08.02.10
Scosche Industries announces the availability of its solBAT II – solar powered charger and battery backup. The solBAT II works with almost any handheld device that can be charged via a USB cable and feature’s a simple two light indicator that lets users know when the solBAT II it is charging from the sun or a [...]
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 supports 3G HSDPA networks around the world, powered by a 624 MHz processor and comes with 256 MB Flash memory, built-in GPS / Wi-Fi, 3.2 megapixel camera and a 2.44-inch display. Soon to be available around the world beginning November, for example AT&T, [...] Verizon Wireless has start selling the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, featuring built-in GPS and Wi-Fi capabilities, as well as easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone is for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement on a voice plan [...] Demonstrated at CTIA Wireless 2009, Ericsson is presenting its HSPA multi-carrier MIMO technology, providing peak downlink data rates of 56Mbps. The increase in speed is achieved thanks to a combination of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) and multi-carrier HSPA technology. MIMO allows for higher peak data rates and increased spectral efficiency, which provides higher network capacity. HSPA multi-carrier technology with [...]
Navigon AG today announced the availability of a North American version of its on-board navigation software in the iPhone App Store. After downloading the GPS application, the software and map data is saved directly on the iphone. The software includes navigation functions such as Reality View Pro, Lane Assistant Pro, Speed Assistant and Day & [...] First released for Symbian devices, Opera Mobile 10 beta is now available for Windows Mobile platform. The Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile looks and feels similar to the Opera 10 desktop browser and Opera Mini 5 beta. It can be downloaded from www.opera.com/mobile/ or m.opera.com/mobile/ (for phone download). Opera maintains its powerful arsenal of features [...]
Samsung and Paramount Digital Entertainment announced the availability of a 2G microSD card pre-loaded with the Mission Impossible Trilogy with the purchase of a Samsung Delve from Alltel Wireless. This is the first time that Samsung Mobile and Paramount Digital Entertainment have worked together to bundle full-length feature films to add promotional value to its [...]
Samsung has announced its collaboration with Jitterbug to create the Jitterbug J in Red mobile phone in support of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement. The Jitterbug J in Red mobile phone is one part of a major health and wellness initiative from Jitterbug and Samsung Mobile encouraging women to “speak up” [...]
From the first LG Viewty to the latest Viewty Smart (GC-900), it looks like the LG GW300 will be one of the Viewty family as an affordable messaging phone. According to GSMHelpDesk, the LG Viewty GW300 is already sold in France although it is not officially announced yet. It comes with a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, QWERTY keyboard [...] LG today announced that it will launch a beta version of their online application store on July 14, 2009, which will be first introduced in Asia with the service being expanded to 24 countries. LG expects to offer up to 2,000 applications on its site by the end of year with at least 100 programs available free [...]
At next week’s CTIA Wireless Show, Opera Software will be announcing the new Opera Mobile 9.7 server-accelerated browser for smartphones and mobile devices. Opera Mobile 9.7 features Opera Turbo, the company new compression technology, along with the company’s latest Presto 2.2 rendering engine (also used in Opera 10 desktop) and full support for dynamic Web [...]
Nuance Communications announced the availability of its Dragon Dictation App on the App Store. The app allows iPhone users to speak emails and text messages instead of typing them, dramatically extending the way users stay connected to friends and family. Dragon Dictation also works with the iPhone clipboard, allowing users to speak naturally and easily [...] Verizon Wireless and Nokia introduce the Nokia 7705 Twist, a unique square shape that swivels open to reveal a full QWERTY keypad. The phone’s shortcut buttons provide quick access to messaging, the 3.0 megapixel camera, Web browsing, V CAST Music with Rhapsody, voice commands, and speakerphone options. The Contact Light Ring, located in the lower right [...]
Samsung this week debuts its new Diva fashion series with the Diva (S7070) and the Diva folder (S5150) as its first new models in the ‘Samsung Diva Collection 2010′. Samsung plans to introduce Samsung Diva Collection models annually to satiate the inner needs of women mobile phone users. “Today’s modern women play many roles, from fashionista to heroine. [...] Korean mobile software developer, DIOTEK has recently unveiled its new multi-lingual text entry software, SmartFinger 1.0 with a finger-touch method for touchscreen devices based on Windows Mobile. This product supports entry of English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean, and provides two kinds of QWERTY keyboards with key alignment optimized by each language and handwriting [...] With the unannounced Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 leaked in July, Sony Ericsson has yet to confirmed this Android smartphone officially. According to mobilecrunch, its unnamed source is telling them that the company will make the X3 ready by January 2010, about the same time as Xperia X2 running windows mobile OS. The Xperia X3 is also [...]
08.03.10
There isn’t much to go on here for rock-hard information as of yet, but there’s a few rumors flying around that a red version of BlackBerry’s 8530 could be heading to Sprint. Sure, it might not be as bold or flashy as another device we’ve seen recently, but the 8530 is one of the newer [...]
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08.03.10
We love a good codename as much as the next person, but sometimes companies just miss the mark. With some devices, the name is pretty much half the luster of owning one. Case in point, a certain product from a Cupertino-based company lives in its name. And we understand that there are just some words [...]
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08.03.10
The truth of the matter is, up until this moment right here, the Project Pink development was somewhat of a mystery. (Actually, it still is.) There hasn’t been any official word from Microsoft that the supposed devices under this project codename even exist, and even if Gizmodo has received a “stack of promotional materials,” we’re [...]
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08.03.10
We were just talking about the Turtle, the other device from Microsoft’s Project Pink, and then this happens. Gizmodo have scrounged up some live images of the Pure, the more SideKick-like device. Of course, they “hired” Mr. Blurrycam to take the still photos, so despite the fact we’re only an inch or two away from [...]
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08.03.10
Here we go again, folks. Just in case we couldn’t beat this issue to death any more, we’ve got another confirmation from Microsoft that the HD2, manufactured by HTC, will definitely not be getting an (official) upgrade to Windows Phone 7 Series. You’ll probably remember that the 4.3-inch screen, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor do “technically” [...]
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