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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is just the begginning

7. September 2008

It looks like we�ve got a lot to look forward to from Dell as the Inspiron Mini 9 is just the tip of the iceberg. This is according to an interview with Dell Senior product manager John New. He had these things to say about the Inspiron Mini 9 and the future of the netbook [...]

China’s ZTE Should Buy Motorola

18. August 2008

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ZTE just announced its plans to become the world’s fifth largest mobile manufacturer. Right now it is 6th and is China’s number one cellphone maker. ZTE has set a 2010 target of 100 million phones, which should be enough for no.5. Its main competitor is Huawei. ZTE has been rumored before as one of the [...]

Two Dell MP3 Players Powered by Zing to be Announced

15. August 2008

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Dell is getting close to announcing its iPod rival and it’s not going to be one but two models with a new iTunes-rivaling software on board. One will be for under $100 and is WiFi enabled and the other may be a higher end MP3 player. Zing will be given the role of an iTunes [...]

T-Mobile to Clone App Store

9. August 2008

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T-Mobile will adopt an open-platform app downloading to compete with Apple’s App Store. It will be bigger than the App Store as one observer pointed out because it includes all of T-Mobile’s phones distributed to 31.5 million subscribers. T-Mobile, however, will not do the pricing like Apple. Instead, some app developers may find their revenue-sharing [...]

Nokia to get Zune Marketplace

4. August 2008

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� Microsoft and Nokia is working on giving Nokia phones access to the Zune Marketplace. There is not going to be a Nokia-Zunephone, which would’ve already brought the tech-blogging world into a mad frenzy (I’m several hours late with the news) but a more sober content delivery integration. It’s interesting to note that Nokia phones support [...]

Nokia Cuts Phone Prices Good for Consumers, Bad for Rivals

31. July 2008

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� Nokia has made a move that may be seen as a war declaration to rivals Motorola and Sony Ericsson. The latter two cellphone manufacturers have been hemorrhaging revenues and market share this past year or so and Nok-Nok’s recent across-the-board price cuts may hasten the two companies’ demise. Reports Reuters: Nokia made the steepest price reductions of [...]

Motorola Now Fourth Cellphone Manufacturer

30. July 2008

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Another sad day for Motorola. It’s not official yet, but according to Bloomberg, LG may have sold more than Moto in the last quarter, which means LG is 3rd, while Samsung remains in second place after Nokia. Moto sales fell 26% and Bloomberg pegs actual sales at 26.1 million handset. Sony Ericsson, which have also [...]

1 Million iPhone 3Gs Sold and a Ton of Third-Party Apps

14. July 2008

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Apple, Inc announced today July 14th that 3 days after iPhone 3G’s release, already a million units have flown off the shelf. This is just the first leg of the release. France will follow on July 17th and the rest of the world later this year. “iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, [...]

Sprint Instinct Sells Out, Historic Ev-Do Phone

1. July 2008

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� According to Sprint, Instinct have sold out after only its first week in sales, confirming rumors that the phone was making sales history. Pali Research also discovered that Sprint stores have sold out while Instinct has been so scarce, 54% of stores have less than 15 Instincts left. Sprint does not have the numbers yet, [...]

Samsung Instinct Actually Working for Sprint

1. July 2008

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Sprint may have found their messiah with the Instinct. No, it won’t kill iPhone 3G but it certainly will keep Sprint on a competitive direction. The troubled wireless provider have been rumored to be doing better these days after releasing the Sprint Instinct. TheStreet reports that AT&T and Verizon have less customers signing up from [...]

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