Now we officially know which browser HTC will use on its latest flagship smartphone, HTC Diamond. Yap, it's the super-cool Opera Mobile 9.5 browser, which we already saw in action in Matt's demo. As you may already know, the latest version of Opera Mobile brings such features as tabbed browsing, improved text wrap, landscape mode, ability [...]

With WWDC just around the corner, people are looking to Cupertino for the next big thing. And while we wait, we spotted some neat job ads at Apple's website. In the first ad, Apple is hiring "Product Design Engineer - iPhone." Experience preferred quotes "integration of wireless antenna (GSM, GPS, Wifi) into mechanical." Heard that - [...]

Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) will reportedly introduce the recently announced BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Italy during the second week of July. Apparently, the best BlackBerry to date will carry a hefty price tag, between 450 and 500 EUR. That's a lot, but I guess the price will go down for business users who spend 100+ [...]

Sprint's iPhone-killin' Instinct will be available beginning from June 20th. Initially, it's the select stores (major metro areas, I guess) and online, but soon users around the country will be able to grab the stylish all-touchscreen device. You already know the specs, we've covered it so many times. Let me quickly recap the features — expect [...]

You might remember that I posted not so long ago regarding the "Vuzix iWear AV920 3D headsets" that are now available from 3UK (see here). Following up on that, I've had the chance to play with a set, thanks to Wahid Aziz (Accessories Product Manager at 3). Below is my mini-review on the product! Kit So, what [...]

This year, mobile search advertising will reach $445. As expected, it will keep growing and according to Juniper's forecast it will reach $2 billion by 2013. The reports, Mobile Search and Discovery and Mobile Advertising, found that as operators abandon the "walled garden" model, consumers were increasingly searching for content both on and off-portal, thereby providing [...]

SanDisk recently unveiled its latest optimized-for-mobile memory cards. Available in microSD, microSDH and Memory Stick Micro (M2) formats and in capacities of 2GB, 4GB, 8GB - the new cards are touted as the "industry's first premium mobile phone storage cards." A must-have product for consumers who embody the digital lifestyle, the SanDisk Mobile Ultra high-performance cards [...]

Last month when we talked about GooSync adding Tasks support to its service, we also said they'll be rolling out the Google Contacts support soon. That just happened, and now aside from syncing your appointments and tasks, you can also keep your mobile contacts fresh and updated all the time. Syncing is fully bi-directional, meaning that [...]

This week documents confirming the existence of the Nokia E66 slider style smartphone for business users have appeared on the FCC website. Photos of the E66 have been floating around the web for the past few weeks. Read the full story here.

Richard Branson's Virgin Group announced its first business in Russia, a WiMAX network called Virgin Connect and which covers 20 cities in Russia. The new Virgin venture is launched through an agreement with Swiss based telecoms investors, Trivon, a company which holds the required licenses and frequencies for WiMAX-based services. Virgin Connect will provide broadband Internet [...]

Warning: I am about to go on a mini-rant, so those of you looking for news should probably scoot onwards to the next post …. Some time back, I wrote a post about the quality of the images produced by Mobile camera modules - not specifically any model or manufacturer, but generally. As an Editor on [...]

As those of you that read regularly will know, I'm quite a fan of V-T-T (voice-to-text) services - I have one running at the moment, and love getting my voicemails as text messages - to the point the point where I think it's a real killer app! Well, in that vein, YouMail, as US-only VTT [...]

Nokia and Orange yesterday announced that they have signed a 3 year agreement to bring new Nokia models to the carrier's lineup. Nokia's latest Ovi suite of maps, gaming, and music will also be offered, though rebranded as Orange products. Read the full story here.

U.S. President Bush announced that the United States' economic embargo on Cuba was being loosened a bit to allow Americans to send cell phones to relatives in Cuba. Citizens in Cuba only recently earned the right to purchase cell phones. Read the full story here.

Lightspeed Research has released the results of its survey of 1000 Britons to evaluate the likely take up of mobile internet shopping. With mobile phone penetration higher than that of PCs, shopping from the mobile phone has the potential to be the next big thing in retail. The survey results indicated a positive response to the [...]

Motorola rocks out at the FCC with its latest unannounced music phone, the EM30. Modeled after the new MOTOROKR E8, the EM30 offers a morphing keypad, which offers contextual buttons based on the application being used at the time. Read the full story here.

I just was emailed by a very nice chap who wanted to tell me about a new content discovery application called Squace. It's apparently "game-changing" (i.e. a big deal), and I thought I would throw it out there for the IntoMobile readers: For Users, it's Simple: No typing required to get what you want Personalized – your [...]

Orange UK has started to sell it's LiveRadio device, which utilises an ADSL connection and Streaming technology, to listen to up to 4000 internet radio stations. Because it's using WiFi, it's also not location-limited within/near to the user's house. The LiveRadio isn't a new concept - but the spin by Orange is that tracks users like [...]

  Right, something a bit farther afield for this post - let's go to Singapore for some news on Mobile TV…. As of tomorrow, SingTel should have launched it's (streaming) mio Mobile TV serivce. "For S$6 a month during the promotional period (usual price is S$9.90), SingTel postpaid customers will be able to stream live TV via [...]

Flirtomatic, which is a mobile and online flirting service, has announced it's billionth mobile ad has been served - crumbs! This staggering stat has apparently come to pass in less than 1 year - growth per quarter has been running at over 30%, which probably goes to explain some of it! As MobiAd News points out [...]