4 July 2009, 8:24 am by: Staska
It is no secret that Sony Ericsson is working on at least one Android phone to be released later this year.
They told us about it themselves. And now the details start trickling out.
The first Sony Ericsson Android smartphone is codenamed “...
3 July 2009, 10:02 am by: Ilinca Nita
It’s been more than a year since Verizon launched the Samsung Glyde, and now it looks like the giant US carrier is getting ready to introduce the Glyde 2.
Like the original Glyde, Samsung Glyde 2 (possible model name: U960) has a touchscreen displa...
3 July 2009, 8:32 am by: Ilinca Nita
Great news for all those who have an iPhone 3G S and want to jailbreak it: a jailbreak for the brand new smartphone has just been released today by an independent developer named George Hotz.
Dubbed purplera1n, the iPhone 3G S jailbreak can be downlo...
3 July 2009, 7:18 am by: Ilinca Nita
Unveiled in March this year, at about the same time with the Samsung i7410 projector phone, the Samsung MBP200 micro-projector is only now available (in Germany at least) – although it was initially slated for a May release.
Measuring 110 x 49 x 19...
3 July 2009, 6:01 am by: Ilinca Nita
The folks over at Facebook have recently announced that Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is close to being completed and thus it will be soon released and available for download (probably via the App Store).
The new version of Facebook for iPhone will obvious...
3 July 2009, 5:30 am by: Staska
Few days ago we told you that Samsung Omnia II is coming this September with WinMo 6.5 preinstalled.
Well, that’s a bit of a wait for those eager fanboys that want to get their hands on this latest and greatest Samsung gadget RIGHT NOW!
Worry not...
3 July 2009, 4:56 am by: Ilinca Nita
Samsung and T-Mobile have announced a new eco phone, dubbed Samsung S3030 Eco and available as of yesterday (July 2) in the Netherlands.
The S3030 Eco is a remake of the Samsung S3030 Tobi slider, which was announced by Sammy back in November 2008 as...
3 July 2009, 3:13 am by: Ilinca Nita
Bell Canada is getting ready to expand its Windows Mobile line-up with the addition of Samsung Link, an unannounced smartphone that features a full QWERTY keyboard.
By the way it looks, the Link might be a modified CDMA version of Samsung C6625 (aka...
3 July 2009, 2:36 am by: Ilinca Nita
Remember that promised Archos Internet Multimedia Tablet (IMT)?
Well, according to Tony Limrick, Managing Director of Archos Northern Europe, the French company will be ready to launch it on September 15.
In fact, Archos readies more than one Android...
2 July 2009, 10:46 am by: Ilinca Nita
The mighty Palm Pre will be announced in the UK next week, as previously reported. And, surprisingly or not, it will be sold exclusively through O2, the carrier that reportedly managed to get exclusivity on the smartphone for several other markets.
A...
2 July 2009, 10:04 am by: Ilinca Nita
Last week, when HTC announced its brand new Hero Android smartphone, the Taiwanese company said nothing about a North American release.
However, it’s highly probable that the Hero will be launched both in the US and in Canada. For this to happen, t...
2 July 2009, 9:13 am by: Ilinca Nita
In December last year, the EU Commission proposed the introduction of a new tax that would have raised the price of navigation-enabled phones with 3.7%, and the price of mobile TV-enabled phones with 14%.
Luckily, Reuters reports that the European Un...
2 July 2009, 7:40 am by: Ilinca Nita
We’ve got two announcements coming from Nokia today, regarding Ovi Maps and Ovi Contacts.
First, Nokia has released the final version of Ovi Maps 3.0 for mobile.
We don’t know what’s new in Ovi Maps 3.0 – other than the fact that it’s not a...
2 July 2009, 7:09 am by: Staska
LG has made some pretty impressive strides in a cellphone market during these last few years. With the demise of Motorola and the problems ailing Sony Ericsson last year, they’ve even managed to become #3 cellphone maker in the world.
And LG doe...
2 July 2009, 6:24 am by: Ilinca Nita
NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s leading mobile carrier, has announced the upcoming availability of a new PayPal-like service that will offer customers an easy and quick way of sending money to other DOCOMO subscribers, via a DOCOMO phone.
The new mobile remitt...
2 July 2009, 4:58 am by: Ilinca Nita
It looks like that rumored Microsoft Pink phone is a real device after all.
According to AdWeek, McCann’s T.A.G. ad agency was selected by Microsoft to create a marketing campaign for the Pink phone.
“Pink” is only a codename for the moment, bu...
2 July 2009, 4:25 am by: Staska
Now that with 3.0 OS iPhone has basically caught up with the traditional smartphones in functionality, it may be time to look how Apple can make the next generation devices even smarter.
