What does this look like to you? A new Sony Ericsson device? Or a work of a Photoshop artist? I say Photoshop! Still, the device looks impressive and will hopefully make Swedish-Japanese think about their future developments. According to “sources”, Sony Ericsson W999i is the ultimate Walkman smartphone. It has a HSPDA radio, a touchscreen,…
Palm working on a UMPC?
File this under “not likely to happen”. Rumors are spreading around the Web that Palm will introduce a UMPC next month. The idea behind this rumor is that Palm most be working on something, as all their latest releases are fairly (software) upgrades — they haven’t announced nothing extra new lately. When you look it…
T-mobile? 3G? Sidekick? What?
As far as rumors go, we got a hot one. And by hot we mean completely unreliable, yet exciting, hearsay. Still, any rumor that includes T-mobile, 3G, and the upcoming Sidekick X in the same breath really gets our juices flowing. We got reports of “Danger hiptop 2.0” browsers tearing up the information superhighway with…
T-mobile “Wing” Released Pushed Up To May – Loses Name Along The Way
We didn’t think the name of T-mobile’s upcoming version of the HTC Herald – the Wing – was all that bad. But, rumors are flying that the upper echelons at T-mobile didn’t think too fondly of the name. T-mobile will be changing the name of the phone and…wait for it…pushing up the launch date! The…
Treo 700p To Get System Software Update In May
Steve Sinclair, Treo Product Manager, posted information on his blog about an upcoming software update for the Palm Treo. The update is undergoing carrier certification and should be released, post-haste, for the Treo 700p. Given the current status of the update, Sinclair estimates that the software update will be available during the week of May…
More Nokia 8600 info revealed
The high-fashion Nokia 8600 seems ready for market. From what we can tell, it pretty much resembles the current and still popular 8800 model. Apparently, it will sport a 2 MP camera, MP3 player, a full gig of built-in memory (expandable with memory cards), and will use Nokia’s Series 40 platform. We’ve already seen some…
Microsoft Zune Phone – New Patent Application Hints At Zune Phone Tiled Interface
Microsoft revealed it’s hand this week in a patent application that gives us a glimpse of what the Microsoft Zune Phone user interface (UI) could look like. Microsoft has already announced their work on a tiled, zooming UI for mobile phones, and this patent application bolsters the possibility for a tiled UI for the Zune…
Dell Might Be Getting Into Smartphone Game
DigiTimes is reporting that, according to “industry sources,” Dell is working with Quanta Computer to develop a new smartphone. The collaborative project, codenamed “Fly,” is purportedly using the Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional operating system – so we know that the smartphone will be a touchscreen PDA – with HSDPA. A qwerty keyboard is likely for…
Apple iPhone Rebate / Subsidy Now A Possibility!
According to an American Technology research report released today, the boys up in Cupertino may be considering a rebate or carrier subsidy for the up-coming Apple iPhone. Analyst Shaw Wu’s sources have indicated that Apple could likely be offering a break on the uber-expensive iPhone – to the tune of $50-$150.
Cingular 8525 Firmware Update Could Be Upon Us
Cingular’s 8525 (HTC TyTn) has that vestigial, and now useless, push-to-talk button. It was marketed as having the feature, but having the feature is a completely different story from actually enabling the feature. An anonymous tipster over at Engadget Mobile says they got the down-low on the promised PTT-enabling firmware update come April 25 –…