Sony Ericsson may be announcing more devices on June 17th. Nothing is confirmed at this stage, but if this happens, we’ll probably see the Swedish-Japanese handset maker going all official with two Symbian UIQ smartphones – G702 BeiBei and P5 Paris. After all, we saw both devices out in the wild, and BeiBei has even…
Apple acquires third-party handwriting recognition software for iPhone OS 2.0 firmware
Remember that cool handwriting recognition software that I mentioned some time ago? Well, it seems that the HWPen application that was developed by Hanwang.com.cn has been acquired by Apple for use in the next major firmware release for the iPhone – the iPhone OS 2.0 firmware. Hanwang claims that Apple has acquired their handwriting recognition…
Palm Treo 850 specifications
Fans of Palm’s Treo lineup of smartphones are no doubt waiting on the edge of their seats for Palm to go live with the next-generation Treo lineup. And, from the looks of the leaked and in-the-wild pictures we’ve seen of the fresh, new wares, it’s not hard to see why. The slimmer, sleeker, and more…
Apple already taking shipment of 3G iPhones – next-generation iPhone in port?
Did Apple just take shipment of the 3G iPhone? Well, it depends on how you interpret the latest report from US customs-tracker ImportGenius. Apple has apparently received 188 container-ship containers in a North American port. While the new shipments could just be Apple’s continued supply of computers and iPods, there’re rumblings that the containers could…
Apple to bring more ringtones to iTunes soon?
Ringtones are a lucrative business and the evil-ol’ record industry knows that. They (record labels) want to extend their partnership with Apple to additionally charge users for downloadable song snippets and ringback tones. And while somehow I can see their point (or can I?), I don’t understand why would they think ringtones should cost more…
Next generation iPhone gets super-fast data connection – 3G iPhone does 42Mbps Evolved HSPA
Sure, it’s great and all that the next-generation iPhone will launch with the 3G bits to finally get jiggy with 3G networks the world over. But, even the 7.2Mbps HSPA data connection that’s expected to be in the cards for the 3G iPhone would only make the faster, second-generation iPhone as fast as other high-end…
AT&T to determine pricing on 3G iPhone?
While Apple had the upper hand in telling what AT&T could and could not do or charge for the current-generation iPhone, the 3G iPhone could usher in a new age of carrier-based iPhone pricing. Speculation over the next-generation iPhone’s pricing scheme is rooted in an AT&T executive’s loose-lipped statement. AT&T CFO Rick Lindner spoke at…
TIM bringing the BlackBerry Bold to Italy in July; Wants to rename it to Goldfinger?
Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) will reportedly introduce the recently announced BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Italy during the second week of July. Apparently, the best BlackBerry to date will carry a hefty price tag, between 450 and 500 EUR. That’s a lot, but I guess the price will go down for business users who spend 100+…
Apple job listings spur imagination, rumors
With WWDC just around the corner, people are looking to Cupertino for the next big thing. And while we wait, we spotted some neat job ads at Apple’s website. In the first ad, Apple is hiring “Product Design Engineer – iPhone.” Experience preferred quotes “integration of wireless antenna (GSM, GPS, Wifi) into mechanical.” Heard that…
Apple looking to launch 3G iPhone in Korea and Japan
The latest iPhone rumors to hit the grapevine seems to indicate that Apple could finally break in to the attractive Korean and Japanese wireless markets. Previous reports indicated that Japan would not be getting the iPhone anytime soon, seeing as how the nation’s 3G network did not mesh well with the current iPhone. But, Apple…