Archive for May, 2008

Intel Atom Processor Designed for New Handheld Mobile Devices

Intel Atom Processor Designed for New Handheld Mobile Devices

Intel has taken the wraps off the Atom, an upcoming family of low-power processors designed specifically for mobile Internet

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IPhone Users: No Flash for You

IPhone Users: No Flash for You

Apple’s annual shareholders meeting was held yesterday, and CEO Steve Jobs had good news and bad news for iPhone users and shareholders.

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Samsung Ace SPH-i325 Review

Samsung Ace SPH-i325 Review

Samsung calls it the Ace, but you could just as easily call the company’s newest Windows Mobile smartphone the BlackJack 1.5. This model from Sprint shares…

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Motricity Lays Off 250, Plans To Sell PocketGear

Motricity Lays Off 250, Plans To Sell PocketGear

Motricity, the parent company of software store PocketGear.com, has laid off 250 of its employees and plans to sell PocketGear…

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Microsoft Silverlight Coming To Future Nokia Devices

Microsoft Silverlight Coming To Future Nokia Devices

Making good on a promise to use Silverlight in more than just desktop computers, Microsoft has announced that this multimedia platform

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Mobile Tech Notes — Motorola Q9m Updated, Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 Released, Vehicle Manager for Palm OS

Mobile Tech Notes -- Motorola Q9m Updated, Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 Released, Vehicle Manager for Palm OS

Small Update Released for Motorola Q9m

Motorola has introduced a small system

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Asus Announces Eee PC 900 with 9-Inch Screen

Asus Announces Eee PC 900 with 9-Inch Screen

Asus took advantage of the CeBIT tradeshow in Germany today to announce a version of its low-cost micro laptop with a wider screen.

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Most Popular Smartphones and Handhelds of February 2008

Most Popular Smartphones and Handhelds of February 2008

Each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the most popular handhelds and smartphones. This report is compiled based on the…

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I-mate U.S. Division Shuts Down, Most Employees Laid Off

I-mate U.S. Division Shuts Down, Most Employees Laid Off

Independent device reseller i-mate has shuttered most of its U.S. operations, and laid off all but a handful of…

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Mobile Tech News — Opera and Google, last.fm Client for S60, Kaspersky Mobile Security Updated

Mobile Tech News -- Opera and Google, last.fm Client for S60, Kaspersky Mobile Security Updated

Opera Switches to Google for Default Mobile Search

In a move showing that some

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Apple May Greatly Restrict iPhone and iPod touch Applications

Apple May Greatly Restrict iPhone and iPod touch Applications

Although Apple, Inc. is going to finally allow developers to release approved applications for the iPhone and iPod touch,

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Everex CloudBook Review

Everex CloudBook Review

Starting at a mere $400, the Everex CloudBook marks the latest entry to the expanding world of UMPC-type subnotebooks at affordable prices. With a 7-inch

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Samsung Ace First Impressions Review

Samsung Ace First Impressions Review

Last week, Sprint started offering the Samsung Ace, a Windows Mobile smartphone that, unlike most of this telecom’s offerings, can be used in…

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Congress May Force Telecoms to Offer Phones without Contracts

Congress May Force Telecoms to Offer Phones without Contracts

Under a proposed U.S. law being debated today, telecoms would be required to offer handsets without requiring users to sign a

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IPhone and iPod touch Software Development Tools Finally Coming Next Week

IPhone and iPod touch Software Development Tools Finally Coming Next Week

Last fall, Steve Jobs committed to releasing in February the tools that developers will need to create of native programs

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Apple Releases Slightly Mysterious System Software Update for the iPhone, iPod touch

Apple Releases Slightly Mysterious System Software Update for the iPhone, iPod touch

Apple, Inc. has released a firmware update for the iPhone and iPod touch, and while this definitely takes

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Mobile Tech News — Sprint Stores, DST Update, Centro Cases

Mobile Tech News -- Sprint Stores, DST Update, Centro Cases

All Sprint Stores Temporarily Closing Today

Sprint has just announced that it lost $29.5 billion last quarter, as its number of

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SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs Now Available as Public Beta

SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs Now Available as Public Beta

Microsoft Office Mobile lets users work with documents and spreadsheets on a Windows Mobile smartphone or handheld,

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IPhone Used to Visit Google 50 Times More than Any Other Handset

IPhone Used to Visit Google 50 Times More than Any Other Handset

Google keeps track of what types of mobile devices use its search service, and company executives

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Mobile Tech News — Sony mylo Developers, LinkedIn Mobile, OtterBox for BlackBerry Pearl

Mobile Tech News -- Sony mylo Developers, LinkedIn Mobile, OtterBox for BlackBerry Pearl

Sony Launches Developer Site for mylo COM-2

Today, Sony Electronics launched a developer community site for

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Nokia Unveils the Morph Nanotech-Based Concept Smartphone

Nokia Unveils the Morph Nanotech-Based Concept Smartphone

In the past eight years of computing, the state of the art has gone from 400 MHz desktops to over 400 MHz handheld

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HTC Planning to Improve Video Performance on Some of Its Smartphones

HTC Planning to Improve Video Performance on Some of Its Smartphones

HTC has released a statement in which it promises a software update that will improve the video performance of

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NASA Prepping Phone Network for the Moon

NASA Prepping Phone Network for the Moon

Apparently, it won’t be long before “Can you hear me now?” is something said among the craters on the Moon. NASA

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Mobile Tech News — Settle the Wild West, Get CallRec for Free, Google Search Tool

Mobile Tech News -- Settle the Wild West, Get CallRec for Free, Google Search Tool

Settle the American Fronter with Westward

Astraware and Sandlot Games have released Westward, a

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Get a Free Palm Z22 When Buying a Palm TX

Get a Free Palm Z22 When Buying a Palm TX

Palm, Inc. is now offering a two-handhelds-for-the-price-of-one deal, in which those who purchase a Palm TX will

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BlackBerry Service Interrupted Again

BlackBerry Service Interrupted Again

For the second time in about a week, RIM is having a problems delivering emails to users of BlackBerry smartphones.

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TAKEphONE Review

TAKEphONE Review

ShSh Software’s TAKEphONE acts as replacement for the Contacts and Phone application on Palm OS smartphones. It can also act as Contacts replacement for classic PDAs,

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Most U.S. Telecoms To Offer Unlimited Voice Plans

Most U.S. Telecoms To Offer Unlimited Voice Plans

In recent days, all the top-tier wireless telecoms in the United States have announced new monthly calling plans that give

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Google May Release Its Own Gphone After All

Google May Release Its Own Gphone After All

Throughout much of last year, there were rumors the Google intended to release a smartphone, typically called the Gphone. In

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Possible First Glimpse of the Nokia N830 Internet Tablet *UPDATED*

Possible First Glimpse of the Nokia N830 Internet Tablet *UPDATED*

Nokia has committed to releasing an Internet Tablet with the 4G standard WiMax, but so far has declined to give

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Details Leaked on HP’s First UMPC

Details Leaked on HP's First UMPC

In the past few days, rumors have emerged that HP is going to enter the Ultra Mobile PC market, alongside Fujitsu, Asus, and others. This

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Palm Centro for AT&T First Impressions Review

Palm Centro for AT&T First Impressions Review

The Palm Centro has been on a bit of a run lately. Since its introduction on the Sprint network, it has been

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Apple May Be Getting Ready To Drop the iPhone’s and iPod touch’s Price

Apple May Be Getting Ready To Drop the iPhone's and iPod touch's Price

Apple will reportedly lower the cost of both the iPhone and iPod touch in the near future. The

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Mobile Tech News — Windows Mobile and Microsoft Zune, All VITO Products for $7, PhatNotes Updated

Mobile Tech News -- Windows Mobile and Microsoft Zune, All VITO Products for $7, PhatNotes Updated

How Can Windows Mobile and Microsoft Zune Work Together Better? 

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Palm Centro Now Available from AT&T

Palm Centro Now Available from AT&T

AT&T has just become the second telecom in the United States to offer the Palm Centro, a smartphone with a focus on consumers.

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