Sprint treats its customers with the Premier loyalty program
“Loyalty pays”, says Sprint in its latest press release announcing the Sprint Premier program, which is meant to offer unique advantages and rewards to loyal customers. Those who have been Sprint wireless customers for more than 10 years are the first who qualify for the Sprint Premier program. You’re also eligible if, for three consecutive [...]
Acer DX900 – rebranded E-Ten handset
Acer is still probably keeping most of it’s newly developed “…exciting range of easy to use devices Smart Handheld devices…” under wraps, in the hope that nothing will leak and ruin the surprise on Feb 16th. But some things are starting to leak out already, even if it’s only E-Ten Glofiish handsets, only with some [...]
8 new Samsung phones leaked – S5050, C5212, S3310 and E2210 included
MWC 2009 will debut in less than two weeks, and it looks like Samsung is getting ready to be the show’s main attraction. Apart from planning to unveil the world’s first 12MP camera phone, the South Korean company might also come with at least other eight new handsets, which all appeared today on the Web [...]
Palm Centro outed by Bell in Canada, $49.95 on contract
Right on schedule, Bell Canada has just released the Palm Centro smartphone, one of Palm’s most popular and affordable devices ever. The second largest Canadian carrier is offering the Centro in a black/grey version, for as low as $49.95 (with a 3-yr contract agreement, of course). That’s similar to the price of Samsung Instinct, if [...]
Virgin Mobile’s Helio Ocean 2 will debut on February 12 for $149
Shortly after officially confirming the upcoming release of Helio Ocean 2, Virgin Mobile USA has now unveiled the handset’s launch date, price and features. Although it comes with a similar dual-sliding design, the Ocean 2 is slimmer than the first generation Ocean – which was outed about two years ago, when Helio was still an independent [...]
Motorola Stature i9 announced, Sprint and Boost will release it soon
Motorola i9, a handset that we’ve seen several times before, has finally gone official, under the full name of Motorola Stature i9. Touted as the thinnest iDEN flip phone (15 mm), the i9 will be available via Boost Mobile by the end of February, with Sprint getting it shortly after that. Boost Mobile will sell [...]
Sony Ericsson Gaming Phones Debut at Carphone Warehouse
If you’re looking for a phone that’s specifically made to include a lot of games, now is the time to buy. Carphone Warehouse announced that two exclusive gaming phones will be going on sale starting today. CPW is planning on selling theW910 Exclusive Gaming Edition and motion-sensitive F305. The W910 comes pre-loaded with such games [...]
Adobe now works with Apple to bring us Flash for iPhone
Adobe is working to offer Flash support for the iPhone since last year, but it’s only now that the company has teamed-up with Apple itself, in order to make the best out of its efforts. Interviewed by Bloomberg, Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen admits that developing a Flash edition especially for the iPhone is “a hard technical challenge”. [...]
Nokia pushes spying law in Finland, threatens to leave the country if it’s not approved
Obviously concerned about secrets that may easily fly off its facilities and R&D centers, Nokia wants to monitor its employees’ email in Finland. In order to do that, it needs the approval of a law referred to as “Lex Nokia”. But since spying on people’s email is not exactly a constitutional thing to do, the [...]
Samsung Omnia 16GB, Samsung Android Phone and more leaks
Well, it looks that today is Samsung leak day. Just few hours ago we reported that there’s a new Samsung 12 megapixel handset and probably 8 mpx handset with 3x optical zoom coming out at MWC 2009 in Barcelona. Now the Dutch site GSM Helpdesk, which has been spot on many previous Samsung leaks confirms it. And adds [...]
Samsung B5702, another dual-SIM handset
It looks like Samsung really loves dual-SIM phones, since it’s getting ready to release a new one – the fifth, apparently. The phone in question is Samsung B5702 and, judging from the image appeared at Techblog.gr, it’s a slider that won’t bring too many high-end features. And it almost certainly won’t have a touchscreen display, like the [...]
Samsung to present the world’s first 12MP phone at MWC 2009
Samsung was the first manufacturer to release an 8MP camera phone (the Innov8, outed one month before Sony Ericsson’s C905), and it looks like it will also be the first to announce and launch a 12MP handset. Telecoms Korea says that, according to another Korean publication, the world’s first 12 Megapixel camera phone will be [...]