WAT: Why there ain’t more phones with Android 2.0. And there won’t be soon, if ever
This is another post in my “Wild arsed theories” (WAT) category. It’s a pure speculation, based on the stuff I see happening in mobile industry. And some of these posts will certainly be completely off base. So if you have some corrections, objections, or knowledge that I am wrong, do not hesitate to share [...]
T-Mobile to Add Own Channel, Carrier Billing to Android Market
T-Mobile is serious about Android, and is making necessary investments to ensure everyone benefits from it. Announced today, the 4th largest carrier in the US will be adding a couple new features to Android Market on its own handsets.
In time for Thanksgiving, the company will be offering its own T-Mobile channel within the Android Market, [...]
Samsung Jack Gets Dressed up in WM 6.5
Samsung announced this morning that one of its existing smartphones will be getting a tuneup. If you own a Samsung Jack you will now be able to upgrade your phone to Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard.
To be honest, we weren’t expecting to see the Jack to be one of the first 6.1 phones pushed through to [...]
Want a Droid on Verizon? There’s an ETF Hike For That
In (presumably) an effort to discourage potential Droid-flippers from just purchasing the phone on contract only to cancel that contract and sell the phone online, Verizon has been planning to double the cancellation fee on “advanced devices”.
That’s right — for advanced phones such as the Droid and similar smartphones, the Early Termination Fee will begin [...]
Nokia N900 to be released in U.S. next week! Nov. 14th, to be exact
I know many of you have been waiting for Nokia N900 to finally hit the shops.
And were extremely disappointed, when Nokia delayed the release of N900 from October to November. Without even bothering to reveal more concrete release date, or even week.
Well, your wait is almost over. There are reports that Nokia N900 [...]
Google Hard at Work on Android 2.1
I personally love to see a tech company always a step or two ahead of itself. Google is rumored to be in such a position, currently hard at work at version 2.1 of its Android mobile OS even though version 2.0 won’t officially be out until Friday.
It really shouldn’t be a surprise to too many [...]
Haven’t Found E.T. Yet? Blame Mobile Phones
Nature’s calling us, and we can’t even hear it. Why not? Because there’s a map for that.
The U.S. National Research Council (NRC) recently published a report which claims there are some natural signals, such as radio emissions from space and natural earth phenomena, are being impeded by consumer gadgets such as cell phones and other [...]
Study Shows Touchscreen Adoption Growing at Exponential Rate in USA
Think back to last year’s holiday season. Does it seem as though there are several more touchscreen phones available or announced this year than there were last year?
It’s not an illusion; according to comScore there are 24 million touchscreen devices in use within the United States, a 159 percent growth year-over-year from last year at [...]
Sony Ericsson will open Xperia X10 Timescape and Mediascape UX apps to developers, port across Android and Symbian devices
The news reports about the new Sony Ericsson X10 Android handset today were mainly focused on it’s awesome specs and cool Timescape and Mediascape user interface apps, on top of Android 1.6.
And they are indeed pretty cool.
But today’s announcement actually gives even more hints, about how Sony Ericsson plans to go bout [...]
TwitterPeek device launched, costs as low as $99.99
Peek Inc., the New York-based maker of handheld devices, has just introduced the TwitterPeek, touted as the world’s first dedicated Twitter device.
The TwitterPeek features a 2.5 inch QVGA landscape display, a full QWERTY keyboard, a trackwheel on the side, and a battery that should last up to three days.
So what can you do with it? [...]