Japanese firm to enter Guinness book of records with the world’s longest ringtone

If this isn’t coming from Japan we would call it plain weird. But we know that people there already read novels and comic books, pay their bills and do much more on their mobile phones. However, we were kinda surprised that a company from the “Land of the rising Sun” is trying to get its name in the Guinness World Records book with this idea. The name of the company is Dwango and they plan [+]

Apple Reaches Goal of Selling 10 Million iPhones in 2008… Three Months Early!

I had to admit, when Steve Jobs and Apple stated their goal was to sell 10 Million iPhones in 2008… I considered that quite a lofty goal. I mean, there’s so much competition already out there in the marketplace, and you know that the other big-wigs are going to be out to get Apple… releasing new fangled ‘iPhone Killers’… But wouldn’t you know it, it looks like they’ve done it! From a report at AppleInsider: An effort [+]

eWallet iPhone Application - Keep all your account information handy with your iPhone

In our push to converge all sorts of devices and daily activities into fewer and fewer gadgets, we seem to have overlooked the wallet. With memberships to all kinda of organizations, accounts at all manner of institutions, and multiple identification cards, our wallets are brimming with pieces of plastic and paper taking up space. Chalk another one up for the mobile revolution. An iPhone application makes it possible to clean out your wallet (or purse, [+]

H-P readies a new Smartphone for the corporate types

Target Consumers: Corporate executives and those who rely on their phone to be a computer as well. Should they buy it? Yes Why? Hewlett-Packard is a swell of a computer company; their previous effort with the iPaq has been incredible. This phone too will carry forward the iPaq legacy and will prove to be a one-stop solution for the portable office. Technical Specifications: Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, a touchscreen display, a hardware keypad and considerable email and Internet functions. Pricing & [+]

Nokia’s touchscreen Nokia 5800 XpressMusic misses 2008 for mature markets

XpressMusic made its way around the various interwebs as the Nokia 5800 “Tube,” promising to bring with it Nokia’s answer to the current touchscreen revolution sparked by the iPhone and iPhone 3G. With S60 5th Edition, S60 Touch if you will, enabling complete touch functionality on Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen smartphone, Espoo is poised to to take on the likes of HTC, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Samsung, and Apple in the touchscreen smartphone arena. Unfortunately, it may [+]

iPhone 2.2 OS to feature Google Maps Street View and other goodies?

When it comes to “openness” there are few tech companies (if any) more secretive than Apple. With their iPhone developer NDA recently lifted, however, Apple might be turning a new leaf - “might” being the operative word here. For now, things are business as usual for the locked-down iPhone maker. The latest iPhone 2.2 OS that was seeded to iPhone developers has apparently unveiled a few hidden cards up its sleeve. Apple has officially listed only [+]

Apple’s iPhone 3G is second best-selling US mobile phone, No. 1 US smartphone

In a move that takes a page straight out of Motorola’s RAZR playbook, Apple has rocketed to the top of the US sales-charts with their iPhone 3G. According to NPD, Apple has seen its iPhone 3G become the No. 2 best-selling handset in the US. Motorola’s RAZR V3 still takes top billing as the overall best-selling mobile phone in the US. With massive iPhone 3G sales spurred by the iPhone 3G buy-up craze that defined the [+]

RIM addresses BlackBerry Bold delay, points to AT&T

Last week RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis addressed the ongoing frustration of many consumers still waiting for the BlackBerry Bold in the U.S: “There’s great scrutiny, as you might know, on that network and a certain device. So I guess everyone wants to be sure on every last test.” To think that the latest in the BlackBerry line has been delayed for several months due to simple quality assurance seems a little unlikely, especially since we [+]

Motorola Q11 caught on video!

While we’re not sure if the Motorola Q11 will help Motorola drag itself out of the hole that it’s dug for itself over the past couple years, the evolutionary successor to the Motorola Q9 is definitely worth a mention. The Motorola Q11 has been popping up here and there lately, and it’s finally been caught on video by our friends at Zumo! With a 3 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, and quad-band GSM/EDGE radio, the Windows Mobile [+]

New ‘Placeshifting’ Service Didiom Lets You Stream Music From Your PC to Mobile Phone

Why would you want to stream your entire digital music library (including your iTunes library) from your home computer to cell phone regardless of where you are? A new service with this “placeshifting” technology thinks you’ll no longer want to sync your music between the two devices while in the same room and deal with such issues as out-of-memory errors or searching for a Wi-Fi network. Instead, Didiom allows you to access it all no matter where [+]