Three UK announced that it will start selling the Nokia E7 in January next year. Price was not unveiled, but we think the phone will be available starting from free on a two-year 35 GBP a month contract — which is the price of its all-touchscreen brother, Nokia N8. The Nokia E7 is arguably the…
Chillingo to bring the popular RPG “The Witcher: Versus” to the AppStore
Chillingo is teaming-up with indie games developer one2tribe to bring “The Witcher: Versus” to the AppStore. If you don’t know what The Witcher is all about, here’s a snippet from Chillingo’s press release (or you can check out the game’s Wikipedia page): Based on the successful online browser-based PC RPG brand, The Witcher: Versus immerses…
Boingo Wireless launches Wi-Fi at Chicago’s Soldier Field stadium
Boingo Wireless, the global Wi-Fi network, announced that it has launched Wi-Fi services at Soldier Field in Chicago as part of an exclusive deal with Soldier Field, offering connectivity in seating areas, premium suites, concessions, restaurant and hospitality areas. After connecting to the “Boingo Hotspot” SSID, customers will be redirected to a Boingo landing page…
Cricket’s holiday sales include cool smartphone deals
If you’ve been thinking to jump ships and sign-up for a smaller carrier, Cricket Wireless may have an offer for you. As part of its holiday season promotion, the carrier is offering the following three smartphones for less: Sanyo Zio by Kyocera for $149.99, after $50 instant rebate and $50 mail-in reward card Huawei Ascend…
GSMA announces Mobile World Congress’ Mobile Ad Forum conference programme
We all know mobile advertising is an interesting and rapid growing market with all of the major companies jumping on board to secure their share of the action. In that sense, GSMA as an industry group, decided to give it a proper exposure at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. And they announced the…
Reminder: Radio Shack iPhone 4 Offer Ends This Saturday!
Received a heads’ up email from Radio Shack earlier today, to remind me that the deals they have going this week are coming to an end on Saturday. You might recall me telling you about this one last weekend… remember, the crazy iPhone 4 deal? Perhaps I should recap. First, every iPhone 4 (the 16…
Japan to adopt ISDB-Tmm format for mobile multimedia broadcasting in spring 2012
The ISDB-Tmm standard, which is a member of the ISDB-T family of digital terrestrial broadcasting technologies, is going to be put into commercial use in Japan in spring 2012. Multimedia Broadcasting, the newly commissioned carriage operator, and other members of the ISDB-T Multimedia Forum will be working together to provide nationwide multimedia broadcasting services for…
App Store Promo Codes Now Available Worldwide
Good news, everyone! This evening, I learned that promo codes are now very available in all of Apple’s international app stores! Woohoo! I have to be honest, I never thought this day would come. But as I sit here, watching Sidney Crosby and the Penguins take on the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs, I’m one happy…
TI unveils bleeding-edge OMAP4440 dual core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor
TI (Texas Instruments) has just announced their latest creation, the OMAP4440. Expected to start sampling during the first quarter of 2011, and begin mass production during the second half of the same year, the OMAP4440 has enough differences compared to the older OMAP4430, due to be in products shipping during the first half of 2011,…
Bell Set to Launch the Samsung Rugby II on December 9th
In the U.S., AT&T announced the Samsung Rugby II some time ago. In fact, it was way back in May. Some time has passed since then for sure, but I’m pleased to report that Canadians will finally have an opportunity to pick up this rugged flip device from Bell in the very near future. MobileSyrup…