Live photos of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Tube leaked
Though we’ve already seen it in a couple of spy shots before (heck, we already saw it in a movie), we still haven’t really had a good look at Nokia’s upcoming touchscreen phone. Now we can, and confirm that it will be under the Nokia XpressMusic line. The “5800″ model moniker isn’t indicated, though it’s [...]
iPhone Software 2.1 beta tester finds references to copy/paste, mobile radio
As a smartphone, the iPhone has lacked a very important feature ever since it first came out. It doesn’t have copy/paste functionality. Also, as a music player it is kind of flawed by not having a native radio application. Both of these shortcomings might be remedied soon, however, as traces of commands regarding their application [...]
Christian Dior’s Dior Mini walks the FCC runway
If you think you could use a lesson in spending your money wisely, have a look at the recently FCC-approved Dior Mini clamshell phone from Christian Dior. It has all the inner workings of a mid-to-low-end cellphone, doesn’t have an elegant-enough design, and yet the manufacturer looks ready to charge at least a couple thousand [...]
LG announces KP265 music phone in Russia
The mobile phone market is always big enough for another low-end music phone, and LG knows this very well. Which is why they’ve recently launched the LG KP265 phone in Russia, a cutesy little slider phone that’s ready to rock your music anywhere you take it. It offers very basic features in the phone department, [...]
Tag Heuer Meridiist earns FCC seal of approval
Tag Heuer is looking to apply its signature luxurious design in a new mobile phone that’s just been recently approved by the FCC. It’s going to be called the Tag Heuer Meridiist, and if you’re an avid follower of luxury handsets, I’m sure you have already heard of it. The materials used to build the [...]
Android and Symbian will join forces soon, says analyst firm
Somebody just had to say it. Google has been blowing mighty horns about how its open-source Android smartphone OS will blow all its competitors out of the water. Nokia, meanwhile, with Symbian and access to the largest smartphone market share, is surely to make a difference when the first traces of its open-source efforts finally [...]
Nokia N85 NAM version too?
We’ve been hearing bits and pieces of info about upcoming Nokia N85 handset for a while now. Heck, we probably already know what Nokia N85 looks like. Still, the information about Nokia N85 specs or even it’s existence has been pretty scarce so far. And it’s pretty scarce still. But now, thanks to Mobile Royale, [...]
Red iPhone Coming for the Holidays?
The Mac blogs have been all abuzz today about a rumor that Apple will release a red version of the iPhone 3G this holiday season in support of (PRODUCT) RED. This program donates part of the profits to help fight AIDS in Africa, and the addition of the iPhone to the program would certainly help [...]
Sprint to Sell its Towers, Considering Sale of Nextel
Today Sprint-Nextel announced plans to sell nearly all of its cellphone towers to a firm called TowerCo. Such a move will help generate extra cash that may help Sprint recover from its recent financial struggles. The number of towers is near 3300 and will leave Sprint owning a rather small number of towers. This deal [...]
What’s cooking in Samsung R&D labs?
If you look at the number of form factors, phone control elements and variety of mobile handsets themselves, Samsung is probably the most active experimenter in these areas. At least it seems to have the biggest amount of different handsets, in different shapes, form factors and control elements such as optical joystics, touchpads, touchscreens, etc; [...]
Samsung INNOV8 (a.k.a. 8510) announced, gets release date
It appears that Samsung’s 8 megapixel phone – Samung i8510 we told you about couple of weeks ago, will beat Sony Ericsson’s C905, at least in terms of release date. It has been unveiled today during World Cyber Game (WCG) 2008 held in China and from now on will be known as Samsung INNOV8 8510. [...]
S60-powered Samsung i8510 Innov8 makes an appearance in NYC
The last time we heard about it, the Samsung i8510 had been somewhere between vaporware and an unbelievably powerful device, but now this sleek slider looks to give Nokia and all its S60 devices a run for their money under the clever name of Innov8. The 8-megapixel shooter was shown off recently at an event [...]
Sony Ericsson Walkman W902, W595 and W302 video preview and live pictures
As you probably already know, Sony Ericsson announced 3 new Walkman phones yesterday – SE W902, W595 and W302. And they also held a number of launch events around the world for the new handsets. Well, we managed to sneak into one of them and play a little with all three new Walkman phones. Not [...]
LG KF300 Wine phone launched in Japan and Europe
Mobile phone users who frequently squint at the screens of their phones will be glad to learn that LG has just launched the LG-KF300 (a.k.a. Wine Phone) to serve exactly what they need. It comes with relatively large screen displays that allow for better viewing of users from its target market, which is individuals aged [...]
Motorola Ischia EM330 for China approved by FCC
It appears that Motorola either doesn’t have the strength or the resources to pump out great phones like the Motorola ZN5 every month for the rest of their life as a company, so they work on “small stuff” every once in a while. The upcoming Motorola EM330, a.k.a. Ischia, is an example of this, as [...]
Trio of new Sony Ericsson Walkmans – W902, W595 and W302- announced
Today’s the big day for Sony Ericsson. We announced not long ago they were planning on a big July 22 extravaganza related to their Walkman series of phones and we theorized which rumored phones could be leaked. We now have the official information for you! Sony Ericsson today made the W902 “Patti”, W595 “Linda”, and [...]
Samsung i740 officially launched
Few weeks ago we told you that Samsung i740 Windows Mobile 6.1 GPS enabled 2.5G smartphone is coming soon. Well, it didn’t take long for it to get official. At least in Ukraine. Except for the lack of 3G connectivity, Samsung i740 is a pretty cool smartphone. It comes with 3.2 megapixel camera, big 2.8″ [...]
Japanese iPhone 3G takes photos loudly to deter vouyeurs
Apple is being a responsible mobile phone maker as it leaves the camera shutter sound enabled in the iPhone 3G even when in silent mode. This is to stop vouyeurs from taking upskirts and downblouses with spy-like aptitude and further prevent the spread of dirty photos on the Internet. The camera shutter sound on the [...]
Motorola ZN5 coming to T-Mobile in Q4 2008
The 5-megapixel Kodak camera supplemented Motorola ZN5 will be coming to T-Mobile in Q4 2008. The ZN5 is only one of a few new phones to be added to T-Mobile’s handset lineup. As mentioned in earlier reports, the Motorola ZN5 will have features like Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headphone jack, TV-out feature and UMA support. Other than [...]
First screenshots of Nokia’s upcoming S60 Touch UI leaked ui
Care to see how the VGA screens of future touch-based Nokia devices would look like. Here are a few screenshots. While the screenshots don’t really provide more details about the S60 Touch UI, one thing that’s certain is that there will only be minor changes to the existing one. The options look very familiar and [...]