Entries Tagged as 'smartphones'
Why are the handset makers so dumb?
I was just reading a piece on Nokia’s reaction to the rumored PSP phone. Here’s the money quote from Jaakko Kaidesoja (say that three times fast. ok, say that one time at all…) Nokia’s games boss:
“I’m not scared about anybody,” he said. “The real question is how do they [Sony Ericsson] do it? Can they [...]
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The TSA blog v. the Palm blog
I came across the TSA blog (glamorously named “evolution of Security”) the other day (via). It is surprisingly, surprising to me at least, a fairly interesting blog. It’s young - started at the very end of January, but it’s got several posts already.
A lot of the first posts were simply about security points that they [...]
A little iPhone lovin’
I haven’t provided any iPhone love in awhile, so a couple little bits have cropped up that may be of interest. First is this comparison of EDGE vs. UMTS - a 3G technology - speeds (in particular it is the iPhone vs. the Nokia E61i) (via). Although it has both a video and a chart [...]
Palm! A blast from the past
It’s been awhile since I last talked about Palm, no? Well there was a spate of news recently that brought me back into that frame of mind so I thought I’d write a little on it.
The first thing was last week when Palm issued their Q2 warning. They let the world know that they aren’t [...]
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Little bit o’ iPhone news
In a report that should surprise no one, NPD Group just released a report that lots and lots of iPhone buyers were once Treo (I remember that great day when I dumped my treo for an iPhone) or Sidekick owners (via). Blackberry’s doing just fine. I got my ratio’s inverted when I was thinking about [...]
Palm Centro, wierd, I kinda like it
Huh, well the Palm Centro’s all official and now we know it’s real specs. The wierd thing? I kinda like it.
Sure, sure, it’s still hobbled by Garnet. But that was never in question. Sure, sure, it’s running the same ARM processor that Palm’s been using since the 650 lo these many years. But here’s what [...]
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iPhone in the UK and some iPhone rambling
Well mum’s no longer the word in the UK, the iPhone’s officially launched on O2. The event was this morning in London and there weren’t too many surprises. It’s launching on November 9th (ok, that’s a little wierd) and it’s going to be EDGE and not 3G. Interestingly, O2 is going to have free WiFi [...]
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Palm’s Treo 500v isn’t as bad as all that…
UPDATE: Ben Combee just schooled me in the comments. That is a 5-way directional pad around that big center button. It still doesn’t look nearly as comfy and accurate to use as the nice big one on their current lineup, but maybe it is, if it ever makes it to these shores I’ll check it [...]
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Palm Treo 500?
Well, the new phone looks like the magical Centro of the $99, tiny, 3G’ness but it isn’t, it’s the Treo 500. I have so many problems with this I can’t number them, ok, I can, three (via PIC).
1) Well, I can’t believe that the next step in their product line is a Windows Mobile device [...]
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Just like Colligan cancelled the Foleo, Palm should fire Colligan
You know as much as I wasn’t expecting it (because I never really thought about it) in retrospect the only surprising thing about Colligan cancelling the Foleo is how not shocking it is. It explains the lack of even one marketing dollar spent on this “new, revolutionary” device. It’s sort of exactly like what happens [...]
