Well, this is interesting. A Reuters report said Palm contacted the Chinese telecom giant Huawei about a possible acquisition in mid-February. Huawei is not that well known in the United States but it is a major telecom infrastructure provider in China and it’s itching to get into the U.S. market in a big way. Acquiring…
HTC mulling its own operating system
After years of relative obscurity, HTC has become a powerful player in the smartphone space. But without its own operating system, it has been beholden to innovations from people like Microsoft and Google. That’s why it’s no surprise that a report said the company is mulling creating its own home-grown OS. Cheng Hui-ming, CFO of…
HTC Desire now shipping SIM-Free in UK
Nice… the HTC Desire is now available in the UK SIM-Free, from more than one e-tailer – however the only one that contacted me direct is eXpansys (see pic above), so they get dibs on the linkback 🙂 We all know a lot about the Desire already, but having got one in my grasp now…
myTouch Slide poses in red
We already know that the myTouch Slide will be hitting T-Mobile soon, but the good folks at TmoNews got their hands on this shot in the wild. In fact, they got a boatload of pics and I’m fancying the red version. It does just look like a myTouch 3G with a slide-out keyboard but at…
Android 2.1 Running on myTouch Slide
The FCC filings for T-Mobile’s myTouch Slide (a.k.a. HTC Espresso) hinted that the Android smartphone would be arriving soon, and now we’ve got yet another hands-on picture, confirming that version 2.1 of the operating system will be loaded on there. The larger picture also shows the full device in a rather snazzy red paint job.…
Verizon HTC Droid Eris and BlackBerry Tour 9630 Get End-of-Life Dates
A quick EOL (end-of-life) notice here for the HTC Droid Eris and BlackBerry Tour 9630, on Verizon. Via BerryScoop, some leaked internal shots have arisen, giving us a looksee into the future of the Eris and Tour on big red. Sadly, the run is coming to a close. By the looks of things, the ADR6200,…
The Mobile Roundup – All eyes on Apple edition
It’s Friday and we’re already starting to think about the weekend. But, dear readers, I’ll be giving you weekly recaps of what happened in the mobile world in case you actually weren’t hitting refresh like crazy on our home page. The big news this week was Apple’s iPad and iPhone OS 4.0, but there we…
Lenovo, HTC may want Palm
There’s rampant speculation that Palm may soon be acquired by HTC or Lenovo, and the news is doing good things for Palm’s stock price. Palm’s stock was up over 11% today and that’s good news considering it was only a few weeks ago when analysts were predicting it couldn’t live through the year. The company…
iChat could come to iPhone OS 4.0
Remember those wacky predictions about video calling coming to iPhone OS 4.0? Well, screen shots over at TUAW suggest it’s not out of the question for Apple’s next smartphone. It appears that iChatAgent – a background process needed for iChat – is running on the developer build of the latest iPhone firmware. This doesn’t necessarily…
HTC Incredible Equipment Guide leaked
The HTC Incredible has been working its rounds around the net for some time now. Now, with a leaked release date for later this month, more leaks keep on coming. Above is the Equipment Guide for the new Verizon device. Is Verizon even trying to keep this thing under wraps at all? Not really. Notice…