04.24.07

Sony Ericsson W999 Leaked?

I saw this over at Uberphones, and it looked pretty.The leaked picture you see is actually rumored to be sony ericsson's latest GSM handset and has been given the number W999. This slider cellphon…

04.19.07

Google Phone Rumor Mill Speeds Up

New rumors are surfacing about a potential Google phone, with new details reported in taiwan's Digitimes, and passed on by Engadget and others. That country's HTC is supposedly building the de…

04.18.07

Haier Elegance Handset

I noticed a post over on Uberphones about the Haier Elegance handset. The main reason it caught my eye? I have one, and the picture just to the left there I took with my k800i a few minutes ago. I nev…

04.17.07

Cameraphone Causes Decline in Graphic Purchase

M:Metrics has reported that the penetration rate of cameraphones in US is already 51% or 106 million mobile users, still low compared to European countries like Germany, France, Spain, UK, and Italy. …

04.10.07

TomTom and Garmin to Move into Handsets

GPS navigation device makers TomTom and Garmin both reportedly are in advanced stages of developing mobile handsets with GPS features, according to reports today in DigiTimes Telecom. The two have bee…

04.8.07

A Warning for Wireless Industry

Given all the hype on mobile technology, Michal Lev-Ram of Business 2.0 Magazine has warned wireless industry players to slow down and keep things simple.But here is the rub: As they race to court fut…

03.31.07

Mobile Bar Codes Coming to US?

Studious readers of this blog will know we have covered QR codes before. Most people with a modicum of awareness of mobile technology will have heard of them. The New York Times, however, has just dis…

03.22.07

No More Beeps: NTT to Kill the Pager

Yomuiri Shimbun reports today that NTT DoCoMo will cease offering pagers this month after 40 years in the beeper business. Having launched the technology way back in 1968, NTT says there are only just…

03.13.07

Plastic-free Handset

Also coming to us via Uberphones is the Bellperre range of handsets. The major difference with these handsets is the aim of the company to produce them entirely without plastic.These cellphones will b…

03.13.07

Bracelt Phone Concept

I love concept handsets, as it shows that people are thinking about how we use communication devices rather than just continuing development along existing lines. This one comes by way of Uberphones, …