Nokia wants to be back on top in the U.S. market, but how serious are the company’s intentions? While Nokia’s execs are adamant the company, which has only 3 percent of the U.S. cell phone market, wants to make a big push in the U.S., its actions say something different. Nokia’s new Symbian phone lineup …
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September, 2010
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14 September
Nokia C6
You may think you’re seeing double, but the Nokia C6-01 isn’t the same as the Nokia C6 that only just landed in shops. It’s just that Nokia is running out of names for its offspring faster than George Foreman — this is a completely different phone, with the brand-new Symbian 3 OS and much more besides. If you can keep …
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14 September
Survey: Mobile apps prevalent but often unused
Though more mobile apps are finding their way onto cell phones, their owners aren’t all necessarily using them. Among the 2,252 U.S. adults surveyed for a new Pew Internet study, 1,917 said they use cell phones. Out of those people, 35 percent have mobile apps on their devices. However, only 24 percent of the 1,917 said they actually use those …
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14 September
Pro HDR brings HDR photography to iPhone 3GS
I was pretty jazzed about Apple’s addition of an HDR-photo mode in the recent iOS 4.1 update–until I learned it was for the iPhone 4 only. No worries. As I should have guessed, there’s an app for that. In fact, a quick check of the App Store reveals there are several apps, all designed to endow the 3GS with HDR …
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14 September
Nokia C7 looking to be lucky number seven for Symbian 3
The Nokia C7, also known as the C7-00, has gone from rumour to fact, arriving loud and proud at today’s Nokia World conference in London. The touchscreen smart phone sports a 3.5-inch capacitive AMOLED screen and a rounded, stainless steel case. The C7 uses the latest version of Nokia’s operating system, Symbian 3, which we hope will iron out some …
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14 September
Humax HDR
Humax has a new Freeview HD recorder and it’s pant-wettingly exciting. Like its younger brother the HD-FOX T2, the £330 HDR-FOX T2 (note the R) is from Humax’s HD range, which can receive Freeview HD broadcasts to one of two tuners and record them to a 500GB hard drive. Humax cleverly pre-empted our moaning that this wasn’t enough for HD …
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13 September
Acer Liquid E Ferrari: How do you say Android in Italian?
Red Dead Redemption features a man who’s in love with his horse (guess how we spent our weekend), but Ferrari fans also know what it’s like to fancy a prancing pony. They’re the target for the Acer Liquid E Ferrari, an Android smart phone that flirts with hippophilia. Like the Ferrari-free Acer Liquid E and the Acer Liquid before it, the Acer Liquid …
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13 September
Wal
Wal-Mart, which already offers Common Cents and Straight Talk prepaid plans, has just launched a post-paid service called Wal-Mart Family Mobile. While Common Cents and Straight Talk runs on Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless respectively, Wal-Mart Family Mobile will piggyback on T-Mobile USA’s network. Customers will get unlimited calls and texts for $45 a month for the first line, and …
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13 September
Rumor: T
myTouch HD details uncovered. TmoNews Yet another handful of new details have been unearthed for the upcoming T-Mobile MyTouch 3G HD. A leaked internal document obtained by TmoNews for the carrier suggests that the handset will sport a 1GHz dual processor and feature support for T-Mobile’s HSPA+ burgeoning network. While we’re still waiting for T-Mobile to formally acknowledge the handset, …
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13 September
Clearwire brings limited 4G to New York and Los Angeles
As it enters the final stages of its 4G expansion in New York City, Clearwire finally acknowledged today that its 4G WiMax service is already intermittently available in the Big Apple. In a carefully worded statement, the company said it has started “operational readiness activities” not only in New York, but also Los Angeles and San Francisco. During the final …
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