Some are calling it patently absurd for Motorola to go head-to-head with market leader RIM given its recent financial worries. New CEO Greg Brown has no such concerns maintaining that the Blackberry maker infringed on no less than seven of Moto’s patents in the series that includes the Blackberry 8800.
But it may be more of a case of tit-for-tat than toe-to-toe for the ailing K1 creators, the lawsuit against RIM comes just days after RIM laid their own suit for Motorola’s unpaid royalties on their patents.
Things look grim for the former giant: falling stock prices, no merger talks, petty lawsuits.
Does anyone want a mobile phone company? Going once, going twice, two and a half…er, two and three quarters…
Email has just been made easier with Emoze Enterprise Edition, a low cost real-time push email, calendar and contact information application.
With the Enterprise Edition, emails are pushed to a recipients device in real-time as a connection becomes available. The software enables a company’s server to “hunt” for a free connection contiunously until it is able to deliver the message directly to the end user, meaning a faster and more secure connection.
Whether you use email data sources, a mobile device OS such as the Windows Mobile on HTC TyTNII, or the S60 on Nokia 82, the software will work with all leading maufacturers.
From the same developer as other notable Nokia accelerometer based applications, RotateMe, ShutUp and LoudUp comes ShakeMe which allows users to access phone functions with a flick of the wrist.
Taking advantage of the Nokia N95’s tilt sensor, that detects movement and orientation, ShakeME supports shake control of modes such as Silent, Bluetooth. Keylock and Backlight.
Though yet to become available to the public you can get some idea of where this application may end up by watching the video below. I’m shaking already.
Say good riddance to poor, distorted mobile phone pics with the unveiling of Kodaks new KAC-05020 image sensor, which promises to close the gap between your camera phone and ‘proper’ cameras.
An industry’s first 1.4 Micron, 5 Megapixel, High-ISO CMOS sensor, the new sensor combines two new Kodak technologies to product better pictures from a smaller sensor, Color Filter Pattern technology and a new CMOS pixel.
Kodak’s new sensor was specifically designed for mass-consumer camera applications such as mobile phones and enables an unprecedented level of image quality with the advent of the new smaller pixel that helps alleviate the ‘noisy’ pictures we are so accustomed to and promises to keep big players in the mobile camera cell phone market LG Viewty and Nokia N95 on their toes.
So touch up on your fake tan this summer cause there’s little hope you can avoid the all seeing eye of the Kodak KAC-05020 image sensor
Rumors are spreading that Samsung will be releasing both a high-end Google Android powered handset in September 2008 and a second edition under $100 after Christmas.
Early speculation posits that both will include WiFi and possibly a VoIP client and that talks are happening with T-Mobile and Verizon, indicating that both GSM and W-CDMA versions are being condsidered.
Following the Apple iPhone there is no doubt much negotiating by the carriers in the hope of getting a piece of AT&T’s success, but take all this with a healthy sprinkle of salt. Much could happen in the intervening months.
If you have ever felt the fear of an incoming blizzard whilst sashaying down ski slopes you will understand the value of GPS-enabled Skimondo’s mountain intelligence.
Essentially an information system, Skimondo advises you on location of yourself and your party, your speed and trajectory, route planning, lift locations and mountain conditions.
Great, I’m sure you”ll agree if you have a short time, a GPS cell phone and much skiiing planned. Now if you could only make it snow.
You can download the software free here and activate your phone here.
Allowing many subscribers the option of upgrading to advanced mobile services with their current handsets, PacketVideo is a mobile TV broadcast solution for those not ready to upgrade their phones.
The PacketVideo device acts as a conduit for Mobile TV, decoding a digital TV signal and repurposing it for phone usage and sending this via WiFi to your playback enabled device. The mobile broadcast receiver will be able to manage TDtv, MediaFLO, WiMAX and DVB-H broadcast standards and will be compatible with such leading phones as the Apple iPhone, Nokia N95, and HTC smartphones.
Those wishing to take advantage will have to await its slated release later in 2008.
Gather to say a few a quite words to a fallen friend as from today American carriers Verizon, AT&T and Alltel have the option of decommissioning their Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS). Marking the end of an era AT&T and Verizon will take advantage of this opportunity this week with Alltel phasing out through September 2008 to free up bandwidth for their digital systems.
Modern wireless infrastructure owes a debt to the now redundant analog Bell Labs technology but few looking back on the technology will shed tears at the uptake of more versatile technology allowing the rapid convergence we now enjoy on our iPhones, Blackberries and other smartphones.
If you are concerned that you may be affected by the transition calm yourself. If your phone is able to send a text message or browse the internet it is not an analog phone. Nevertheless, take a moment to reflect on your untroubled youth and the weighty cellular that seemed a snapshot of an unknowable future, then take another look at your iPhone and count the moments.
