Oct
2007
.8Mbps standard, the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G USB Modem will experience peak download speeds of around 1.4Mbps (with an average of 400-700kbps across all coverage areas) and upload speeds of up to 384kbps. This means both download and upload speeds are up to four times faster than standard 3G Data Card speeds. There will be [...]
Oct
2007
BlackBerry creator Research in Motion has announced that they have launched ‘Facebook For BlackBerry’. The popular social networking site (of which Microsoft have just acquired a stake) will allow users of BlackBerry devices to share messages, photos and other common features. In a statement Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion said ‘Facebook [...]
Oct
2007
Finish mobile phone giant Nokia have announced huge profits in their quarterly review. Net income has reached £1.09bn, compared to £590.3m for the same quarter of last year. It seems the Nokia 6300 is the number one revenue generator for Nokia, as 6 million units of this handset were sold during the quarter. The NSeries [...]
Oct
2007
RIM has posted some predictably excellent figures for Q2. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 was $1.37 billion, up 27% from the previous quarter and up 108% from the same quarter of last year. The revenue breakdown for the quarter was approximately 78% for devices, 15% for service, 4% for software and 3% [...]
Oct
2007
For some time there have been rumours of Google developing their own mobile phone, but now fresh reports have suggested the billion dollar search engine is actually developing a mobile operating system and not a handset. Allegedly the project has been running for about two years (the same amount of time Apple spent developing the [...]
Oct
2007
HTC have introduced an updated version of the Touch smart phone called the Touch Dual. This new device runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional edition and comes HSDPA enabled, incorporating Bluetooth for short range connectivity. The biggest change on this new device is in the design arena, where a slide out QWERTY thumb board has been [...]
Oct
2007
02/10/2007 High end mobile phone handset manufacturer (and Nokia subsidiary) Virtu have launched a new handset in the Ascent range – Ascent Ferrari Edition. The handset comes complete with Ferrari leather across the top of the back casing, is embossed with the Ferrari emblem on the front and an engraved Ferrari transmission gate on the [...]
Oct
2007
The Symbian OS will offer support for the ARM Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP) architecture, it has been announced. The ARM SMP architecture uses multiple CPU cores which translates to providing enhanced levels of performance on mobile devices. However, the biggest attraction of all is that individual cores can be switched on and off depending on the [...]
Oct
2007
A new Motorola clamshell handset has revealed itself in the form of the U9. This new mobile phone, which looks very much like the Pebl handset Motorola bought out, stands at a mere 90mm x 48.6mm x 16.4mm and weights in at just 87.5g. In the media arena the U9 is something of a music [...]
Oct
2007
Nokia has announced that the Symbian S60 platform will see enhancements allowing users to interact with their devices with interfaces based around using the fingers, touch keyboards and styli. They also claim there will be the ability to provide haptic technology, which interfaces the user via the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, motions, [...]
