Video: Leak: HTC Schubert, one of the launch Windows Phone 7 devices?
August 9, 2010 by admin
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Below we have a video recorded by Windows Phone 24/7 that purportedly showcases the HTC Schubert. Its funky design is mostly metal, but wrapped in rubber at several slanted angles, most likely to increase signal reception. There’s practically no information associated with this device, except a hunch from the leaker that it will be one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices to hit the market.
iPhone 4 Case Program Begins – Here Are the Options
Apple’s attempt to quell iPhone 4 antennagate grumps by giving away free bumper cases has begun. iPhone owners can download an Apple iPhone application called iPhone 4 Case Program to browse a selection of eight cases from manufacturers Apple, Incase, Belkin, Griffin, and Spec.
AdMob’s May 2010 Mobile Metrics Report is all about smartphone adoption
AdMob is out with its May 2010 Mobile Metrics, comparing the current figures from the numbers two years ago. As we all know and AdMob’s report proves that, smartphone adoption
— most notably iPhone and Android — was growing at a record pace during the period. Here are the key numbers:
iPhone signal issue ‘a fact of life’
Signal issues with new iPhone described as a “fact of life” by Apple, rectifiable by holding the phone in a different way or buying a $29 case
Apple has issued an official response to customers complaining of dropped signal when holding the new iPhone 4.
Orange tops annual retail growth
Industry increases UK store count by 12.5pc in economic recession, as Orange outruns average retail growth
Mobile phone retailers recorded a 12.5 per cent growth in their presence on the high street in the year to April 2010, according to statistics collected by the Local Data Company (LDC).
Windows Phone 7 ROM leaks, HTC Windows Phone codenamed ‘Mondrian’ breaks cover
May 17, 2010 by admin
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With Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) barreling down the product pipeline to meet their Windows Phone 7 launch window, set for later this year, it’s not too surprising to see the first WP7 ROM leak out to the web. We’ve already had plenty of time to play with Microsoft’s completely revamped mobile operating system, and that takes a bit of the bite out of this ROM leak. But, we do learn some juicy info. Hidden in the ROM is a mention of what is likely to be the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone, made by none other than HTC. It’s called the HTC “Mondrian” and it’s sort of a tribute to the WP7 Metro UI.
Unicef Nepal launches free SMS number allowing youths to text in their views and comments
Unicef has teamed up with local radio show “Saathi Sanga Manka Kura” (SSMK) to launch a free SMS number (4400) for youths in Nepal so they could text in their views and comments on issues that concern them to the global organisation.
Microsoft news: WP7S now WP7, own-brand phones to be announced next week?
Righty dokey, folks, time for a couple of bits of news from the Microsoft camp, and they’re only snippets, really, so it seemed a bit daft trying to split them up into two separate stories (not least because it’d leave each one with a wordcount of about, ooooh, seven words).
RIM Buys Mobile Software Developer Viigo
Research In Motion has purchased Viigo, a developer of software that delivers syndicated content to mobile phones, according to a brief note on Viigo’s Web site.
Viigo users open the software client on their phones to find a range of information such as weather reports, stock quotes, sports information, podcasts and news headlines. The software is customizable, so users can choose headlines from preferred news sources and set locations for weather information.
Global study into mobile cancer link
AN international study may have found a link between long-term mobile phone use and brain tumours.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to release a 10-year study into the connection between mobile phones and cancer.