A rift has emerged between Nokia and operators over its plans to incorporate Skype onto its Nseries handsets, Mobile has learned. O2 and Orange responded furiously to Nokia’s declaration that it will equip its upcoming flagship Nseries device, the N97, with Skype. If the row is not resolved the two operators may refuse to stock [...]

A new ebook reader is going to be announced next week at the CeBIT show: It’s called the BOOX. I’ve heard back from developers, and they will be releasing more info tomorrow.The specs say it has a touchscreen, and if you look at the picture you’ll see that only one button is visible below the [...]

In case you have been living under a rock, Psion sold a laptop-like device in the early 2000s called the Netbook Pro.  They trademarked the term “netbook” and last year began defending their trademark by asking folks to stop using the term to describe low-cost notebooks. Recently Dell and Intel filed petitions asking for the [...]

While the MSI Wind U120 was a welcome update to the original Wind, MSI isn’t done blowing out  its Wind line. In April, MSI will release the 10.2-inch Wind U123 which will be powered by the new Intel Atom N280 processor, which is currently found in the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE.Unlike the Wind U120, the [...]

I have to admit, Hyundai’s venture into the mobile phone industry (we’ve covered Hyundai PMPs, and also here) is making a big splash. Their medium-range phones look like calculators and Chinese iPods with antennae. The Hyundai Dolphin (relax, there’s a good reason why they gave it this name, just read on) is unique in its [...]

BMW is taking the navigation systems to the next level. They are currently working towards a new navigation system that will learn your driving patterns and adapt the destination based on the previously registered data.Anticipating your next destination is the idea behind this new navigation system.The system is called ILENA, short for Intelligent Learning Navigation [...]

 
Sony Japan presents the new Walkman NW-S738FK and NW-S736FK portable music players. The two new Walkman player both feature a 2-inch LCD display, FM tuner and a 5-band equilizer. They support MP3, WMA, ATRAC, WAC, AAC audio as well as AVC H.264, MPEG 4 and WMV9 video. JPEG images are also supported. Sony’s NW-S738FK and [...]

Mobile WiMAX will outpace LTE over the next few years due to its head start on deployments, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Mobile WiMAX already has commercial deployments, while LTE won’t be commercially available until late 2009. However In-Stat believes WiMAX and LTE will take very different paths. “Most of the operators looking to deploy WiMAX come [...]

Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor from Dell™. With the integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam, that is neatly positioned on the top bezel makes it simple and easy for you to capture photos and videos. Featuring a 1000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 300 cd/m² brightness, the monitor boasts vivid color detail, excellent color accuracy and uniformity. Additionally, [...]

The most obvious difference between AMD’s Phenom II x3 and x4 processors is the number of cores: the x3 has three and the x4 has, unsurprisingly, four.  However the chips themselves are actually the same hardware, with AMD locking out one of the cores in the x3 variants.  That presents an almost irresistible target for [...]