Pelago Whrrl and iControl, first iPhone iFunded apps
Although we are yet to see anything to come forth from the BlackBerry Partners Fund, the Apple iFund takes a different path, and the first two apps to receive funding from it have already been announced. There are two of them; one is a location-based app like many before it, called Whrrl, and the other [...]
HTC Touch Pro as T-Mobile MDA Vario IV full specs released
Well, what do you know? Hot on the heels of its flashier big sister, the HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro (a. k. a. Raphael) is now known by the name MDA Vario IV, and its full spec sheet has been revealed and made available for all to see. Its availability is listed as [...]
30 cities in Morocco getting mobile TV by next year
Not to be left behind by our mobile TV loving brethren from Switzerland, Moroccan cities will be getting Mobile TV from now on up to next year. Rabat and Casablanca are the two points where this new service will start, and eight additional cities will be getting the service before 2008 ends. And as if [...]
Jabra JX20 Pura coming to UK in June
If you’re talkative, fashionable, and rich (in that order), Jabra’s titanium JX20 Pura might be a welcome addition to your daily shopping list. After all, Bluetooth headsets are very helpful little tools, allowing one to drive carelessly in any road because they don’t have to worry about holding a phone in one hand, right? The [...]
First photo of Helio Ocean 2?
Another curious handset that a lot of people are eager to see is Helio’s second gen Ocean phone, which is also known as the OZ2. Well, here it is, in all its miniscule, sliding, black glory. A QWERTY keyboard of sorts will be part of the Helio OZ2′s final form factor, and with it is [...]
White 3G iPhone in the wild?
The very first so-called iPhone 2 pics that we laid our eyes on showed us a very black device, but the latest live spy shots of Apple’s much blogged about mobile phone comes in white. That’s right, the 3G iPhone, as seen in these photos, will come in white, as indicated in our earlier post [...]
Vodacom Launches HSUPA Service in South Africa
Now that our daily obligatory 3G iPhone rumor post is already finished, it’s time to get back to some real wireless news reporting. Vodacom in South Africa has just recently announced the launch of its High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) service, which is to be made available countrywide immediately. Alan Knott-Craig, Chief Executive Officer [...]
3G iPhone really coming in 3 different colors?
We’ve heard of this before, haven’t we? The 3G iPhone in 3 new colors? We’re getting a refreshed version of this old rumor right now, only this time, the specifics don’t quite match with that of the last time. If you recall, there was a slip in a Swisscom forum in the past that told [...]
Sony Ericsson Ducati Z770 phone comes to Italy
Well, it looks like the trend of branding mobile handsets with luxury car outfits has a new player. Following Motorola-Ferrari and Asus-Lamborghini partnerships, Sony Ericsson has decided to launch a luxury auto phone of it’s own. Only instead of the car makers, SE is turning to a luxury bike maker – Ducati. Sony Ericsson Ducati [...]
Sharp & Disney reveal the Cinderella phone
Forget the Japanese kids. My wife would love one of these. Except for the Cinderella theme for the phone interface and the fact that this can work on Softbank’s Disney Mobility service, there’s nothing remotely Disney about this sleek and sexy clamshell, which any style-conscious teenager would love to carry around. Manufactured by Sharp, the [...]
Samsung L870 Symbian S60 smartphone officially announced
We told you about the upcoming Samsung L870 Symbian S60 smartphone more then a month ago. And it seems that we were wrong about L870 getting an interact pad and a Soul facelift. I guess mobile.cz had some other Samsung slider there. Samsung did not wait for a number of tradeshows happening next month in [...]
Gresso’s White Diamond Collection for the affluent
If expensive cars and decked-up gadgets fit your lifestyle, Gresso has just the thing for you. Latest in their long line of luxury cell phones, the new Avantgarde White Diamond collection consists of two phones each in a class of its own. We have already seen the Luna and Sol collections, in addition to the [...]
Samsung ditches Qualcomm for Infineon chipsets
Only Samsung knows the real story behind its recent move to acquire more chipsets from Germany’s Infineon Technologies, but it looks like the Samsung-Infineon relationship is only going to get stronger, if only for now. Before Infineon, Samsung’s chipset needs used to be serviced by US-based Qualcomm. But Samsung suddenly decided in April that Qualcomm [...]
19 new handsets from NTT DoCoMo include LG Wine, Nokia NM706i
OK, so now we’re aware, aside from the LG KF300 Wine, NTT DoCoMo is also going to release 17 other phones and a so-called Nokia NM706i. These phones all look good in themselves. And the spec sheets assure us that any user enticed into getting such phones will be getting their daily multimedia needs filled [...]
NTT DoCoMo, KT Freetel to Jointly Procure LG Wine
While their supposed plan to jointly launch the Apple iPhone in Japan and Korea has not yet come to fruition, NTT DoCoMo and KTT Freetel resort to LG and the 3G KF300, which is also known as the LG Wine. An announcement was made today, with the two companies saying that they will jointly procure [...]
TeliaSonera to bring iPhone in Nordic and Baltic markets
A deal between Apple and Teliasonera that was announced today tells us that eager customers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are going to get some official iPhone lovin’ “later this year.” The above mentioned countries all belong to the Nordic and Baltic markets, but other regions such as Spain, Russia, and [...]
Earthscape Mobile, just like Google Earth, but for iPhone
Ever wondered how Google Earth would look and feel like on your iPhone? Well, wonder no more, because a Boulder-based company called Earthscape is looking to do just that with their application called the Earthscape Mobile. Frank Taylor over at Google Earth Blog was fortunate enough to spend some quality time with this Google Earth-like [...]
Samsung i780 review
Samsung i780 can be considered the first communicator of the company with a full QWERTY keyboard, as its predecessors such as i320 and i600 were built on Windows Mobile 5 smartphone platform and aren’t considered communicator phones. Samsung SGH-i780, unlike the two previous models, also has a touchscreen, which coupled with its QWERTY keyboard gives [...]
Microvision confirms picoprojectors this year
Matt Nichols, a spokesman of Microvision (a maker of display and imaging products) has announced that the first picoprojectors will be commercially released towards the end of 2008. We already wrote about the Pico chip from Texas Instruments that powers these cool devices and the upcoming 3M projectors in Samsung phones, if you recall. The [...]
Nokia 7310 Classic first official photo
The Nokia 7310 Classic looks like a cross between Nokia’s steely 6300 and 6233. But you can bet it’ll be showing off more features, being a new model and all. From what we can tell you, the Nokia 7310 Classic is a S40 powered phone, which is to say you won’t be needing this if [...]