Nokia Dumping Symbian as the OS for N-Series Phones?

If what bloggers heard from Maemo marketing team at yesterday’s N900 meet-up at London is true, we’ll see Linux-based Maemo replace Symbian as the operating system by 2012. Why not? S60 is growing old, Nokia is losing its ground for iPhone and Android powered phones in US and Europe. Symbian is falling short of “goodies” [...]

Google Unveils Android 2.0 Source, Already Ported to G1 by Hackers

Motorola Droid has been selling for well over one week now, but Android 2.0 OS which powers the Droid was never truly released by Google. Handset manufactures, apart from Motorola and HTC, couldn’t play with Android 2.0 until yesterday, but now they can! Google just raised the curtains over Android 2.0’s source code.
As I’m [...]

O2 Total Connectivity for iPhone with Free Home Broadband

Some good news for O2 iPhone customers in UK! O2 has just announced a new scheme called “Total Connectivity for iPhone” which lets both new and current customers to purchase 3GB tethering bolt-on for their iPhone and get O2 Home Broadband package for free.
The iPhone tethering bolt-on costs £9.79 a month for 3GB of [...]

Verizon’s New Wave of Anti AT&T Advertisements

Verizon has launched three new Christmas themed advertisements that mock AT&T’s poor 3G coverage. Looks like AT&T’s lawsuit against Verizon Wireless for defaming AT&T’s wireless network didn’t actually shock Verizon.

In the above advertisement, Apple’s iPhone is sent to the land of misfit toys due to lack of 3G coverage in AT&T’s network. Closing looking [...]

First iPhone Worm Hits Jailbroken iPhones in Australia

iPhone users in Australia are hit by a new worm which changes their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop-star Rick Astley. The worm affects only jailbroken iPhones, if their default password after install SSH has not been changed.

According to security expert, Graham Cluley, the worm has been coded by a hacker calling himself [...]

Google’s Android OS is One Year Old!

Android – Google’s open source mobile operating system turned one yesterday!
It all started way back in July 2005, when Google acquired Android Inc. Rumors started building up that Google was trying to move into mobile marketplace, but it was not clear whether they were developing mobile software for their existing products or get into [...]

SimOnlyOffers.com – Comparison Site For Sim Card Deals

Here in India, getting a new mobile connection means buying a mobile handset and then choosing the right prepaid (or pay to go purchase) plan. Just in case you want to change your operator or tariff, simply buy a new sim and use it with your old handset. This way, you can keep the [...]

42% of Americans Use Mobile in Bathroom

How often do you use your phone while eating or doing your routine in the toilet? According to a study by iGR, over 42 percent of US customers use their phones to make calls in restrooms. The same figure goes well with those who send text messages while in restrooms.
Some might consider using phones [...]

Intel unveils sixteen new processors, but remains tightlipped on the actual street date for its quad-core offerings

Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, announced its sixteen new processors at the International 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) yesterday. These processors, constructed on the company’s 45nm node, increase the tally of 45nm Intel processors to 32.
Of the 16 processors launched yesterday, five constitutes for mobile [...]