mobile phone Archive

  • Skype says “no” to Windows Phone 7

    Skype says “no” to Windows Phone 7

    A wee bit of a Windows Phone 7 bombshell dropped today: Dan Neary, Asia pacific Vice President for Skype, told Sydney-siders today that Skype won't be developing a client for Microsoft's much-overdue successor to Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7.

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  • mSpot beats Netflix and Blockbuster to the punch with mobile movie-streaming service

    mSpot beats Netflix and Blockbuster to the punch with mobile movie-streaming service

    Finally, a movie-streaming service for the iPhone. One that lets you rent and stream movies directly to your mobile device, anywhere with 3G or Wi-Fi. You would expect this to have come from Netflix, right? Or at least Blockbuster? To the contrary, the company that’s gracing us with this killer feature is mSpot, a Silicon [...]

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  • Sagem’s Solar-powered Puma Phone Says Hello to the FCC

    Sagem’s Solar-powered Puma Phone Says Hello to the FCC

    You're an outdoorsy type, aren't you? You only read mobile-phone blogs on your down-time between hiking and BASE jumping. I can tell. Being that you are that wonderful blend of outdoorsman (or outdoorswoman) and phone aficionado, I bet you're often peeved about the whole lack of power outlets in the wild (I know I am). Well, well, looky here, someone out there has heard your cries. Sagem are soon to release their solar-powered, puma-branded feature-phone to the masses. How do we know that? Well, it's just gone and had it's first photo shoot with the FCC, that's how.

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  • Rumor: Apple Thinking About Buying ARM. iPhone Rivals To Sleep With The Fishes?

    Rumor: Apple Thinking About Buying ARM. iPhone Rivals To Sleep With The Fishes?

    The following is very much a rumor, but if true, it would be absolutely huge. A UK publication is reporting that Apple is considering buying ARM Holdings -- aka, the company behind most of the world's mobile phone processors. If Apple were to buy them, it would likely reshape the mobile landscape completely. To be clear, London's Evening Standard is only citing "gossips" within the city's financial district. But those gossips aren't the only ones convinced there is something to this talk: ARM's shares went up 8.1 points today, with more than 5 million shares changing hands by midday, the paper reports. The deal, would apparently see Apple buying ARM for something in the neighborhood of 5.2 billion British pounds, or roughly $8 billion in U.S. dollars.

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  • Stuart Hughes’ Privé Phone Proves Money Can’t Buy Taste

    Stuart Hughes’ Privé Phone Proves Money Can’t Buy Taste

    Is your StarTAC looking run down? Does it not draw the attention that it once did? It's time for an upgrade. Don't let the technology of the recent decades cloud your judgement when choosing your new phone. Think, and I mean seriously think, about the time when talking on a mobile phone was at its most impressive. That's right, all the way back to 1983. What better way to truly impress your board-room buddies than with a literal homage to the golden era of telecommunication?

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  • iPad runs circles around Snapdragon-powered Nexus One

    iPad runs circles around Snapdragon-powered Nexus One

    So, the iPad? I hear it's good, but again, it's not for me—don't cry. But what's indisputable? The fact that it's pretty damn fast. Even though the processor is nothing more than a stock Apple A4, it wallops the fancy Snapdragon, the 1GHz CPU found in the Nexus One (and others). The iPad: useful (to some), and quite quick. Neat.

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  • Seeking Jumbotron Fame? CrowdCameo Lets You Upload Mobile Photos To The Big Board

    Seeking Jumbotron Fame? CrowdCameo Lets You Upload Mobile Photos To The Big Board

    Social Media is catching fire, and college sports wants a piece of the action. Row27, a company we profiled a few months ago, has just released CrowdCameo. The product is a suite of picture-sharing web and mobile apps which let fans post pictures directly to a college sports-branded web page. Basically, all those drunk idiots [...]

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  • K01: Toshiba’s super-slim Windows Mobile slider phone

    K01: Toshiba’s super-slim Windows Mobile slider phone

    Whereas Sharp decided to cautiously embrace Android, Toshiba still seems to be firmly in the Windows camp. After releasing the "iPhone killer TG01" on WinMo 6.5 last year, the company announced another Windows Mobile-based cell phone in Japan today (Toshiba is one of Microsoft's official "Mobile Partners", after all).

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  • Weekend Giveaway: An HTC HD2 from T-Mobile

    Weekend Giveaway: An HTC HD2 from T-Mobile

    Wakey wakey, eggs and a culturally accepted meat or vegetable product that can be diminutized to rhyme with “wakey!” Have we got a surprise for you. This weekend we’re giving away an HTC HD2 GSM phone for T-Mobile. If you recall, the HD2 is a glorious Windows Mobile 6.5 phone with lots of great things [...]

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  • Quick Look: The HTC HD2 on T-Mobile

    Quick Look: The HTC HD2 on T-Mobile

    Here's a quick look at the first US version of the HTC HD2, a really nice Windows Mobile 6.5 phone. We've have plenty of coverage of this phone over the past few months but now it's available on T-Mobile for $200 with contract. It's a really beautiful phone - and I don't say that much - but will it take off with WinPho waiting in the wings?

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  • ex-Sprint and Radio Shack execs try to save the world with eRecyclingCorps

    ex-Sprint and Radio Shack execs try to save the world with eRecyclingCorps

    65,000 tons of mobile phone e-waste are generated every year. The bad news is, only 1% of consumers choose to recycle their headsets when they upgrade. eRecyclingCorps is working with carriers to integrate the recycling process into the POS sale system at the retail store. eRecyclingCorps plans on working with the carriers to offer customer [...]

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  • AT&T announces zero draw anti-vampire charger

    AT&T announces zero draw anti-vampire charger

    AT&T's ZERO draw charger will turn itself off when it isn't actively charging. That is all.

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  • Celsius Tourbillon mobile phone combines mechanical with electronic

    Celsius Tourbillon mobile phone combines mechanical with electronic

    Here's an obvious case of conspicuous consumption. Check out the Celsius X VI II Micro-Mechanical Remontage Papillon Tourbillon mobile phone. Retail on this bad boy is going to set you back about $275,000. For a phone.

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  • Opera Mini 5 beta gets a non-Java version for Windows Mobile phones

    Opera Mini 5 beta gets a non-Java version for Windows Mobile phones

    Opera Software has been busy lately, releasing fresh finalized and beta products on a near-daily basis. This morning, the company announced that it has released a native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for handsets running Windows Mobile 5 and 6. Interestingly, the new WinMo version of Opera Mini does not require Java. That basically means any Windows Mobile phone can accommodate the app. Despite not requiring Java, Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile includes the same feature set as the Java-based version.

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  • Adobe Flash 10.1 holds out for Windows Phone 7, 6.5 devices can haz upgrade to WP7?

    Adobe Flash 10.1 holds out for Windows Phone 7, 6.5 devices can haz upgrade to WP7?

    Just the other day, hearts were broken all over the world when Microsoft said that current Windows Mobile 6.5 devices won't be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7. The good news is that might not entirely be true as Microsoft said on Twitter that it's entirely up to hardware manufacturers. Way to confuse us! Another area where WinMo 6.5 gets no love? Adobe Flash 10.1.

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