Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting Compal Communications has received ODM orders for “several models of smartphones” from Palm with the order volumes likely to top five million units. Several models? 5 million units? Do you hear what I hear — Palm’s onto something. We’ve no clue what exactly the Treo maker is up to, but…
Nokia to launch two new Nseries devices on on August 18th? N79? N85?
Nokia will be announcing two new Nseries smartphones on this coming Monday at 8am UK time. The word on the street is that we’ll see the Finnish giant going all official with the N79 and N85. As you may recall, the N79 is a somewhat simple lookin’ candybar, sporting a 2.4-inch display and a 5…
Rogers BlackBerry Pearl 8220 (KickStart) pricing released!
Call it the BlackBerry Pearl 8220, call it the BlackBerry KickStart, call it whatever you want, but don’t call it expensive. The latest rumblings along the wireless grapevine seem to point towards Canada’s GSM wireless carrier, Rogers, pushing BlackBerry Pear 8220 (codename: KickStart) as a back-to-school promotion come September. The back-to-school shopping season is upon…
T-Mobile USA preparing multi-platform AppStore?
T-Mobile USA is reportedly working on a multi-platform Apple AppStore kind of service. Apparently, the mobile application store will open its virtual doors this fall and will support virtually all platforms, “from upcoming Android to Java to Sidekick and Windows Mobile.” Not much is known at this stage and T-Mobile is naturally pretty quiet about…
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 coming to UK on October 30th?
As the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 launch date is approaching we hear more rumors about the upcoming release. Lately, we’ve heard the unlocked Xperia will hit the UK market on October 30th. That’s about in line with earlier rumors which suggested Hutchinson’s 3 will release the device in November. Plus, let’s not forget we saw…
Sprint planning to reduce wireless modem data rates?
When a struggling company does something right, you have to reward them for it. Otherwise, what was the point of criticizing their previously unacceptable business practices? Sprint, in this case, has been rumored to be making another change in their push to redefine themselves as the premier wireless data provider in the US. Rather than…
RIM BlackBerry Javelin – BlackBerry Bold styling, EDGE data speeds
In this day and age, high-speed wireless data connectivity is almost a prerequisite to healthy sales figures. At least that’s the way mobile enthusiasts are likely to see things. In practice, mobile users may not want to pay extra for broadband-like 3G data speeds when EDGE data connectivity could meet their needs. If wireless acronyms…
Motorola Atila – Moto’s touchscreen answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G
Meet the Motorola Atila. This here all-touchscreen handset is reportedly Motorola’s touchy-feely answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G. The Motorola Atila is apparently borne of the same gene pool that created the Motorola Alexander. Thankfully, the Motorola Atila that you see pictured here nixes that too-weird sliding QWERTY keyboard on the Motorola Alexander. The Motorola Atila…
Sony Ericsson W760a coming to AT&T?
We know Sony Ericsson is pushing its phones to U.S.A. through AT&T and we do hope they will bring the W760 to the country. However, the image on left is everything but a reliable indicator that will actually happen. I would say the bare fact that the W760a model (where “a” stands for America) exists…
Video: HTC Dream running Android caught in wild?
We’re not sure what to think about the following video. Apparently the blurry clip shows the upcoming HTC Dream running Google’s Android. Now, we’ve seen it is possible to make Android run on other devices, Nokia’s Internet Tablet included, making us wonder is this the real thing or not? The device on the clip sports…