Verizon launches Network Extender device for enhanced indoor wireless coverage
If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer who has problems with indoor wireless reception, the largest North American CDMA carrier has just launched a new product for you. It’s the Verizon Network Extender, a device that should provide a reliable coverage for consumers “who may experience a weaker signal in their homes because of geographic or [...]
Verizon’s LG VX9600 Versa available starting February 22?
That LG VX9600 Versa, which we first saw just a few days ago, might be hitting the US in less than a month. According to a Best Buy document unveiled by BGR, the VX9600 will be released on February 22. Of course, this date can be pushed back, or Verizon could even decide to out the handset [...]
Sprint announces 8,000 job cuts for the first quarter of the year
After AT&T, which announced 12,000 job cuts back in December, it’s now time for Sprint to face the economic downturn and take actions to reduce its expenses. The third largest North American mobile carrier will lay off around 8,000 people, with most of the jobs being cut before March 31. As a result of the [...]
Sony Ericsson W350 pink edition released
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, more and more phones get to come out in a pink edition (remember Sprint’s Samsung Instinct?). This is the case with Sony Ericsson W350 too, which was just launched in a new Soft Pink version. Although I’m not a big fan of pink handsets, I have to admit [...]
Sony Ericsson F305 Hello Kitty Edition – every little girl’s dream?
Sony Ericsson F305 was seen, right from the beginning, as a phone for teens and preteens. So I guess SE couldn’t have thought about a better special edition for it than a Hello Kitty one. Of course, the Sony Ericsson F305 Hello Kitty Edition will lure much more preteen and teen girls rather than boys, [...]
Former Yahoo exec promises Spotify for mobiles
If you live in Europe, you’re probably familiar with Spotify, the Web-based music streaming program that lets you easily listen to your favorite tracks. Yesterday, Gustav Söderström (former product director and business development director at Yahoo Mobile) announced on his blog that Spotify will be available for mobile phones. Led by Gustav Söderström, the work [...]
UK retailer presents our LG KM900 mockup as a real handset, takes pre-orders
Remember that LG KM900 that we unveiled about two weeks ago? Well, since there was no image available with it, I’ve made a mockup to give you an idea on what the phone might look like (I simply took the KM500 model and blessed it with a bigger display). Right now, there’s still no real [...]
Bell Canada to release the Palm Centro on February 2
Palm Centro may be available in Canada (via Rogers) since last year, but if you’re a customer and a fan of Bell, you can’t buy the smartphone. Well, at least not yet, because the largest CDMA Canadian carrier is getting ready to release the Centro too, on the 2nd of February. For a limited time (right after [...]
Verizon’s LG VX9600 Versa shows its weird face
Verizon Wireless customers, get ready to welcome one of the weirdest handsets you’ve ever seen: LG VX9600 Versa. The device has just appeared in a couple of shots, over at Howard Forums. And, well, it looks more than interesting. At first sight, you could mistake the VX9600 Versa for a normal touchscreen handset (like, say, [...]
1 million Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phones shipped; sales in the UK debuted today
Seen by many as an iPhone competitor, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic doesn’t disappoint when it comes to sales. Nokia has just reported that it shipped the millionth 5800 unit, at about the same time with the handset’s release in the UK. As of today, British mobile users can get their own Nokia 5800 XpressMusic for the [...]
Sony Ericsson C903 Frances unveiled – MWC 2009 should make it official
Not long after we’ve got word of Sony Ericsson C901, we now have another new Cyber-shot phone that’s said to be officially announced at MWC 2009: Sony Ericsson C903. Previously known under the codename Sony Ericsson Frances, the C903 is a slider that looks somewhat like the 8MP C905 Cyber-shot flagship. Unlike the C905, Sony Ericsson C903 [...]
Samsung almost confirms an Android smartphone for the first half of this year
Samsung’s first handset to run on Google’s Android platform might be closer than we think. While until now there have been reports saying the South Korean manufacturer intends to launch an Android smartphone sometime in the third quarter of 2009, it looks like this will happen sooner, namely before mid-2009. PC World quotes Chi Young Cho, [...]
Nokia E75 leaked once again, this time in high-quality shots
Nokia E75, one of the Finns’ unannounced Eseries smartphones, has just appeared in a new set of leaked images. High-quality ones, which let us better see what the handset looks like. Some may like the E75 and some may not, but what’s clear is that, with this smartphone, Nokia will target users who need to [...]
A CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip? Seems so, and Canada could get it in February
When RIM first announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, it only unveiled the existence of its GSM version, much to the frustration of those who use CDMA networks. But worry not, because it looks like there is a CDMA Pearl Flip too. Apparently named BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230, the smartphone is said to be released soon in [...]
Sony Ericsson Walkman phones will feature Vringo’s video ringtone app
Sony Ericsson has signed a global partnership with Vringo, in order to pre-link the latter company’s video ringtone application into all the upcoming Walkman mobile phones. Already available for other Java, Symbian and Windows Mobile handsets, the Vringo video ringtone app is – as its name suggests – an application that allows you to use [...]
HTC Touch Cruise with Footprints officially announced
Presented in Germany as O2 Xda Guide, the new HTC Touch Cruise is now officially announced for the rest of the world too. Yeah, you read well: HTC Touch Cruise – this is the name of HTC’s latest device, although there’s already a Touch Cruise, launched by the Taiwanese company about two years ago. Anyway, [...]
Nokia’s market share shrank to 37% in Q4 2008
Nokia has just published its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008, as well as for the whole (last) year. The Finnish giant sold 113.1 million mobile devices in Q4 2008 - 4% less than in Q3 2008 (117.8 million devices) and 15.3% less than in the fourth quarter of 2007 (133.5 million devices). The [...]
CDMA Palm Treo Pro now available from Sprint
It was no secret that Palm Treo Pro would be released by Sprint at the beginning of this year, and now the day has come: the smartphone’s CDMA version is finally launched. Sprint is selling the handset as “Treo Pro by Palm”, for $249.99. Obviously, to get it at this price, you have to sign [...]
Huawei Android smartphone to be showcased at MWC 2009
As you probably already know, Huawei’s foray into the smartphone market will brings us at least one Android handset. And although this will happen sometime in the second half of 2009, the Shenzhen-based company intends to offer a preview of its first Android smartphone a bit earlier, namely during MWC 2009 (16 – 19 February). [...]
Sony Ericsson C901 and W395 – the official names of Filippa and Yao
Sony Ericsson Filippa and Sony Ericsson Yao are the codenames of two handsets that first came to our attention in October last year. Now we have the phones’ official monikers: Filippa is Sony Ericsson C901, while Yao is Sony Ericsson W395. Sony Ericsson C901 is, obviously, from the Cyber-shot family. It’s a candybar that’s said to [...]