Archive for 2007

Qualcomm Must Stop Selling Some Chips, Can Continue With Others

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Following a decision that Qualcomm infringes on certain Broadcom patents, a US District Court judge has ruled on sales of the company's chips. Qualcomm can continue to sell current EV-DO chip designs, even though they infringe on patents, until ...

Sprint Halts Sales of LG Rumor

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Sprint has stopped shipping the LG Rumor to its retail stores and halted sales of the phone while it works on fixing an error with the phone's firmware. A debugging menu, meant for engineers, was left active in the ...

New Chemical Coating Could Waterproof All Mobile Phones

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Technology developed by England's Ministry of Defence can protect mobile phones from water damage. Called Ion-Mask, the technology is an invisible plasma that chemically bonds to the surface of devices. It will also fill in the small gaps and ...

Hop-on Releases PDA 2001 for AT&T and Verzion Network

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Hop-on introduces its newest phone for AT&T and Verizon Networks. The GSM/CDMA Dual Mode PDA 2001 model, complete with GPS capability, will have the ability to become a handheld slot machine, bingo, video poker or black jack device.


Pics of the Samsung F490 and P720 full touch screen phones

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Let's start with the F490, it's the one without the built in flip cover. Not only does it look good, but with a full touch-screen, a 5MP camera and tactile feedback, it works well too.