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Nokia has revealed plans to kick off a free WiFi trial in London, UK, offering free internet access that could spread to other cities as the company’s wireless ambitions progress. The new scheme uses phone kiosks operated by Spectrum Interactive which offer up to 1Mbps downloads per user; registration will not be required, and you won’t need a Nokia device in order to access it. The two month trial will be operated until the end of the year, the BBC reports, with 26 hotspots initially.
Following revelations from Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson, long simmering rumors of an Apple “iTV” television set have boiled over with the latest reports claiming it’s a matter of “when” and not “if.” A new wave of speculation on an upcoming Apple product certainly can’t be without concept renderings and that’s what we have here from artist Guilherme M. Schasiepen .
After seeing an opinion piece on smartphone pricing by Dan yesterday, followed by our report that the DROID RAZR may be $649 off contract, one of our readers wanted to express his thoughts on the matter. Are we more fortunate than most countries?
It appears that it’s not just the hoards of iPhone lovers that are heading to the market to jam their hard-earned dollars in the pockets of Apple Computer, stocks have jumped – or steadily rose, however you want to look at it, by right around 3% in the morning hours of iPhone 4S launch day. Since 10AM local time on October the 14th, 2011, the same day the iPhone 4S was launched, until the time of this posting (approximately 3:36 PM local time the same day), APPL stock rose 12.07 points for a total of 2.96 percent and trade at $420.50 per share, this showing the stock as rising quite nicely since September 19th when it was then big news that it’d hit a record high at $413.23 per share .
Never fear, Blackberry Tag isn’t another fail-laced tablet or other device coming from RIM. Tag is a new tech that users of Blackberry smartphones will be able to use to trade and share data with other Blackberry users.
According to a leaked internal memo, AT&T is pressing Apple to follow along with the carrier’s marketing strategy by allowing the iPhone 4S status bar to show the “4G” indicator. Although still a 3G device, the next-gen iPhone is capable of AT&T’s HSPA+ network speeds, which the carrier is branding as 4G, although at the moment, true 4G is considered LTE or WiMAX.
Popular and ever-expanding GPS location and mapping service TeleNav is newly available today on Verizon’s iPhone 4. TeleNav is now a free app in the Apple App Store – this app will only be activated for download following the expected launch of Verizon’s iPhone 4 on February 10.
Oh snap, girl — It’s on . Back in January of 2009, Verizon acquired Alltel , along with Alltel’s customer base of around 13 million subscribers.
Perhaps if there was some sort of Brundlefly-style gadget mix-up five years ago, the outcome would look like this: an HTC Hermes jammed inside a GameBoy Advance housing. This prototype, presented by Windows Phone Hacker, features some fun changes that make it feel more like your beloved handheld gaming console, and less like your dated Windows Mobile Pocket PC, including a startup GIF animation of the original GameBoy Advance boot screen, custom software that keeps the OS in landscape mode, and custom notifications and ringtones from the Mario games.
Pantech Wireless Inc. recently announced their entry for the world’s smallest flip phone, a new version of the Pantech C3b. Measuring 2.72″ x 1.69″ x 8″ and weighing only 71.9 grams, “the C3b is a feature-rich handset which satisfies our customers’ needs for maximum functionality in a great design,” said Mike Cost, Pantech Wireless COO. [...]