Research in Motion has announced the Storm, the first Blackberry smartphone with a touch interface. With the Storm, RIM now officialy has an iPhone competitor. The new phone will make it much more difficult for Apple to enter the enterprise market as the Storm is a worthy competitor and has the advantage of the Blackberry [...]

The OpenPandora project is ready to ship the first batch of 3000 open source Pandora handheld devices starting the end of September 2008. The system will cost about $330 in the US and is for all practical purposes, a portable computer with game controls. The device boast an impressive spec, includes 3-D acceleration and a [...]

Samsung and Armani have launched the latest luxury mobile phone, the NIGHT LIFE. The two companies are working together as part of an alliance for creating designer portable and home consumer electronics. The goal: consumer devices with the aesthetic appeal of Giorgio Armani and the sophistication of Samsung technology.
The illuminating LED’s around the edge are [...]

Mpowerplayer, the mobile game trial and merchandising solutions company for the wireless industry, announced today that it has secured $2.5 million in Series A funding. The round includes investments from New Atlantic Ventures, the Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund, and LaunchBox Digital.
The company is aiming at casual gamers through game trials using widget based [...]

Nokia today announced that their “multimedia computer”, the Nokia N96, will be made available for high-speed 3G HSDPA networks widely used in the Americas during the fourth quarter of 2008.
The devices has a large 2.8 inch screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and compatibility with a wide range of video formats.
The phone will support video [...]

Google’s first Android phone, the HTC dream, has apparently cleard FCC regulations as HTC has filed a request with the FCC for granting short-term confidentiality on certain documents on the Dream till the 10th of November. This leads to an obvious speculation that the 10th of Nov. is the release date for Google’s first Android [...]

Sony Ericsson and MGM have announced Mr 007’s phone in QUANTUM OF SOLACE. The limited edition Titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot phone will be available worldwide Nov. 2008 and will be the phone in the next Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures release of EON Productions’ 22nd James Bond adventure, QUANTUM OF SOLACE. A picture of the red colored [...]

Palm, Inc. today revealed that it has sold it’s two-millionth Centro smartphone, claiming that the $99 product’s is gaining momentum with traditional mobile phone users who want to move up to a phone that offers more functionality. Palm is now offering Centro in more than 25 countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia [...]

Starting July 1st 2008, 2 new laws are in effect for using cell phones while driving automobiles in the state of california.

The first prohibits all drivers from using a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle, (Vehicle Code (VC) §23123). Motorists 18 and over may use a “hands-free device.”
Drivers under the age of 18 [...]

Sausalito, CA based mFoundry, the mobile financial technology provider, has obtained strategic investment from  Banc of America Strategic Investments Corp. This adds to the list of heavyweights already involved in strategic investment with mFoundry: Motorola, PayPal, and NCR. Venture backers for mFoundry include GRP Partners, Ignition Partners and Apax Partners. Amount of investment has not [...]

Nokia has announced cool new phones under the Supernova product line: 7610, 7510, 7310, 7210. The phones feature a mix of bold colors and designs for users who want to make a fashion statement. Feature packed and stylish, the Supernova range is for trendy customer’s who are are heavy on music and internet usage.
“As we [...]

At OLPC’s Global Country workshop today, founder Nick Negroponte unveiled the next-gen XO Laptop. OLPC is calling it the XOXO or the XO2. The new device is radically different from the first generation OLPC device - XO. About half the XO 1.0’s size and more like a foldable book, it does away with the keyboard [...]