http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/samsung.to.replace.symbian.with.bada/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsungi8910.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung senior VP Don Joo Lee today confirmed rumored plans that it will dismiss Symbian from its smartphones. The executive expects Android and Windows Mobile to remain but will completely phase out Symbian in 2010, replacing it with Samsung's in-house bada. A previous analyst forecast had Samsung scaling back its Symbian use to just a small percentage next year but had only anticipated a compl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/samsung.to.replace.symbian.with.bada/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/19.new.ntt.docomo.handsets.in.4.series.introduced/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nttintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japanese telecoms provider NTT DoCoMo on Tuesday announced the upcoming release of 19 new phones for its network. Divided into Style-, Prime-, Smart- and Pro-series of handsets, there are some standouts in the range, including the waterproof F-02B that is said to be of jewelry quality and have a snap-on perfume holder or the SH-05B, which was designed by the top models from Seventeen magazine. The... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/19.new.ntt.docomo.handsets.in.4.series.introduced/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/ntt.docomo.shows.prototypes.made.of.wood/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/nttwoodintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japanese wireless provider NTT DoCoMo on Thursday announced it has created two prototype handsets constructed of excess wood from trees felled during thinning operations designed to ensure a healthy forest. The devices were built through collaboration between Sharp, Olympus and More Trees, a reforestation project in Japan. Either prototype handset sports cypress wood and goes by the Touch Wood nam... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/ntt.docomo.shows.prototypes.made.of.wood/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/more.than.30.wm.65.phones.due.before.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/wm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />More than 15 phone manufacturers will release over 30 new smartphones running on Microsoft's upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system before the end of 2009, the copmany's GCR Mobile Team Unit senior director Benjamin Tan said recently. Tan was speaking to a group of reports at the time, according to a Wednesday Digitimes report. Among the phone manufacturers slated to introduce models are HTC... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/more.than.30.wm.65.phones.due.before.2010/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/17/iphone.3gs.tops.in.japan/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/iphone3g-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's third iPhone generation has ousted Japan's own phone manufacturers for the top sales spot in the country, according to market data from Gfk Japan. The 32GB iPhone 3GS was the most popular phone in Japan during July and outsold even more advanced touchscreen phones from the local market, such as the runner-up Sharp SH-06. Of the top ten, the 16GB iPhone 3GS was the only other non-Japanese... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/17/iphone.3gs.tops.in.japan/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/iphone.profitable.in.japan/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/softbank.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japan's largest cellphone carriers experienced contrasting performance in the first fiscal quarter, as the leader NTT DoCoMo reported a slide in net profit by 15 percent to Y147.38 billion (~$1.54 billion USD), according to the Wall Street Journal. Softbank, meanwhile, surprised analysts with a 41 percent jump in profit to Y27.38 (~$286 million USD).... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/iphone.profitable.in.japan/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/japan.looks.to.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/iphone3g-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Japanese are turning to Apple's iPhone as a source of ideas for how to rescue their ailing cellphone business, the head of a local think tank said today. Professor Takeshi Natsuno of Keio University told the New York Times that companies like Hitachi, NEC and Sharp have generally been unable to sell phones outside of Japan due to difficult, often highly customized interfaces and that the iPho... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/japan.looks.to.iphone/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/toshiba.tg01.next.week/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/toshibatg01.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba today at last said it will hold a launch event for its TG01 smartphone. The July 9th gathering in London is expected by SlashGear to mark the formal start of sales for the Windows Mobile handset in Europe; it's already on sale in Japan as the NTT DoCoMo PRO T-01A and should be available not just in the UK but Germany, Spain and possibly other countries.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/01/toshiba.tg01.next.week/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/25/tg01.due.in.japan.spain/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/toshibatg01.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Wireless providers NTT DoCoMo and Telefónica on Monday announced that the TG01 full touchscreen handset, Toshiba's first, will launch in their respective markets of Japan and Spain. The Japanese version, called PRO T-01A, will arrive sometime in June, while Spain will get the TG01 in July.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/25/tg01.due.in.japan.spain/ Mon, 25 May 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/21/panasonic.may.use.android/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/panasonicp-07a.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Panasonic late on Wednesday said a real chance exists that it may develop an Android-based phone of its own before the end of its fiscal 2010 year, which ends next March. The company's mobile device director Keisuke Ishii told guests of a press conference for its new phones that Panasonic is "seriously considering" Google's mobile OS. He couldn't provide a timeframe but said the market for open-... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/21/panasonic.may.use.android/ Thu, 21 May 2009 13:15:00 GMT