Nokia, the world’s No. 1 cell phone manufacturer, has made quite a bold move, acquiring OS-developers Symbian. Or, at least, they acquired what parts of it they didn’t already own. Instead of taking Symbian along with it, though, Nokia has opted to hand it over to the Symbian Foundation, a nonprofit focused on the further development of the Symbian platform. Sounds like a good idea. Nokia is simply investing in the assurance that the platform it uses will continue to serve the needs of its customers. Oh, and the platform is going open source within the next two years. Freakin’ awesome.
Verizon’s talking improvements for push to talk. You’ll get 500 contacts, 100 group contacts, and 50 contacts per group, a significant upgrade over their prior scheme (150, 50, 20). They’ll also feature an availability mode, which to me seems like a push to talk requirement. No one should be subjected to squawking while standing in a crowded room.
T-Mo has two new Hotspot @Home handsets: The Nokia 6310 and the Samsung t339. They’re pretty much mid-range phones, though the t339 looks kinda cool.
Alltel has launched an EVDO Rev. A upgrade. Remember, this is mostly for broadband access users, not for smartphones and other Internet-connecting devices. It’ll set you back $59.99 a month for access, with another $10 to add 25,000 WiFi hotspots.
Unsurprisingly, mobile shopping isn’t realizing its potential because of security concerns. This was a frequent conversation topic back at CTIA, and no one seemed to have a good answer for it, beyond swearing that their service was secure. We need assurances, people.
Looking to lose some weight this summer? Try this phone. But only in Japan. It’s got a calorie counter and a pedometer. And it’s not that horrible looking.
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