Nokia turns to Android in smartphone wars
Nokia is understood to be developing a mobile phone that runs on Google’s Android software platform in a strategic U-turn for the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer.
Source: The Guardian
Archived entries for Mobile
HTC Google Ion
The newest device to flaunt Google’s Android operating system is the Ion, a lightly customized version of the HTC Magic. Loaded with a newer version of the seminal OS, the phone is faster, sleeker and smarter than the previous Android model, the G1. But the hardware is also improved.
Source: Wired
The Evolution of Cell Phone Design Between 1983-2009
Cell phones have evolved immensely since 1983, both in design and function. From the Motorola DynaTAC, that power symbol that Michael Douglas wielded so forcefully in the movie “Wall Street”, to the iPhone 3G, which can take a picture, play a video, or run one of the thousands applications available from the Apple Store.
Source: Webdesigner Depot
Vodafone drops 'roaming' charges for overseas calls
Vodafone has become the first mobile phone operator to abolish roaming charges, meaning its customers will pay the same price abroad as they do at home.
Source: Telegraph
Nokia viNe
Nokia viNe is a marketing campaign that brings together the GPS camera and media player on your Nseries device and lets you leave photos, videos and songs, rooted in the ground, for others to find. It’s web. Now made by hand.
Source: Nokia viNe