Mobile Stuff

We’ve all been waiting patiently for Windows Mobile 7 to drop since the crust of the Earth was still cooling, and at this point, Windows 7 proper could theoretically beat it out of the gate. What’s a perpetually delayed platform to do, then? Come up with another stop-gap measure, of course. Windows Mobile 6.1 was [...]

Just in time for the big (if somewhat quirky) G1 unlocking, Android fans in the UK will be getting their chance to purchase the T-Mobile handset starting today. Britons began queuing up on Oxford Street as early as 5 am to get the phone, currently available for free with a 2-year £40 ($65) monthly contract. [...]

The suits at the Department of Justice just green-lighted Verizon’s planned acquisition of regional rival Alltel, moving the two CDMA giants closer to a marriage that would easily eclipse AT&T to become the largest wireless carrier in North America. There’s a catch, though, and a rather hefty one at that — Verizon has to agree [...]

Microsoft have patented, what is, essentially a GPS unit, at its core. But, should this patent become a reality, it can be made much more than that, should you so wish. You see, on the sides of the GPS unit, are various ports.

These ports will have external modules, which will allow you to connect [...]

According to Smart Mobile Gadgets, are all set to release a new communicator going to by the name of “Opal” - it seems to follow in the footsteps of the much-hyped HTC Touch, utilizing the same sapes and curves. While apparently it doesn’t lack in the way of looks, its tech specs are somewhat thin [...]

RIM’s Blackberry OS has overtaken Windows Mobile, in terms of marketshare, putting it second, below the market leader, Symbian.

Figures for the second quarter of last year, showed, that Windows Mobile’s marketshare was at 11.5%,, which increased to 12% for the second quarter of this year. But, that wasn’t enough, as Rim enjoyed a massive [...]

A few days back, it was reported that Samsung, the world’s largest consumer electronics company, were hoping to acquire flash memory giant Sandisk. Well, now, you can add Toshiba into the fray as well, as they are trying to prevent this from happening. Both Toshiba, and Samsung have strong relationships with Sandisk. It seems Toshiba [...]

Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA line of handsets - the first being the X1, will not only run on the Windows Mobile OS, but possibly other platforms as well. Although, it’s not known which platform(s), one could possibly be UIQ 3.3, which was announced back in May of this year. The X1, which is [...]

Samsung, the world’s largest manufacturer of NAND and DRAM memory chips, is looking into acquiring flash memory giant Sandisk, although, as of yet, both companies in question have declined to comment on the rumour. At the moment, Samsung currently supply memory chips to Sandisk, and with Sandisk’s stock price dropping from $56, down to $13, [...]

HTC, maker of several Windows Mobile-based handsets - they even make a few for other manufacturers, have posted their earnings for August of year year, and the results show that the company’s revenue increased by 33% on the previous August. This is also an 11% increase on the previous month.HTC’s earnings for the month of [...]

To be fair, Continental Mobiles diamond-encrusted Nokia N95 is a real bargain at £10,000 ($19,813) when compared to Amosu’s £12,000 alternative, but seriously, real richies should be holding off for the evolutionary N96, anyway.

For those with enough cash to care, this particular handset / status symbol packs a Sterling silver front-panel stacked [...]

Apple are expected to exceed shipments of the 3G iPhone by the end of the year – totalling 18 million, up from their expected 10 million. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the price difference between the original iPhone, and the 3G version. Add to that, it will sure sell by [...]

Tough time to try to hype a new skin for Windows Mobile, we’d say, what with juggernauts HTC and Sony Ericsson both trying to knock balls out of the park with TouchFLO 3D and the XPERIA’s shell, respectively; that’s not stopping ASUS from giving it a go, though. The Taiwanese manufacturer has [...]

Yahoo has released version 3.0 of its Go software, for windows-Mobile-powered smartphones. The User Interface has apparently been improved, to some degree, and their oneSearh feature has seen an improvement too.

Version 3.0 now has support for widgets, and a Yahoo screen. Yahoo Go lets users connect to various Yahoo services, such as News, Mail, Maps [...]

Basking Ridge, NJ — Verizon Wireless announced today that the highly anticipated BlackBerry Curve(TM) 8330 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) is now available through Verizon Wireless’ online store and through business sales channels. This sophisticated, silver smartphone will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, including those in Circuit [...]