The image above illustrates RIM’s idea to use both a large touchscreen and the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard in their future device(s). As you’ve just seen, the BlackBerry maker is dreaming of the HTC TyTN like smartphone that would appeal to both multimedia demanding users and the enterprises. As with all the patents, the bare…
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse hints at Clearwire partnership, dual-mode WiMAX / CDMA handset this year
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Sprint had better get their WiMAX/XOHM network lit-up right-quick, before they exhaust their financial means to do so. There’s a lot riding on XOHM, and a couple wrong moves could spell the end for Sprint. So, it’s refreshing to hear that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse say…
Taiwan-based Young Optics to start shipping pico-projectors in Q2-Q3 2008
We’re all eagerly waiting to see the first pico-projector equipped mobile phones hitting the store shelves. Not many handset makers said we’ll see the first such devices start selling this year. However, Young Optics announced it is expecting to begin shipping its pico-projector by the end of second quarter or the beginning of the third…
Texas Instruments preparing to offer TI OMAP processors to more than just mobile
All good business models seek to diversify their market position as much as possible, and Texas Instruments is definitely looking to expand their product offerings in the competitive mobile processor market. Texas Instruments (TI) is known for their famed OMAP processor lineup that has been powering many a smartphone for quite some time now (with…
Nokia invests $1.55 million in Japanese image processing software company
Nokia Growth Partners, the VC’s internally who make sure Nokia is prepared for the future, have poured $1.55 million in Morpho, a Japanese company that specializes in using software to enhance both image and video capture in mobile phones. PhotoSolid is a solution that requires absolutely no new hardware, yet gives image stabilization as seen…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 to use microSD memory card after all; Windows Mobile 6.5 back in the mix?
Now that’s a refreshing change of pace from Sony Ericsson. It seems that Sony Ericsson updated their XPERIA X1 specification sheet to reflect the use of microSD expansion cards. Last time I mentioned the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 superphone, I said that I’d take the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 with that horrible, proprietary MemoryStick memory…
Tattoo-based mobile phone concept is powered by blood, is crazy cool
If you’re a fan of body-art, then you might like the idea of being able to interact with your tattoos – to the point of using your tattoos to place phone calls (even video calls). At the Greener Gadgets Design Competition, Jim Mielke demonstrated his subcutaneous (that’s “under the skin” in non-biological speak) mobile phone…
Video: Nokia Morph: The future form factor of our mobile devices will be defined by us
Nokia’s Research Center in conjunction with the University of Cambridge created a concept device called Morph that reflects both organizations efforts in nanotechnology. Since yesterday the concept device has been on display at the New York Museum of Modern Art where it will be shown until May 12th. Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC…
2 terabyte microSDHC card compatible with Nokia N95
Thank you all for the flood of emails regarding the forum post on Telefon.de where proof exists that a 16 GB microSDHC card works inside the Nokia N95 and E51 and whatever other microSDHC device is on the market. SDHC is a standard different than regular SD due to how the bits are addressed internally.…
Mobile Phones: It took 26 years to reach 3.3 billion sold
In a piece by the Washington Post, which doesn’t really give us any new news, but more of a history lesson into how things started, where things are today and a possible picture of the future, one quote stood out more so than the rest: “From essentially zero, we’ve passed a watershed of more than…