Telefonica scores global Pre coup?
added on March 12th, 2009 |
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Carriers and Palm have been absolutely silent on the matter, but let's be honest: there's very likely been one of the most heated, no-holds-barred wars over the past few months to score European exclusivity on the Pre since the Storm and the iPhone -- and with launches broadly expected by... |
Microsoft unveils Windows Marketplace fees, splits, hopes, and dreams
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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Microsoft has begun laying out plans for its version of the App Store -- dubbed the Windows Marketplace -- with some familiar numbers, and a few unfamiliar tweaks. According to Ina Fried, the company will charge developers an annual fee of $99 to become part of the ecosystem, and an... |
Google, LG settle visual voicemail patent suits with Klausner
added on March 11th, 2009 |
| As expected, Google and LG have joined Apple, AT&T, and Verizon in settling their visual voicemail patent lawsuits with Klausner Technologies. The LG agreement is the more straighforward of the two, since it covers LG devices like the Versa directly, but things get more complicated with Google since it doesn't... |
Nokia continues to hemorrhage Smartphone market share to RIM and Apple
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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Rough morning for Nokia. After having its trio of new music-oriented handsets leaked, Gartner goes and releases a set of unflattering sales figures related to Nokia's beleaguered smartphones. While smartphone sales overall increased 3.7% in Q4, Nokia's share slid from 50.9% to "just" 40.8% on 15.6 million units. While many,... |
Nokia outs 5730 and 5330 XpressMusic and 5030 XpressRadio handsets as expected
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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Yup, All About Phones nailed it as Nokia just announced its 5730 XpressMusic QWERTY, 5330 XpressMusic slider, and lowly 5030 XpressRadio candybar bringing up the tail. The trio of handsets spread across different price-points should make access to the Nokia Music Store (now available in 15 countries) that much easier.... |
Tweetie 1.3 approved -- what are we supposed to do with this wagon full of torches and pitchforks?
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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Apple can be slow to act on user outcry at times, but it looks like the curious, discouraging case of Tweetie 1.3's App Store denial has come to a quick and painless resolution. There's no telling if it was the shouting proles that moved Apple to act, or perhaps a... |
Apple stupidly rejects Tweetie 1.3 for foul language in Twitter trends
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_rejects_Twitter_client_for_dirty_words_on_Twitter'; Apple's just reached a whole new level of stupidity in App Store approval shenanigans: the Tweetie 1.3 update was just rejected for displaying "offensive language" in its Twitter trend search view. Right, not for offensive language in the app itself, but for offensive language on Twitter --... |
Caption contest: Cricket builds the world's largest cellphone
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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Regional carrier Cricket has set about breaking the Guinness record for the world's largest cellphone, crafting a giant Samsung Messager out of wood, metal, lights, wizardry, and love. It'll be officially unveiled tomorrow, but in the meantime, we've been treated to some behind-the-scenes footage of the 8th Wonder Of The... |
Nokia introducing 5030, 5330, and 5730 XpressMusics at tomorrow's event?
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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We know that the shindig Nokia's putting on tomorrow has something to do with music, so it's certainly within the realm of possibility that we'd see some new XpressMusic handsets there, and indeed, All About Phones seems to have scooped the goods. It looks like we'll be treated to no... |
Samsung A877 with AMOLED touchscreen coming to AT&T this month?
added on March 11th, 2009 |
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Are we looking at the best thing this side of a smartphone to grace AT&T? Quite possibly, and jilted Quickfire owners who miss the form factor should probably be taking note. Rumor has it that we're looking at the Samsung A877 here, delivering some 3.2 inches of AMOLED glory at... |
In case you missed 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' last night
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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If you didn't get to see Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, here's your second chance! Up above is NBC's edited segment, and after the break we've got our own video (for completists and international readers). Take a look at either one to experience the pure magic of me,... |
Roger McNamee's wild predictions shot down -- by Palm itself
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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Remember wild-man McNamee's predictions last week of death to the iPhone and all sorts of other Pre-related wonderment? We read and we chuckled and we moved on, but someone took his statements a little more seriously -- Palm. Yes, the company Roger was talking up, the company in which his... |
iPhone prototype caught on video
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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We found a quick video of the iPhone prototype that you've probably already bid on. The excitement is palpable as the person on screen clicks his or her way through menu items, checks out mobile web pages and generally does the sort of things that we imagine one does with... |
Sprint keeping its options open with LTE?
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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Sprint hasn't been coy about its love and adoration for all things WiMAX, and while it obviously has a vested interest in seeing the next-gen wireless protocol thrive, even it isn't completely ignoring the possibility of dabbling in LTE. Or, at least that's the impression we get from a recent... |
XRoad G-Map iPhone navigation map gets reviewed, patted on the back
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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While the world waits for a tried-and-true navigation app from Apple, XRoad is taking advantage of the situation by offering up its G-Map app in the interim. Kicking Tires decided to take the new software for a spin, and while the map quality took a pretty harsh beating, the overall... |
Palm selling some stock to help with Pre, pay off Bono before he breaks kneecaps
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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Pre fever's in the air, yes, but beneath the elation and excitement of Palm's mega-launch, there's a cold, hard reality: bills are piling up. To that end, the company is looking to queue up a "secondary offering" of its stock to the tune of 18.5 million shares, which -- thanks... |
iPhone prototype surfaces on eBay, aims to fetch a pretty penny
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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Okay, so we'll go ahead and crush a few dreams up front -- there's nothing here that proves this isn't some funky KIRF iPhone or just an ad hoc or jailbroken app making things look completely funkadelic. Now that our skepticism is out in the open, we'll be honest and... |
Google issues first Android Dev Phone 1 update, clarifies paid app situation
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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Android Dev Phone 1 owners are pretty much expected to handle their own business when it comes to firmware updates, but those of you who like to kick it official take note: El Goog's just released Android 1.1 for its totally unlocked version of the G1. Most of the fixes... |
Playing both sides: Nokia says its 4G position 'has not changed'
added on March 10th, 2009 |
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Coupled with the discontinuation of the N810 WiMAX, Nokia's intention to get LTE devices into the marketplace by next year had many folks thinking that the company was starting to sour on WiMAX altogether, but -- at least officially -- it turns out that's not the case. Nokia has contacted... |
LG's GC900 Viewty II subjected to smudgycam treatment?
added on March 9th, 2009 |
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We caught wind of the supposed LG Viewty II last week at CeBIT, though weren't graced with photos til today -- a couple pics actually surfaced in comments, but lacked the xenon flash mentioned in the specs. PhoneArena has thrown a couple pics up of this 8 megapixel set and... |
