The Android-powered HTC Tattoo, which had made its original appearance as the Click and recently bubbled up on Bouygues, has now gone official with an early October release date for Europe. Before you ask, yes, it will be hosting the Sense user interface made popular by the Hero, and the mid-range specs suggest a slightly…
GE/NBC Universal’s Peacock Equity invests $2 million in mobile ad network – Greystripe
Mobile advertising space is heating up in consolidation. Just recently we reported that AdMob has acquired AdWhirl, and now we have the mobile advertising network Greystripe announcing $2 million investment from GE/NBCU’s Peacock Equity Fund, capping a $7.5 million Series C funding round. For the record, the previously announced $5.5 million of this Series C…
U.S. Cellular adds LG Bliss
U.S. Cellular has recently announced the addition of LG Bliss to its portfolio. The device that’s already being offered by Bell Mobility in Canada comes equipped with a large 3-inch touchscreen, 2-megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth, music player, email client, full HTML browser, and a microSD expansion slot (cards of up to 16GB are supported). In…
More than 1,000 developers register on Verizon Developer Community
When a big carrier like Verizon unveils its offering for developers, we see quite a few companies and individials applying to participate. On that note, the carrier announced that more than 1,000 developers have registered to become part of the VDC, only a month after the Verizon Developer Community (VDC) Conference. Verizon’s Apply Your Ideas…
Nokia: We don’t need no Mobile World Congress booth!
Nokia’s Mobile World Congress booth never fails to impress. Year after year, we’re greeted by well-mannered Nokia reps willing to give us handset demos galore. The next Mobile World Congress will be different. Nokia has announced that it will not have a booth presence on the showfloor at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.…
Nokia Mural officially announced; AT&T to start selling it on September 6th for $49.99
Nokia Mural, the clamshell phone we’ve seen being approved by the FCC and in a leaked AT&T roadmap, is officially announced. The somewhat stylish phone resembles other Nokia model – N76, but unlike the NSeries device, it’s a simple feature phone that runs Series 40 platform. Specs wise, it sports a HSDPA connectivity support, 2.2-inch…
Solar Surge: iPhone battery pack, solar charger, Apple certified
Green is the new hotness in tech. No, not the color. I’m talking about eco-friendly mobile devices like the Samsung Reclaim (which is actually a really pleasing shade of green) – devices like the just-announced Solar Surge from Novothink. The Solar Surge is actually the first Apple-sanctioned charging case to hit market with a solar-charging…
Apple iPhone and AT&T MMS, together at long last!
We knew the iPhone was getting support for MMS (picture messaging) from AT&T sometime this month. We’re not going to dwell on the fact that other iPhone carriers around the world have already been playing with MMS on the iPhone for some time. What’s important here is that AT&T has finally stamped an official launch…
The Star6 Video Freakout!
Yo yo yo all you beat freaks! Star6 has announced the Star6 Video Freakout contest (http://agilepartners.com/apps/star6/contest/). Star6 fans are invited to create and submit a video that shows how creative, fun and crazy they can be with Star6. There will be two Grand Prizes worth up to $500 each. What is Star6? Glad you asked:…
Sony Ericsson unveils XPERIA Pureness as flagship fashion-phone
We thought Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA lineup of mobile phones was going to be reserved for the highest-end handsets packed with the best features Sony Ericsson has to offer. And, with good reason – Sony Ericsson said as much at Mobile World Congress 2008. Nevertheless, Sony Ericsson is apparently using their XPERIA brand to push flagship…