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EcoATM Makes Recycling Your Phone Super Easy

by David Heyerman on October 12, 2009

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EcoATM, a new startup out of San Diego, just introduced their new e-cycling kiosks.
First, the machine electronically inspects the phone for damage and automatically give it a real-time secondary market value. If it’s actually worth something, you can opt for an in-store payment or simply donate the money to your favorite charity. If the phone’s not worth anything, it goes into the recycling bin.
EcoATM’s first location at the Nebraska Furniture Mart saw such success that they’ll be installing machines at wireless and big box stores in and around San Diego as well as Washington state and Vermont.
The company is promising nationwide machines by the 2nd quarter of next year where they’ll be able to accept other gadgets like cameras, laptops, and MP3 players. What a great startup.

by Jason Wilk on March 9, 2009

HTC Magic Powered By Android

The iPhone’s lead over Google’s open source mobile operating system, Android, may end as early as 2012. The first phone to be powered by Android, the HTC G1, already accounts for 20 percent of T-Mobiles contract sales. The second HTC phone with Android, the Magic (pictured), is supposed to be an even bigger hit and is set to release this month (in the UK first) with Vodafone. Although the G1 and Magic together won’t outsell the iPhone, the Android platform could be on as many as 90 devices by 2010, giving it a big push ahead of the iPhone as the top running contender to take over current king, Symbian. Android was once thought to be an inferior product due to being open-source, but since its recent success, even Symbian is switching to an open-source model to fend off the upcoming competitor.
The mobile game is getting increasingly larger, fast. Nearly 162 million smartphones were sold last year, surpassing laptop sales for the first time, according to Informa. Smartphone penetration will reach 13.5 percent of new handsets sold this year and that figure will reach 38 percent by 2013. Smartphone sales are not exepcted to slow down whatsoever in the conomic downturn. Estimated figures show a 35.3% growth rate year over year, with no end in sight.

by David Heyerman on February 12, 2009

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Neither of these are the N97, so what are they? Are we looking at two new Nokia handsets? Both devices appear in the short video below with the N97 designer.
Word is the one on the left could be the Ivalo, and the one on the right could be the Madeleine, according to GSMArena and the Nokia smartphone roadmap. We’ll see…

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by David Heyerman on December 2, 2008

Nokia just announced their new smart phone handset, the N97.
Although not as thin as most of it’s competitors, the N97 boasts a 3.5″ tilting touch screen along with a QWERTY keyboard, and 32GB of memory.
Jonas Geust, the VP heading up the Nokia Nseries line claims that “the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile computer in existence.” …sounds routine.
Scoble, who got a chance to play around with the phone claims the Facebook experience on the Nokia to be far superior to the iPhone. Depending on how you feel about Scoble, you can take the statement for truth or with a grain of salt. I’ll take extra salt.
In other news today, Nokia announced that they’ve acquired software company, Symbian Limited, who they’ve been working with since back when the S60 was being developed. This isn’t a huge surprise as they already owned a decent portion of Symbian’s shares…..now they own them all.
I’m near positive the N97 won’t come close to the iPhone, but will it give the G1 or the Storm a run for it’s money?

by David Heyerman on December 1, 2008

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Could Nokia be releasing an answer to the G1, Storm, or iPhone? Who knows, but either way they’ve launched a countdown site to get you all excited.
Scoble rolled into Spain for the Nokia World Conference, and if he’s being honest about his conversation with a Nokia exec, then looks like were in for quite an announcement.
The exec he talked to peppered him with statements like “…the Internet has no clue what they will announce this week” and “this is one of the only times he can remember when a big announcement has not leaked.”
No matter what happens, this device better live up to expectations, or Nokia’s going to have some serious trouble keeping up with Apple/Rim in the smart phone department.