Sony Ericsson Rika in red, new leaked images confirm the Walkman phone
Sony Ericsson fans, a red surprise is coming towards you. An unannounced Walkman phone, codenamed Sony Ericsson Rika, has been spotted in the wild, in a good-looking red color. Another silver edition of the handset is said to exist too, and SE might come with even more colors for the new Walkman phone. I can already see fashion-loving [...]
Microsoft picks on Android and Symbian; Windows Mobile not going the open source way
If, for any reason, you’re thinking that Microsoft might someday offer Windows Mobile licenses for free, just forget about it. WinMo will still be “sold” and not “offered” many years from now. Or at least that’s what Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer says. Despite the arrival of Google’s Android open source platform and the upcoming open [...]
Samsung u430 outed by Verizon
Generally, Samsung clamshells are no Motorola RAZRs, but RAZRs have lost their luster anyway, and Samsung’s are at least half a bit more functional. Just take the recently launched Samsung u430 for Verizon, for example. It may not look pretty, and a little bit boring, as a matter of fact, but all of that should [...]
Nokia to acquire Canada’s Oz Communications
Christmas is early for Canadian company Oz Communications this year, as Nokia has announced its plans to buy the company for a still undisclosed amount. Apparently, Nokia got “attracted by the [Oz Communications'] technology that lets handset users tap into familiar computing programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.” Though Nokia didn’t reveal [...]
LG KP500 – affordable full touchscreen handset
I already speculated that LG has a new interesting strategy to increase it’s mobile marketshare. While other handset makers are focused on cramming the latest bells and whistles into it’s priciest flagships and keep cheaper models a bit neglected, LG takes a different route. Of course, they are still among the first to produce high [...]
Nokia to sell off security appliances business, concentrate on consumers
After nearly two years of struggling in that front, Nokia has decided to sell off its security appliances business to an unnamed financial investor to focus their work on the consumer market. Nokia will allocate more of its time on the development and sales of corporate phones while leaving business segment bigwigs such as Microsoft, [...]
Samsung Delve coming to U.S. Cellular
Samsung can’t keep churning out high-end, 8 megapixel cameraphones like the Pixon M8800 and pretend that everything’s alright. No, they’ve got to cover other market segments, too, including the low-end to mid-range where usability more than form or function is needed. This is probably why they are working on the handset that we’ve got pictured [...]
LG KC780 press photo surfaces – 8 Megapixels of sliding slimness
Remember the 8 Megapixel LG KC780? Sure you do, it was only last week that we uncovered a blurry picture of it. Well, now the handset has become a bit more official, as a press photo with it appeared on the Web, offering us a clearer view over its look. As expected, LG KC780 is [...]
iPhone-fighter Emblaze Edelweiss to come with a 480 x 854 pixels display
Regardless of how tech-savvy you are, there are little chances that you ever heard of Emblaze Mobile. Still, the Israeli company is getting ready to make ridiculous all the previous attempts of building the perfect touchscreen mobile phone. Emblaze is currently working on two handsets, one of them being named Emblaze Edelweiss, like that mountain [...]
SanDisk goes official with its 16GB MicroSDHC and M2 memory cards
Although there are quite a few handsets that support external memory cards of 16GB, until now no one actually released such a card. So it was SanDisk’s job to come up with the world’s first 16GB memory card, and this has just happened today. The famous flash memory products manufacturer announced the future market availability [...]
Samsung channeled iPhone launch envy towards Anycall Haptic 2 launch event
The launch events for both models of the Apple iPhone are no doubt among the best ones in the history of the industry. People lined up for hours on end just to be among the first to own this new and admittedly sexy piece of technology. Everybody seemed happy about it, except for 1) The [...]
Verizon BlackBerry Storm official pics
We all know Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm is coming (I’m looking at you, iPhone), but since it’s not here yet, excitement can only add up until the final release date. And while one is waiting to finally get his hands on his “next” smartphone, be it a BlackBerry or not, it’s always good to have something [...]
Meizu M8 launch date confirmed: December 2008
The original iPhone killer, the Meizu M8, has been confirmed for a Chinese market launch on the first week of December with “complete fanfare” (whatever that means). It will be launched only in the Chinese market initially by electronics manufacturer Geek IT, who will soon release it through their franchise network in India. You almost [...]
BlackBerry Bold coming to NTT DoCoMo in Japan next year
Going on a business trip to Japan in 2009 and thinking of taking a BlackBerry Bold with you? It might be better idea to go with NTT DoCoMo’s local-flavored one, since they’re going to release it there by then anyway. Yes, RIM and NTT DoCoMo have partnered up to bring the all-business, all-the-time BlackBerry Bold [...]
Motorola ZN5 Armani phone in the works. (Update) Probably fake
Samsung is not the only vendor Armani has decided to cooperate with to make an Armani phone this year. It looks like they have persuaded Motorola to ditch their Dolche&Gabana phone partners and make the Armani branded Motorola phone as well. Only, instead of making a new phone, Motorola is planing to put Georgio Armani [...]
Samsung Pixon M8800 touchscreen camera-phone now really official
Well, it took some time since premature reviews of Samsung Pixon M8800 handset has been posted to the Web in Russia, but Samsung finally came through with the official announcement of the phone. Samsung M8800 Pixon is a full touchscreen handset with a very strong focus on it’s photo functionality. Actually the ability to easily [...]
Nokia N82 v30 firmware update now available
Nearly died of envy from seeing your friends update their Nokia N95 and N95 8GB to v30 firmware, while it was unavailable for your Nokia N82? Well, don’t fret, because that same firmware update is now available through the Nokia Software Updater. The update is a good 116.1 MB worth of changes, including similar improvements [...]
EVDO iPhone coming to Verizon in 2009?
The iPhone then, and the iPhone 3G now, were both announced and released exclusively under AT&T’s network. A lot of people were not happy about it then, and a lot of people aren’t happy about it now, since most of them are having problems with AT&T’s 3G network. Wouldn’t it be nice if Apple just [...]
Samsung and LG to release Android phones in Q3 2009 at the earliest
In a report about what industry observers are saying about the recently announced T-Mobile Android G1, Telecoms Korea drops word on the soonest possible release date of Android phones from Samsung and LG. While Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. was sharing its thoughts about the T-Mobile G1, saying it was “short of expectations,” it said [...]
Sony Ericsson’s GreenHeart concept phone in the wild
The concept of environment-friendly handsets isn’t new. And Sony Ericsson is actually coming in a little bit late to the party with its GreenHeart Concept, since at least two other handset makers (Nokia and Samsung) have announced their own versions of environment-friendly phones. But as with all good things, the GreenHeart concept deserves a second [...]