Sharp Corp, which is Japan’s biggest mobile device maker, reported it’s first quarter operating profit dropping 14%. Operating profits are sales, minus the cost of good sold and their administrative/logistical expenses. Sharp’s fell to 36.4 billion yen, compared to 42.3 billion from the same period a year earlier. Sharp’s presence in Europe has been one closely [...]

The T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 is ready to bring swappable shells and customizable graphics to the entry-level HipTop market - especially for all your creative types looking to change up your Sidekick’s look with the changing of the seasons (or months, or days, depending on how much you want to spend on new shells). With video [...]

The wait is over, fellow Sidekickers. A new era of customizable and user-swappable Sidekick shells is finally upon us. Following on Sidekick 2008 live pics leaked to the web, T-Mobile has launched their highly anticipated T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 for HipTop fans across the US. And, just like their Sidekick LX Tony Hawk edition launch, T-Mobile has [...]

Wondering just what kind of official Sidekick 2008 shells will be available from T-Mobile? Well, here you go! Cellphonesignal, ever the T-Mobile enthusiasts, have posted pictures of the official Sidekick 2008 shells. Of course, you can always customize your own shells to better match your Sidekick 2008 with your personality. But, if you’d like to go [...]

By now it’s clear that T-Mobile’s newest HipTop, the Sidekick 2008, will be launching sooner rather than later. Good thing, considering T-Mobile will probably want to release a handset named for the year 2008 with as much time left on the 2008-clock as possible. So, with the Sidekick 2008 (Gekko) headed to a T-Mobile store near [...]

It’s better than nothing. While customizable Sidekick fans are squirming in their seats for T-Mobile to go live with their Sidekick 2008 (previously codenamed Sidekick Gekko/Gecco), or saving up their dough for a Craigslisted Sidekick 2008, Cellphonesignal has gotten their hands on photos of the Sidekick 2008 dummy-phones in the wild. Sure, these aren’t pics of [...]

The global launch date for the iPhone 3G is getting closer and closer, and today we have some insight in to what could be a component supplier breakdown for the iPhone 3G. Chinese-language tech-rag Commercial Times is reporting that the iPhone 3G will be integrated by Foxconn (Hon Hai), not Quanta, as earlier reports had indicated. And, [...]

As expected, Boy Genius got his hands on the T-Mobile Sidekick LX OTA update. BGR is confirming that, in addition to spell checker, play and share capabilities, an alarm clock, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), Bluetooth file transfer support, the Sidekick LX OTA (otherwise known as an "update") does indeed enable video recording and playback. For you Sidekick [...]

If the Sidekick Gekko/Aspen are on your list of gotta-have HipTop devices, then take a gander at these here leaked user-manual pages. The manual basically confirms some specs that we've been expecting on the handset, including user-swappable cases - a la Sidekick iD. The image of the front-face of the Sidekick Gekko gives us a glimpse [...]

Disney Mobile has already shuttered the doors to its US-based MVNO operations, but that doesn't mean the Disney-branded network operator isn't going to give it its all in Japan. With network time leased from Japan's Softbank, Disney Mobile is looking for a more successful Japanese-run this time around. As such, Disney Mobile has announced its second [...]