We’ve already seen some of the things, like integration bet...
2 July 2009, 2:10 am by: Staska
With Android OS freely available for everyone, some new unknown players are bound to come up with their own Android phones.
Well, we’ve already seen some of them, like DSTL1 from General Mobile, or Kogan Agora. At least in press releases.
Well,...
1 July 2009, 1:05 pm by: Ilinca Nita
As far as we know, Samsung Omnia II i8000 should be launched with Windows Mobile 6.1, with the possibility of being upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5 afterwards.
However, it looks like A1 (aka mobilkom), Austria’s largest mobile operator, will release...
1 July 2009, 11:28 am by: Ilinca Nita
Less than one day after Verizon announced the release date of its BlackBerry Tour 9630, Sprint has now also confirmed (via its Twitter account) that it will launch the new RIM smartphone on July 12 as well – online and through telesales for the b...
1 July 2009, 10:49 am by: Ilinca Nita
If you’re in the UK, wondering when exactly the thin, high-end Toshiba TG01 will be available, hear this: Toshiba is apparently getting ready to launch the WM 6.1 smartphone next week, on July 9, as it sent out invitations for a special event that...
1 July 2009, 9:44 am by: Ilinca Nita
We first saw the GSM version of Palm Pre in February, during MWC 2009, but back then there weren’t any clear details on the smartphone’s availability in Europe.
Sure, the Pre is already on sale in the US, via Sprint, but Palm said nothing yet abo...
1 July 2009, 8:57 am by: Ilinca Nita
Not long after introducing netbooks for consumers, AT&T has now announced that it also offers embedded netbooks and laptops for small businesses.
Coming from top manufacturers like Acer, HP and Panasonic, AT&T’s netbooks and laptops feature...
1 July 2009, 7:48 am by: Ilinca Nita
It’s not clear yet what’s the final, official name of AT&T’s Nokia 6790, but it looks like the smartphone will be called Nokia Surge, instead of Nokia Mako, as previously reported.
The unannounced handset has just appeared in a video previe...
1 July 2009, 7:16 am by: Staska
Big cities in France should be getting some pretty nice mobile broadband speeds pretty soon, thanks to some new developments by their mobile carrier SFR.
SFR today announced that they are upgrading their network to support 14.4 mbps data transfer...
1 July 2009, 7:07 am by: Ilinca Nita
Pantech has unveiled a new touchscreen phone for the Korean market, the IM-U460K, which will be sold under the unusual name of Pantech Love Actually.
The handset has a simple, elegant design, and it comes with pretty-colored changeable back plates.
M...
1 July 2009, 6:06 am by: Ilinca Nita
Although Orange UK offers the HTC Hero for free on select plans, Orange Spain has announced that its Hero will be sold for prices starting at €99 (with a contract agreement and a monthly plan of €29).
The new Android smartphone will be available...
1 July 2009, 4:48 am by: Ilinca Nita
Several months after it was released as a Beta, Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile has now reached the final version, obviously being available for download.
Supporting Windows Mobile Professional and Standard versions 5, 6 and 6.1, Skype 3.0 for WM offers...
1 July 2009, 1:38 am by: Staska
By now, Samsung has tons of full touchscreen handsets on the market, and more are soon to come.
So which one of these will become THE best selling model this year? High end Symbian flagship Omnia HD i8910? 12 megapixel Samsung Pixon 12? “Smart...
30 June 2009, 10:06 pm by: Ilinca Nita
Nokia has announced the availability of Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 (JRT 2.0) for Symbian S60 5th Edition – a new, re-written Java mobile execution environment.
Still in beta, Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 features several enhancements that should “make it m...
30 June 2009, 8:36 am by: Ilinca Nita
Already available in the UK, Samsung Jet S8000 was just launched in Korea too.
The high-end phone will hit Korea in three versions: Samsung W850, Samsung W8500 and Samsung W8550 – which are actually not at all different, but they have different nam...
30 June 2009, 7:25 am by: Ilinca Nita
A few days ago, we’ve heard a rumor saying that Verizon might launch the BlackBerry Tour 9630 on July 12, for $199.99 on contract.
Well, now the largest North American carrier has confirmed that the new RIM smartphone will indeed be available start...
30 June 2009, 6:58 am by: Ilinca Nita
The folks over at Nokia Beta Labs have just announced the availability of “Nokia Messaging – E75 IM Beta”, which can provide a desktop-like Instant Messaging experience on your Nokia smartphone.
Of course, as the name suggests, Nokia Messag...
30 June 2009, 5:44 am by: Ilinca Nita
Nokia has recently launched its Music Store in Poland, which became the 20th country where the online music service is available.
