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 Monday, June 6th, 2011.
VIDEO: Motorola Droid 3 / Milestone 3 In Action
The only official details the videos give out are that the Motorola Droid 3 will be packing both a HDMI-out and a micro-USB port, as well as an 8-megapixel camera with an LED flash and Full 1080p HD video shooting. Other purported specs include a 4-inch qHD display, a 1GHz OMAP 4430 CPU, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a front facing camera too.
Pocket-lint
HTC Sales In May Reached $1.42 Billion, More Than Double Last Year’s Total
Taiwan’s premier smartphone maker has once again blown away its performance from the previous year, having informed the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it tallied up T$40.62b ($1.42b) in consolidated sales for May 2011. That’s a neat chunk of change more than April’s T$38.73b and it also comfortably dwarfs last year’s May total of T$18.82b ($656m). There’s no breakdown of what devices are to credit for HTC’s ever-ascending revenues, but if you ask us, its future prosperity looks pretty good with the Sensation, EVO 3D, and a few tablet-shaped things lurking on the horizon.
Engadget
Apple Has Finally Stuck A Dagger Into SMS
As one of the core new features highlighted today in iOS 5, iMessages has one purpose: to kill SMS. That is, traditional carrier-controlled text messages. iMessages will do this by replacing SMS with a service that Apple is in control of across all of their iOS devices. And here’s the real death blow: iMessages will be completely free.
TechCrunch
Apple iCloud Announced For Free, Replaces MobileMe
Steve Jobs took the stage at WWDC 2011 to talk about Apple’s iCloud service: “Keeping these devices in sync is driving us crazy,” Jobs said as he prepared to introduce the major new service. “We’ve got a great solution to this problem. We’re going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device. We’re going to move the digital hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud.” iCloud will store all of your content and automatically push it to all of your devices. It’s integrated with all of your apps, and everything is seamless. MobileMe is out, and iCloud is going to be free — amazing!
BGR
Europe And Japan Collaborate To Develop World’s Most Efficient Photovoltaic Cell
The aim is to reach the world’s highest photoelectric conversion efficiency of at least 45%. The project is expected to cost $15.5 million, with the Japanese side shouldering $8.1 of that sum. Participants from Japan include big names such as Toyota, Sharp, and the University of Tokyo. From Europe, organizations from five different countries (Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, and France) will be contributing.
CrunchGear
