Archive for September 8th, 2008
Monday, September 8th, 2008 149 views
Filed under: Software, Virgin Mobile, MVNOs
When we think about high-tech, newfangled location-based services on a carrier, Virgin Mobile USA typically isn’t that carrier — but hey, Virgin and its basic handsets can’t stay stuck in the stone age forever, especially now that even the most basic, ultra-cheap prepaid phones being offered stateside commonly do Bluetooth, GPS, and everything in between. Enter Buzzd, which is dropping on Virgin’s content deck to give users quick and easy access to entertainment around their current location. Now, true to Virgin’s simple roots, users are still going to have to enter a location to get started, but let’s be honest: these guys can’t ignore the GPS trend forever. Let us know when you′re ready for 2008, guys!
[Via Phone Scoop]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008 100 views
Filed under: Nokia
2008 has generally treated Espoo pretty well, but every rose has its thorn — and for Nokia, that thorn might just end up being the third quarter. The company has now revised its Q3 market share estimate downward, now predicting a slip from Q2 rather than the flat line it’d been suggesting before; cited reasons include a “tactical decision to not meet certain aggressive pricing of some competitors,” generally fierce competition (particularly on the low end), and the delayed launch of an unnamed midrange handset. In justifying its failure to meet market pricing head-on in every market segment, Nokia says it’s only going to play that game where it thinks it’s profitable to do so, and for what it’s worth, it still expects to ship about 10 percent more devices in 2008 than it did in 2007. What’s more, they say they expect to meet the rest of their expected launch dates in ‘08 — so it looks like every night has its dawn after all.
[Via mocoNews]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008 86 views
Filed under: Handsets, Pantech
Like the IM-S300 before it, SKY’s IM-S350 for the Korean market trades logic and any semblance of familiarity for a +1 on the fashion scorecard by sporting a crazy set of nav buttons that — at a glance, anyway — we can’t figure out how you’d use. No bother, though; we’re sure it’s dead simple once you actually have your hands on it for a minute or two, and we guess you could look at it as an unusual form of theft deterrent. The 9.9mm, mostly aluminum beast features a QVGA display (if you can really call that a feature), DMB mobile TV, and a 2-megapixel camera, slotting it toward the lower end of what we’d expect out of Seoul. No word on pricing or availability here, but we imagine it won’t drain the wallet.
[Via Unwired View]
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