UK LG KC550 is LG’s cheapest 5MP cameraphone
Now here’s a deal. A 14.3 mm thin Tri-Band GSM/EDGE handset that rocks a 5 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach autofocus optics. Aside from that, it offers a 240×320 pixel display, A2DP Bluetooth, expandable memory via microSD card, USB connectivity and speakerphone functionality. But how much should you be willing to pay for such a cool [...]
McDonald’s in Japan allows payment through phone, literally
If you’re too busy to cash your checks or just don’t want to carry loose change around, a new service that’s currently being tested in McDonald’s Japan is for you. I’m talking about a new feature in Japanese McDonald’s stores that lets Sony Felica-enabled phone owners order literally with their mobile phones. This new payment [...]
Brando’s Super Grip for iPhone
The iPhone may be an aesthetically appealing device, but we all know how easy it is to drop and damage any device. Now, thanks to Brando’s Super Grip for the iPhone, this will no longer have to be of concern to you. The Super Grip helps protect your iPhone from falls, ensuring a long life [...]
Samsung Steel Slider for Vodafone
Samsung has taken style and steel and combined the best of both worlds to bring mobile users this, the Samsung Steel. A slider phone with brushed metal surfaces and a navpad that looks quite similar to the interactive one found on the Samsung Soul, there is little known on the phone as of yet but [...]
Sony Ericsson G900 review
G900 is a new product from Sony Ericsson built on the UIQ platform. What’s interesting about this model is that it looks very similar to an ordinary cell phone, which is uncommon for smartphones of the company. There’s no QWERTY keyboard or the Jog Dial on the G900; when I gave it to my colleague, [...]
Deutsche Telekom admits to spying on employees
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that it has indeed been spying on its employees with the help of an outside firm that they hired specifically to do the job. The first allegation were pointed out by Spiegel magazine, and DT has admitted to doing the claims, tracking hundreds of thousands of phone calls made by [...]
AT&T Now Offering Prorated ETFs
In a very quiet move, AT&T Mobility followed Verizon’s footsteps by officially offering prorated cancellation fees today. This means that the further customers are through their contract the less they have to pay to get out of it. This is another large step for wireless providers as Congress aims to put a stop to contracts [...]
India’s Bharti Airtel to Africa’s MTN: No, thanks.
Bharti Airtel, the biggest telecom operator in India, has now officially walked away from merger talks with MTN, a South African mobile firm who is also a big shot in its local mobile industry itself. The reason given by Bharti Airtel is that MTN’s proposal was “completely unacceptable.” Bharti and MTN agreed on an in-principle [...]
Samsung relaunches SGH-F480 as “Tocco”
A week ago, we came to know Samsung’s latest touchscreen phone, the Samsung SGH-F480. Now, we get additional info regarding the same phone, but it’s headed for a different market and it also has a different name. The Samsung F480 is now officially known as the Samsung Tocco, since it was launched in a London [...]
AT&T now offering low-end Pantech Breeze
Not all disposable phones are created equal. Sometimes, such things come in more believable, although still rock bottom prices. The Pantech Breeze is an example of such a thing, and it is now available from AT&T. While Pantech says that the Breeze is a “breakthrough in intuitive cell phone design,” I think I’d rather stick [...]
LG KF750 Secret now available from O2 in UK
On the lookout for a new fashionable phone that could possibly last longer than a standard network contract? The LG KF750 Secret just might be the one you’re looking for. It’s the slimmest 5 megapixel phone available in the market right now, and has a host of high end features that you won’t expect to [...]
New Sony Ericsson phones to be released on June 17th?
In just a little over three weeks from now, we could see the launching of a bunch of new phones from Sony Ericsson, the names of which we don’t what, the place of the event we don’t know where, and how this info was found out we don’t know how. What we’re told is that [...]
Sony Ericsson P5i Paris is actually P200? NOT!
Seriously, where do they get these things? I mean, really, UAF Profiles aren’t the easiest things to find on manufacturer’s web sites, you know. Anyway, that’s not what this post is supposed to be about. This post is supposed to be about how the Sony Ericsson P5i, which practically every technology news journalist out there [...]
Wi-Fi Palm Treo 850 specs leaked
I hate to say it, but, I told you so! The Palm Treo 850, with codename “Skywriter,” is now good as “naked” thanks to a diligent tipster of TamsPPC. Now, it has been confirmed that this new Palm will indeed have Wi-Fi built-in, and it’ll run on Windows Mobile Pro 6.1. The tipster even gave [...]
Sony Ericsson G900 live pics with box, camera showdown with K850
While we’re waiting for the Sony Ericsson G900′s official launch and release date, let’s have a gander at what lies inside the box that will bear it once it finally arrives in stores. The G900 itself is a new type of handset for SE, just like how the Xperia X1 is a new type of [...]
Nokia N78 now available, only in Finland
Both the Cocoa Brown and Pearl White versions of the Nokia N78 are available now in Finland courtesy of an online store called Verkkokauppa.com. According to the site, they received more than 25 pieces of the Nokia N78 last Friday, of which 17 have already been ordered. “Vapaana 10 kpl.” gives us “Vacancies 10 pcs. [...]
Nokia E71 live pics and hands on
Shortly after the release of the Nokia’s E71′s first official press photos with the E66, BGR publishes sort of a lightning review with a nice little gallery comparing the QWERTY-toting smartphone with the iPhone and N95 8GB. That’s right, no sooner than when we had first blogged about the distinct possibility of a launch date [...]
First official press photos Nokia E66 and E71
Sure, we’ve already seen an awful lot of the Nokia E71 and E66 through leaked spy photos, but we have yet to hear an official announcement from Nokia yet, and so we haven’t seen any official press pics as well. That’s what we’re going to give you tonight, a first look at the Nokia E66 [...]
India’s Videocon “likely” to buy Motorola’s handset division
“Wait, didn’t Motorola sell out already months ago?” That’s exactly what I said to myself when I first found out about this news story, where India’s Videocon is identified to as already being in initial stage talks with Motorola regarding a much-needed sellout. Group CMD Venugopal Dhoot says, “The talks with Motorola are at very [...]
Hop-On offers HOP1800, $10 GSM/GPRS disposable phone
With the help of highly advanced alien technology, Hop-on, Inc. has released a so-called “Anti-iPhone” Spartan phone called the HOP1800, which is capable of making calls with over 40 domestic wireless carriers. It’s the company’s take on a disposable phone, and with its method it has done it quite nicely, albeit it takes away some [...]