The rumored mobile phone venture from Skype and 3 UK, dubbed the 3Skypephone (makes sense doesn’t it?), is really starting to gain some momentum on the hype-train. Word on the street has it that the 2 megapixel-equipped, MP3-playing, Skype-enabled mobile phone will be hitting the market on October 29 on “pre-launch” status. November 2 is…
Palm trades 25% stake to Elevation Partners for $325 million
Palm’s been falling behind on the innovation front that gave them the market edge all those years ago – there’s no denying that. But, things could be on the up and up for the laggard smartphone manufacturer. Palm has just announced that they have finally secured the $325 million deal from Elevation Partners (U2’s Bono’s…
Nokia and Reuters team up to mobilize journalism
Nokia Research Center and Reuters are working together on a mobile journalism project to transform the way journalists work on the field. The idea is to equip journalists with Nokia’s latest camera-equipped smartphones and I guess other accessories (i.e. Bluetooth keyboard) to allow them to report directly from the place where the news is happening.…
Orange’s new “Bebo Extra” plan gives users access to Bebo for £3 a month
Orange has partnered with Bebo to provide its users with unlimited access to the popular social network in UK. Under the new plan called “Bebo Extra”, the carrier’s subscribers will be able to comment on their friends’ profiles, send Bebo mails and receive profile notifications. Orange is betting on the huge popularity of Bebo among…
AT&T partners up with Napster to deliver wireless music downloads
AT&T isn’t known for their over-the-air services like rivals Sprint and Verizon. And, when it comes to wireless music downloads, AT&T’s sole option lags behind the music store offerings from the CDMA duo. Until now, AT&T customers could only download expensive music through eMusic. But, with this AT&T/Napster deal, subscribers of the No. 1 US…
It’s official – Apple and Orange launching iPhone in France on November 29
We’ve known this for quite some time now, but we were starting to wonder if Apple and Orange were ever going to announce their deal. France’s wireless regulations and Apple’s revenue-sharing demands were rumored to have put the deal on thin ice, but those issues seem to be a thing of the past. Apple and…
Verizon Wireless offers over-the-air Led Zeppelin downloads
Led Zeppelin has signed on with Verizon Wireless to bring their illustrious catalogue of music to subscribers of the No. 2 US wireless carrier. The deal will give Verizon Wireless customers access to Led Zeppelin ringtones, ringback tones, wallpapers, and even full-song downloads – all over-the-air (OTA). Come November 13, Verizon Wireless will be the…
Liquid Air Lab’s spodtronic to include content from Podcast.com
Liquid Air Lab and Treedia Labs announced their plans to deliver a full spectrum of podcast programming to mobile phone users around the world by integrating Treedia’s Podcast.com distribution services and Liquid Air Lab’s spodtronic mobile application. Touted as the “first worldwide radio and podcast content hub,” spodtronic allows its users to receive live radio…
Broadcom and Samsung expand their partnership
Broadcom and Samsung announced that they’ve expanded their partnership under which Samsung will keep including Broadcom’s 3G solutions in the coming devices. The first Samsung handset that used Broadcom’s baseband technology, SGH-Z220, was released over a year ago and I guess made money for both parties involved. Lately, we’ve seen Samsung using Broadcom’s “advanced silicon…
RIM and Eatoni to work on keyboard technology
It seems that RIM is preparing some strange/cool new phones for the future, as they’ve just announced that they’ll work with Eatoni Ergonomic to develop a new text keyboard technology. Under the agreement, RIM will take an equity investment in Eatoni, and get a license to use the company’s technology. Earlier, we had Eatoni and…