Triple slider idea from Nokia
Two way slider, allowing to have both, numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard in a mobile phone is nothing new these days.
Sony Ericsson and Nokia tried to patent their take on it recently. Some rumors say that Sony Ericsson P5i may actually feature one, and Samsung already has a two way slider in an officially announced, [...]
Sony Ericsson Z660i Clamshell leaked
There’s a rumor floating around the net about a new Sony Ericsson Z660i metallic clamshell.
First a drawing of SE Z660i appeared on Esato boards and then, what looks like an official press picture for the same handset turned up on a Thai (I think) site SE-Society.
Well, now that we have two independent sources showing pretty [...]
Toshiba Portege G910 & Portege G920 smartphones outed
Toshiba is not that a big player in the cellphone/smartphone business. Still their G900 & G500 Windows mobile handsets are good smartphone sliders with lots of interesting features. And soon they will have one more cool handset to offer.
It’s Toshiba Portege G910 & Portege G920 flip smartphones, that turned up on FCC site [...]
First live Google Android Dream Phone demo
Turns out that some Google YouTube partners where given working Google Android Dreamphone prototypes, under strict non-dislosure agreements.
But one of them decided to break the NDA and show off how the Dreamphone works.
Enjoy worlds first live Google Android Dreamphone demo:
LOL
GResso luxury phone with Black Diamonds
Luxury cellphone maker Gresso keeps churning out more and more expensive handsets. With their first models they were content with African Blackwood and some golden plating on the back. Then came Gresso Avantgarde Sol collection, with the keypad keys made from gold.
But there ain’t no luxury handset out there, that can be made exclusive [...]
Self cleaning displays for your Sony Ericsson Walkman & Cyberhot Phones
The more brighter and colorful the displays on the new mobile phones become, the more often I have to clean them.
A few fingerprints on the screen of my trusty old Nokia 6150 weren’t that much of a problem. But they tend to become annoying pretty soon on a bright and shiny display of LG [...]
Motorola A1600 MOTOMING 2 pops up on Chinese site
MotoMing A1200 smartphone has been quite popular handset in Chinese market. But it’s been over 18 months since this phone was introduced and it’s time to make it better.
Enter Motorola A1600 MOTOMING 2.
Just like with the next generation of it’s popular RAZR 2 series, Moto Ming A1600 will not have any radical design departures. [...]
LG MS25/MS20 Touchscreen phone headed for AT&T?
When I first spotted LG MS25/MS20 full touchscreen smartphone at FCC, I thought it’s just plain old LG KS20 with FCC acronyms mixed up. It’s because of the looks. In pictures LG MS25 looks exactly like LG KS20 and the test model even uses the KS20 like case from Vodafone.
But the deeper [...]
Sprint Samsung Ace i325 phone. Live pics and more details
Information about Sprint Samsung i325 Ace handset had leaked to the net already last week. Apparently Sprint Ace i325 is something like a CDMA or world phone version of AT&T Samsung BlackJack 2.
The details about Samsung Ace i325 were pretty scarce then. They included 1.3 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile [...]
BenQ Siemens SL98 reverse slider shows up on German E-Bay
It’s been a while since we first heard about BenQ Siemens SL98 phone with a novel sliding screen.
BenQ SL98 was clearly an early prototype and with all the financial woes at BenQ Siemens cellphone unit in Germany, I thought that we’ll never see this phone again.
Well, we still may not see finished SL98 [...]