Nokia on track to closing Symbian deal by year-end
Nokia’s 264 million euro offer to buy Symbian is on track, says chief development officer Mary McDowell, and should be in wrap-up mode by this year’s end. The offer to acquire the last remaining shares of Symbian that still weren’t theirs was made by Nokia back in June. Since then, a number of other electronic [...]
Samsung BizBee – a new range of business phones for Europe
Samsung is getting more and more involved into the smartphone market, and a clear proof of this is its newly announced range of business handsets, called Samsung BizBee. And while it might sound like it should designate a line-up of products for kids, Samsung is targeting the new range at “busy executives, who require a business [...]
Sony Ericsson launches new panels for Xperia X1: Facebook and Windows Live
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 current or future owners should be happy to find out that SE has just released new panels for the unique Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone. Two of the panels are created in collaboration with Facebook and Microsoft Windows Live. In consequence, they offer access to said services, for all the users [...]
Samsung Omnia officially launched by Verizon – yours for $250 starting tomorrow
Everyone knew the Samsung Omnia was coming to Verizon, and now it’s finally official: the giant US CDMA carrier has announced that the high-end Windows Mobile 6.1 handset will be available for purchase starting tomorrow, online and in its business sales channels. Starting December 8, Samsung Omnia will make its appearance in all of Verizon’s [...]
Motorola Hint QA30 now official, a true social messaging phone
Just yesterday we were telling you about a weird-shaped Motorola phone, called MOTO QA30 and coming as the first QWERTY slider built by the American company. Today, the phone was officially announced, under the full name of Motorola Hint QA30. The handset is presented by Moto as a social messaging one. And it’s no wonder, [...]
Hugo Boss Samsung F480 phone is coming for Christmas
The list of the fashion houses getting a new mobile phone for their name brands just got the new entrant. Following in the footsteps of Prada and Giorgio Armani, Hugo Boss is getting their own branded handset. And just like Giorgio Armani, Hugo Boss decided to team up with Samsung. Only instead of designing the [...]
Opera Mini 4.2 out of beta, available for Android and Samsung Instinct too
After only two weeks since it released the beta version, Opera has now outed the final edition of Opera Mini 4.2. Besides bringing several improvements, the release also marks the mobile browser’s official availability for Google’s Android platform (T-Mobile G1 users should be happy), as well as for Sprint’s Samsung Instinct touchscreen phone. Opera says [...]
Nokia officially announces 6260 slide with 5MP camera, AGPS, and Series 40 inside
Reusing yet another old model number designation, Nokia has officially announced a new feature-rich handset running Series 40. Called the Nokia 6260 Slide, this fine-looking slider phone boasts a 5-megapixel camera, the latest 3G technology with support for HSUPA and HSDPA networks, and built-in Wi-Fi for fast Internet connectivity. The Nokia 6260 Slide also comes [...]
Google Mobile Help Forum launched to answer user questions fast
Google’s catalogue of mobile products has gotten bigger than ever, and the amount of user questions the Google Mobile team fields every day must be in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. I imagine having to face the difficult task of helping each and every single Google Mobile product user out of his or [...]
TiVo launches mobile web site
TiVo has been on a deal-cutting and service-launching spree lately. Their latest move? Launching a new mobile web site in beta that lets subscribers search for and record TV shows using only their cellphones. The new mobile phone-optimized web site is called TiVo Mobile, and anyone with an Internet-enabled phone will be able to access [...]
Nokia E75 live pics leaked, again
We haven’t heard much about what’s next for Nokia’s business smartphones, and aside from the recently announced Nokia E63, there doesn’t seem to be any other models coming up in the horizon. Except for the Nokia E75, that is. First uncovered in an advert with another unofficial handset that’s yet to be announced, the Nokia [...]
Sonim XP3 launched in the UK – Vodafone to give it for free before Christmas
Sonim XP3, the successor of XP1, presented as one of the toughest GSM phones in the world, is now available for purchase in the UK. The handset is being sold unlocked, for £209 (+ VAT). You can find it here, in three color versions: black, grey and yellow. It’s said that, just before Christmas, Vodafone [...]
Apple sued for iPhone’s web-surfing capabilities
The iPhone’s mobile Safari web browser is the best I’ve ever seen on a handset. When it comes to browsing the Web on the go, nothing beats the iPhone’s double-click or pinch-out to zoom in, pinch-in to zoom out, built-in Google search box and lightning fast rendering. Not to mention the fact that it renders [...]
Pantech Duo 2 clears FCC
The still unannounced follow-up to the original dual keyboard-packing Pantech Duo has just been approved by the FCC. It came black as can be expected from a Pantech Duo phone, and throws a rather small amount of innovation to the table as far as features are concerned. For what appears to be a small handset, [...]
Motorola Attila shows up in the wild
Slowly but surely, Motorola is easing away from the tired design of the old RAZR and looks ready to try something new. Their first QWERTY slider could be launching soon, in the form of the Motorola QA30, and now we find that the Motorola Attila, too, takes on a new approach in design. If these [...]
Infineon Technologies introduces cheaper and yet more efficient mobile phone chips
With its eyes on the basic, ultra low cost handset segment, Infineon Technologies has introduced a new set of mobile phone chips that not only optimize system performance five times, but also reduce the Bill-of-materials by almost 10 per cent. The new chip, called the X-GOLD 102, is billed as a single-chip solution for mobile [...]
Porsche Design P’9522 gloriously passes through FCC, sans 3G though
The elegant Porsche Design P’9522, first spotted about two months ago, has now been approved by the FCC, thus it’s ready to begin its US adventure. Theoretically, at least. As reported when the handset came out, the P’9522 does not feature 3G connectivity, relying only on a quad band GSM radio with GPRS and EDGE. [...]
HTC expects to ship 1 million G1′s and 3 million Touch Diamonds
While it may be tough times for smartphone makers worldwide, HTC has raised its shipment forecasts for the T-Mobile G1 and Windows-powered Touch Diamond, putting shipment volumes of both in the millionth range by the end of 2008. In a statement that HTC CEO Peter Chou made on November 21, it is said that the [...]
MOTO QA30 leaked: Motorola’s first QWERTY slider
Why look what we have here: MOTO QA30, the very first Motorola slider that features a full QWERTY keyboard. The QA30 has a pretty weird form factor, somehow resembling AT&T’s Samsung Propel. Unlike the Propel, however, which is a GSM phone, MOTO QA30 is a CDMA one that, according to the images found at Howard [...]
Asus to go toe to toe with HTC in 2009 Android smartphone race
The features and exact release date of the first Android-powered Asus smartphone could be anyone’s guess for now, but one thing’s for sure: it is in the works. With their roughly 800-person R&D staff, Asus aims to hit the smartphone scene next year with at least Android, and also Windows Mobile. And if a recent [...]