Devices
Almost every team member has at least 3 primary mobile handsets! In this category, we profile devices and related wireless infrastructure.
Ewan sent me this link today.
Well, things are looking up for Rogers customers. Word on the street has it that the Nokia N95 is due to hit Rogers’ GSM network on May 2. The Canada-bound variant of the Nokia N95 should hit market sporting the same 5 megapixel camera, GPS receiver, WiFi, TV-out, and [...]
I’m working on a piece at the moment summarising my experiences at the LG Secret blogger launch party on Friday. It was a fascinating day and an excellent opportunity to sit and talk with LG people about the industry.
One point I wanted to document was Jeremy Newing, the LG UK Marketing Director. As well [...]
It’s not going to get you any admiring glances if you leave it on a table in the pub, but at Ł5 with no strings, Asda’s latest mobile phone deal will take some beating.
The supermarket behemoth is knocking out four handset models for the bargain price of Ł5 - one Nokia and three Sagems [...]
If the rumours are true, it looks like RIM is delaying the introduction of its latest 3G model for AT&T. Depending on who you listen to, it’s either because the BlackBerry in question has power issues, or because RIM doesn’t want to go head to head with Apple’s mooted June launch for the 3G iPhone. [...]
Continue ReadingIt looks like things are getting worse before they get better chez Motorola. It’s just put out the latest set of results for its mobile devices division and there’s all the bad news expected plus a bit more for good measure - sales were down 39 percent year-on-year, losses were up and the company sold [...]
Continue ReadingThis week Jonathan Jensen is checking out the Nokia E51 …
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I’ve been using the Nokia E51 for a while now. The E51 is a smartphone running the S60 Third Edition Feature Pack 1 operating system. It intrigued me because despite having had some good reviews it has a very low profile here in the UK, [...]
More doom and gloom from the handset people. After Nokia said it though the worldwide mobile phone market might shrink next year, Sony Ericsson has reported its profits have nosedived over the last quarter, its market share has dropped (enough to see it slip behind LG to number five in the biggest device makers) and [...]
Continue ReadingTrent is, like me, really bored of Nokia. Really bored. We both want to see more! And I hope it’s coming! Check out some of Trent’s thoughts below…
TRENT’S SENSE: Nokia Boredom
It does seem that Nokia has reached its pinnacle in the manufacturing of mobile devices and is capable of only repeating [...]
Nice. Need to try it out…
Continue ReadingAfter the Motorola fiasco, it looks like it’s Samsung’s turn to start making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Head of Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, has resigned from his post after being charged with tax evasion last week, alongside a number of other executives. Other high-ranking Samsung staffters have also handed in their resignations, including the [...]
Continue ReadingSo reckons Jamie writing over at AndroidGuys.
Here we are months away from the launch of the first Android hardware, and Google along with the Open Handset Alliance is gearing up for the war against Apple and the vaunted iPhone.
If Apple are able to sort out their price points, they might still have some fight [...]
I was having a chat with a chap from a UK mobile operator yesterday.
He was telling me that his people have been playing with an advance version of the Nokia Tube — their answer to the iPhone. And they’re not that impressed. It works. Touch screen. Nice. But [...]
If you’re getting into Buddhism or if you’re already there, then you might consider dumping your existing handset for a nifty looking (if a little toooo gold) Buddhist handset.
From what I can make out from the machine translation, this looks to be an ‘official’ Buddhist handset, complete with jade (or jade effect) buttons and [...]
After the previous post (’What’s this just arrived?’), I took a more in-depth look at the PocketSurfer.
Well, actually, I just unboxed it, worked out how to switch it on and registered.
It’s not really a one-handed device, you’re best to use both hands I think, so that made it difficult when QIKing. Anyway have [...]
Interesting results out of Nokia this week: despite some promising numbers, like net sales up 28 percent year on year and device volumes up around about the same, it looks like the money men weren’t impressed by the results. Why? Nokia’s warning things won’t always be as rosy.
“Nokia expects the mobile device market to decline [...]
Was at the gym this morning killing my knees on the running machine. I looked up at the TV monitors on the walls for a few moments — a brief respite from the pain allowed this — and I saw Envirofone advertising on one of the music channels.
Interesting.
Mobile recycling has got that big that [...]
If you’re a regular commuter across the South East of the UK, then you’ll shortly be reading all about the PocketSurfer2. Widget UK, the product’s UK distributor, is doing a four week poster campaign on the tube, rail stations and roadsides beginning in the next few weeks.
It’s a good place to advertise because whilst [...]
Nokia has unveiled its latest NFC-enabled phone, a 3G candy bar by the name of the 6212 classic. As well as the NFC functionality, the device has a 2 megapixel camera, radio, MP3 player and expandable memory of up to 4GB.
Nokia says it will cost around 200 euros before tax and subsidies and will ship [...]
Unified Telecom, the people behind the zzzPhone in the US (Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Bahamas) have launched an affiliate marketing offering so anyone can sell zzzPhones from their site.
This is the second stage of growth for zzzPhone. They’ve launched two new models today and they are rather good looking.
One runs on the Nucleus OS [...]
Continue ReadingCarlo over at MobHappy, has seen all the sights.
He lives in Las Vegas. Not in sin-city itself, but a few miles outside. We met up a good few times during CTIA — it was at the Microsoft party when he announced he was getting married. I didn’t know this. Impending [...]
I got my new Nokia E90 from Vodafone. After leaving it in the back of that limo (bad call) in Las Vegas, I was without my primary number for about two weeks.
I set up the device quickly. I put in the sim card, called Vodafone, got them to activate the sim [...]
Analysts Gartner have put out a advisory criticising the mobile industry for being too male-centric. According to Gartner, “Sixty-eight percent of the world’s population is women and children who could benefit much from mobile technology, but the majority of mobile devices are designed by men, for men,”, with most mobiles being targeted at western adult [...]
Continue ReadingMobile phone insurance provider, FoneShield, have just launched a Sharia compliant of their mobile phone insurance product. I’m sure this will be of interest to muslim mobile phone users — and interestingly, anyone who’s on the hunt for a more ethical insurance policy.
I’m not entirely sure how FoneShield’s insurance is more ethical than, say, [...]
Got this in from WStore. I haven’t been following the price of the HP iPAQ 514 but at 103 quid, it sounds like a good deal.
Wireless, bluetooth, camera, Micro-SD, WinMob 6.0, Outlook Mobile. 103 pounds. I could be tempted.
More here.
I’ve been reading about Nokia’s Tube. The supposed iPhone killer.
It looks a bit like an iPhone, some accounts say.
Well I’ll eat my hat if Nokia pull it off.
I’ve been wanting them to do actually innovate for a while. I don’t mean hair-brained innovation. I mean smart thinking; modifications that I [...]
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