Apr
2007
Nokia has bolstered its smartphone proposition by announcing the all new 6120 classic. The Nokia 6120 classic is a HSDPA-enabled handset running Symbian OS 9.2, and comes complete with Bluetooth support, a miniUSB jack, FM radio and memory expansion in the form of microSD. It also has video calling capabilities, and comes finished off with [...]
Apr
2007
Research in Motion has announced a new version of its BlackBerry Connect software aimed at the forthcoming Windows Mobile 6 platform. RIM claim this new version of Connect will provide devices with a “virtual BlackBerry experience” for email and PIM features, with a BlackBerry front end GUI. BlackBerry Connect has been around for a few [...]
Apr
2007
BlackBerry systems have been suffering a major outage over all of the United States. The problem, first picked up at around 8pm EST, means users cannot send or receive email or access any Mobile Data Service related systems. This is a problem with the BlackBerry infrastructure rather than anything network related which means everyone with [...]
Apr
2007
Researchers have discovered one of the potential causes of a recent decline in the numbers of honeybee’s, and it’s being put down to mobile phone radiation. The reduction in numbers is referred to as “Colony Collapse Disorder”, which normally occurs at the end of summer as the cycle of older bees die and new ones [...]
Apr
2007
Nokia are releasing a limited edition ‘Godfather’ Nokia N73. The handset itself has no extra features above a normal N73, but it does come in special edition box containing a memory card with the full version of the film! It’s also likely to contain an array of Godfather themes, images and no doubt ringtones. Mobile [...]
Apr
2007
RIM has posted its Q4 results and while the numbers were slightly lower than predicted, all the curves continue to incline! Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $930.4 million, a rise of 66% when compared to the forth quarter of last year. This breaks down in to 73% for handhelds, 19% for [...]
Apr
2007
BlackBerry creator Research In Motion has won approval to sell its email and mobile phone devices in China. The deal will see BlackBerry handsets being sold through China Mobile (the countries largest mobile phone operator) and will also potentially offer domestic users more roaming options in the region. It’s taken eight years for RIM to [...]
Apr
2007
Sony Ericsson have continued their unveiling of a recent whole host of devices, which now included the W580i slider handset. Sony Ericsson are of course continuing to capitalise on their ‘Walkman’ branding, and this new quad band handset sports a 2 megapixel camera, FM radio, expandable memory, Bluetooth and of course all of the Walkman [...]
