We can already hear the chants at the crap table, ‘winner, winner, chicken dinner’. T-mobile USA has officially launched 3G voice and data services in the Las Vegas area as part of its 20 market launch for 2008. With a few available cell phones that take advantage of the faster speed Internet, Las Vegas customers who have stood by and watched every other US carrier launch their 3G network are finally in for a treat.
For those new to 3G data, T-mobile currently operates on the 1700MHz AWS spectrum for their UMTS network. With data speeds in excess of 1 megabyte per second (sorry no HSDPA connectivity yet), the advantage over the slower EDGE network is tremendous and it might result in the launch of a 3G capable Android (Google phone) handset later this year (Q4 2008). We will continue to keep you in the loop as more of the 20 scheduled markets go live with their 3G data and voice services.
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We couldn’t help ourselves here but the latest Motorola Mystery device shows a striking resemblance to one of our least favorite Windows Mobile Smartphones, the HTC Blue Angel. For those of you who forgot about this less than perfect Windows Mobile 2003 SE gem you can take a look back at history with the Wikipedia [...]
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The first venture into the world of touchscreen phones by cell phone manufacturer RIM is suddenly approaching. According to the latest tidbits of information to hit the Internet, the BlackBerry Thunder will officially be known as the BlackBerry 9530 and it will be sold exclusively by Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. The release date of the [...]
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The iPhone underground development community shares a bond with Apple software engineers. In a move akin to Dirty Vegas’ song ‘days go by and still I think of you’, the iPhone Dev Team has once again cracked the code by releasing PwnageTool 2.0.2 which jailbreaks the latest iPhone software update (2.0.1). The Dev Team has [...]
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Morgan Freeman might have his hands on the Nokia 5800 XpressMedia (’Tube’), but fortunately others have had a chance to experiment with the first Nokia touchscreen cell phone. The S60 Touch UI has been a bit of a mystery after our first encounter with screenshots of the rather boring User Interface, but today we bring you live shots of the web browser. Thankfully this 16:9 aspect ratio screen does not disappoint and it looks like the rock solid S60 web browser is still intact.
Although you might notice the grey area in the upper left hand side of the picture is missing the flash media, you can expect the 5800 XpressMedia to be on par with the N Series browsing capabilities. The added bonus is a touchscreen which allows you to make use of the onscreen zooming feature and quick access to your browsing history. We do not think for one minute that the XpressMedia is lacking flash support, instead we hope you keep in mind that this is a prototype.
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The full touchscreen cell phone market is growing with competition for Apple’s iPhone and today’s newest breed looking to take the crown from Cupertino’s camp comes from Sony Ericsson. Below we have the Sony Ericsson Concept Design featuring a full touchscreen and a similar mechanism to the Nokia N95 dual slider. When you move the [...]
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Good news for those of you lucky enough to have your carrier issue Windows Mobile 6.1 updates; Skype 2.2.0.45 is now official. With support for Windows Mobile 6.1, this new version of Skype is fully compatible with both Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard and Professional Editions on both CDMA and GSM networks. To make things simple, [...]
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