PhoneScoop has the scoop (a hands-on overview) on the new Nokia N97 announced today at Nokia World 08 in Barcelona.
Sporting a large 3.5” 360×640 display, the N97 is Nokia’s latest high-end phone, and their first full touch-screen device.  The N97 is mostly a 3G world-phone, missing only the 1700MHz band used by T-Mobile USA.  [...]

Pocketables is running a poll on the minimum screen resolution for mobile internet devices.  While most people would probably prefer more resolution than less, the reality is a compromise of cost vs. size vs. weight.
Luckily as we progress into the future these all change and the ratio improves as technology improves and volume of scale [...]

Check out this post by Kevin Tofel over at jkOnTheRun. It’s his list of gear to take to CES 2008.

clipped from jkontherun.blogs.com

What’s in Kevin’s CES gear bag?

Holy cow! Do I really leave for the CES in Las Vegas at the end of this week? I’m not prepared just yet, but somehow, I [...]

via: www.phonescoop.com

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Motorola ROKR E8 Details Emerge

Details of the unannounced Motorola ROKR E8 music phone have become public on the FCC web site. The bar-style phone sports a unique flat keypad with illuminated labels that disappear into a glossy black surface when not in use. Four large piezoelectric [...]

Have a fun and safe celebration of our nation’s birthday today!

Ah, a new rumor of an upcoming HTC device – the HTC Kaiser.  Named the HTC P4550, it looks like it’ll be an upgrade to the Hermes (and Wizard!) that includes the following.

256MB ROM
128MB RAM
3MP Camera
Sliding Keyboard
HSUPA
Flip-up Display
Windows Mobile 6
400MHz [...]

While it’s been really hard to find the right voice for The Mobile Lifestyle blog, I have found that the mobile lifestyle in general is an interesting and rewarding experience.  The ability to work where and when you please is the biggest part of that.  But it’s more than that, its also the ability to [...]

Looks like Microsoft’s Windows Mobile has helped grow the mobile device market by 40% in the 1st quarter of this year. Good news!

clipped from www.mobilegadgetnews.com

Windows Mobile Devices Drove Worldwide PDA Market to 40% Growth Q1 2007

Shipments of Windows Mobile PDAs grew 64 percent in the first quarter of 2007, and this strong [...]

Looks like AMD isn’t out of the race yet (thank goodness), as it has a rival to Intel’s Centrino platform in the works. Puma, as its called, hits all the same mobile power saving points and features that Centrino is famous for including support for the upcoming hybrid hard drives (HHD).

clipped from www.informationweek.com

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While Engadget Mobile describes the BlueQ Vibrating Wristband as unsightly…
Well that may be the case, but it sure looks rugged and/or sturdy.  If I was a person who needed the functionality and the durability to make it through the day at a construction jobsite – who gives a damn what it looks like.  Some [...]