AT&T has officially joined the recession club today, announcing plans to cut 12,000 jobs, approximately 4% of its staff. In what can only be seen as the worst Christmas present ever, AT&T said the job cuts will take place in December and throughout 2009. Spokesman Walt Sharp said the layoffs will be “across the company and across the country,” but would not specify what depar...
In the last few weeks, the global economic slowdown, combined with unprecedented currency volatility, has resulted in a sharp pull back in global consumer spending and the top cellphone maker Nokia can't keep up with the falling demand for mobile phones! Today at its annual Capital Markets Day event, Nokia lowered its forecast for mobile device industry volumes for the fourth quarter 2008 and...
I don’t know many people with a BlackBerry Storm who are willing to take a sharp object to their screen. However one brave guy did just that. He has posted a video on youtube showing a receipt puncher, sharp knife and keys scratching at the touch screen. You would be surprised but the screen is
Steve from PimpMyBerry just sent in this very sharp and sexy looking theme for the Blackberry Pearl Flip aptly called, ‘Sexy Flip‘. Like all of Steve’s themes, this one has the looks and the brains as it offers maximum user flexibility. Main screen features 21 user defined (customizable) icons which according to Steve, pulsate/glow when
Just days after announcing its full withdrawal (well, Vertu excepted) from the brutally competitive domestic Japanese phone market, what does Nokia do? It goes and announces a phone fully capable of hanging with the very best that the home field players like Sharp, Casio, and Toshiba have to offer on their own turf. That alone is kind of funny -- but the real irony here is that the N97's desi...
On the 26th of last month we announce the Rumour of the VE66 from Motorola and yesterday it all came true. Moto VE66 Picture This: Motorola Announces MOTO VE66, Delivering Crystal Clear Calls, Brilliant Images and Pin-Sharp Music MOTO VE66 sports audio-enhancing CrystalTalk™ technology and the first widget integration on a Motorola mobile device SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Nov. 18, 2008 –...
In Japan and South Korea is the Samsung Omnia in a technically aufgemotzten version under the name T-Omnia sold. The most obvious difference: the touchscreen is at the sister model four times as sharp and has a resolution of 480x800 pixels. The display diagonal of the T-Omnia is marginally from 3.2 to 3.3 inch grown. The Omnia, which already since August 2008 in Germany and other European countrie...
