AT&T’s rugged Motorola Tundra VA76r now official, out on January 13
Apart from unveiling the MOTOSURF A3100 and MOTO W233 Renew, Motorola has also announced, today, the release date of Motorola Tundra VA76r for AT&T. So if you’re in need of a new rugged clamshell from the largest North American carrier, you should know that the VA76r will be available starting January 13. The phone’s price [...]
Motorola announces MOTOSURF A3100 and MOTO W233 Renew
Big day today for Motorola: the American company has just announced two new phones, one of which is the full-touchscreen device previously known as Motorola Attila. The final name of Attila is MOTOSURF A3100. Sure, we knew about the A3100 part before, but now it’s all official. Motorola presents the MOTOSURF as a “touch tablet”, saying [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a now available in some stores across the US
After a one-month delay, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a can finally be bought in the US, thanks to Sony Style. The official Sony US store has the high-end Windows Mobile smartphone in stock, not only online, but also in some of its retail locations. The online price of Xperia X1a is of $799, but WMExperts says the [...]
Quickoffice launches MobileFiles Pro, the first editable office app for iPhone
Quickoffice, the US-based mobile software developer, announced the availability of MobileFiles Pro, which is said to be the first editable office application built for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. The new software comes with enhanced editing and saving options for Microsoft Office Excel documents in the .xls format. The application also brings Wi-Fi file transfers [...]
Paid Android apps confirmed for this month
Although, for the moment, T-Mobile G1 is the only available smartphone to run on Google’s Android OS, the open source mobile platform has already gained a cult following. Android Market, the place where you can find all kinds of apps for Android, is also highly popular, so it’s no wonder that Google wants to introduce [...]
Samsung sold over 10 million touchscreen phones in 2008
Last year, Samsung bragged that had passed the 10-million mark with its high-res cameraphone sales. Those include 8-megapixel phones such as the Samsung Innov8 I8510, as well as the Samsung M8800 Pixon. Today, Samsung makes yet another bold and proud remark, announcing that it has sold well over 10 million touchscreen handsets during 2008. This [...]
Nokia asks operators to filter e-mails to counter Curse of Silence exploit
In response to the recently revealed Curse of Silence bug that affects the majority of Nokia’s S60-based smartphones (S60 3rd Edition FP1 and earlier), Nokia has asked a number of operators to block incoming SMS to users containing lengthy e-mail addresses. This is the closest to an easy fix one can get, because prevention will [...]
NEC announces speech interpretation software for cell phones
NEC, the giant Japanese company that develops mobile devices, semiconductors and many other products, announced that it has readied an automatic speech interpretation software for cell phones. Said software was designed in order to “quickly and accurately provide interpretation of words and phrases commonly associated with travel”. More exactly, it can provide automatic interpretation, from [...]
CDMA Pantech Cupid IM-S390 officially announced
Stop. Smell that? It’s love. Love is in the air. Or at least that’s what Pantech must have been thinking, when it officially announced this: the Pantech Cupid IM-S390. The Pantech Cupid IM-S390 is a new CDMA phone that’s light on the design, but a bit heavy on the features. It might not look like [...]
What’s In My SIS lets users explore SIS files live online
It’s a common thing for hardcore Symbian smartphone users. At one point, you’re bound to think, “What exactly lies inside this .SIS file that I’m about to install?” Right? If you’re that guy (or girl), then this great new utility is for you. It’s not the first, but it’s noteworthy on its own, for it’s [...]
LG sold 5 million Viewty phones; new colors unveiled
LG announced today that, 14 months after its release, the LG Viewty camera phone was sold in more than 5 million units worldwide. 350,000 units were shipped in the company’s homeland, South Korea, while about 4,650,000 units were sold overseas, mostly across Europe and Asia. In addition to announcing these numbers, LG has also unveiled several new [...]
Qualcomm and Pixtronix developing different display technologies to help conserve power on phones
You might have a phone with the most powerful camera, largest touchscreen display, loudest built-in speakers, and brightest flash, but one thing still makes it equal to most other handsets out in the market: its weak battery life. It’s a plague that most handset makers (indeed, most electronic product makers) still face to this day. [...]
Palm’s first Nova-based smartphone to have a large touchscreen and slide-down QWERTY keyboard
I’m sure many of you agree that, save for the Treo Pro, Palm hasn’t released a nicely-designed device in years. Well, CES 2009 is said to be the place where the Sunnyvale company will launch not only the much-anticipated Palm Nova OS, but also a brand new smartphone based on it. According to CrunchGear, the [...]
Verizon and Alltel, Together Forever January 9
If you’re like me, you watch the current Alltel commercials and wonder why it’s still trying to compete against Verizon, the company that bought it out in a $5.9 billion merger. However, as of this weekend the commercials will now (we assume) cease to exist because it was announced this weekend that on January 9 [...]
Apple iPhone 3G Product RED Special Edition and iPhone Air, which one is legit?
How about we forget about the iPhone nano for a minute and think rationally about what’s next for Apple’s iPhone. Here’s the deal: with the iPhone nano, we face diminished screen real estate, as well as less space to keep our hands on the phone (which could lead to a lot of people dropping their [...]
AT&T’s 3G network upgrades cause 2G customers to suffer
A report from Open for Business reveals how AT&T is screwing most of their customers for better 3G network performance. And yet AT&T’s 3G network still can’t satisfy many. 2G signal strength on AT&T’s network has supposedly weakened, following the rollout of AT&T’s 3G network with the introduction of the iPhone 3G last year. This [...]
Motorola W165, another low-end Moto phone
There will always be customers who want cheap, basic mobile phones, thus there must always be manufacturers to produce them. Motorola isn’t ashamed of being one of these manufacturers (why would it?), and the new Motorola W165 phone comes to say I’m right. The handset is a candybar that will probably be targeted to emerging [...]
Silver Sony Ericsson C510 Kate shows a bit of its UI
Previously known as Sony Ericsson Kate, Sony Ericsson C510 was not yet officially announced, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a closer look at it. The Cyber-shot phone was seen until now only in black, but a silver version exists too, since this has just appeared over at Daily Mobile in a set of [...]
China telcos gain the most with approval of 3G licenses
With the approval of next generation 3G networks in China, telcos, as well as equipment makers reaped the most benefit. This milestone has been much-awaited by many in the Chinese mobile industry. So far it has proven to be a good thing for most. Subscibers in China now have the chance to do some quick [...]
Turn your Nokia Internet Tablet into an extra PC screen
Ever felt like using your Nokia Internet Tablet’s 4-inch display as an extra screen for your PC? If your answer to that question is yes, you’re in luck, for a user at the Internet Tablet Talk forums has just put together a short list of instructions. You’re going to need a few pieces of software, [...]