Mio to take on Garmin with own 3.5G GPS-enabled touchscreen handset
Mio Technology, which hails itself as “one of the leading players in the mobile GPS industry,” is said to be working on a new Windows Mobile-powered handset for release in the first quarter of 2009. One of its biggest selling points will no doubt be its GPS capabilities, but much more will be shoehorned into [...]
Skinny phone concept could make for a nice T-Mobile G1 2.0
Don’t you just love the design of the T-Mobile G1? Don’t you? No? I didn’t think so. Let’s face it, the T-Mobile G1 might be a landmark device, considering it’s the very first Android-powered smartphone ever produced, but its design could use a little more sexing up. So while those handsome folks from HTC are [...]
QiGi i6 officially supports both Android and Windows Mobile 6.1
When it comes to mobile phones, China is perhaps best known for its copycat handsets. You know them – looking like the originals but offering fewer features and a built quality that makes them un-recommendable. However, QiGi i6, one of the latest smartphones to come from China, is nothing like that. It’s a quite nicely-designed [...]
BlackBerry Curve 8900 quietly launched by Rogers?
It looks like Canada is getting the BlackBerry Curve 8900 before the US, thanks to Rogers Wireless. The largest Canadian carrier is said to already have units of the new Curve 8900 in stock, ready for the official release. Of course, there’s no word yet on when the official release will happen. However, we do [...]
Quake III Arena now runs on S60 3rd Edition smartphones
Quake III Arena, one of the most popular multiplayer first-person shooter games ever, can now be played on Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones. Not on all of them, unfortunately, but only on those that have a TI OMAP 2420 processor: Nokia E90, Nokia N82 and Nokia N95 8GB. The regular N95 is not included because, [...]
Nokia N85 NAM ships next week
If the North American version of Nokia N96 is too expensive for you, worry not, because Nokia will bring the N85 to the US too. And we all know the N85 is a bit more affordable than the N96. According to Amazon, Nokia N85 NAM will be in stock starting December 6, hence next week. [...]
Motorola RAZR3/Ruby canceled
Back in September we told you that Motorola has been working on a successor to their RAZR line – RAZR3 phone codenamed Ruby. Well, today I have some bad news for anyone who has been waiting to upgrade their current RAZR2s. Do not wait anymore, just look for some other phone instead. Motorola RAZR3/Ruby has [...]
Motorola Alexander and Motorola Attila live pics
We’ve known since early August that Motorola Atila and Alexander touchscreen phones are in the works. And we’ve even some live pics of a working Motorola Attila phone recently. Well, today we have some more live pics for you, courtesy of Chinese site IT168.com: Well, apart from the live pics, there’s no additional info about [...]
iPhone 2.2 Review
As an avid iPhone user, I anxiously await each and every new firmware update Apple offers for it. It does sound quite geeky to say that, but Apple always throws in a bunch of goodies with each update that make the iPhone either easier to use or more fun. Sometimes both. By no means are [...]
MTV 3.4 ‘Non-Stop MTV’ phone launched by ModeLabs
ModeLabs Group, the French manufacturer of tailor-made phones (like the Christian Dior and the Hummer HT1 ones) has announced the availability of MTV 3.4 “Non-Stop MTV” – a new handset designed for youngsters. Coming after the MTV 3.3 phone, which was released in May this year, MTV 3.4 “Non-Stop MTV” obviously offers a set of features that will [...]
LG turns to Formula 1 to market its phones
LG is far from being an unknown brand, yet the South Korean company wants to make even more people aware of its existence and its products. Thus, the company has just become a Global Partner of Formula 1, as well as a Technology Partner of Formula 1. Starting 2009, the collaboration between LG and Formula [...]
Samsung passes 10 million mark in high-res cameraphone sales
If you have any doubts about the general public’s interest in high megapixel cameraphones from Samsung these days, you probably haven’t heard the news yet. Just recently, Samsung has proudly proclaimed that global sales of its high megapixel packing cameraphones have topped 10 million units this year, and that’s a considerable achievement. It wasn’t specified [...]
Nokia Build comes to UK, still for Nokia 7310 Supernova only
I thought Nokia Build was a great idea when I first found out about it. Imagine, designing the exterior of a phone for yourself and afterwards being able to take it home with you. Genius! But then I realized it was only being offered in France, and so I was immediately put off. Fast forward [...]
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic now shipping
Do you hear that? No? No, those aren’t the “winds of change.” Instead, those are Nokia 5800 XpressMusic units, coming your way soon, because Nokia has finally started shipping those highly anticipated and much-awaited things. As earlier reported, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available in markets such as Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, [...]
Nokia to stop selling cellphones in Japan
In reporting about Nokia’s plans to be come an MVNO in Japan a while back, fellow UV writer Ilinca commented that the world’s biggest cellphone maker might have a hard time due to the Japanese cellphone market’s current state of saturation and amount of competition. Well, she won’t have to worry about that anymore, because [...]
New misleading iPhone 3G commercial banned in the UK
We all know that video commercials represent one of the easiest ways for manufacturers to present their products to consumers. But what if a commercial is misleading and presents a product as “the best thing ever” when in fact it is not – should that commercial still be aired on TV? Nope, it shouldn’t. And, [...]
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic launched in Taiwan for $446
Just as we had earlier reported, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has just been officially launched in Taiwan, and will be available for a price of NT$14,900 or about $446 USD. That still isn’t quite the same figure as what Nokia has promised, and it wasn’t specified exactly what factors were taken into account while determining [...]
AT&T Samsung Epix Review
The Samsung Epix was released at roughly the same time as all the other AT&T holiday offerings, so it was pretty easy to lose this particular smartphone in the crowd. And while in many ways it can be considered just another WinMo 6.1 device, it does bring some new stuff to AT&T. This device is [...]
Sony Ericsson T303 Daisy Edition hits the UK
When first announced by Sony Ericsson, sometime back in March 2008, Sony Ericsson T303 didn’t make too much waves, except maybe with its small dimensions and its lightweight case (only 93 grams). The T303 is just an entry-level slider, so in order to make customers really interested, Sony Ericsson has now launched a Daisy Edition [...]
Solar-powered iCharge eco to let you charge your phone in the wild
Have you ever wondered how all those unofficial handsets keep getting leaked in photos that were taken “in the wild?” Let me tell you. First, a sneaky factory worker or someone who “gets around” will manage to acquire a prototype of a particular device, like say, the Motorola Atila, and will sneak it out into [...]