Reviews, Articles, Ratings, Comparisons and Forumsen-usSat, 19 Jul 2008 19:39:03 CDTSat, 19 Jul 2008 19:39:03 CDThttp://www.wirelessinfo.comNokia admitted that their profits dropped this year when compared to last years performance. Nokia's profit in 2008 was andeuro;1.10 billion, and andeuro;13.2 billion in 2007. That is almost a 61 percent drop. "Looking at the rest of the year, we are optimistic and have had good feedback about the broad range of new products we expect to sell in our device business," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the chief executive of Nokia. [Via IHT]http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Nokia--s-Profits-Drop.htmThe Samsung SGH-a227 is now available on the ATandT network. The quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) is retailing for $9.99 with a 2-year contract. [Via Mobile Burn]http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-SGH-a227-on-AT-T.htmZumobi is now available to BlackBerry users by typing get.zumobi.com. For now the application supports 8100, 8300, and 8800 handsets. Zumobi delivers entertainment and information content to its subscribers.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Zumobi-for-BlackBerry.htmBrighthand is reporting that the much-anticipated Samsung Omnia will debut next week in parts of Europe. ATandT will release the handset in the US by the 3rd quarter, says the website.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-Omnia-to-Debut-Soon.htmOpera Mobile 9.5 Beta for Windows Mobile users is finally available. The new version comes with a new UI and the developer tool Opera Dragonfly.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Opera-Mobile-9-5-Beta-Now-Available.htmOur iPhone 3G review is now totally complete, with the battery tests updated and final. So what do we think of Apple\'s update to its iconic phone? We feel it\'s an upgrade over the previous iPhone almost across the board. This is reflected in our ratings, where the iPhone 3G ranks ten spots higher than the original iPhone with improvements like third party applications, 3G, GPS, improved audio and Exchange support pushing it up. It should be mentioned, however, that many of the software improvements are also available on the original iPhone. This makes the phone less of an upgrade for existing iPhone owners, but it does make it a worthy pick up for those who were waiting for the second generation of the iPhone. It\'s still missing some basic features like MMS, Video recording and copy and paste; the camera has actually taken a step backward. But these deficits are more than made up for by other upgrades.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Parting-Shots--iPhone-3G.htmNokia recently unveiled the Nokia Chat, which is a Presence and IM client, that gets integrated to the Contacts Application. Via Nokia Chat one can also share their status and location. For more information go here.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Nokia-Chat-Unveiled.htmNokia has released a software update for the N78. Version 12.046 improves  softkey selection, Bluetooth stability, video playback, email sending and alarm clock functions. To get this software through your Nokia N78, click Menu > Tools > Utilities > Device Manager. Select Options > Check for updates and follow the on-screen prompts.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Software-Version-12-046-for-N78.htmOpera Mobile  9.5 Mobile will now be released on July 17th according to a company blogpost. The delay has been attributed to some technical bugs.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Opera-Mobile-9-5-Mobile-To-Release-on-July-17th.htmSamsung has released a Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for the Samsung i760 smartphone. The update can be downloaded from here and offers the following improvements: # Windows Mobile 6.1 includes new features such as Threaded SMS, Domain Enrollment, and updated "Vista" looks. # Several software fixes and enhancements have been applied. A detailed list of some of these updates can be found at the end of each FAQ page.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Windows-Mobile-6-1-Upgrade-for-Samsung-i760-.htmGameloft announced a licensing agreement with Chuck Norris, to produce a mobile game titled, Bring on the Pain. The game will be launched in August 2008.