Did you know? Japan experiences 20% of the world’s most powerful earthquakes. I didn’t know that until I read this article, though I knew they got quite a few. And as you can see, what with the country being mostly composed of volcanoes and nuclear power plants, it makes sense that they’d have the world’s […]
Did you know? Japan experiences 20% of the world’s most powerful earthquakes. I didn’t know that until I read this article, though I knew they got quite a few. And as you can see, what with the country being mostly composed of volcanoes and nuclear power plants, it makes sense that they’d have the world’s most advanced seismic activity warning system. With the five they’ve just dropped, it now includes nine deep-sea ground probes and five tsunami detectors.
They’re connected through a fiber optic cable system and monitored from a secret undersea headquarters. Actually — I’m being informed now that they are actually monitored from a normal, above-ground observation center. Sorry, I get carried away sometimes.
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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, ATT, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
LG and Samsung just love throwing down the touchscreen gauntlet on American carriers lately — one only need look at the Dare, Instinct, Vu, Voyager, and Glyde to figure that much out. Thing is, none of those devices really fall into the smartphone bucket, much less the coveted “superphone” one. That might just be where the recently-announced Samsung Omnia comes into play, though, which is now rumored to be destined for AT&T with a gaggle of features in tow: Windows Mobile 6.1, 5 megapixel camera, HSDPA, at least 8GB of internal storage, and support for AT&T Mobile Television. If it turns out to be true, that’s got to steam LG, who’s presently sitting atop the AT&T Mobile Television food chain with the Vu — but hey, if that means they’re going to set to work with another range-topper above this one, we’re all for it.
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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, RIM, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA
There’s been a lot of chatter the past few days that the Motorola Q9c, a Windows Mobile phone launched on Sprint to tiny fanfare late last year, has gone up to that great Windows Mobile 6.1 build in the sky now that it’s disappeared off Sprint’s online store. That’d really be something, taking into account that Verizon and others have just launched it in the past couple months — but not entirely out of the question, particularly if it’s a dead-slow seller or is earning more than its fair share of tech support calls. For what it’s worth, though, we touched base with Sprint on the matter and were informed that it’s just “out of stock for direct ship” — that’s the stuff you see on Sprint’s site — but that it should still be readily available in retail stores.
On a related note, the Curve is out of stock as well, but no need to panic there, either. Sprint tells us that they’re experiencing some pretty crazy demand for the thing, but that they’re replenishing inventory on a daily basis and it should be back online within a few days.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA
Among the many ducks that Sprint (and Verizon?) will need to get in a row in order to launch their own version of HTC’s Touch Pro, FCC certification ranks pretty freakin’ high on the list. No worries, though — it’s all good, because that just happened. An HTC device with model number “RAPH800″ has now popped up in the filing system, featuring CDMA with EV-DO on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. Of course, certification is certainly no indication of when a product’s actually going to launch, but if (heaven forbid) the glossy QWERTY WinMo slider gets delayed, at least we have the ability to call out anyone trying to slide the “we’re waiting on FCC clearance” excuse past us.
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