HTC TyTN & hTc Z at The Smart PDA

Mobility Today features hands-on impressions of the new TyTN, a Windows Mobile 5.0 powered device manufactured by Taiwan-based High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC). The website's "teaser" pics shows that the model boasts a camera, Wi-Fi, a mini-USB port, what looks like a mini-DS slot, and a QWERTY keyboard. According to DigiTimes.com, NTT DoCoMo will start marketing the hTc Z, another HTC model also boasting a full keyboard, in Japan at the [...] Read More


Live in the UK? Get the HTC TyTN II for £480! at The Smart PDA

Get an HTC TyTN II for £480 at devicewire.co.uk. Yep, the spiritual successor to HTC's seminal kitchen sink is available for almost $1000. Ouch. But it may be money well spent, according to the review by CoolSmartPhone. In any case, you'll be getting a Windows Mobile 6 PDA phone featuring the following specs (cited from the product page): 3 mega-pixel auto focus camera ROM 256MB and RAM 128MB 360 degree 3 way jog [...] Read More


The HTC TyTN is Dead. Long Live the HTC TyTN II! at The Smart PDA

Let everyone far and wide know that the previously codenamed HTC Kaiser will now be known as the HTC TyTN II. Quite fitting, since this Windows Mobile 6 PDA Phone continues the grand tradition of the original TyTN, with its deep feature set and high price. Unfortunately, the previously set July release date has been pushed back to sometime this September. At least it's now confirmed that the TyTN II will feature [...] Read More


Bell Mobility Introduces $85,000 Mobile Data Plan at The Wireless Weblog

Canadian oil worker Piotr Staniaszek says he "thought there was probably a mistake" when he opened his mobile phone bill for the month of November to find charges totaling nearly $85,000. Turns out he'd signed up for a $10 unlimited mobile browsing plan, and then had connected his Motorola KRZR mobile phone to his computer and used it as a wireless modem, thinking the data traffic would be covered by the [...] Read More


Mobile Firms, Environmental Bodies Join to Make Mobility Green at The Mobile Technology Weblog

Nokia, Motorola, Panasonic Mobile Communications, France Telecom/Orange, Vodafone, TeliaSonera AB, Intel, Epson and other technology companies have joined with the Finnish environment authority, UK's DEFRA, the World Wildlife Fund and the European Commission to propose new initiatives for mobile technology that aid the environment. The initiatives break down into the following categories: *energy consumption *eliminating the use of specific materials of concern *improving the amount of phones collected through take-back schemes and recycled *giving [...] Read More