With almost 1,000 diggs yesterday, the allegedly leaked iPhone OSX map architecture was a great April Fool’s hoax from joker Charles Ying. Did you fall for it? We know we pretty much did! The prank was awesomely subtle in its execution, with only a Unix timestamp of April 1 revealing the hoax. And it’s no…
New Sony Ericsson low-end phone spotted
Over at Se-Nse forum someone posted photos of still unknown Sony Ericsson device. The leaked photos indicate a low-end device. In that sense why wait with an announcement. Maybe this one will be manufactured by Sagem? We can only speculate at this stage…
Sony Ericsson W890/W910 leaked photos
Over at Esato forums, user “nextgenerati” posted an intriguing photos of the upcoming Sony Ericsson phone. Apparently, it’s the slider device codenamed “edtna”, possibly the new W910 or W890, that will sport a 2 MP camera, and will be available in a 3G and/or a non-3G version. Photos look real, but the common sense tells…
Sidekick ID Will Come In Fun Colors – And Rebate!
The Sidekick ID, that we’ve been hearing so much about in the past few days, has been spotted wearing a variety of fun colors. The “lite” version of the Sidekick was leaked on T-mobile’s website, in a T-mobile rebate form (they just can’t seem to keep this thing under wraps). It seems T-mobile will be…
Treo 755p set for Sprint; Caught in the wild
The new Garnet-powered Treo 755p is coming to Sprint. Apparently, the new device will have the 700p-like 1.3 MP camera, but will also be slimmer, lighter, and easier to hold thanks to concave surfaces on the phone’s sides. The big news is that the Treo 755p will be an EV-DO enabled device, bringing more speed…
Mysterious Motorola 3G Flip Phone Passes FCC Muster
The FCC released a notice of approval for this mystery phone from Motorola. The form factor is quite familiar but there is no name to put to the touch-sensitive face. So, for now at least, the new mobile from Motorola will remain a mystery. Mystery name aside, we can still tell you that this phone…
Apple Ripped Off Their 2007 Oscar’s iPhone Commercial
Most of us remember the seemingly original and innovative 2007 Academy Award Show commercial for the iPhone. It featured a montage of clips of actors answering a phone with the famous Apple slogan, “hello.” Apparently, Apple stole the idea from the 1995 film “Telephones,” by Christian Marclay. So, according to Marclay, Apple “approached us [about…
Nokia’s Got Google In Its Crosshairs With New Semantic Visual Search Engine
With more and more players entering the mobile search game, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Nokia is also thinking about starting their own mobile search service. Even big-hitter Google is just starting to develop mobile search platforms and is by no means a dominant force – leaving ample room for the likes of…
iPhone to be released on June 11?
We all know that iPhone is coming in June, but when exactly in June was something that many people have been pondering about. Now, we seem to know the exact date – June 11! Apparently, Cingular’s customer service manager gave that information to the News.com reporter. Somehow, the date doesn’t surprise us, as on that…
UTStarcom Drops The Ball On Sidekick ID
You know when someone messes up sooo badly that its even funnier when they try to fix it? Well, that happened to UTStarcom at CTIA. They dropped the ball when they put up a HUGE banner depicting the upcoming Sidekick ID. That’s the kind of mess up where all you can do is shake your…