#MWC09: Giga-Byte Gsmart S1200 hands-on review and video demo
Taiwanese Giga-byte Communications is another Windows Mobile smartphone manufacturer that came up with it’s own full touchscreen handset at MWC 2009 in Barcelona. It’s called Giga-Byte GSmart S1200. I had a chance to play a bit with this new handset, and I rather liked it. Among many other full touchscreen handsets introduced in Barcelona, I can [...]
Samsung S5600 to come as an affordable touchscreen phone
Among the likes of Omnia HD and Bead DJ, Samsung has also presented the GT-S5600 at MWC 2009 – a handset that, apparently, was ignored by almost everyone. By the looks of it, Samsung S5600 will be launched as an affordable touchscreen phone, hence it might be competing with LG Cookie. Details about the features [...]
New Motorola ROKR phone leaked – E11, E12?
A new Motorola ROKR phone has just appeared in some leaked photos, looking pretty good and casting a ray of light on Moto’s future. The leaked handset doesn’t have a name for the moment. However, it resembles the Motorola E10 Texel, which was first spotted back in the autumn of 2007 but never got the chance to [...]
Huawei Android handsets to be launched via T-Mobile, TIM Brazil
Although Huawei’s first Android-powered smartphone was officially announced last week, the Chinese company gave no details about the carriers that would sell it. Now we’ve got some info saying that Huawei will be launching the smartphone via T-Mobile. According to DigiTimes, the first shipments of Huawei’s Android touchscreen handset will reach T-Mobile in the third [...]
HTC Touch Pro2 confirmed for North America
Officially announced at the same time with the HTC Touch Diamond2, HTC Touch Pro2 seems to be one of the nicest Windows Mobile handsets to come this year. Its elegant case, high-end features and the full QWERTY keyboard will surely appeal to many customers. So it’s no wonder HTC decided to launch the Touch Pro2 [...]
Motorola Ruby VE1 RAZR3 appears in press shots. Back from the dead?
Last time we heard about Motorola Ruby (or RAZR3), the phone was said to be cancelled. Now we’ve got some press shots with it, and we also know that its official name is (or it should have been) Motorola VE1. Moto Ruby VE1 was rumored to run on Symbian UIQ 3, and the interface we [...]
Nokia N86 8MP to hit the UK in July; available for pre-order now
When Nokia officially announced the N86 8MP, it said that the smartphone would be on sale sometime in the second quarter of 2009. But it looks like the UK will be getting it a bit later – in the first month of the third quarter, namely in July. Expansys has just added the N86 8MP [...]
LG Globus TU330 released in Canada, $30 with a Rogers contract
Rogers Wireless has just added a new flip phone to its line-up of products, namely the LG Globus TU330. Targeted at budget-conscious consumers in Canada, the Globus TU330 is a basic handset with 3G connectivity (tri band HSDPA, 850/1900/2100 MHz) and support for services like MusicStore, Radio on Demand and Video on Demand. Furthermore, the [...]
The Hyundai MB-490i Dolphin phone – awesome design, mid-end features
Hyundai is quite a new player in the mobile phone industry, so it should come up with really interesting handsets in order to secure a market share of its own. We’ve seen a few Hyundai phones earlier this year, but they didn’t impress much. Well, that’s not the case with the MB-490i Dolphin, a handset [...]
Carphone Warehouse outs Eco Charger for Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson
The UK seems to be heading towards a much more energy-efficient mobile life. After O2 launched its Universal Charger, now it’s time for Carphone Warehouse to release an Eco Charger. Available for various Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson phones, the Eco Charger costs £22.99 ($33) and it “shuts down” immediately after your handset is charged. [...]
12MP LG camera phone to be launched soon
For the moment, the world only has one officially announced 12 Megapixel camera phone, and that’s Sony Ericsson Idou, which was unveiled in Barcelona, during MWC 2009. We know Samsung also works on a 12MP handset, and now it looks like LG wants to do that too. TechRadar is reporting that Jeremy Newing, head of marketing [...]
Acer to offer free smartphones (on contract) in the US
Being a newcomer in the smartphone market is not easy, and Acer, which has just joined the game, is certainly aware of this. Mainly known for its desktop and laptop computers, the Taiwan-based company is not only trying to debut well in the smartphone industry, but it also wants to “be in the top five [...]
Vertu Constellation Pure phones have ceramic keypads
Vertu, Nokia’s luxury handset subsidiary, doesn’t seem to care about the economic downturn around the world and it keeps on launching uber-expensive mobile phones. Its latest collection is called Vertu Constellation Pure and it includes handsets in four color versions: Pure White, Pure Black, Pure Silver and Pure Chocolate. Only 2,500 units of each color [...]
Sprint to have US exclusivity on Palm Pre until 2010
If you were hoping for the Palm Pre to be released this year via other US carrier than Sprint, it looks like your hopes are in vain. Someone “familiar with the matter” told CNBC that the brand new Palm smartphone will be a US exclusive on Sprint at least until the end of 2009. Of [...]
Verizon to launch the BlackBerry Niagara, netbooks
It looks like Verizon’s line-up of smartphones will soon include not only the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230, but also the BlackBerry Niagara. Coming as a handset smaller than the Bold but larger than the Curve 8900, BlackBerry Niagara is said to feature stuff like EV-DO rev A connectivity, a 480 x 360 pixels display, A-GPS, [...]
Nokia borrows €500 million from EIB for investing in software research, development
Nokia may not look like it would need to borrow money from a bank, but this is just what it will do. The Finnish company announced it has completed a five-year €500 million loan agreement with EIB (the European Investment Bank). The money will be used for financing software R&D (research and development) in order [...]
Cheap Kyocera S1300 and Cricket A100 launched in the US
If you’re in the US and are looking for a new but cheap phone to buy on pre-pay, Cricket’s latest handsets might interest you. Called Kyocera S1300 and Cricket A100, both handsets are simple candybars that can be bought from Cricket for the retail price of only $89.99 each. Not only that the phones have the same price, [...]
LG Versa VX960 official specs, photos and launch date unveiled
You have to agree, Verizon Wireless’ LG Versa VX960 is not a regular touchscreen phone. As a matter of fact, the big V calls it a “runaway favorite for MVP – Most Versatile Phone”. That’s because the handset features a 3D UI which lets you customize up to three different home screens, while at the same [...]
Motorola ZN300 press photos leaked, 3.5mm headset jack spotted
Motorola’s been a bit shy at MWC 2009, so it didn’t come with any new phones – its only attraction being the MotoSurf A3100. But that doesn’t mean the company hasn’t got new handsets which are impatiently waiting to be released, right? And one of those handsets is the multimedia-centric Motorola ZN300 – or MotoZine ZN300 [...]
Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile is here
Only one day after Yahoo unveiled its brand new Yahoo! Mobile for smartphones and Web, Google has also announced that its Google Mobile App is now available for Windows Mobile devices. First of all, the WM app will let you access Google Search faster – with about 50% faster, according to Google, since you don’t [...]