Verizon replacing technician laptops with Blackberries
Verizon Partner Solutions unit (VPS for short) is replacing the laptops of their field technicians with smartphones from Blackberry, according to the company’s news release.
They had to replace some 2,250 laptops, but it seems that the move was worth it, and Verizon workers are enjoying “big boosts in mobility and operating efficiency”.
What allowed the company [...]
Short range wireless networks to enhance capabilities of iPhone
You can already place calls, browse the net or watch video clips with your iPhone, but if Apple’s patents back in November 2006 are any indication, the company has even more impressive plans for their smartphone.
The big idea is using short range wireless routers (like the ones in the airports) that would interact with the [...]
Texas Instruments confirms projectors in mobiles phones this year
John Van Scoter, the senior vice president of Texas Instruments (TI), has confirmed that projectors in mobile phones are coming later this year when he was speaking in Taipei at a TI forum on May 14th.
Not only that, the company believes that mobile projectors will become as popular as built-in cameras in five to ten [...]
Motorola goes all girly on Korea with RAZR2 Pink Silver edition
Not that I’d want one for myself. I’m pretty happy watching the Motorola RAZR2 clamshell phone from the sidelines. Although I don’t think I’ll be getting one for myself any time soon. But I just wanted to let you know that if you are in Korea, have a friend in Korea, or just want read [...]
Intel confirms plans for Atom-based iPhone-like mini-tablet?
Intel Germany’s CEO Hannes Schwaderer has just non-chalantly confirmed that they are working with Apple to create an Intel Atom based iPhone. This has been a long-standing rumor in various Apple, Mac, and Intel circles, and the real deal has definitely become much clearer.
This Atom-based iPhone is expected to be much larger than the one [...]
Samsung launches new premium dual-slider music phone, Samsung F400
New music phones are never an unwelcome sight, especially if the features are good enough to forget about the sticker shock its price induces upon us. Samsung’s latest take on a premium music-centric mobile is called the F400, and it has enough great features to put most of these other so-called music phones to shame, [...]
New LG KF600 Bikini upgrade, brings HSDPA and Rev A EVDO 3G support
If my Koreanese serves me right, we should be seeing a revamped version of the LG Venus, a.k.a. LG KF600, some time during this year’s summer.
The new LG Bikini phone will offer much of the features of the original, except that this time, it brings HSDPA and Rev A EVDO 3G network support [...]
AT&T imposes one iPhone per customer limit
This is, according to AT&T, Urgent Breaking News:
Effective immediately, customers can only purchase one iPhone device.
And you thought you were going to get an iPhone soon?
That particular breaking news bulletin was sent out in an e-mail to all AT&T Retail employees today, reminding them that they can only sell one iPhone per customer from here [...]
LG Display successfully develops small circular LCDs
You might say that the small device pictured here is simply a shiny watch, but didn’t your mother ever tell you to not judge books by their covers? Let me just say that what you are looking at right now could be the shape of LCD displays in the future, promise.
According to LG Display, they [...]
ASUS P560 launching next month with Windows Mobile 6.1
Apparently, Asus is hiding another ace up its sleeve, and aside from Lamborghini-inspired Asus ZX1, there was another smartphone it announced back at ceBIT.
The Asus P560 is another PDA from Asus, set launch next month toting a lot of high-end features, and notably, Windows Mobile 6.1.
Here’s a quick list of the Asus P560 highlights:
A-GPS [...]