February, 2011

• 14 February

  BlackBerry PlayBook has two more 4G wireless models on the way this year

  

  BlackBerry PlayBook with Wi-Fi connectivity alone might not be a hugely tempting prospect, even if you can pair it with a BlackBerry smart phone for 3G access. RIM, however, has announced two new PlayBook models this morning, due to go on sale this year, which will have built-in 4G mobile broadband. 4G? Bully for the …

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• 14 February

  Intel unveils MeeGo tablet interface

  

  BARCELONA, Spain–Intel has shown off a developer preview of the tablet user interface for its MeeGo Linux operating system at Mobile World Congress here. At the same time today, the company also addressed Nokia’s withdrawal from the long-term development of MeeGo for mobile phones, with software and services chief Renee James saying the company was “disappointed” with its Finnish partner. …

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• 14 February

  HTC Incredible S sports 8

  

  Behold: the Incredible S! It’s a bold heart that names a phone so presumptuously, but HTC clearly thinks fortune favours the bold. The HTC Incredible S is straining credulity at Barcelona phone fiesta MWC this week. The Incredible S sports a 4-inch screen in its unusual casing. The rubberised back has a ridge around it, which HTC calls “inside out” …

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• 14 February

  Rumor: 3 Apple iPhone 5 prototypes include 1 with slide

  

  Apple One Taiwanese Web site is jumping into the iPhone 5 rumor fray with the claim that Apple is testing an iPhone prototype that has a slide-out keyboard. The lack of a physical keyboard is one of the last remaining gripes many have about Apple’s revolutionary iPhone. Many longtime BlackBerry users refuse to switch to the iPhone due to their …

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• 14 February

  Skype calls out to carriers in weak 3G zones

  

  Skype today launched a plan to bring its VoIP calling service to more smartphones and feature phones. Its Mobile Partner Program targets mobile carriers operating in markets with weak 3G bandwidth. Skype is offering a partnership in which carriers preload the Skype communications app onto phones. Partner carriers benefit from differentiating phones in their roster with a Skype app, and …

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• 14 February

  Sony HDT500, HDT1000 Freeview HD PVRs have obvious amount of storage

  

  While recording TV has never been more popular, there are now so many different ways to do it. Sony wants you to use Freeview HD, which makes sense, because it sells Freeview HD PVRs. To this end, the company offers up two new models, the HDT500 and the HDT1000. The two machines have the ability to record one channel while …

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• 13 February

  Nokia N9

  

  Nokia’s recent decision to adopt Windows Phone 7 as its primary smart-phone platform has thrown up plenty of thorny questions. Not least among them is whether Nokia and Intel’s joint MeeGo operating system has a real future. Despite widespread expectations that it will be mothballed eventually, it seems Nokia could announce its next MeeGo device as soon as today. Nokia …

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• 13 February

  Samsung Galaxy S2 pre

  

  Samsung will take the wrappers off its Galaxy S2 smart phone tomorrow at its Mobile World Congress press conference, but the device’s specs appear to have leaked early, via a listing on UK retailer MobileFun’s website. The site is taking pre-orders on the Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 for £549.95 SIM-free, with an expected release date of 4 March. There’s also …

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• 13 February

  LG to show Optimus 3D and Optimus Pad at MWC

  

  LG’s new toys, including the previously-announced Optimus 2x and Optimus Black LG BARCELONA, Spain–The show doesn’t begin until Monday, but LG has spilled more details on its new devices for Mobile World Congress. We already knew about the Optimus 3D, but the company also will show the Optimus Pad tablet. Here are the preliminary details on each device from an …

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• 13 February

  Nokia

  

  commentary Yesterday Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer joined former employee-cum-Nokia CEO Stephan Elop to announce a newly formed partnership between two of the world’s largest companies, in which Nokia would adopt Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform. Smart move? Absolutely. I don’t approach this opinion as a business analyst. We know that Nokia’s shares plummeted on the announcement of the …

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