Archive for November, 2006

Nokia N73 - Mobile phones

The Nokia N73 is probably one of the most feature packed phones this side of a Blackberry. The only problem is that it seems to be packed with too many features for its own good.
It’s a 3G phone, with two cameras and a monstrous 240 x 320 screen. The most notable features are a three […]

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Nokia To Take On Sony In Games Market

Nokia is set to move headlong into the games market with a product that has already been a big flop. The Nokia N-Game is set to be re engineered in an effort to take on the likes of Sony with their PSP and Microsoft with their mobile operating system.
Nokia is set to move headlong into […]

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Nokia steers clear of dual-mode sector

Nokia, the world’s top handset maker, has no plans to enter the CDMA-GSM dual-mode mobile phone market in China, a company executive said.
“In our (product) development roadmap, there is no such plan (for entering the dual-mode market),” said Larry Paulson, vice-president of product marketing at Nokia’s CDMA business unit, in an interview with China Daily.
“We […]

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Nokia N93 is the best mobile phone in the world

The Nokia N93 is the world’s best mobile phone platform. This was the finding of Futuremark’s graphics benchmarking tests, the first results of a new cooperative program between Futuremark and MobileMonday. The Nokia N93 scored off the chart when Futuremark tested ten mobile phones available on the Finnish market.
Petri Talala, the head of the mobile […]

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Samsung Unveils WiBro Cell Phone

Samsung Electronics President Lee Ki-tae Tuesday took the wraps off a handset that doubles as a terminal for the high-speed mobile Internet platform, WiBro.
Samsung predicted that the versatile model _ the SPH-P9000, with the moniker Deluxe MITs _ will provide fresh momentum to WiBro, which debuted here earlier this year.

“This is a true convergence device […]

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

A phone that won’t bug you

Jitterbug cell phones can’t send text messages, browse the Internet, or snap pictures. Instead, their sought after features include oversize buttons, large-print type, and an old-fashioned dial tone.
The simplistic phones were conceived by Arlene Harris and her husband, Martin Cooper, who created the first mobile phone in 1973.
GreatCall, the couple’s company, is targeting Americans over […]

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

Cingular to launch cell phone music service

Cingular Wireless is expected to team up with online music services, including Napster Inc., Yahoo Inc.’s Yahoo Music and eMusic, to launch a music service on its cellphone network, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The move by Cingular, jointly owned by AT&T and BellSouth , may set the stage for a battle with Apple […]

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006