SanDisk and Sony today showed off the latest in a seemingly never ending parade of flash memory formats–the Sony Memory Stick Micro. The format is meant to compete with microSD and MMCmicro which are both small enough to sit on top of a penny with room to spare. SanDisk says the size of Memory Stick […]
Entries from September 2005
Memory Stick Micro latest in flash memory format wars
September 30th, 2005 · No Comments
Tags: Data
Another NTP patent fails to hold up to closer look
September 30th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Research In Motion announced that the preliminary report from the US Patent Office shows that NTP has lost another patent to RIM’s challenges. This will likely have a large efect on the lawsuit NTP brought against RIM for patent infringement. A settlement was reached but RIM backed out once it appeared the patents wouldn’t hold […]
Tags: BlackBerry
RIM quarterly results strong
September 29th, 2005 · No Comments
Research In Motion released its second quarter results for fiscal 2006 yesterday. The numbers look good as BlackBerry continues to make market share gains.
Revenue hit $490.1 million, up 8% from $453.9 million in the previous quarter and up 58% from $310.2 million in the same quarter of last year. The revenue broke down to […]
Tags: BlackBerry
Cingular to use RealNetworks for 3G video streaming
September 28th, 2005 · No Comments
CTIA IT 2005 — Cingular and RealNetworks announced an agreement that will have Cingular using Real’s Helix OnlineTV platform to deliever video. Cingular will be launching a video streaming service once its HSDPA 3G network gets off the ground later this year.
Real will provide Cingular, the nation’s leading wireless carrier, with a comprehensive […]
Tags: Cingular
BlackBerry 8700 photos surface
September 28th, 2005 · No Comments
More details about the BlackBerry 8700 have turned up. So far the rumors point to a 2005 launch for the 8700, which should be announced sometime in October.
Spec wise, here’s how the 8700 stacks up:
320 × 240 screen
Quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Bluetooth 2.0
16MB RAM / 64MB Flash
Thinner and Narrower than 7200 series
Yesterday there was news that RIM […]
Tags: Rumor · BlackBerry
Cingular launches Nokia 9300
September 28th, 2005 · No Comments
Cingular has announced the Nokia 9300, a high-end Communicator device under the Series 80 family. The Nokia 9300 from Cingular will ship with BlackBerry Connect, making it the first non-RIM handset with the BlackBerry Connect software sold in the US.
Features of the Nokia 9300 include:
EDGE high-speed data
QWERTY keybaord
80MB memory
640×200 screen, 65K colors
Bluetooth
Cingular will ship […]
Review bluetooth headset Nokia HS-3W
September 27th, 2005 · No Comments
Nokia HS-3W. Live pictures
Nokia is a novice in a bluetooth-headset market but that doesn’t prevent it […]
Review GSM phone Motorola C261
September 27th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Package
Handset
Battery
Manual
Charger
The company of Motorola is well known for its low-end solutions, and very often the launch of this or that model determined the whole […]
Mobile ESPN MVNO launch details announced
September 27th, 2005 · No Comments
ESPN revealed some more details about the launch of Mobile ESPN, a sports themed mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The first change is that the service will now be called Mobile ESPN–prior to today it was called ESPN Mobile. Nationwide rollout of Mobile ESPN is set for Sunday, February 5, though there will be a […]
Tags: Sprint Nextel · MVNO
Slider Sonic announced by Virgin Mobile USA
September 27th, 2005 · No Comments
Virgin Mobile USA today announced a music phone, the Kyocera Slider Sonic. The Sonic is based off of the Slider Remix, but has added music features to keep it in step with the rest of the mobile industry. This phone showed up on Virgin’s website recently, but we now know a few more details.
Feaures of […]
Tags: Virgin Mobile · Kyocera











