The Palm Pre is picking up steam as it fuels the media hype machine. As we near the June 6th launch of the Palm Pre on Sprint, rival carriers are gunning for a chance at the hotly-anticipated smartphone. Not to be outdone by the wireless underdog, both AT&T and Verizon Wireless have gone public with…
Palm Pre coming to Verizon Wireless in 2009!
It looks like the Palm Pre isn’t going to be a Sprint exclusive for very long. The Palm Pre is slated to hit Sprint’s network on June 6 in what could be Palm’s final push to remain a viable smartphone manufacturer in a market they essentially helped create. Palm needs to push the Palm Pre…
Google looking forward to at least 18 Android phones this year!
Google’s I/O conference wasn’t just a good place to get your hands on a free HTC Magic, it was a great place to get the down-low on upcoming Android hardware. In it’s first official comment regarding upcoming Android smartphones, Google has confirmed that the mobile world will welcome at least 18 new Android OS-powered smartphones…
O2 bringing GSM Palm Pre to UK!
It looks like the UK’s iPhone 3G carrier is preparing to pit the iPhone 3G against the GSM variant of the Palm Pre. According to the Guardian, O2 has inked a deal with Palm that would give the carrier exclusive rights to sell the Palm Pre in the UK. The report mentions that O2 beat…
Billing Revolution, MoVoxx team-up to enable purchases from SMS ads
Mobile payments and billing solutions provider Billing Revolution has recently announced a partnership with advertising network MoVoxx, which as a result will be able to “commerce enable” ad placements on mobile phones. As a result, MoVoxx advertisers can add payment functionality from SMS ads, “generating more frequent transactions from mobile users.” Just imagine – you…
Japanese university using free iPhones to track students
While the American educational system continues to falter, Japanese educators are pushing for high-tech educational tools. A university in Japan is using the popularity of the iPhone to help keep track of their faculty and student body. About 550 students and staff at Japan’s Aoyama Gakuin University will be getting free iPhones through SoftBank as…
Nokia offers unused patents to Finnish tech companies
Nokia has just made itself one of the most socially responsible corporations in the mobile space, maybe even in the tech industry as a whole. In a move aimed at boosting the local Finnish economy, Nokia has announced that they’ll be making available their hoard of unused patents to select technology companies in Finland. As…
Clearwire taps Cisco as WiMAX network infrastructure partner
Clearwire is working to get their 4G WiMAX network up to nationwide status before year’s end. We’re all still waiting to see if a coast-to-coast WiMAX network has what it takes to compete with HSPA+ and LTE data networks planned by the likes of AT&T and Verizon Wireless for the near future. To that end,…
Gemalto, Microsoft, Nokia and Philips team up for “Trust in Digital Life”
Yesterday, at the Future of the Internet conference in Prague – Gemalto, Microsoft, Nokia and Philips announced a new initiative called “Trust in Digital Life” to address the issue of trust in new and emerging digital services. The idea is to bring European public and private stakeholders together and create an agenda for innovation and…
RIM Partners With HP for Cloud Printing
HP and RIM are now working together to pump out two products: CloudPrint and Operations Manager. The first lets you shoot your print jobs, be they documents or pictures, from your BlackBerry and have them shoot out of the nearest printer. The second is an addition in BES 5.0 which helps admins troubleshoot particular problems…