Posted on 19 November 2009 by Shane McGlaun
Reports came in this week that had Nokia moving mostly away from Symbian for its high-end N-series devices by 2012. Nokia has now come out and denounced that as premature. Nokia says that it remains firmly attached to Symbian.
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Posted on 18 November 2009 by Shane McGlaun
If you are one of the many who has been surprised that Google has offered no Google phone running its popular Android OS you aren’t alone. A new rumor has Google launching an official phone in early 2010 with the Google brand and a Korean firm is rumored to be building the device for Google.
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Posted on 11 November 2009 by Shane McGlaun
The numbers are in for Q3 2009 for the mobile phone industry and the most profitable handset maker was Apple with $1.6 billion in operating profits. The second place company was Nokia with $1.1 billion in operating profits.
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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Shane McGlaun
Friday the Blackberry Storm 2 officially hit the Verizon network. The handset can be had for $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. I wonder if you can get the device without fussing with the rebate at Best Buy.
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Posted on 02 November 2009 by Shane McGlaun
Nokia has unveiled that it will stop producing games for its N-Gage devices next year with the date set for the month of September. Users will be able to continue downloading new games for the platform through September 2010 and all social aspects of games will cease to function then.
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Posted on 28 October 2009 by Shane McGlaun
Motorola and Verizon Wireless went all official today with the new Droid handset. The device is very cool looking and has a nice large 3.7-inch 854 x 480 capacitive touchscreen. The handset will hit on November 6 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.
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Posted on 22 October 2009 by Shane McGlaun
I have been waiting for a fuel cell that can keep my mobile phone charge continually without needing an AC outlet for a while. Toshiba has unveiled a new fuel call called the PF60A000001 Dynario that can be refilled on the go with methanol to charge mobile phones via a USB port. Sadly, it's available in Japan only.
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Posted on 16 October 2009 by Shane McGlaun
The Nokia N900 will launch at the end of October here in the US according to the Nokia Store. The device will sell for $649.
That snazzy Acer Liquid A1 Android smartphone got the hands on treatment from HDBlog today. The device has cool status LEDs. The little LEDs give battery status and show when you have new messages.
The MOTODROID teaser ...
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Posted on 09 October 2009 by Shane McGlaun
Developers working with Nokia's Maemo have some good news today from Nokia with the announcement that it has created an official Qt port for Maemo 5 that allows devs to use Qt to target the coming N900. The Qt port allows for applications to be easily ported to all Qt's supported platforms.
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Posted on 08 October 2009 by Shane McGlaun
Nokia is moving to Maemo for some of its high-end smartphones and devices like the N900. Many users want feedback when they push buttons on touchscreen devices to make typing more accurate. Immersion announced today that it is bringing its TouchSense technology to Maemo developers.
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