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LG aims for #2 spot by 2012, plans new “Black label” iPhone competitor, Prada III phone and extreme premium brand
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 does not plan to stop here. In an interview to Yonhap [...]
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Palm Pre to be exclusively sold by O2 in the UK
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.
According to The Guardian, O2 fought for the GSM Pre with Orange, and eventually won [...]
HTC Hero approved by FCC, AT&T 3G bands included
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, the smartphone first needs the FCC’s approval – and it just got it, with [...]
The European Union drops plans for new cell phone taxes
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 Union dropped the plans for the new taxes, as member countries voted against it today.
Nordic countries, [...]
Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 out of beta; Ovi Contacts now supporting touch phones
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 Beta application anymore. But you can download it from this address and [...]
NTT DOCOMO launches PayPal-like service for mobile phones
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 remittance service will be available starting July 21. It will allow users to remit up to 20,000 [...]
Microsoft selects agency to create ad campaign for the WM7 Pink phone
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, but it’s said that the device behind this codename will feature Windows Mobile 7, high-end [...]
iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications
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 between Mapping and Calendar app in recent Apple patent filings. Some new patent [...]
HighScreen PP5420 – Android phone for Russia
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, here’s another one for you.
HIGHSCREEN PP5420 (now, what a name!…)from Vobis Computer to be [...]