Motorola Inferno to be released soon as Motorola Torch by Verizon?
Motorola Inferno is one of those Moto handsets that leaked at the end of last year with Verizon written all over them.
Now word on the street is that the Inferno will actually be called Motorola Torch. Even more, BGR says that Verizon will begin hardware trials with the Inferno / Torch as early as next [...]
Nokia gets back to Korea. Stupidly
Nokia hasn’t shipped any new phones to Korea since 2003. But now that the WIPI regulation is about to be lifted, the Finnish giant thought it would be a good idea to return to said East-Asia country.
The problem is that, apparently, Nokia’s comeback will be done in a silly way.
The Finns intend to launch the [...]
T-Mobile USA will launch “more G series phones” this year
The fact that a G2 exists is kind of confirmed, thanks to those hands-on pics leaked not long ago. But that doesn’t necessarily mean T-Mobile will release any new G-phone sometime soon, is it?
Well, it actually does mean that – at least now, after some of T-Mobile USA’s plans for 2009 were unveiled by a Fierce Wireless [...]
Samsung S3500, new entry-level slider
One of the newest entry-level phones to come from Samsung is the S3500, a pretty nice slider that doesn’t seem to have a particular target.
For the moment, we have no details about when the handset will be released, but we do know that it should be available in Asia (under the Anycall brand), as well [...]
Confirmed (Almost): Dell Working on Smartphone
The rumors are true. Dell is indeed planning on entering the competitive smartphone market.
Wall Street Journal just broke the news this afternoon that Dell “has had a group of engineers working on the phones for more than a year from an office in the Chicago area.”
They produced prototypes built on Google Inc.’s Android operating [...]
Black and red versions of Nokia E71 now official
The same day when Nokia announced a trio of new classic phones (Nokia 6700, Nokia 6303 and Nokia 2700), the Finnish giant has also officially unveiled the black and red editions of its E71 smartphone. You know, the ones we first saw back in December 2008.
So now Nokia’s Europe website features the E71 in four color [...]
Virgin Mobile will launch the Ocean 2 with Britney Spears
Earlier today, when I saw the title of Virgin Mobile’s latest press release, I said “meh” and moved on – the title speaks about Britney Spears and its Circus tour that’s sponsored by VM. Yeah, so what?
Well, it turns out that the press release has a hidden gem in it.
More exactly, Virgin Mobile unveils precious details [...]
i-mate to present “revolutionary” handset at MWC 2009, possibly with Windows Mobile 6.5
i-mate, the Dubai-based developer of Windows Mobile devices, is reportedly preparing a breakthrough smartphone that will be presented in February, during MWC 2009.
For the moment, there’s little info about the smartphone, but, according to msmobiles, it will be “revolutionary” and “like nothing else”.
This being said, it’s possible that we’ll see a Windows Mobile 6.5 device from [...]
Samsung Propel Pro to hit AT&T sometime soon
AT&T’s Samsung Propel may be a freshly-released handset, but that doesn’t mean the blue and white carrier can’t think of a successor for it.
Successor which is apparently called Samsung Propel Pro. And since the device has such a moniker, it’s only natural for it to come with more features than the original Propel.
Sadly, details about those features [...]
Orange UK debuts PAYG BlackBerry services
Orange has just announced that it will become the first UK mobile operator to offer Pay As You Go BlackBerry Internet services.
Starting early February, the carrier will launch an indigo version of BlackBerry Pearl 8120 on PAYG.
The smartphone costs £145 ($207) and it’s an Orange-exclusive handset – at least in the UK. And, for only [...]