China-based Huawei Technologies Co. is considering the sale of a large portion of its mobile devices division to a foreign investor. Apparently, the idea behind the move is to get additional money and enter the North American market. According to The Wall Street Journal, the sale is at an early stage of discussions and Huawei…
T-Mobile USA delays Nokia 5310 Xpress Music, Nokia 5610 Xpress Music; Kills off Motorola Z6w
Not that anyone is actually waiting for the Motorola Z6w to launch on T-Mobile, but if you were looking for a WiFi-enabled Motorola Z6w slider to put in your pocket, consider your hopes and dreams dashed into oblivion. T-Mobile USA has reportedly nixed their plans to release the sleek Motorola Z6w slider due to “testing…
AT&T website shows ‘iPhone Black,’ TIM CEO confirms 3G iPhone in June
Don’t let the lack of iPhones in-channel confuse you into thinking that Apple is twiddling their thumbs in preparation for the highly-anticipated launch of the 3G-toting iPhone next month. Cupertino is apparently working to ensure that their next-generation iPhone launch goes off without a hitch – just like they did with the current iPhone’s initial…
AT&T disallowing employee vacations between June 15 and July 12?
According to CellPassion, AT&T is disallowing any employee vacations from June 15 to July 12, and all leaves have been cancelled during that period. And while we’re not sure whether this is true or not, we’re certainly wondering (in case it is true) what’s AT&T up to? 3G iPhone instantly comes to mind, especially when…
More Sony Ericsson BeiBei leaked photos
Almost a month ago we posted one of the first Sony Ericsson BeiBei leaked photos. As far as we know, the upcoming device will run the latest version of UIQ (3.3) on top of Symbian OS, and will also boast such things as some camera (we’re not sure about the megapixel count), WiFi and Bluetooth.…
BlackBerry 9000 to be called BlackBerry Bold?
Yesterday, we posted information about the upcoming BlackBerry 9000. According to Boy Genius, we should expect the official announcement to take place on Monday, May 12th at WES 2008. Now, a new tidbit of information suggests the upcoming smartphone will be called “Bold.” If that’s the case, I guess we will see more “Bold” versions,…
Sprint Palm Treo 800w to sport Internet Explorer 7.11?
Details on unreleased handsets sometimes pop up in some unlikely places. The Sprint Palm Treo 800w is slated to release in a couple months, but that apparently has stopped a user from testing their own Palm Treo 800w on DSL Reports‘ website. The user-agent data shows that the bandwidth tester was using a Palm Treo…
HTC preparing to release graphics driver update for HTC TyTn II (Kaiser)?
HTC long-ago promised to release a graphics-improving update to appease disgruntled customers complaining of lackluster video performance. It’s been a long wait, and after a recent announcement that HTC is still working on that promised graphics software update for its higher-end Windows Mobile smartphones, there are new rumblings that HTC getting set to release the…
Nokia’s iPhone fighter gets codename – iPerformer?
We sure hope not. Nokia’s known for pushing out myriad handset offerings ranging from the super-cheap, low-end to the ridiculously high-end, and belittling a certain competitor’s sales figures. But they’re not known for their intriguing codenames. Case in point, we’re hearing the Nokia is internally referring to their S60 Touch OS-based iPhone-fighting handset as the…
AT&T prepping Nokia E71 for launch?
With the Nokia E71 pics plastered across the blogosphere as the newest QWERTY-toting E-series device from Espoo, the smartphone is set to bring some style and class to business-users the world over. Now we’re hearing that AT&T is actually working with Nokia on an AT&T-branded Nokia E71. It’s all speculation for now, but Boy Genius…