Scartel WiMAX Concept Phone Comes from Art Lebedev
September 30, 2008
Remember the Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard? You know, the really cool one? Well that keyboard was designed by Art Lebedev. The same company has developed a WiMAX concept phone together with Russian carrier Scartel. The device looks like an… Via [Mobilewhack]
Popularity: 1% [?]
CiPhone i88i - Yet Another iPhone Clone?
September 30, 2008
We’ve all seen our fair share of iPod clones, right? Well, the latest trend on the tech industry is to create copycats of the Apple phone, also known as iPhone. As expected this look-alike comes from Asia, more specifically… Via [Mobilewhack]
Popularity: 1% [?]
iPhone 3G Comes to Ideal Purchase in Canada
September 30, 2008
We warned Americans when their Best Purchase stores started to sell iPhone 3G and now we have to warn fellow Canadians that their Ideal Buy has also decided to pick up Apple’s handset. Going to Best Purchase Canada won’t help… Via [Mobilewhack]
Popularity: 1% [?]
Motorola getting friendly with Android
September 30, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Android
When a major player like Google comes up with a new mobile operating system that’s better than the competition and is absolutely free, you would certainly expect handset manufacturers to be interested. But there’s interested, and then there’s interested. After lingering for nearly a year in the former category Motorola is now firmly moving to the latter, hiring and headhunting in an effort to build up a 350-person group entirely focused on development of Android phones. The company was one of the original members of the Open Handset Alliance, but seems to have waited for the release buzz from HTC’s G1 before diving in head-first. There’s speak that Nokia (and its “real phones“) might be feeling the vibrations too, allegedly forming an internal team to do the same — on the down low.
Popularity: 2% [?]
Sony Ericsson laying off 450 employees in Research Triangle Park, NC
September 30, 2008
Filed under: Culture, Sony Ericsson, Misc
“Planned” and “executed” are two very different things, and while we knew Sony Ericsson was mulling the idea of hacking 2,000 jobs, the hammer has finally fallen in Research Triangle Park, NC. The company will soon be axing 450 employees at its North American headquarters as part of a huge reorganization, with most everyone knowing by the week’s end whether they’ll stay or go. According to Aldo Ligouri, Sony Ericsson’s head of global communications and public relations, the RTP cuts are “part of company-wide changes that Sony Ericsson announced in July,” and in whatever context, he added that “this is our map of how we see things moving forward.” Just to put things in perspective, the outfit only has about 750 workers in the North Carolina-based facility, which is primarily seen as an R&D hub. Tough news to hear, no matter how you spin it.
[Image courtesy of Flickr]
Popularity: 1% [?]
Microsoft reaffirms that it’s steering clear of handset manufacturing
September 30, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Software, Others, Windows Mobile
We’ve heard it time and time again, but the inner Zune Guy within us refuses to believe Microsoft is really shunning the opportunity to pump out a handset of its very own. Unfortunately, Lady Luck hasn’t done us any favors since the last time this question was posed, as Scott Rockfeld, group product manager for Windows Mobile, recently confirmed that Microsoft has “no plans to build [its] own phone.” He continued by adding that “right now [it’s] happy to share the limelight.” C’mon Scott — where’s that tenacious spirit you had that first day in Redmond? Where’s the unrelenting determination to conquer the competition? Where’s… oh, never mind.
[Via Pocket PC Thoughts]
Popularity: 1% [?]
NTT DoCoMo to launch BlackBerry Bold next year
September 29, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, NTT DoCoMo, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
In a land of colorful, pivoting flips with Television tuners, VGA displays, and contactless payment systems, an uptight business beast like the Bold doesn’t really seem like a natural fit — but maybe that’s exactly why it’s needed. NTT DoCoMo and RIM have announced that the HSDPA-capable BlackBerry Bold will be heading to Japan in “early 2009,” and from the spec sheet DoCoMo has provided, it looks like they’re not planning on changing anything from the Bolds that have launched elsewhere around the world. Of course, this isn’t the first time a BlackBerry has made an appearance in those parts, but still, doesn’t it all feel just a tiny out of place?
Popularity: 1% [?]
Reuters: October 2nd is go for Nokia Tube launch
September 29, 2008
October 2nd: mark it down ’cause Reuters says that’s the date that Nokia will launch its Nokia Tube — aka, 5800 XpressMusic. According to a pair of industry sources, Nokia will launch the much anticipated, long overdue, S60 touchscreen device at a media and analyst event in London — exactly as Pocket-lint’s source told us earlier. All that’s left now is for the invites to be distributed.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Motorola goes after RIM for nabbing employees, too
September 29, 2008
Moto’s bleeding from a lot of places lately — and the hemmorahging isn’t just of the financial sort, either (it actually seems to have those cuts and bruises under control for the moment). Hot off a suit filed against Apple for making off with one of its higher-ups, the company is going after RIM for allegedly hiring away some 40 employees in Florida and the Chicago area since February, which coincidentally happened to be right about the time that things were falling apart in the patent cross-licensing negotiations. Motorola is seeking at least $50 big in damages (way to aim high and put a premium value on your staff there, guys), possibly egged on by RIM CEO Balsillie’s brazen comments that he wants to poach “hundreds” of its people. Question is, with the economy in the tank, isn’t there enough talent to go around without these types of tactics?
[Thanks, Eric]
Popularity: unranked [?]
Popularity: 1% [?]
Sony Ericsson Announces GreenHeart Concept Phone
September 29, 2008
Sony Ericsson has a GreenHeart concept phone which hasn’t entered production yet, and it might not be massively produced any time soon. The concept phone is meant to prove that a phone is environmentally sustainable through its life cycle. The… Via [Mobilewhack]
Popularity: 1% [?]
