With Helio burning through cash like it’s going out of style, the youth-targeted MVNO could really use a helping hand. And, what better way to position yourself as the premier MVNO in the US than to buy up your closest rival. Reports are circulating that SK Telecom, Helio’s only remaining parent company, and Virgin Mobile…
Apple’s iPhone OS 2.0 beta firmware shows push email capability – iPhone OS 2.0 getting .Mac push email support?
While BlackBerry users are busting out emails in real-time with the BlackBerry push email service, iPhone users are left to deal with a few third-party applications to enable push-email over their Outlook Exchange servers. Oh, and there’s also Yahoo’s iPhone push email support, but that service has been notoriously unreliable in dealing with real-time email…
Palm Skywriter/Drucker in the works as another Windows Mobile device from Palm?
With the Palm Treo 800w getting prepped to be released as the latest Windows Mobile 6.1-powered device from flagging handset manufacturer Palm, there’s not much else that Palm Treo fans are looking forward to. But, that might all change with this latest report from TamsPPC that Palm has opened up Windows Mobile development access to…
Philips working on an all-touchscreen handset?
Philips is reportedly working on an iPhone-like all-touchscreen device. According to PC World China, the still unannounced Xenium X800 will sport the so called “e2e” design, which translates into full edge to edge touchscreen. The information about the device are scarce at the moment. We know it should come with a WQVGA screen and a…
BT working on a “BlackBerry-style” hybrid handset?
UK’s top fixed-line carrier seems to want a piece of the mobile action. According to Times Online, the British giant is working on a “BlackBerry-styled” device that would do pretty much everything modern smartphones do with a little twist. Apparently, the upcoming phone will be sold as a part of the broadband package and will…
Nokia E71 to be announced tomorrow?
A rumor on the street is that the Finnish giant will be announcing its long awaited E71 smartphone tomorrow. The upcoming device builds on top of its predecessors, the E61/E61i models, and has everything the mentioned two smartphones lacked. Aside from the full QWERTY-keyboard, there’s a built-in GPS, better 3.2 megapixels camera, more available RAM,…
More 3G iPhone photos emerge?
Our Tuesday wouldn’t be complete without any 3G iPhone rumors/pics to show our readers. As June closes in on us, new 3G iPhone pictures have emerged from Chinese forum WeiPhone.com. The iPhone, clad in white, in these pictures shows the redesigned speakers/dock connector, the extra sensor near the earpiece, the more tapered design, and the…
RIM offering BlackBerry 9000 in EDGE and EVDO Rev. A flavors – BlackBerry Javelin and BlackBerry Niagara
Well, it looks like CDMA network subscribers won’t be left out in the cold when RIM goes live with their sleeker BlackBerry 9000. Word has it that RIM is preparing two different BlackBerry 9000 variants – the BlackBerry Javelin and BlackBerry Niagra. The former is the EDGE-based BlackBerry 9000 that we all know and love,…
McAfee to develop antivirus for iPhone?
Hold on a moment, there’s no single virus in existence for the iPhone and considering how tightly Apple intends to control the third party application deployments, it’s kinda doubtful we’ll see any serious security breaches hitting the iPhone any time soon. Yes, there will be some Safari problems but nothing major Apple can’t fix with…
Sprint Treo 800w launch date and details
So, with the HTC Touch Diamond and Raphael set to complement the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 in the high-end smartphone market (not to mention the 3G iPhone’s impending launch later this year), Palm’s planning to throw their Palm Treo 800w into the mix. Palm’s efforts to revive their tired product lineup started with the popular…