http://www.cellphonehub.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filed under: Cellphones According to the oracle-like superbrains at J. Gold Associates, Google’s Android OS and Nokia’s Symbian will “combine to provide a single open source OS,” sometime in the very near future… say, three to six months. Sure, Android is just about to launch on devices in late 2008, and ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/25/analyst-says-android-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-get-matching-tattoos/ Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless Details are scarce right now, but you can make of it what you will. Sprint hasn’t been in the best of situations since it acquired Nextel in 2005, and while this move may not be seen by everyone as definitively negative, it certainly is worth noting. The ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/25/sprint-nextel-sells-off-nearly-all-of-its-towers-to-towerco-for-670-million/ Filed under: Ask Engadget, Cellphones We know, we know — this one’s going to be a doozie, but it’s something that just has to be done. For folks out there too far from the reaches of GSM or simply unwilling to cough up the requisite dough to pay for AT&T’s ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/24/ask-engadget-whats-the-best-iphone-3g-alternative/ Filed under: Cellphones We’ve already gotten word of most of the details of Samsung’s i8510 INNOV8 (get it?) smartphone, but things just got a whole lot more official for the device in Europe and, coincidentally, a number of sites recently got to spend some time with the phone in NYC (despite ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/24/samsungs-i8510-innov8-gets-official-in-europe-shown-off-on-video/ Filed under: Cellphones We’ve already seen the iPhone 3G got unlocked to function on any carrier (and you can already buy unlocked versions in several countries), but we haven’t seen a locked handset get unlocked via software only, and the folks at gsmphone-unlocking have the first video we’ve seen of Steve’s ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/24/iphone-3g-sim-unlock-demoed-on-video-zero-details-given/ Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless We know you’re not really down with digesting any more catchphrases, but the technology formerly known as Ultra Low Power Bluetooth / Wibree is now being dubbed Bluetooth low energy. Now that we’re clear on nomenclature, you may be thrilled to know that CSR showcased its recently ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/23/csr-demonstrates-bluetooth-low-energy-transfer/ Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Sure, Apple alleges to have flipped over a million iPhone 3Gs at this point, but what does that mean? The devil’s in the details, as always; yes, true, the first one took 74 days to reach that same milestone, but it was available in less than one-twentieth ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/22/number-port-stats-suggest-curious-trends-in-iphone-3g-launch/ Filed under: Cellphones The tried-and-true Hamburger phone is still our fav (what, there a problem with that?), but Marc Schömann’s baton-styled concept phone is very worthy of a look. Laden with LEDs and ready to be turned, users can dial up friends and family in painstakingly long procedures that involve all ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/22/conceptual-baton-phone-does-the-twist/ Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds A heaping handful of fresh alleged screen shots of S60 Touch’s user interface are floating around, apparently yoinked off the platform’s PC-based theme editor — not as cool as if they’d been lifted from a Tube, granted, but still good enough to give us some clutch insight ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/21/s60-touch-screen-shots-look-like-s60-with-touch/ Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Saying that Samsung’s new BlackJack IIs are pink and blue is really only telling part of the story. Unlike the originals, the stylish new models feature contrasting white fronts with color-coordinated keys and fancy designs on the back — perfect for that fashion-conscious Windows Mobile nerd in ... http://www.cellphonehub.com/2008/07/21/samsung-blackjack-ii-now-available-in-pink-and-blue/