Oh, by the way: July 16, 2009
by Chris Ziegler Jul 16th 2009 @ 11:54PM
Here's some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of mobile for Thursday, July 16th, 2009:
- The Samsung Omnia II will go on sale in Singapore this Saturday, July 18 for S$898 (about $619) unlocked, while the Omnia Pro will be available August 1 for something under S$550 (about $379). [Thanks, Rixter]
- Remember that mysterious Samsung Link for Bell? MobileSyrup has scored the lowdown on the device, and it turns out not to be a smartphone of any sort -- instead, it's just a text-centric dumbphone (isn't that theme starting to get a little played out?) with a 1.3 megapixel camera and a 2.2-inch display. It'll allegedly launch on July 30 in your choice of white or black for CAD $19.95 (about $18) on a three-year deal.
- HTC has already managed to roll a fix for that Bluetooth vulnerability they've been dogged by in recent days. [Via pocketnow.com]
- Ovi Maps 3.1, N-Gage, Ovi Contacts 2.1, and a mysterious "phone memory update" are all now available to users of North American Nokia N97s. Early reports suggest that some users are having trouble getting the goods installed successfully, so let us know how it goes.
- Continuing a trend it started earlier this year on other smartphones, Verizon has gone ahead and unlocked the GPS on its Samsung Omnia with an official firmware update. The release also includes an updated WinMo 6.1 AKU, Bluetooth tethering support through VZ Access Manager, and some memory fixes. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Apple Nerd Without A Cause @ Jul 17th 2009 12:23AM
Who Cares wheres the podcast?
Chris Ziegler @ Jul 17th 2009 12:25AM
We're recording one as soon as we can!
apple nerd without a cause @ Jul 17th 2009 12:32AM
Thanks : )
Demo @ Jul 17th 2009 12:33AM
Not sure why the text centric phones are "played out" - they are selling like crazy in a market that previously either had to text with a numerical pad or buy a smartphone for a keyboard and not use 1/100th of the features of the phone. Couldn't we say that all cell phones are stale going by this logic? I mean, they can all make phone calls, and they've been releasing them for years and years and years now, and they all do the same basic thing.
nickfd @ Jul 17th 2009 8:25AM
I have a nokia n97-3 (NAM) and did get the updates, but it is kind of strange. Once applying the updates, they did what they were supposed to do - free up c:\ space, update Ovi Maps, and install n-gage. However, after rebooting my phone, the updates return to the list, and fail when i try to re-apply.
Unfortunately there isn't much information that is given, nor is it clear if/where there are any log files we can read to get more verbose error information.
Bottom line though, the updates worked and the n97 rocks. :)
RTM @ Jul 17th 2009 10:27AM
when is this supposed to be released for US Verizon?
SDAlpha1510 @ Jul 17th 2009 10:36AM
I know, its killing me! There appears to be no solid release info for Verizon on the Omnia II. This only leads me to believe 2 things. Either they are just really tight lipped and will have a launch soon (not holding my breath), OR they wont have anything until Q1 so there really is no info to leak. Regardless, its starting to annoy me.
mulda @ Jul 18th 2009 7:56AM
I saw Oct 09 on pocketnow (it was a link they provided to another site--pda something)
KO @ Jul 17th 2009 10:00AM
I did the updates on my white N97 (NAM) two days ago, and everything worked fine, although the Ovi Maps update didn't seem to really do much. Or at least I can't see any significant updates to the program myself.
KO @ Jul 17th 2009 10:01AM
I did the updates two days ago on my white N97 (NAM) and everything worked fine. The Ovi Maps update didn't seem to change much anything though.
aja1121 @ Jul 18th 2009 6:10PM
Verizon rep said July 30th....don't hold your breath though!
Montusama @ Jul 17th 2009 6:54PM
I wonder where I would get one of these Omnia Pro's. Even if you add another 100 dollars for the phone its still cheap.