Sony Ericsson gets a deputy CEO – Bob Ishida from Sony’s Home Entertainment Business Group
Sony Ericsson announced that Yoshihisa (Bob) Ishida will be joining the company as Deputy CEO and Executive Vice President with effect from 1 September. At the same time, Rikko Sakaguchi will be leaving Sony Ericsson to take up a position at Sony Corporation.
CDMA-based HTC Wildfire S hits the FCC
Surprise, surprise – AT&T won’t be the only carrier in the U.S. of A. to sell the HTC Wildfire S. And while we’re pretty certain T-Mobile will get its piece of the action too, the CDMA-version of the device is at the FCC and will most likely hit one of the mobile operators using Qualcomm’s wireless technology.
In-Stat: Mobile app download revenue to surpass $29 billion in 2015
July 31, 2011 by admin
Filed under Others Brands
Mobile application market keeps growing with the day. However, while the market is flooded, there is also significant pricing pressure as well as a shift toward free applications which will necessitate new revenue models.
Three’s Samsung Galaxy Ace gets the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update
On the heels of the recently released update for the Samsung Galaxy S II, Three has launched a firmware update for another Samsung device – Galaxy Ace, which is getting the Gingerbread treatment.
Sony’s Qriocity video service hitting select Sony Ericsson Xperia phones from August
July 31, 2011 by admin
Filed under Sony Ericsson
On the heels of the Music Unlimited launch, Sony is bringing its Qriocity video service to select Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphones.
HP Pre 3 now available for pre-ordering in the UK; Free with contracts starting at 20.42 GBP per month
July 30, 2011 by admin
Filed under Others Brands
HP’s Pre 3 is finally available for pre-ordering in the UK thanks to Mobiles.co.uk, which is bundling the first webOS 3.0 smartphone with a number of plans from Orange and T-Mobile.
Packard Bell Libertytab Honeycomb tablet available in the UK for 349 GBP
July 30, 2011 by admin
Filed under TOP Ranking
What do you know – Packard Bell is also in the tablet market. The company, which BTW is a subsidiary of Acer since 2008, is selling the Libertytab, the product that as far as we can tell is a rebranded version of the Acer Iconia Tab A500 with subtle design changes (it looks better than Acer’s tablet).
GetJar hits 2 billion downloads
GetJar proudly announced that it has surpassed 2 billion downloads, adding it is more than any other cross-platform app store.
Samsung Galaxy S II in white looks legit; Coming in late August?
We’re not sure whether we should believe the image above is legit or not. We want to believe and think it makes perfect sense for Samsung to offer the white version of its super-popular Android smartphone to reach even more users.
T-Mobile G2Gingerbread updates rolling out as we speak
After G2X, T-Mobile has started rolling out Android 2.3 Gingerbread updates for another device – T-Mobile G2. The OTA (over-the-air) update will last for few weeks so don’t panic if you don’t get it today or tomorrow – it will eventually reach everyone.