Faced with an agency-wide phone upgrade that left fifty older HTC devices homeless, UK-based Lost Boys International decided to act on instinct in the most natural of ways: by turning each device into a cog in a musical mobile that hangs just inside the entrance of its Brick Lane studio. Even better, all those phones [ Read More ]
One lucky Chinese blogger was kind enough to share his Dell Mini 3i unboxing experience beyond the Great Firewall, just a tad before Dell officially announced their first-ever smartphone. What’s interesting is that the China Mobile version comes with a special stylus for the capacitive touchscreen — a very handy tool for writing Chinese — [ Read More ]
It’s been a little piece of time since we saw that photo of the G1-esque Samsung InstinctQ emerge, and we were starting to wonder what had become of our newest QWERTY cutie. Well — the M900, as it’s also known — has just ducked through the old FCC, and though we didn’t really learn anything [ Read More ]
Earlier this week the internet alarms rang loud with word that Microsoft had added an app “kill switch” to its upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. Of course, such a kill switch is not unprecedented, as both the Android and iPhone platforms have their own variant. A Microsoft rep recently relayed a message of peace to [ Read More ]
We doubt you need a translation to figure out what’s going on here, but to summarize: the crew at mobile@mail.ru managed to get what they’re saying is an exclusive hands-on with a red Nokia E55. It’s the same compact QWERTY phone you’ve grown to love vicariously through photos and video, only now with a little [ Read More ]
American Airlines has joined its peers at Continental in offering boarding pass barcodes that you can download to and display on your BlackBerry, iPhone, G1, or whatever have you. Presently the airline is only offering the option on domestic, non-stop flights departing from O’Hare — LAX and Orange County will start on the 17th. Some [ Read More ]
Eager to live in the fantastical future it has prophesied, NTT DoCoMo went to CEATEC and demoed an upcoming addition to its Pocket U service: MH2H (Mobile Home to Home), which gives you the ability use your cellphone to stream content from your computer at home to a friend’s TV. The phone connects to your [ Read More ]
No need to adjust your set — the United Nations communications chief has boldly predicted that half of planet Earth‘s population will be hooked on some sort of mobile phone before 2009 dawns. Granted, the numbers he’s talking about do look strictly at subscriptions, so a small percentage will be skewed by those with multiple [ Read More ]
At risk of getting delayed right into obscurity, Sony Ericsson looks like it’s finally just about ready to release its long-announced PlayNow Arena mobile media store in a couple of European locales. SEMC Blog got the lowdown on screen shots of both the web-based and mobile versions of the Arena client, and we’ll be honest, [ Read More ]
Verizon has gone ahead and jumped its own gun by a week, launching the rugged Adventure V750 today for a penny under $100 on contract after rebates. The phone becomes the very first on Verizon ‘s network to support Rev. A-based push-to-talk, a quantum leap in robustness and functionality over the older 1xRTT fare; the [ Read More ]
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