Nokia Music Store offers Polish mobile users a collection of over 4.5 million songs, from both local and international a...
29 June 2009, 3:58 pm by: Ilinca Nita
Following Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG, Nokia will also launch one or more 12MP camera phones.
Well, at least that’s what PhoneReport says, quoting undisclosed sources from Nokia and Carl Zeiss. The first phone with a 12MP camera could be announce...
29 June 2009, 2:00 pm by: Ilinca Nita
Rogers Wireless, Canada’s largest mobile carrier, has just announced the Nokia 7510 – its second new Nokia phone to come this month (after the 5800 XpressMusic).
Known as Nokia 7510 SuperNova in Europe, the handset is a clamshell that was also re...
29 June 2009, 11:59 am by: Ilinca Nita
Exactly ten days after releasing webOS 1.0.3, Palm has now launched the webOS 1.0.4 firmware for the Palm Pre.
Unlike the previous update, WebOS 1.0.4 doesn’t bring enhanced applications, but it “addresses several security issues with Palm webOS...
29 June 2009, 10:56 am by: Ilinca Nita
Sprint has just announced the future availability of Motorola Clutch i465, a rugged iDEN phone that can already be bought via Boost Mobile, on pre-pay.
Sprint’s customers will be able to buy the Clutch i465 starting “this summer”, for as low as...
29 June 2009, 10:07 am by: Ilinca Nita
The world’s first smartphone to use Nvidia’s Tegra chip could be launched as early as the fourth quarter of 2009, believes Mike Rayfield, general manager of Nvidia’s mobile unit.
The Street reports that Samsung and Motorola are likely to ma...
29 June 2009, 8:20 am by: Ilinca Nita
Last time we heard about the GSMA’s universal phone charger project, it was estimated that most phones would use a standard Micro USB charger by 2012.
Now it looks like phones compatible with the new universal charger will be available in Europe as...
29 June 2009, 6:21 am by: Ilinca Nita
Ready for yet another new Philips phone?
Well then, meet the Philips Xenium X630, a good-looking candybar that should be available in the near future (probably in China first).
The X630 doesn’t have 3G connectivity, and most of its features are mid...
29 June 2009, 4:50 am by: Ilinca Nita
Nokia is getting ready to release a Chinese version of Ovi Store, its own application store that was officially announced at the end of May.
Currently available only in five languages (English, Russian, Spanish, Italian and German), Nokia Ovi Store s...
29 June 2009, 3:32 am by: Ilinca Nita
T-Mobile UK isn’t doing well lately and thus its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, is looking for ways to make things better.
One way to solve its problems would be to sell the British carrier. The estimated enterprise value of T-Mobile UK is of ...
28 June 2009, 10:42 pm by: Brad Molen
Picking a rather unusual day to announce new phones, Samsung officially came out with four low-to-mid-range handsets to balance out the recent emphasis the company has had on smartphones (Samsung Jet, for instance).
All of these phones we’ve se...
26 June 2009, 9:21 pm by: Brad Molen
There is a lot of buzz on this here Blackberry Tour phone, and for good reason: almost every CDMA carrier still around is picking it up.
We’ve heard about Telus launching it July 15, and Sprint has mumbled something about “later this summ...
26 June 2009, 8:53 pm by: Brad Molen
We are hearing whispers that Sprint is currently performing internal tests on not one but two Android handsets, and will both be available by next year.
The first handset is rumored to be the HTC Hero, which was announced earlier this week alongside...
26 June 2009, 5:52 am by: Ilinca Nita
Nokia 6790 Mako and Motorola VE440 Cadbury, two unannounced phones, have recently been approved by the Bluetooth SIG (here and here), thus becoming semi-official.
The Nokia 6790 is a Symbian S60 smartphone that will be released by AT&T in the US,...
26 June 2009, 4:43 am by: Ilinca Nita
3 UK may not be among the largest British mobile carriers, but it offers something that many don’t: Skype calling.
The operator has just announced the upcoming availability of Nokia N97 – which is already available in the UK, unlocked.
3’s N97...
25 June 2009, 3:57 pm by: Ilinca Nita
LG might soon ship more 3G handsets worldwide than Samsung, helped by the fast-growing Chinese mobile market.
Currently the world’s third largest phone maker (behind Nokia and Samsung), LG is the only international manufacturer that was selected to...
25 June 2009, 2:29 pm by: Ilinca Nita
Announced by Samsung not long ago, the Omnia II i8000 might hit Verizon Wireless as early as July.
Moreover, it looks like the brand new Windows Mobile smartphone will come to Verizon in a white color version – Samsung has only announced a black on...