After taking a video call with Steve Ballmer on their new Watch Phone, it’s clear LG is pretty chummy with Microsoft – so much so that it wouldn’t be a stretch if they got dibs on the latest update to Windows Mobile on their new LG-GM730. The press release is hazy on the subject, likely…
LG Officially Outs Arena, Sticks Out Tongue at iPhone
During LG’s Q&A session at Mobile World Congress, one gutsy press member fully called out the officially-launched Arena as an iPhone clone, as insinuated when some pictures leaked earlier this month. While it’s not a far shot, the Arena does have a few tricks that set it apart from Apple’s popular handset. For one, home screen icons slide…
LG Style Rocks Transparent Sliding Keypad
For those who throw convention and practicality to the wind, LG has announced the LG-GD900 (a.k.a Style), with a transparent sliding keypad. To be launched in Q2 of this year, the Style isn’t especially crazy specs-wise: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps UMTS 900 (1900/850) GSM (850/900/1800/1900) 105 x 52.5 x 13.4 mm All in all, a phone…
iSkin Shows Off Bluetooth iPhone Dock Adapter at MWC
iSkin, the guys who put out those iPhone cases a few weeks ago, were showing off a very cool Bluetooth adapter for iPod and iPhone docks at Mobile World Congress. This allows Stereo Bluetooth-capable handsets to stream music to iPhone docks – not entirely dissimilar to the BlackBerry Bluetooth Stereo Gateway. Pricetag for the iSkin…
Samsung Launches T-Mobile Memoir, Endorsed by Pretty Girls
Behold, (no, not that one, wrong Samsung device) the glory of Helena Christensen’s jaw-slackening beauty hath declared the Samsung Memoir the lord of all cameraphones, rendering all lesser 8-megapixel camera-bearing devices impotent with lust. As if all that teasing on T-Mobile’s newsletter wasn’t enough to get your average gadget pron geek riled up. Samsung has…
IntoMobile live from Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona!
It’s that time of year again. The IntoMobile team is gearing up to bring you, our dear readers, live coverage from the Fira de Barcelona convention center at the Mobile World Congress. We’re looking for big things from manufacturers across the mobile spectrum, especially in the touchscreen and cameraphone segments. The IntoMobile team will be…
The Signal: Talking Wi-Fi with Kelly Davis-Felner
The Wi-Fi Alliance could easily be overlooked in a show ostensibly about the shiny finished products that they’re only tangentially involved with, but one of the big things we wanted to do with our interviews was get in touch with some of the big movers behind the scenes. Wi-Fi is becoming a ubiquitous feature throughout…
The Signal: Talking Touch with Synaptics
Synaptics has been in the touch tech game for a good long time now – you might recall seeing their logo in your laptop’s system tray to keep tabs on the touchpad functions. Well, they do lots in the mobile end of things as well. Andrew Hsu talks with us about working with fragmented platforms…
The Signal: Talking Palm Pre with Pam Deziel
At CES we sat down with Pam Deziel, Palm’s VP of Software Product Management, in the swanky Palm Pre lounge to chat about their big announcement. I tried not to gush too much, but we hit topics such as points of inspiration, working with partners like Google and Sprint, as well as what the announcement…
CES: Day 4 Wrap-Up
The Palm Pre remained the elephant in the room for most of our CES 2009, but we did manage to catch up on everything else happening on our last day. The morning kicked off with an extensive tour of the Nokia booth (Will had a looksee too). I got some playtime with the very nice…