After last night’s Super Tuesday projections and primary results, we’re pretty much done with analyst projections. But, we can’t help but give in to our fascination with the FCC 700Mhz auction. The latest polls projections put Verizon Wireless as the winner of the C-Block, ousting Google as a potential new wireless carrier. Google is believed…
iPhone not likely coming to Japan anytime soon
Sometimes it hurts to be so advanced (we never thought we’d say that). Apple has apparently run into a roadblock in bringing the iPhone to Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. While the whole iPhone revenue sharing model is being hashed out, that isn’t the biggest deal-killer here. In fact, NTT DoCoMo CEO Masayuki Hirata said that, ”…
Rogers Canada offers unlimited data plan – hints at possible iPhone arrival?
While us Yankees have been enjoying the iPhone’s grace’s since day one (that is, launch day), our friends to the North have yet to get the iPhone to officially cross the border. There are likely innumerable unlocked iPhones surfing Rogers’ network, but no official deal has been struck between Apple and Rogers. Rogers Canada is…
Mobistar to bring iPhone to Belgium?
Well, if negotiations pan out, Belgium’s second-largest wireless operator could be poised to strike a deal with Apple. The end-game? To bring the iPhone to Belgium, of course. Mobistar’s CEO stated that they could make an iPhone-deal with Apple this year. However, the statement was tempered by the fact that Belgium just isn’t high on…
AT&T set to launch Pantech Duo in Red
As any good handset should do, the AT&T Pantech Duo is going to be making its Red-colored debut next week. We like the Windows Mobile 6.0-powered handset with that handy, dual-sliding, keypad/keyboard hybrid design, and it seems that the masses have taken well to the Pantech Duo. In fact, we’re hearing that AT&T has seen…
MVNO deathroll – Voce goes belly-up?
We’re not sure if we should chalk up Voce as just another MVNO gone belly-up or an incredibly unreliable network operator. You see, the luxury MVNO, leasing AT&T’s spectrum, has apparently ceased all operations on the start of the new month. Voce customers are reporting that they woke up Feb. 1 to find that their…
February iPhone rumors point to Spain, Italy, Switzerland getting Apple iPhone
With Apple already having penetrated the European market in Germany, France, and the UK, it makes sense that Apple start casting a wider iPhone-net in Europe. And, it seems that Apple may just be in talks with a few more potential iPhone-partners. Spain’s El Periodico has announced that the country’s Telefonica wireless network has been…
Dior and Swarovski to launch their own phones?
This isn’t actually hot news, but it’s interesting nevertheless. The idea that famous fashion powerhouses want a piece of the mobile action is everything but new. We already have Armani and Prada phones available today, and Tag Heuer is reportedly in the midst of launching its own handset. And now, we have a new piece…
HTC TouchFLO 2.0 aka Manila user interface leaked?
We’re still not confident whether the image above is real or not, but it certainly looks legit enough. According to the HTC Insider, this is how the next version of HTC’s TouchFLO user interface will look like. No more information was given about the project code-named “Manila”, but something tells us until Windows Mobile 7…
Dell: Not working with Google on new handset – no hardware to show off at Mobile World Congress
We love a good rumor. But, if there’s one thing we love more, it’s the back and forth between the blogosphere and spokespeople that these rumors generate. Following on rumors that Dell and Google are working together on a mobile phone, a Dell spokesperson has denied that Dell has no hardware to debut at the…