Research In Motion (RIM) has seen impressive growth in the enterprise-oriented smartphone market during recent quarters. The BlackBerry maker’s bullish performance on Wall Street underpins the firm’s 70% smartphone share on AT&T and 107% year-on-year growth as of Q1 2008. But, Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha believes RIM’s stock price is significantly over-valued. Why? RIM…
Quake founder John Carmack: iPhone better than dedicated gaming systems
If you have an iPhone or, better yet, an iPhone 3G, you’re probably well aware of how powerful the iPhone is as a media, web surfing, and gaming platform. Pairing a powerful set of processors and graphics acceleration technologies with the huge multi-touch display has made for a mobile gaming platform unlike any other currently…
Congress makes in-flight cellphone calling ban permanent
Score one for the sensible among us. Cellphone conversations in airborne cabins are now illegal! Call them slow to act, out of touch with reality, greedy politicians, liars, or practically useless civil servants if you want, but Congress comes through for the American public every now and again. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has…
HTC still on schedule to ship Android-powered smartphones in Q4 2008
As other handset makers are struggling to turn a profit in the dog-eat-dog world of mobile phone manufacturing, and other manufacturers are cutting prices to shake up the competition, HTC is solidly maintaining its course to take over the Windows Mobile and Android-powered smartphone market. Following on numerous HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro…
NetShare for iPhone 2.0 OS – iPhone EDGE / 3G tethering made easy
For all you out there willing to shell out a few bucks for the convenience of hassle-free iPhone tethering (”tethering” is a method that allows your laptop to use your mobile phone’s wireless data connection to surf the web, check email, etc.), a new iPhone application has hit the AppStore… again. NetShare, the iPhone application…
Verizon goes live with its visual voicemail service
We’ve talked about this back in June. Following the iPhone release, many people realised they could benefit from the visual voicemail. Verizon and Sprint saw its chance and started working on it. Sprint users can already use the service through such handsets as Samsung Instinct. Verizon subscribers, on the other, still wait for the carrier…
Qwest now offering Verizon Wireless services to residential and business customers
Qwest Communications has announced that it is now offering Verizon Wireless services to all new residential and business customers in its residential service area. The two companies have signed a five-year long agent agreement earlier this year to allow Qwest customers to purchase Verizon’s phones and wireless broadband services. Verizon’s services may be purchased at…
Samsung U800 Soulb – Now in Pink to fight breast cancer
Samsung, fresh off their announcement that they’ve pushed over 150 million handsets on to American shores, is going after the more feminine demographic with their Samsung U800 Soulb clad in Pink. And, the philanthropist within us all will be pleased to hear that Samsung will be donating £10 (~$20) from each Pink Soulb sale towards…
Use your iPhone as car performance meter – G-tac and Dynolicious for performance tracking
Proud of that hot, new ride you just bought yourself? Sure you are. But, whether you’re just mashing the throttle in a straight line or carving up the twisties, sawing the wheel back and forth in search of grip, you’re probably wondering just how fast you’re actually moving. Well, iPhone owners need wonder no more.…
Nokia N96 slated for October 1 debut in UK!
Nokia recently announced that they would be launching their Nokia N96 flagship successor alongside the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 businessphones in the third quarter. The Finns made good on their promise to bring the much-anticipated enterprise handsets to market in Q3 2008, so now we turn our attention to Nokia’s new hotness – the…