There’s been much speculation about whether or not Google will be following Apple and the iPhone into the mobile phone industry. Speculate no more, Isabel Aguilera, the top Google exec of Spain, announced today that there will indeed be a mobile phone offering from the Internet Search Giant. But unlike the Apple iPhone’s high-end target…
EU To Get Standardized Roaming Rates Soon
European Union member states get a bit of good news today. Out-of-control roaming surcharges within the EU could be reigned in as soon as June of this year. Viviane Reding, European Information and Media Commissioner, stated that she plans to cap roaming surcharges to 50 Euro cents (about 66 dollar cents). A spokesman further provided…
Apple Will NOT Sell iPhone Tech To Competitors
As we mentioned before, if the iPhone is to really run OS X with any semblance to the fully fledged Mac OS X operating system, there’s bound to be a good amount of back-office licensing hoopla to deal with. But operating system licensing issues are just the beginning. Apple will need to deal with the…
Yahoo!, AT&T Partnership On Shaky Ground – Bad For iPhone
Reuters reports that Yahoo! and AT&T are in boardroom talks right now discussing how to pull back on their partnership deal. The announcement of the partnership built confidence in Yahoo! investors and affected a rise in stock value. But after the new announcement regarding the two companies cutting back on their deal, Yahoo! stock dropped…
Sony Ericsson working on K850i, M610i!?
Looks like Sony Ericsson is working on two hot phones. The first one should be an ultimate Cybershot-branded device – K850i, a 3G phone that sports a 5 MP camera (yes that’s “five megapixels”) with their famous Xenon flash light. Apparently, the 117×48×13 mm candybar K850i should also have a QVGA TFT screen, a second…
Another Google Phone – iPhone Killer!
Apparently, a subscriber of a paid-survey website got his hands on a survey that could shed some light on the rumored iPhone killer dubbed the Google Phone. The phone may be manufactured by Samsung and sport a 2 mega-pixel camera, wifi, and 3G on a google interface. Of course this could all just be another…
Can Apple Afford To Keep iPhone A Cingular Exclusive?
Steve Jobs made a few noteworthy announcements in his keynote this past January. Among them, Mr. Jobs boldly announced that he expects to push 10 million iPhones out of Cupertino, CA. by the end of 2008. Great! I really hope Stevie can meet his objective. But, 10 million units in a year and a half…
Nokia 6267!?
Nokia is always working on new device. Just recently, Slashphone spotted a profile for the still unannounced Nokia device – 6267. Apparently, the upcoming Nokia handset will be a Series 40 device and will sport a standard QVGA screen (240×320) in the portrait mode. Furthermore, the Nokia 6267 will be a 3G device, and our…
Sony Ericsson’s two new devices!?
It seems that Sony Ericsson is working on the new phones. After their announced acquisition of the UIQ Technology, many people (including myself) expected to see the Japanese-Swedish company announcing the new smartphones at 3GSM. However, they only announced a pair of new stylish Walkman and Cybershot phones a day before the event.
More HTC devices are coming: HTC S730 (Wings) and HTC P6300 (Panda)
Good ol’ HTC, just when they announce a device… more are coming. It’s already not-that-easy to differentiate among their many (similar) products. Anyway, two new HTC devices were rumored these days…