cellphones

China Unicom “Willing to Discuss” iPhone Deal

Now that China Unicom is heaving its 156 million subscribers into the ring across from China Mobile’s 350 mil in the opening wrassle for the iPhone’s Chinese distribution rights, the American market is looking pretty small. A Unicom exec said: “We’re not in any discussions with Apple right now, but we’re always willing to discuss…

The gorgeous 3G Nokia N82 with 5MP camera and GPS that we showed you last night found itself a price tag: available first overseas, it will cost 450 euros (about $650). [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/official-nokia-n82-product-photos-leaked-322392

iPhone GameBoy App Now Available

If you enjoy shaky, unproven software as much as I do, you will be happy to know that version 0.0.5 of gpSPhone is now available for download. Yeah It is buggy, you have to run it from /Applications, and you need to supply your own BIOS and games (anything but Hello Kitty please) —but hey,…

Microsoft Backed ZenZui is Now Zumobi, Announces Beta of New Mobile Browser

Our first look at Microsoft backed ZenZui came back in March when we discovered a new mobile browser that promises to make “painful loading delays a thing of the past.” In a call today with the folks at ZenZui, I learned that they will now and forevermore be known as Zumobi, along with new details…

Run Palm OS Garnet VM on Nokia N-Series

For anyone who might be interested, ACCESS has announced a beta virtual machine that will allow owners of the Nokia N770, N800 and N810 to run Palm/Garnet OS applications. A complete version of the software will be available for free sometime before the end of this year. [Press Release via intomobile via Boy Genius]

Samsung Rolls Out Next-Gen WiMax Toys While We Wait and Wait

So is Korea actually a country from the future, or what? We’re asking because Samsung is now rolling out its second generation of phones, mobile devices and USB modems that support WiMax. Heck, the whole country has a WiMax network at their disposal, while here in the States we keep hearing about how Sprint wants…

Rich People Finally Get 3G Nokia 8800s

I know how worried you’ve been that wealthy people have only been able to buy EDGE-capable Nokia 8800s. Well, mercifully, Nokia has finally introduced two 3G edition 8800s, at least in Europe (though they’ll certainly be unlocked). The 8800 Arte will ship soon for $1,470, and the 8800 Sapphire Arte, with embedded sapphire, will ship…

NEC N905i Sports 5MP Face-Detecting Camera, Everything Else We Love in Japanese Phones

As enthralled as I’m not with the Japanese mobile market, I’m kinda geek-jonesin’ for the smoking red and black flavor of the NEC 905i. The headline-grabber is its 5MP camera with face detection, which can lock onto three grills simultaneously for optimal vogueing—a feature usually reserved for bigger, badder shooters. https://gizmodo.com/pcs-might-be-losing-ground-in-japan-but-not-because-th-319151 The W-CDMA and GSM-packing…

System Fonts for Android Look Clean and Google-y

Font talk isn’t exactly stimulating (unless you’re scary weird), but it’s worth giving the fonts Ascender’s developed for Android’s system UI a close look since you’ll be looking closely at them in Android’s app menus, web browser and other texty situations. Overall, they seem pretty clean with a nice smoothness to them, and if they’re…

iPhone Getting Spotlight Search in 2008

Gene Munster predicts that the iPhone’s next major update will come in February 2008, and along with the long-awaited SDK the iPhone will get Spotlight-like search functionality. That would make searching mail a lot better than it is now*. [AppleInsider] *can’t do it

T-Mobile’s $18 Phone Upgrade Fee is Confusing, Stupid

According to an email shared by a source with our friends at the Consumerist, starting today T-Mobile will begin charging existing customers an $18 fee when they buy a new phone. Apparently the new fee will help underwrite the cost of selling subsidized phones to new customers. Now here’s the confusing part — if an…

Iqua Sun, World’s First Solar-Powered Bluetooth Headset

While Bluetooth headsets are a dime a dozen, ones powered by the sun like Nuclear Man from Superman IV aren’t. Orange claims that its Iqua Sun is “the worlds first” [sic, italics theirs] solar-powered Bluetooth headset. Fancy! The green half-ouncer gets 200 hours of life on standby and nine hours of talk time in darkness,…

Android UI Screenshots

The SDK included an Android emulator. Here are some screenshots from the software gPhone. •There’s a browser (no flash, but still better than the shipping Windows Mobile browser), address book, maps. •Missing are YouTube, Gmail and Calendar apps. •There are demos for OpenGL/3D, autocomplete, scroll bars, alarms, and pop-up notices with images. •You know you…

Helio Offers Unlimited Service for $99/Month, Refurbed Ocean for $99

Good news for people thinking of picking up a Helio Ocean: Helio has lowered its rates for its all-in plans, giving you all-you-can-eat service for $99 a month. It’s also starting to offer refurbished phones through the Helio Refreshed service, with the Ocean now available refurbed for a mere $99. That’s a pretty awesome deal…

HTC Touch Cruise Is So, So Official

We told you about the HTC Touch Cruise back when the specs leaked, but HTC has gone and made the GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA phone official, admitting its affiliation and paying child support. Their third phone in the Touch line, this newest version packs a TomTom Navigator 6 GPS that’s highly viewable on the 2.8″ screen. Plus you…

HTC Boss Says 2 to 3 Android Phones in 2008, New Touch Interface Coming and More

Digitimes, citing the Chinese-language Commercial Times, said HTC was committed to building two or three Google Android-based handsets in 2008. This apparently came straight from HTC boss Peter Chou, who spoke to foreign investors in Taiwan last week. When we heard from Chou at the Open Handset Alliance/Android launch, he seemed confident that HTC would…

Disney Mobile Resurrected—In Japan

Almost two months after announcing that it’d be shutting down in the US at the end of the year, Disney Mobile’s finding new life across the sea. Disney’s latest MVNO—Japan’s first, according to Reuters—will run off of Softbank’s network and sell its phones at Softbank’s stores. With two dead MVNOs under its belt, going for…

The SNL iPhone Sketch that Never Aired

The tipster who filled us in on the real story behind the hacked iPhone that appeared on Saturday Night Live also linked us to this video which never aired that night, cut for another sketch that ran long. In fact, it may be the last in the series ever produced given the recent writers strike.…

iPhone Ads, Re-Cut and Made Pervy

Anyone who’s watched the latest series of iPhone ads knows that the people simply appear on screen and speak with no prompting. But just what were all these fine folks really being asked, anyway? We’ve taken the liberty to fill in the gaps, so hit the jump for the exclusive, re-cut and uncensored versions of…

Motorola Q9H Headed For Sprint as a Palm Powered Q2?

A holiday teaser site has revealed that a phone dubbed the Motorola Q2 will be “coming soon” to Sprint. If you look closely at the product image on the site, the Q2 appears to be a Motorola Q9H running a Palm OS instead of Windows Mobile 6. Naturally, this information is only a rumor at…