Wireless News

Motorola and Verizon Wireless went all official this week with the new Droid handset. The device is very cool looking and has a nice large 3.7-inch 854 x 480 capacitive touchscreen. The handset will hit on November 6 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.

AT&T put the HTC Tilt 2 up for sale at $299.99. The second Windows Mobile 6.5 handset to be offered by AT&T after the Pure, the Tilt2 is available on a 2-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate or $499.99 contract free.

KDDI used the CEATEC conference in Tokyo as a platform to show off its updated prototype methanol fuel cell-powered mobile phone. In addition to the methanol, the fuel cell includes a lithium ion battery to help the unit deal with surges in energy use.

The battery is optimized to offer users 320 hours of power, a significant increase over current standard battery capacities. Of course the main benefit of such a power source is that the methanol can instantly be refilled (as shown in the photo above) rather than waiting for a power outlet to gradually recharge your mobile phone. KDDI hopes to have a sellable version of this technology on the market within the next few years.

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T-Mobile USA’s next major BlackBerry release is the BlackBerry “Bold 9700,” or Onyx, and it will be the U.S. carrier’s very first 3G BlackBerry smartphone.

Mobile blog BoyGeniusReport leaked what it claims are technical specifications on the Bold 9700 “Onyx” late last month, as follows:

• -Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• -UMTS/HSDPA
• -480×360 resolution display (Bold 9000 has a 480 x 320; 9700 display should be the same or very similar to the screen on the Curve 8900)
• -Wi-Fi a,b,g
• -OS 5.0
• -QWERTY keyboard
• -3.2 megapixel AF camera
• -Bluetooth

The device will also support UMA, or Wi-Fi calling, as part of T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home service.

T-Mobile will be getting the 9700 on November 11 according to reports.

Dymo has announced a new application for business users that have Windows Mobile phones with a 2MP camera inside.

The app is called Dymo CardScan Mobile and allows the user to snap a picture of a business card and the app automatically places all the content from the card into the contacts database of the mobile phone. This all happens without the need for a card scanner.

The application works only with  phones running Windows Mobile OS 6+ and with 2MP camera or more with autofocus. The application is available now for $14.99 and should be a fantastic help for the business user who collects lots of business cards.