Makers of the world’s most rugged phones, Sonim Technologies, announced a new phone — Sonim XP3 Sentinel — along with an accompanying safety solution for lone workers. The service and the phone are made for vertical markets in the energy, utilities, construction, security, forestry and logistics sectors, to keep remote workers safe while in isolated…
Motorola Milestone XT720 announced for Germany
The Motorola Milestone XT720 has been officially announced for Germany. No carrier partners were mentioned nor how much will the all-touchscreen device cost once it starts selling, leaving us room to speculate. I’ve no doubts some of the country’s leading operators will definitely pick it up at some point, but in the meantime our German…
Gameloft unveils its E3 lineup
Gameloft unveiled its line-up for E3 that includes games for iPhone, iPad, DSiWare and PlayStation Network. We don’t care about the last two mentioned, but we definitely want to share what they’re planning for the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. iPhone Hero of Sparta II – In which the hero Argos returns to his home in…
LG announces 2010 LG U.S. National Texting Championship with cash prize up to $100,000
LG Mobile Phones announced the 2010 LG U.S. National Texting Championship, with a cash prize up to $100,000 and a trip to the grand stage in New York City. In addition, this year’s winner will also be eligible to participate in the first-ever LG Text For Good Challenge, which gives the chance to put an…
Adults Are Guilty of Driving and Texting, Too
If you think driving and text messaging is a huge mistake committed only by teens, you are sorely mistaken. Or perhaps you know that it’s not limited to youngsters because you’re an adult and you’re constantly LOLing on your phone while behind the wheel yourself. Shame on you! We’ve all seen the horrific public service…
Rogers Launches the Nokia N97 Mini
Anyone out there fancy a Rogers Nokia N97 Mini? If you’ve had your eye on this one lately, you’re probably not alone. We knew it was coming, and thankfully, it has arrived (a little later than we expected!). The Nokia N97 Mini has arrived at Rogers online and in-store. Pricing on the N97 goes as…
Toshiba and Fujitsu: Yap, we’re merging our mobile businesses!
The rumors were true – Toshiba and Fujitsu are merging their mobile phone businesses in a move that will create Japan’s second largest handset maker, after Sharp — the new company will hold 18.7% of the market, whereas Sharp has a 26.2% share. In addition to straightening their position on the domestic market, the two…
Truphone Local Anywhere hits Spain and the Netherlands
Truphone is bringing its Truphone Local Anywhere to two additional markets – Spain and the Netherlands, in partnership with Orange and Vodafone, respectively. The two new countries join the existing markets where the Truphone Local Anywhere service is already available – Australia, UK and U.S. There is quite a reason to cover these two countries…
New iPhone 4 preorder shipments pushed back to July 14th
If you haven’t yet hit up the Apple online store to preorder your iPhone 4, we’re sorry to say that you’ll be waiting a good long while. The latest checks on Apple’s online store shows that the ship date for your new iPhone 4 preorder has been pushed back to July 14th. Think about that…
InMobi officially enters the U.S. mobile advertising market
Mobile advertising agency, InMobi, is formally entering the U.S. market, after soft launching in January of this year and serving 2 billion ad impressions monthly. In less than six months, InMobi has more than doubled from 7.5 billion to 16.7 billion available impressions monthly across Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. Now U.S. advertisers can…