The problem with a full touchscreen handset is that there’s usually little room to ergonomically fit a physical QWERTY keyboard alongside the display. Nokia is working ’round-the-clock to bring S60 Touch to market, and it looks like they’re also working to develop a suitable keyboard solution. This here patent application, titled “Mobile device with virtual…
Microsoft may launch Windows Mobile 6.1 on February 11
Word on the street has it that the upcoming revision to the Windows Mobile 6.0 platform could go live on February 11. The thinking is that Microsoft unleashed Windows Mobile 6.0 on us at 3GSM in Barcelona last year, and they could very well launch their updated Windows Mobile 6.1 OS at Mobile World Congress…
Dell and Google to work together on cellphone?
Partnerships between industry giants are a dime a dozen these days. The latest speculation involves Dell and Google getting cozy in preparation for a mobile phone launch at Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM) in Barcelona next month. The speculation comes from “senior industry sources” but Google has denied any such rumors. As you may remember,…
Nokia updates E90 Communicator with revised keyboard?
In case any of you out there are still thinking about buying the Nokia E90 Communicator-monster, we’ve got an update for you. Our friends at All About Symbian think that there’s an updated Nokia E90 Communicator shipping with a revised keyboard. The current generation (or previous generation, depending on how you look at it) Nokia…
Rogers to bring Sony Ericsson K850i to Canada?
Rogers Wireless is set to bring the Sony Ericsson’s flagship K850i phone to Canada. According to some sources, the Canadian carrier will be launching the device by the end of this quarter for $199.99 CAD on a three-year term contract. Best of all, buyers will also get the 8GB Memory Stick Micro bundled with the…
Is Motorola exiting the mobile phone business?
Well, maybe. Nomura International analyst, Richard Windsor, issued a note to clients that Motorola could be considering dumping their mobile phone business to concentrate on evolving into an “enterprise and government company.” Windsor also speculated that Chinese investors might buy-out the troubled handset manufacturing once-giant. However, this end-game is “unlikely as those [Chinese] vendors don’t…
T-Mobile to get Palm Centro too?
File this under “sooo not confirmed,” but apparently T-Mobile is also standing in line alongside AT&T waiting for Sprint’s Palm Centro exclusivity to expire. How we know about it? Well it’s Palm’s CFO whose giggling (when asked about the prospects) we should thank for the information. That’s hardly an evidence you might argue, but what’s…
Samsung i900 will NOT run Windows Mobile?
We’ve already posted some details about the upcoming Samsung i900 superphone. Apparently, the new device may be first introduced during the Mobile World Congress, but we’ll have to wait for September to see it hitting the store shelves. In addition, according to PhoneMag, it may not run Windows Mobile after all — making us think…
RIM BlackBerry 8110 Pearl headed to Rogers Wireless with GPS?
Canadian BlackBerry-fans may just have reason to celebrate in the near future. We’re hearing that the GPS-toting RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8110 could be hitting Rogers Wireless’s network in the near-term. As the GSM counterpart to the CDMA-based BlackBerry 8130 Pearl, the BlackBerry 8110 Pearl features an integrated GPS receiver. The updated GSM BlackBerry Pearl should…
Possible new Palm 800w details
For a company that pioneered the PDA industry and essentially ushered in an age of smartphones, Palm looks to be circling the drain to a slow demise. In the early days, innovations like Graffiti were enough to keep the PDA-maker at the top of the game. Now, after more years than we care to remember,…