More and more rumors are circling around the Internets about WM7 and the Pink smartphone project. According to CNETs Mary Jo Foley, to her understanding, the Pink smart phone is now to be Microsoft-branded, running a customized UI on top of the WM7 platform. It will be developed by the Danger team and targeted towards the Sidekick market. The UI will be proprietary and not available...
According to a study released by Best Buy, about half of all prospective smartphone purchasers do not complete their purchase simply out of confusion from all the smart phone models out there. 47% of people who didnt already own a smartphone said they were simply too confused by the sheer number of phones and features. 63% of all those studied didnt own one because they thought the phones were too expensive, and 39% simply said they hated the shopping experience....
[I]A survey of 655 US teenagers aged 13 to 18 has revealed disturbing amounts of bullying going on via the mobile phone networks, despite the fact that most of them seem to understand the risks of sharing too much data online.
The US Revenue Service has decided to trash a controversial tax on personal use of employer provided devices such as WM Phones. The law, which was introduced in 1989 was meant to be a tax benefit for employers. Last week the IRS asked for ways to better enforce the law, which caused confusion when differentiating between private and business calls. Doug Shulman, the commissioner t the IRS was quoted as saying that the tax law was
Technically not related to mobile phones, but thought some of you might find this interesting. Pixel Equity is a new not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to getting video games and consoles into the hands of children at youth centers who might not be able to play the games any other way. We all grew up playing video games, we all remember how much fun they were, playing for hours. Why not...
The recently announced price drop of the iPhone 3G to $99 changes the dynamics of the mobile phone industry. Research by analyst Roger Entner from Nielsen believes the cut completely changes the expected and perceived worth of every phone already on offer and wont just hurt smartphones. Any phone over $49 is kneecapped and will look like either it costs too much to make or that the carrier is asking too high a price.
The Samsung Jet runs on a 800MHz processor. It comes with a 3.1 inch AMOLED screen display and uses Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 with 3D media gate UI and a customizable widget screen. The Jet also includes a 5.0 megapixel camera, build-in GPS, DNSe & SRS, and DivX and xVid video support.
AT&T's "Fortress" has hit the FCC. The Fortress will be released this summer along with AT&T's "Warhawk" or HTC Touch Diamond2. It should be coming with WinMo 6.1 AKU6 (presumably upgradeable to 6.5 down the road) with full HSPA on three bands, AGPS, a 3.2 megapixel AF cam, 3.6-inch WVGA display, and Video Share support. The Warhawk is expected to launch with Windows Mobile 6.5 installed around August 24th.
