More bad news for Blackberry maker, Research In Motion (RIM) was confirmed when one of their top executives leaves for Samsung. Brian Wallace, the Vice President of digital marketing and media will now abandon RIM for a new role as Samsung’s VP of strategic marketing. Wallace will also manage branding and offline media […]
This week at the 2011 Mobile Telecompaper conference, Victor Saeijs the VP of Nokia Europe, announced that the company’s first Windows Phone 7 devices would launch in six European countries. Nokia’s strategy is to roll out the devices first in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and England. With recent financial woes
Sprint has closed a deal with LightSquared to launch a 4G LTE network that could be worth $20 billion over the next 15 years. LightSquared owner, Philip Falcone wrote in a letter to investors describing the following about the recent deal, “LightSquared and Sprint will jointly develop, deploy, and operate LightSquared’s 4G
With only one dual-screen phone on the market, Sprint’s Kyocera Echo, we were excited to catch a glimpse of what looks to be a potential competitor. Pocket-Lint was able to spend a short amount of time with the the LG dual-screen Android device. The secondary display looks more limited than the
Gathering from the numerous leaks of Motorola’s Milestone 3, or what we know as the Droid 3 in the States, it comes as no surprise that the device was finally revealed to the world. The device was introduced today at China Telecom’s CDMA Summit and 2011 e-Surfing 3G Handset Trade
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been personally overseeing the Facebook for iPad project over the last year. Despite having an optimized app ready for the iPhone in 2008, it’s been over a year since the iPad launch and we’re still without an official Facebook app. The New York Times reports that the project
Verizon leaked a promotional video today and immediately pulled it, but not before Droid-Life was able to snap a screen shot. The video apparently featured a woman holding an unidentified Android Honeycomb powered tablet. The tablet does not bear a resemblance to anything on the market now so Verizon may just have
Samsung announced today the nationwide availability of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 starting Friday, June 17. The tablet will start at $499.00 and will run on Google’s most recent OS, Android 3.1 Honeycomb. As we reported earlier, the tablet boasts a 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, a 1280 x 800 resolution display, a 2-megapixel front-facing
Hewlett-Packard has stayed mum on the release date of its flagship smartphone the HP Palm Pre 3, but the phone appeared on a U.K. retailer website available for a July 8th pre-order. The phone is listed for £349.99 ($565) without a contract and unlocked,which is a fairly reasonable deal for a smartphone. We are
Apple launched their annual back to school sale today, announcing that qualifying students who buy a Mac would receive a $100 to spend on the Mac App store. Students must be currently enrolled in college or accepted into college, and can purchase any MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac or Mac Pro to receive
As if lackluster sales weren’t enough headache for Research In Motion (Blackberry), they can now add a pending lawsuit to their troubles. The audio technology company Dolby filed suit against RIM today. Dolby is suing RIM in the U.S. and in Germany for what they are stating is, “Highly efficient digital audio
Here is what looks to be Google’s next biggest handset release, possibly named the Nexus 4G, running on a next-generation dual-core 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz CPU. According to Boy Genius Report, the device will feature a OMAP 4460 or a low-power 28nm Krait-based Snapdragon despite earlier rumors that it would be on a NVIDIA
Yesterday we reported HTC was finally throwing in the towel after trying for months to bring Gingerbread to the Desire. Blaming an overall lack of internal memory the decision seemed apologetic but definitely concrete. As the user feedback and disappointment flooded in, HTC posted this on their HTC UK Facebook page today as a response: “Contrary to
HTC has been trying for several months to boost it’s HTC Desire up to Android 2.3 speeds but has fallen short. The HTC UK Facebook page announced their efforts to upgrade to Gingerbread have proven fruitless and blamed a lack of internal memory space. See the actual post below: “Our engineering teams have been working hard
Verizon announced yesterday their partnership with Payfone which will enable their customers an easier online purchasing experience. The new arrangement will allow Verizon customers using their smartphones, tablets, or PCs to make online purchases with an additional secure payment option. Customers can either charge the purchase straight to their Verizon bill or have the
