Archive for February, 2007

AMD wants to power handheld graphics with licensed mobile technology

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Games, Multimedia, MiscAre you wanting a gaming console experience with your mobile? Well, with AMD aiming to get its graphics technology (from recently-acquired ATI) into that mobile handset, your day may at least partially come soon. We've all seen the lag in some recent handsets, and we attributed that slowness to the advanced graphics capabilities some newer units have along with an underpowered CPU under that cellphone ...

The Elle Glamphone Nº3 slider coming in 2007

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Handsets, GSM, GPRS, EDGE We just love cellphone names with "Elle" in them, like this Elle Glamphone from the recent past. This newer Glamphone Nº3 slider above -- we guess -- is meant to denote a hot degree of perkiness maybe -- but we'll pass on that. This rather normal but "glammy" handset will be offered by Alcatel soon, with its curvy ...

HTC Apache gets AKU 3.5 from the underworld

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Software, HTC, Windows MobileIf you're one of the chosen few that likes to hack and upgrade ROMs on that spiffy WM Smartphone of Pocket PC, will you be tempted to "hack that AKU" with the latest version 3.5 wares fronted over at PPC Geeks? If so, here are some of the the details for that informed decision you have coming: Windows Live with newer extras, Crossbow (WM6) icons ...

Professor singles out mobile carriers for stifling cellphone innovation

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Alltel, Cingular, Sprint-Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, MiscDo you believe that mobile carriers are to controlling in the actual design (hardware and software) of cellular handsets these days? If so, you'll probably love an opinion paper by Columbia law professor Timothy Wu. Wu suggests that cellphone design and innovation is being inhibited by cellular service providers. We all know why this happens, of ...

HTC “Gene” makes FCC appearance

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS After a fairly productive 3GSM last week showing off new Windows Mobile 6 wares in the form of the Vox and the Advantage, everyone's favorite Taiwanese Windows Mobile ODM has graced us with this here "Gene" (or at least we think that's what it's called, based on its model number, GENE100) via our usual Tipster Extraordinare, the ...

Helio’s Pantech PN-810 QWERTY device pops up in FCC

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Handsets, Pantech, Helio, 1xRTT, EV-DO, MVNOs, CDMA And here it is, Helio's coup de grâce. The QWERTY handset we'd heard Helio was cookin' up with Korea's Pantech actually hit the FCC some time ago, but the shots we were able to glean from the test apparatus documentation were teasers at best. Thanks to the wonders of expired confientiality agreements, that ...

Kodak launches image printing service for cellphone cameras

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Culture, Multimedia, MiscAlthough there are more and more embedded cameras in cellphones these days with PictBridge compatibility for local printing at your friendly CVS or Kmart, Kodak wants you to send them that nicer digital picture from that 2 megapixel shooter for processing and printing. Kodak is one of the first to say that the increasing image quality of digicams in cellphones is opening up a new market, ...

Latest BlackBerry OS confirms 8820 with WiFi

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, GSM, GPRS, EDGE A feature notoriously missing from RIM's range, WiFi is one add-on we can pretty much all agree would make the average BlackBerry user's life noticeably better. We'd heard rumblings ahead of the 8800's release that Canada's newest handset would sport some manner of 802.11 out of the box, but alas -- the release came and went with no ...

Sony Ericsson W880i and K810i mini-gallery

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, GSM, GPRS, EDGE We had a quick and dirty hands on with both the K810i and W880i this afternoon. Both were lovely, but sadly neither was able to stay but for a few minutes. We stacked and shot them with a K800i, BlackBerry Pearl, and an 02 Trion (a.k.a. HTC TyTn) for your viewing pleasure. Quick thoughts on the W880i: ...

Sony Ericsson Z550 Mobile Phone Review

Sunday, February 18th, 2007
With a very glossy and stylish metal exterior the new clamshell model of Sony Ericsson mobile phone come integrated with a chain of highly sophisticated and advanced technological features. The new Sony Ericsson Z550 mobile phone is a mobile phone that is really very impressive in its looks and also in its features. From taking images to enhanced connectivity features the new Sony Ericsson mobile phone has it all. This new Sony Ericsson phone can be called a good companion for you ...