Nokia offers one week free navigation on Maps
Some Nokia phones come with a license for three months worth of free navigation on Nokia Maps. Perhaps you got one of those models and the license has already expired, or maybe the phone you bought didn’t have it in the first place.
Either way, you can take this opportunity to enjoy an early New Year’s [...]
Pink Samsung Instinct appears at Best Buy with a $599 price tag
Remember that pink Samsung Instinct? Well, it looks like the handset is ready to be launched, since it’s already listed by Best Buy as coming soon.
Before you get all excited, though, you should know that Best Buy currently says the phone’s retail price is of $599 – a downer for many customers, regardless of [...]
Mobile banking is too risky in the eyes on consumers
According to a recently published report entitled “2008 Mobile Banking Security Standards” consumers are too wary of security to use their mobile phones for banking transactions. It appears a lot of people don’t want to have to suffer any compromises.
73% of consumers that were part of the study feared that hackers could access their handsets [...]
Nokia 6208c is official, will hit China and select markets in the first half of 2009
Nokia 6208c has just been officially announced, exactly one week after we first saw the phone in a couple of unofficial shots.
As expected, the 6208c will be sold mainly across China, as it features support for Chinese language and characters, and a touchscreen display with handwriting recognition. According to Nokia, other select markets should get [...]
Foxconn subsidiary looking to peddle customized handsets for telcos around the world
Foxconn International Holdings, or simply FIH, must’ve felt really bad from all the dwindling handset orders of its clients (which include Nokia and Motorola) so it has decided to start looking for clients in international operators, according to media reports in Hong Kong.
Right now, it is said that FIH plans to start making customized handsets [...]
India’s 3G spectrum auction postponed until end of January 2009
India was previously scheduled to auction off licenses to its 3G spectrum on January 15th, 2009. However, that date has been pushed back to January 30th, in order to “give potential bidders more time to study bid documents and rules for the auction,” according to a government agency.
India’s Ministry of Communications took care of moving [...]
USBfever’s add-on lenses give iPhone camera more functionality
There’s no other way to go around it: the iPhone’s 2 megapixel camera is crappy. Nevermind that its got an excellent viewfinder, or the fact that its rather simplistic camera application UI is quite refreshing for those of us who don’t want complicated stuff on our cameraphones.
However, all hope is not lost for those who [...]
Nokia opening 10 specialty stores in Beijing next year
Nokia already has two flagship stores in China: one in Hong Kong and another one in Shanghai. That isn’t going to change soon, however, a total of 10 specialty stores are set to be opened next year, with a cooperation between Nokia and local mobile phone chain store D. Phone.
D. Phone will be the one [...]
Motorola to layoff 400 more employees before year-end
Well, so much for Motorola’s effort to work on Android and build a designated 350-person team for it. It’s employees are going to be suffering yet another round of layoffs.
In an earlier statement, Motorola has said that it will layoff 1,500 employees during the fourth quarter of 2008. With this change, the number is now [...]
Pointmobile’s PDA ‘PM250′ officially launched
These days, rugged smartphones are kind of hard to find. And so are oddly shaped phones. Which is why the just recently launched Pointmobile PDA ‘PM250′ is both refreshing and intriguing. It is intended for use in retail warehousing and logistics applications where durability in a handheld package is a must.
Why it’s shaped like a [...]