Apple’s App Store reaches 3 billion downloads, Steve Jobs disses the competition
Few hours ahead of Google’s grand unveiling of the Android Nexus One smartphone, Apple announced that its App Store passed the 3 billion downloads mark – only 18 months since it was launched (in the summer of 2008). With the occasion of this announcement, Steve Jobs kind of dissed the competition (Google’s Android platform included) [...]
Rogers exclusively announces the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Rogers Wireless has just announced that it will be the first Canadian (and North American) mobile carrier to offer the Android-powered Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. Unveiled by Sony Ericsson in November last year, the Xperia X10 is the company’s first Android smartphone, and the first to come with the new UX interface. As you probably [...]
Google Nexus One to cost €450 unlocked (in Europe)
While the world impatiently awaits for Google to officially unveil the Nexus One (its first Android smartphone – and, in fact, its first phone ever), here’s some news from France, regarding the handset’s price. According to Le Point, the Google Nexus One will be available in France sometime in the first quarter of this year. [...]
Nokia Image Exchange available for S60 touch phones
As promised back in November 2009, the folks over at Nokia Beta Labs have developed an edition of Nokia Image Exchange for touch devices – which is now available for download, as an early beta version. Compatible with Nokia’s S60 touchscreen smartphones (including Nokia 5530, Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, Nokia N97 and Nokia X6), the [...]
Snapdragon based Lenovo Skylight smartbook announced for AT&T
Lenovo (the world’s fourth largest PC maker) and AT&T have announced the upcoming availability of Lenovo Skylight, presented as “the first ARM-based processor smartbook device based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset platform.” The Skylight has a sleek design and comes with many nice features for a smartbook, including: 3G, Wi-Fi, a 10-inch HD display, a “unique [...]
Samsung S5550 and Samsung S5500 slider phones coming soon
Two news Samsung phones that are named almost identically have recently appeared on the web, without being officially announced: Samsung S5550 and Samsung S5500. Both phones are sliders, but let’s start with the one that has more to offer (feature-wise), namely the Samsung S5550. Spotted in a catalog found at PhoneHouse.es, the S5550 offers an [...]
Sony Ericsson Kanna U8i to be a QWERTY-equipped Kurara
Sony Ericsson Kanna is an unannounced SE smartphone that should be unveiled this year, alongside the Sony Ericsson Kurara U5i. The Kanna looks a lot like the Kurara, but the main difference between them is that the former has a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Like the Kurara, Sony Ericsson Kanna will run Symbian, featuring: a 3.2 [...]
Nokia plans to sell more than 500 million phones in 2010
Nokia, the world’s largest phone maker, is hoping to sell more than 500 million handsets this year – despite the fact that analysts predicted it would only sell about 458 million units. According to Reuters, Rick Simonson, Nokia’s mobile phone unit chief, declared that the company will sell 500 million phones “across three platforms” – [...]
Apple has bought mobile advertising firm Quattro Wireless (for $275 million?)
While Google is on the verge of acquiring AdMob for $750 million, Apple may soon announce that it’s buying a mobile advertising company, too. The company in question is Quattro Wireless, for which the Cupertino giant is reportedly ready to pay $275 million. At the moment, there are no official details about the deal, but [...]
The first Google Nexus One review shows up
Google’s Nexus One Android smartphone is, of course, not yet officially announced, but the first review of it has already appeared on the Web. Sure enough, we’ve seen many leaked photos, videos and previews of the handset, but this is the first time when an actual review is published (at the NexusOne blog) – although [...]
Orange first to launch mobile HD Voice in the UK
Orange UK recently announced that 2010 is the year when it will be offering mobile HD Voice, which should deliver “excellent audio quality to mobile calls.” The carrier is already working with unnamed top phone makers on developing HD Voice-ready handsets. Mobile HD Voice is based on the WB-AMR (Wideband Adaptive Multi-Rate) speech codec, which [...]
Pink Palm Pixi coming to Sprint for Valentine’s Day?
While Verizon may soon introduce the Palm Pixi Plus, Sprint is apparently getting ready to release a pink version of its Pixi – which will probably be out just in time for this year’s Valentine’s Day. The pink Palm Pixi is mentioned in Sprint’s inventory (via Engadget), but unfortunately there’s no photo of it available. [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Devour (Calgary) shows up in silver
First spotted only in a black version, the Motorola Devour / Calgary has now appeared in silver, too, which probably means that Verizon will offer it in at least two color versions. As you may already know, the Motorola Devour is an Android smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and the MotoBlur UI running on [...]
Words like “sexting”, “tweeting” and “app” should be banned, says U.S. University
The Lake Superior State University has recently announced its 35th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. Comprised of terms and words that “deserve to be banned”, the list is made by the university’s wordsmiths, based on nominations coming from people all over the States. This year’s [...]
Mozilla Firefox RC1 for Maemo (Nokia N900, N810) available for download
If you have a Nokia N900 or Nokia N810, you should know that Mozilla Firefox RC1 (Release Candidate 1) for Maemo is now available for download. Also known as Mozilla Fennec, Firefox for Maemo promises to make you “forget about the clunky, stripped-down mobile Web you’re used to”. The Firefox mobile browser has many nice [...]
HTC to launch tablets based on Android, Chrome OS?
It looks like 2010 will be a really busy year for HTC. In addition to launching many new Android and Windows Mobile smartphones, and making the Nexus One for Google, the Taiwanese company may also unveil several touch tablets. According to SmartHouse, one of the HTC tablets will use Google’s Chrome OS, while another one [...]