less-lucrative prepaid customers. The company is still squarely in fourth place with 33.8 million customers, while Verizon and AT&T remain the big dogs with 91.2 million and 85.1 million subscribers, respectively. Sprint’s customers have been leaving in droves over…
Google, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon defend ETFs to FCC
Google and the four major U.S. carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) told the FCC that early-termination fees are necessary to recoup costs of handset subsidies, and that customers are well aware of these fees. The news comes in response to an FCC inquiry in January that was triggered by Verizon raising its ETF for “advanced…
Texas Instruments Blaze: OMAP 4, dual 3.7 inch screens, 3 cameras, single serving of insanity
The chipset space is the most exciting part of the mobile industry right now. That’s my personal opinion, and I’m sure I’ll be called a heretic by most of you since the theme these days is software, software, and more software. Thanks to consolidation, and heavy doses of competition, chances are that your next mobile…
ST-Ericsson U6715: Making sub 100 EUR ($135) Android smartphones possible
One of my predictions for 2010 was that we’re going to see smartphones being driven down to obscene price levels. Specifications, like that of the Nokia N95, which at one point not only blew our minds, but also cost about a month’s worth of rent, are going to be obtainable for less than half of…
PureDepth acquires patent for Multi-Layer 3D OLED displays
According to my buddy Ron over at 3d-display-info.com, PureDepth have announced that they have acquired a patent for Multi-Layer 3D OLED displays. PureDepth Multi-Layer-Displays (MLD) use two or more displays that are placed one in front of the other to create 3D effects. These 3D displays do not require glasses and provide real depth! One…
OCOSMOS OCS5 packing nice features, including huge AMOLED screen!
There’s a glut of Android phones coming to market at the moment, some well-known, others not – and this one we’ll file in the ‘not’ category. However that could soon change with this spec-fest: 1Ghz CPU, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, twin stereo speakers, T-DMB. How’s that for starters?! Possibly the party trick (or not –…
Syndiant say our pico-projector modules are best, see for yourself!
The CEO of Syndiant has posted an interesting blog post, in which he claims that their pico-projector modules are the best (for those of you that are not aware, pico projectors are the miniature modules, or fully-fledged devices sometimes, that are able to act much like a normal projector would do – albeit with a…
Vodafone UK gets in to Femtocells with launch of ‘SureSignal’
Vodafone UK has relased some PR to talk about it’s new(ly branded) SureSignal product, which is a Femtocell that plugs in to your broadband connection, and backhauls your mobile connection over the InterWeb. Why would you want to do that? Well maybe you have a poor signal in your house for example – that would…
MiFi mobile router exploit allows hacker to see your exact location via GPS [Tiger Woods not amused]
The MiFi mobile router, that little dinky box that mobile bloggers and road warriors have been ranting and raving about, has a teeny weeny problem. If someone wanted to, they could find out your exact location. Every MiFi is GPS enabled, and all a hacker has to do to get your coordinates is send you…