Nokia E75 and E55 officially announced
As expected, Nokia has just gone official with the E75 Eseries smartphone at MWC 2009. Even more, the Finnish manufacturer has also announced a second new Eseries handset, namely the Nokia E55. Both smartphones come with Nokia’s brand new email user interface, as well as with Nokia Messaging pre-installed. Also, the handsets feature A-GPS, Nokia [...]
Palm Pre and the webOS platform will support Flash
Adobe and Palm announced today, during MWC 2009, that the former company has joined the Open Screen Project. And if you don’t know what the Open Screen Project is, we’ll tell you: it’s a broad industry initiative (obviously led by Adobe) committed to providing a rich Internet experience on any device. This will allow Palm [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Memoir release date announced: February 25
T-Mo USA has already officially announced the Samsung Memoir, about ten days ago, but back then it said nothing about the handset’s release date. Well, this tiny detail was just unveiled in Barcelona, at MWC 2009, so now we know that the phone will be on sale starting February 25 2009. In order to better [...]
12MP Sony Ericsson Idou unveiled; Sony Ericsson W995 Hikaru announced too
Well, if it ain’t Samsung, it’s Sony Ericsson: the Swedish-Japanese company has just unveiled its first 12 Megapixel camera phone at MWC 2009, codenamed Sony Ericsson Idou and scheduled to be released sometime in the second half of 2009. The handset is still under development, but we know its 12MP camera will have autofocus, Xenon [...]
Sony Ericsson Reese leaked: swiveling QWERTY handset
Here’s a Sony Ericsson phone that definitely looks unique (at least when compared to the other SE devices): Sony Ericsson Reese. Now, Reese seems to be only a codename, so the phone’s real moniker will probably be different. Anyway, the handset has just appeared over at the Esato forums, in what looks like a SE promo flyer. [...]
Samsung Acme i8910 and M7600 to come as Samsung Omnia HD and Samsung Beat DJ
Acme i8910 and M7600 are two of Samsung’s unannounced handsets that appeared in some leaked photos not too long ago. Both of them will be showcased at MWC 2009 by the South Korean company, but it looks like their official names are not the ones we know. PhoneArena has it that Samsung Acme i8910 will [...]
New Nokia E75 pics – official announcement just around the corner
We’ve seen the Nokia E75 many times until now, in either blurry or high-quality shots, and we even have what seem to be its official specs. So the only thing that’s missing is an official announcement from Nokia, right? Well, it’s very likely for the announcement to come at MWC 2009 (thus on Monday, February 16), [...]
Google Docs spreadsheets now editable from your handset
Those of you who use Google Docs spreadsheets on your mobile phone(s) will probably be happy to find out that the big G has just made things easier for you. And what I mean is that you can, from now on, edit the spreadsheets while on the go. More exactly, Google Docs for mobiles has [...]
Samsung to Unleash DLP Pico Projector Phones at MWC
We hope Samsung’s got a big enough booth at next week’s MWC to cover all the phones that will be shown off there. The I7410 and W7900 will be Samsung’s first to offer a DLP pico projector. The new phones are, in fact, one model that will be sold under different names in different markets. [...]
Motorola QA4, VE66LX and QA1 for AT&T in official pics
Although they’re not officially announced by Moto, Motorola QA4, Motorola QA1 and Motorola VE66LX have just appeared in a set of high-quality, made-for-press images. First of all, we should speak about the QA4, which is a full touchscreen slider with an alphanumeric keypad and a navigation pad à la Nokia. The handset, also known as Motorola [...]
8MP Nokia Nseries smartphone to be launched at MWC 2009
Well what do you know, Nokia might finally announce an 8 Megapixel camera phone, many months after three of its major competitors (Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson) have done it. In a recent article posted at the 2009 Nseries blog, Nokia shows us a picture and mentions that it’s made in Barcelona, “with a Nokia [...]
NAM HTC Touch Cruise with Footprints passes the FCC
A North American version of the brand new HTC Touch Cruise (also known as HTC Touch Cruise with Footprints or HTC Touch Cruise 09) was recently approved by the FCC, meaning that we might see it soon on sale in the US. The NAM Touch Cruise comes with quad-band GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / [...]
White LG Cookie from O2 UK, £99.99 on Pay & Go
O2 UK has just announced that it will offer the LG Cookie KP500 in an exclusive white version, this coming shortly after Orange UK unveiled its (also exclusive) LG Cookie KP501 in pink. O2’s Cookie is not fully covered in white, as it also has a metallic blue rim – but that doesn’t mean it [...]
Reuters confirms Nokia’s app store for MWC 2009
About one week ago, we told you that Nokia might be unveiling its own app store at MWC 2009. Now reports from Reuters are coming in, saying that “two industry sources” have confirmed Nokia’s app store launch. Sure, there are little details about it for now, but it’s good to know that Symbian users will [...]
No 12MP Samsung phone at MWC 2009 after all?
We’ve got some bad news for all those who are hoping Samsung will come with the world’s first 12MP camera phone at MWC 2009: apparently this won’t happen. According to Telecoms Korea, which quotes a source familiar with Sammy’s intentions for MWC, the South Korean manufacturer has no plans to unveil such a monster camera phone [...]
Qualcomm unveils new chipsets, for both high-end and cheap (under $150) smartphones
Qualcomm, the California-based wireless tech developer, announced the upcoming availability of four new mobile chipsets: three of them made for high-end smartphones and one for affordable, under $150 smartphones. The chipsets for high-end handsets are MSM8260, MSM8660 and MSM8270. All of them are HSPA+ and come to offer advanced capabilities, including support for data transfers [...]
Nokia announces six Comes With Music handsets for Singapore; launches Music Stores in Austria, Switzerland
Nokia has been a bit shy in offering phones that feature its Comes With Music service (which lets you download all the music you want for a whole year). But not anymore: the Finnish giant announced that there will be no less than 6 handsets embedded with said service and ready to be released in [...]
LG has solar powered eco-friendly phone too
Samsung’s Blue Earth solar-powered phone maybe among most beautiful eco-friendly gadgets at MWC Barcelona, but it’s main Korean rival – LG’s – isn’t standing still with it’s own environmental initiatives. They’ve got their own solar powered phone and will present it during Mobile world Congress too. LG’s solar powered handset is not such an ambitious undertaking as Samsung’s [...]
Affordable Eee Phone to come under the Garmin-Asus brand
Asus has already confirmed the upcoming release of at least one Eee Phone. But now, after the Taiwanese company and Garmin formed the Garmin-Asus joint venture, things look a bit different. More exactly, the first Eee Phone will come under the Garmin-Asus brand, and not under the Asus one, meaning that it might feature some advanced navigation [...]
Samsung’s Blue Earth phone is both awesome and solar-powered
One of the problems with solar-powered gadgets is that they’re usually not too appealing when it comes to design. But that’s definitely not the case with Samsung’s new (and apparently first) solar-powered mobile phone. Called Samsung Blue Earth, the handset has a rounded case, a large touchscreen display and a solar panel on the back, [...]