Archive for June, 2008

iPhone news roundup

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

An analyst for Oppenheimer claims that AT&T is going to be shelling out 5 for each and every iPhone 3G it sells, compared to an average of 0 for other devices on the carrier’s shelves. What’s more, devices sold in Apple stores (as opposed to AT&T stores) will cost AT&T another 0 for some reason, [...]

Sony Ericsson F305 gets toyed with, previewed

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Press / in the wild shots still not enough for you? Fret not, friends, as CNET had a chance to spend a few quality minutes with Sony Ericsson’s F305 slider and write up a few paragraphs of impressions. For starters, they seemed to prefer the white motif versus the black, and while a trio of [...]

Windows Mobile concept phone is solar powered

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

We haven’t seen too many concepts of late, but that doesn’t mean we don’t like to see what the creative minds envision the future of mobile to be. This latest mobile phone concept, the Eclipse Intuit, was dreamed up by Eddie Goh.
Goh sees a future filled with Windows Mobile devices powered by the oh-so-renewable energy [...]

Old iPhone docks won’t fit iPhone 3G?

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

According to an Apple store employee, we could see all our first-generation iPhone docks become all but useless with the launch of the next-generation iPhone 3G – “the iPhone 3G is shaped differently and doesn’t fit in the same dock.” Which is not all that surprising, given Apple’s penchant for continually updating their products, forcing [...]

AT&T will fork out $325 for every iPhone 3G?

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

If you thought paying $99 for a 16GB iPhone 3G in White was more than just pocket change, imagine how AT&T feels, paying 5 for every iPhone 3G. At least that’s what Oppenheimer equity research analyst Yair Reiner has told clients.
Keeping in mind that carriers generally pay a maximum of 0 per handset, Reiner [...]

Palm Treo 800w launch date confirmed – July 13 on Sprint

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

With the summer wireless-hardware-blockbuster set to give eager mobile enthusiasts a new wave of high-end smartphones to drool over, we’ve got the latest launch date details on the much-anticipated (for some, anyway) Palm Treo 800w on Sprint.
An alleged inventory sheet has been posted up on HowardForums, indicating that the Sprint Palm Treo 800w will drop [...]

Motorola named by AT&T as outstanding supplier, highlights strength in teamwork

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Now this is just sad. Motorola doesn't seem to be doing anything more productive with its time than MOTO Q q9 coming to Cingular/AT&T!?
AT&T launches teaser site for Motorola Q9h – The Q Global
Brief: Sprint's Motorola Q2 with Palm OS – for sure not going to happen

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iPhone 3G hopefuls should hit the gym

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

And maybe take up some sort of martial arts training.
Or, at the very least, watch your back for iPhone-targeting, low-life, wannabe thugs looking to pry that beautiful iPhone from your cold, dead hands.
You see, there seems to be a shift from the old days where people were getting mugged for their iPods to people today, [...]

Brylcreem goes Mobile via Blyk…

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

MobiAd News has got a great analysis of a recent campaign that Brylcreem (the mens hair product company) ran via the Ad-funded Mobile network, Blyk. I’ve included some highlights here, but the full detail can be found here.
This was Brylcreem’s first campaign on Mobile, and so Blyk were used as both the strategy and creative [...]

Orange using wind to power Moby-recharging at Glasto

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

I thought this might be a story about feeding each of the Glastonbury revellers a can of beans and then collecting the resulting methane, but it appears not…..
 
Orange is apparently going to use a 7 metre wind turbine to power (recharge) mobile phones during Glastonbury this year! Users will be able to connect their device [...]