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Chuck-Norris-Mobile-Game.htmSo we\'ve been running battery tests non-stop since the iPhone was released on Friday and we\'ve been getting some consistent results and some vexing ones. We\'re finally comfortable with the battery results we got for talk time, we\'ll be using our best result of five hours fifty minutes for the iPhone 3G\'s score. We also ran two other tests that were within half an hour, five hours thirty-nine minutes and five hours twenty-two minutes respectively. All of these results are better than Apple\'s stated talk time of five hours and are very good for a 3G device, where the network is very power hungry. It\'s worth noting, however, that talk time may be the least of the factors impacting your battery life on the iPhone 3G. That display seems to be a power hog, GPS is another and of course data transfer and music playback will impact it as well. Still, it\'s good to see that the iPhone 3G didn\'t totally tank this test given the concerns about battery life that have been voiced. See the iPhone 3G\'s talk time and all our current battery results herehttp://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/iPhone-3G-talk-time-better-than-expected.htmThree touch screen cell phones, three carriers, three prices, which one is right for you? Find out in our Touch Screen Showdown as we take a close look at these three phones. Comparison after the break.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Touch-Screen-Showdown--iPhone-3G-vs--LG-Dare-vs--Samsung-Instinct.htmFollowing on from our tests on the new iPhone 3G yesterday, Apple has confirmed that the display on the new phone is warmer, and that this was a deliberate decision. Macworld quotes Apple's senior director of iPhone product marketing Bob Borchers as saying that they deliberately tweaked the new display to be warmer. "We moved the white point in order to make [the display feel] more natural" they quoted Borchers as saying, who also explained that the change would make photos look more attractive. Borchers also did not rule out  the possibility of an update that might allow the user to tweak the display to their preference,http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/iPhone-Display-Is-Warmer-By-Design-Claims-Apple.htmIn our review of the new iPhone 3G, we noticed that web browsing was faster, but that other operations (such as writing emails, opening menus, etc) were significantly slower. So, we put together this video that shows a side-by-side comparison of the new iPhone 3G and the old one running a number of common operations, such as starting up, browsing the web and loading applications... http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/iPhone-3G-Vs-iPhone-The-Video.htmYou\'d better be ready for some no-holds-barred, iPhone-next-to-iPhone action, because, brother, that\'s exactly what you\'ll find here. Here we literally pit iPhone against iPhone and then take pictures and then talk about those pictures. The pictures are big, so you\'ll have to click here to see them and read our commentary.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/iPhone-3G-vs--iPhone--Head-to-Head.htmAs we reported here, a number of posters on MacRumors are claiming that their new iPhone 2.0 screens are looking rather yellow compared to their old iPhone. So, we decided to investigate on our review units to see if any of them had this problem. We found that some of the iPhone 3G screens do have a yellowish cast, but the effect is pretty minor. None of our review units had the sort of extreme problem that some posters are reporting; you only notice the difference in color if you hold the two iPhones side by side.  In this photo, you can see a first generation iPhone on the left and one of our review models on the right; the screen on the original iPhone is distinctly bluer.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/iPhone-3G-Screens-Are-Brighter-And-More-Yellow.htmApparently some new iPhone 3G purchasers have discovered that, when viewed side-by-side with the first-generation iPhone, the new-model screen inspires off-color remarks.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/iPhone-Curious-Yellow-.htm Here it is, our in-depth, comparative, totally obsessive review of the new iPhone 3G. The latest iteration of Apple\'s cell phones brings a couple of major upgrades on the hardware side with 3G and GPS on board. It also comes with the new iPhone 2.0 software upgrade that brings support for Exchange Server and third party applications. In addition, it has the benefits of a full year\'s worth of upgrades that we haven\'t looked at since we did the last iPhone review. So, is it a worthy upgrade to one of the most iconic cell phones of our time? You\'re going to have to read the review to find out, or go out and pay $199 with a two-year contract to make your own decision. But seriously, we recommend you read our review first. Note: we\'re still working on battery tests, we will update the review when those are done.  http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Apple-iPhone-3G-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe widely reported meltdown of Apple\'s iTunes-based phone activation system is frustrating new iPhone 3G purchasers, but it\'s also a potential boondoggle for first-gen iPhone owners eager to upgrade to the latest 2.0 software release. Once updated, the phone has to be re-activated via the same iTunes system that\'s not working for new purchasers. The result: you have updated software running on a phone-shaped brick.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Warning-to-1st-Gen-iPhoners---Don--t-Upgrade-Yet.htm