What a long strange trip it’s been . Mark this one as done folks - Yahoo has officially announced that Jerry Yang will step down as CEO of Yahoo. Yang has been at the helm of what can only be described as a sinking ship since June of 2007. Read ...

According to a T-Mobile spokesperson, T-Mobile is suspending the sale of the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic handset and recalling the entire 5610 inventory, including floor demos and literature, from all stores and warehouses. The issue appears to be a manufacturing problem that affects the display. Nokia has now fixed the error in the current crop of 5610s but the T-Mobile’s supply were all manufactured prior to the fix and still have the design flaw. Unfortunately, at this point, there is no word as to whether the 5610 will return to T-Mobile’s lineup. Anyone whose phone experiences any probl...

One of the best file manager apps for S60 devices has been updated. X-plore v1.30 brings several new enhancements to the table, including an improved (or that’s different) user interface, and a theme support. Naturally, several issues from the previous version were also fixed. Let’s first discuss the user interface. As you can see from the image above, the folks behind X-plore (LCG dev team) don’t like the standard S60 UI’s look and feel, hence they went one step forward to make use of the whole screen. Fonts are small, but they are quite readable, hence there’s more information dis...

High Tech Computer (HTC) saw its revenues grow 22.4% on year to hit a record high of NT$16.04 billion (US$489 million) in October buoyed by the launch of new models, including T-Mobile G1 phones, according to company data. For the 10 months of this year, revenues reached NT$121.22 billion, up 30.8% from a year earlier period. Despite growing uncertainty about the global economy, HTC has remained positive over its fourth-quarter revenue outlook, targeting a total of about NT$48 billion, according to sources at handset component suppliers. The sources even pointed out that HTC is actually under...

Pantech Wireless, one of Korea’s largest mobile phone manufacturers announced the availability of the world’s thinnest qwerty keyboard handset ‘Pantech Slate’.Supporting AT&T’s new line of quick messaging devices, Slate, measuring less than one centimeter deep and sporting a premium build, is custom-made for sending texts and pictures, and easily accessing instant messaging and email services at an attractive price. Targeting text fanatics and trend conscious consumers, Slate offers one of the simplest messaging experiences on the market. By incorporating ra...

Just as the wireless market gets flooded with new smart phones and wireless devices, the economy has turned south.As a result of the downturn, some forecasters predict wireless customers will spend less on new devices, including an array of sophisticated smart phones such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G, the T-Mobile G1 based on Android software, and the upcoming BlackBerry Storm. At the same time, wireless customers may start cutting back on their monthly voice and data plan spending, forecasters say, even as AT&T Wireless last week and Verizon Wireless today reported strong third-quarter...

Nokia is about to acquire Montreal, Canada based OZ Communications, a privately held company that delivers access to popular instant messaging and email services on mobile devices. By acquiring OZ, Nokia will enable easy-to-use, fast access to leading instant messaging and email services, including AOL, Gmail, ICQ, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo!. With more than 5.5 million monthly paid users, OZ’s solutions have been deployed by leading mobile operators on a wide array of mobile device platforms. As part of the deal, Nokia will continue to work with OZ’s existin...

Sprint has officially launched XOHM mobile broadband commercial service in the first major U.S. city in Baltimore. With XOHM, consumers, businesses and local governments will ultimately be able to experience new forms of interactive communications, high-speed mobile Internet browsing, social-networking tools, location-centric services and multimedia including music, video and on-demand products at faster average downlink speeds of 2-4 Mbps. The data-centric XOHM broadband service differs from present wireless offerings in that: No long-term commitments or contracts are required, freeing cus...

Ever since the App Store started, one of the biggest complaints from numerous individuals was the fact that many people were leaving reviews for applications without even purchasing them. This led to inaccurate reviews left by people who actually had no right to be reviewing it without trying it. However, Apple has put a requirement now that users wanting to leave a review must now have first purchased the application. I think this will definitely help get more accurate and mature reviews for applications, rather than the very immature and half-baked reviews that are on every application now. ...

T-Mobile director of handset innovation Saj Sahar hinted earlier this week that T-Mobile T-zones would be relaunched and rebranded into something similar to “Web n’ Walk”. Available only in Europe, Web n’ Walk allows full Internet access on any T-Mobile phone. Novel concept, huh? Novel at least for T-Mobile who, as part of their T-Zones service, blocks certain ports on its branded phones in order to force users to use only the standard xHTML browser included on the phone. For those T-Mobile folks who have suffered through this crippled web experience, an overhaul and an opening up o...