It’s a trend and it seems Acer wants to join it with its own application store. At a press event in London, Acer’s senior corporate vice president, Mr. Aymar de Lencquesaing, said that they are “examining the viability of an app store.” Now that doesn’t mean they’ll go and make it themselves — partnering with…
Apple AppStore hits 25,000 apps?
This isn’t offical, hence the question mark at the end of the title. However, according to 148Apps.com, which keeps a running count of all the iPhone app submissions, more than 25,000 applications have been submitted to the Apple AppStore since May 2008. More precisely, at the moment of this writing the total number was 26,024!…
Toshiba working on a new smartphone?
According to some documents from Global Certification Forum (GCF), Toshiba may have one more powerful phone in the pipeline. The organization has recently received approvals for two Toshiba handsets: the already known “TG01” and one device GCF calls “To Be Advised.” As we look at the specs of the two phones (image bellow), we see…
LG Viewty 2 Spotted at MWC
Following up on the specifications posted last week, we’ve got some LG Viewty 2-flavoured eye candy. The specs haven’t changed, but here they are again. 3? WVGA touchscreen 8 megapixel camera with manual (!) and auto focus, 16000 ISO, xenon flash, face detection, image stabilization, geotagging Slow-mo and high-speed video recording DivX and Xvid support…
Is this Sprint’s upcoming Samsung Instinct Mini?
Well, well, well, if this isn’t the upcoming, approved-by-the-FCC Samsung Instinct Mini, I don’t know what it is. The device pictured above certainly seems smaller than the original Instinct and the prominent Sprint logo makes us think this is what we’ll see without all that blur on April 19th when Sprint reportedly pushes this baby…
China Unicom chairman confirms Apple iPhone talks!
Here we go again. Apple has been trying to crack the China market with its iPhone for almost as long as the iPhone 3G has been around. With multiple rounds of reported negotiations between Apple and Chinese wireless carriers having fruited little more than speculation, the folks in Cupertino have yet to lay claim to…
BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip goes official on Telus website!
No, it’s not the same as a product launch. But, for fans of the BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip with a loyalty to Telus’s network, the appearance of the BlackBerry Pearl 8230 on the Telus website is a good sign. Telus is apparently preparing to go live the BlackBerry 8230 Pearl in the near-term. With Best…
Sprint Releases Leaked, Featuring Camera-Less BlackBerry 8350i
Release dates for a few new handsets on the way to Sprint have leaked out thanks to a Brightpoint report: the LG Rumor 2 gets a nod, suggesting a March 15th. release date, a yellow version of the ruggedized Motorola i580 should also be landing on the 15th., and the slimmer i9 will will be…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM firmware update to fix US 3G problems
Nokia’s US-launch of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and its S60 5th Edition-powered touchscreen has been anything but smooth. Following on rumors that some Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM handsets were failing to lock down a 3G wireless signal, Nokia pulled all 5800 XM NAM units from flagship store shelves and replaced them wtih European models. The…
Did Toshiba leak upcoming Windows Mobile flip-phone to the FCC?
The “how’s” and “why’s” of this latest leak aren’t exactly clear, but it seems that Toshiba might be working on a Windows Mobile flip-phone running on the Qualcommchipset Snapdragon mobile that makes the Toshiba TG01 such an incredible device. Toshiba’s apparent FCC filing for the Toshiba TG01 is at once incredibly confusing and irresistibly intriguing.…