As reported here on Cell Phones Etc. and across the Web, here’s your daily brief on what happened in the world of mobile phones this Friday, June 3rd, 2011.
The 20 Cell Phones Least Likely To Fry Your Brain Dead
The highest SAR score the FCC allows is 1.6 watts per kilogram. (Other countries have different standards.) Yesterday we showed you the 20 cell phones with the highest SAR score. Now we’ll show you the 20 phones with the lowest.
Business Insider
Panasonic Shrinks WiGig For Cellphones, Sets Our Hearts A Flutter
Tri-band WiGig in a laptop? Yawnsville. Now, put that 60GHz connection in a high-end smartphone and we’re all ears (and sweaty palms). Panasonic is the first out the gate with a 802.11ad compatible chip for mobile devices and, despite its head-spinning multi-gigabit speeds, the company’s creation draws less that 1W of power. It’ll be sometime before WiGig makes its way into your Droid or iPhone, but when it does you can look forward to wirelessly syncing entire seasons of Good Eats (in 1080p, of course) to your phone in mere minutes.
Engadget
Report: iPhone 4 Given More Shelf Space In Q1 2011 Than Any Other Smartphone
Strategy Analytics’ latest SpecTRAX report shows the iPhone 4 16GB occupied more shelf space in Q1 2011 than any other device. The stats are based on 140 mobile operators worldwide of which 68 have the iPhone 4 in their portfolio. This number does not include sales, simply what carriers were putting on the floor. Strategy Analytics stated that “carriers are giving preference to style over substance” and that the iPhone 4 knocked RIM’s BlackBerry Bold 9700 out of the top spot.
MobileSyrup
BlackBerry Bold 9900 Won’t Launch Until September
We have confirmed with multiple sources that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 won’t be launching until September globally. While an announcement at BlackBerry World was inevitable, it still hurts to see RIM struggle to get devices out the door swiftly. RIM announced that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 would be available in the “summer” from carrier’s globally when the product was unveiled at BlackBerry World.
BGR
Rogers Intros New Promo Plans For Small Businesses With 6GB Of Data
Rogers has created a new promo that’s directly for small business customers. Depending on which plans you look at (either $85 or $95 per month) it includes 6GB data/month, a whack load of minutes, Unlimited evenings and weekends starting at 6PM, Unlimited incoming texts, Unlimited North American long distance… you’ll need to sign up on a 3-year and the we’re told it’s on until June 30th.
MobileSyrup
