Apple has released its iPhone OS 3.1 beta and iPhone SDK version 3.1 to the developer community. At least one new feature includes the ability to save a copy of edited movie files on the iPhone 3GS. Read the full story here.

A research analyst predicts that Palm has sold 300,000 Pre smartphones, an estimate that is much higher than other predictions but notable because this analyst is typically an industry pessimist. Read the full story here.

The Skyfire smartphone web browser has been updated to have a reduced memory footprint, history and cookie improvements, better SMS sharing and zooming behavior, and more. Read the full story here.

The financial downturn will cause 1 billion fewer phones to be sold over the next five years according to a new report. Handset sales are expect to begin bouncing back starting in 2010. Read the full story here.

Looks like Palm (NSDQ: PALM) had a heck of a June. At least, in comparison to previous numbers. According to Charter Equity Research analyst Ed Snyder, Palm Pre sales in June hit over 300,000 units. Not too shabby at all, especially when you consider only 120,000 units were available at startup. Since then, Palm has [...]

While most eyes are on the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Tour 9630 prepping for a launch next month, it seems like the 8520 Curve (code-named Gemini) is getting ready to blast out of the gates as well. T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) is rumoured to pick up the EDGE-only 8520 around August 5th., but given we’re seeing FCC [...]

None of you are going to buy this phone and I’m only writing about it to hit my post quota for the month so I can get a paycheck that will help feed my alcoholic tendencies and hedonistic weekends. With that nugget of knowledge out of the way, let it soak in for a moment [...]

Brad Pitt is at it again, appearing in yet another commercial for Japanese carrier SoftBank. In this commercial, Pitt plays a character doing everything he can to please sumo champ Musashimaru. I love it when his sandal breaks and Pitt comes to the rescue. Oh yeah, and I suppose there’s a cell phone in the [...]

So long as we’re cruising by the FCC, Samsung has filed papers for a little something called the Gravity 2 (T469). The original Gravity just hit Rogers in March and T-Mobile in November, and already the sequel’s coming down the line. Little is known spec-wise, other than 3G support, but it’s probably safe to say [...]

Okay, scratch that July 20th. stuff - the officially official launch date for Sprint (NYSE: S)’s BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Tour is July 12th., and will cost you $199 on contract and after rebates. We had heard similar pricing and date for Verizon (and presumably Alltel), if Sprint doesn’t really do it for you. Of course, [...]

In what may be known as the most “why didn’t I think of that?” moment in mobile telecommunications history, French operator SFR got around the problem of mobile networks being slow and latency prone by stringing fiber directly to the cell sites. With HSPA, better known as 3.5G in Europe, and 3G in America (3G [...]

The world's largest commercial satellite was launched into space today, with the goal of providing mobile phone service to "dead zones" in North America.

Stantum, the company which we know for its multi-touch technology, and the leader of LCD driver and SoC IC design, Sintronix, announced a partnership to provide “voltage matrix multi-touch single-chip solutions.” Sitronix will integrate Stantum’s patented multi-touch screen tech into its own products and supply multi-touch controllers for consumer electronics and mobile applications. The first product [...]

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By now everyone realizes that iPhone/iPod Touch is a powerful gaming platform. That’s why we were not surprised to see a number of classic games being ported to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s mobile platform. Next in line is Rick Dangerous, the famous character from the good ol’ days of Commodore 64 and Amiga. If you haven’t played [...]

SPB Software is out with another educational game called SPB Geo Game — it’s about time they remove the “SPB” part from their titles, don’t you think? Anyway, the game is designed to educate players on world’s capitals and national flags. On that note, SPB’s press release says that today’s global diversity is represented by 235 [...]

As part of its efforts to fight terrorism and also as a result of lobbying by Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and other handset makers, India is moving to block sales of cheap copy-cat Chinese mobile phones and accessories. According to Indian Cellular Association (ICA) — the lobby group representing major handset makers in the country — some [...]

T-Mobile Family Booster - a new option which gives up to five family members unlimited calls, texts and picture messages to each other Read the full story here.

The folks behind the popular mobile social networking service, GyPSii have been busy these days. As a matter of fact they had few news items to share with us: There’s now an English version of GyPSii JavaME mobile app, which works on feature phones; BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) and iPhone apps have been updated; GyPSii now lives in Nokia [...]

Some time ago we wrote about SHAPE Services’ trip-trackin’ app GPSed for the iPhone. Well, it has been updated recently, not just for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s handset, but for all other platforms supported — including BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM), Java ME and Windows Mobile. Among the features GPSed 1.4 packs are: Ability to attach a photo directly from [...]