Foxconn forms Android R&D team, possibly for Motorola’s future smartphones
Foxconn, one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers, has reportedly established an Android research and development team, with the obvious intention to produce smartphones based on Google’s open source platform. I’m sure you’ve already heard of Foxconn, but, in case you haven’t, you should know the company manufactures products that reach the market under famous [...]
HP may choose Android over Windows for some of its Netbooks
Hewlett-Packard, the largest computer maker in the world, could soon come with Netbooks based on Android. According to The Wall Street Journal, a team of HP programmers is currently testing Google’s versatile platform “for a potential Netbook”. Nothing is decided yet, but if the company indeed launches one or more Android-based Netbooks, this will indirectly [...]
Sanyo SCP-2700 and LG Lotus in red announced by Sprint
Today, Sprint has unveiled two new messaging phones that will be launched later this spring: the Sanyo SCP-2700 and a dark red version of the already-available LG Lotus. The first handset, Sanyo SCP-2700, is a candybar presented by the US carrier as being “stylish and easy-to-use”. It obviously has a full QWERTY keyboard, plus Sprint-exclusive [...]
No agreement between Apple and China Unicom yet
Although there were lots of details pointing to an imminent iPhone 3G release in China, it may still take a while until the smartphone gets to be officially introduced in the world’s largest mobile market. According to China Tech News, Chang Xiaobing, China Unicom’s chairman, recently declared that negotiations between the carrier and Apple are [...]
ZTE to become the world’s fifth largest handset maker?
Last time we checked, the world’s first five handset manufacturers were Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola. But this above is the top for the fourth quarter of 2008, and 2009 might bring a new phone maker into the spotlight. That’s ZTE, one of China’s largest telecommunications equipment makers. DigiTimes quotes “market observers in Taiwan” [...]
Orange Vegas touchscreen phone to be launched for only €69 on PAYG
Orange is getting ready to launch a new and highly affordable touchscreen phone, called Orange Vegas. The handset is a dual band GSM/GPRS one that features a 2.4 inch TFT touchscreen display, probably with a QVGA resolution. The price of Orange Vegas (on Pay as You Go) is said to be of only €69 (92 [...]
ST-Ericsson develops new chip that doubles music playback time on phones
ST-Ericsson, the recently-established joint venture between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, announced the upcoming availability of the next-generation STw5211 mobile audio chip. Reportedly, this new audio digital-to-analog converter (DAC) will enable manufacturers to build music-oriented handsets and MP3 players capable of delivering the highest levels of audio quality, as well as longer playback time – basically, double [...]
Sprint’s Samsung Instinct S30 (Mini) is official
We’ve seen the Instinct S30 aka Instinct Mini quite a few times until now, but it’s only today that Samsung officially presented the handset. Obviously bearing Sprint’s logo, Samsung Instinct S30 was announced by the South Korean handset maker in a press release together with other phones that will be showcased at CTIA Wireless in [...]
Samsung S8300 UltraTouch / Tocco review
Samsung UltraTouch S8300 (known as Samsung Ultra Tocco in U.K), is heading for the shops right about now, so I think it is a good time to give this handset a closer look. Samsung Ultra Touch has quite an interesting mix within it – 8 megapixel camera, full touchscreen interface and physical T9 keypad. It is [...]
Nokia Photo Browser app features 3D effects, face browsing and more
Nokia Photo Browser is the name of a new application for Nokia’s touchscreen phones (Symbian S60 5th Edition), designed to let you easily browse and view images stored on your handset. The app is still in beta, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t look cool. It comes with features like intuitive touch UI with 3D [...]
Windows Marketplace partners announced, plus more Windows Mobile 6.5 details
Just ahead of CTIA Wireless 2009, Microsoft has announced an impressive list of companies that will offer their support for Windows Mobile 6.5 and its app store – officially known as Windows Marketplace for Mobile. So, without further ado, the first 27 companies that will provide applications for Windows Marketplace are: Facebook, MySpace, CNBC, The [...]
Twitter 2.0 add-on for fring now available
The folks over at fring have just announced the release of the Twitter 2.0 add-on for Windows Mobile and Symbian. The new add-on obviously comes with several improvements, including: a new look; new keyword search capabilities; and the ability to open links included in the incoming Tweets. Also, you can now switch-off the sound when Tweets [...]
CDMA Samsung Omnia confirmed for Canada
Samsung Omnia may not be as advanced as the not-yet-available Omnia HD i8910, but it’s still a pretty hot piece of mobile technology. And I’m talking about it because that mysterious touchscreen device which will be released soon in Canada turned out to be – of course – the Samsung Omnia (not LG Arena, as [...]
Cheap and simple LG GB210 unveiled
Last week, we saw the LG GM200, an affordable music-oriented candybar, and now we have yet another handset from LG which could pass as a music phone. LG GB210 is the new phone’s name, and the South Korean company has just announced it in Ukraine. Like the GM200, LG GB210 is quite a simple candybar. [...]
Skype will come to BlackBerry too
Only few days after we’ve heard Skype may be coming to iPhone, the service has now been confirmed not only for Apple’s smartphone, but also for the BlackBerry platform. According to Reuters, Skype for iPhone and iPod touch will be available as of tomorrow (March 31), while BlackBerry users will be able to enjoy it starting [...]
Motorola Evoke QA4 officially announced
Motorola Evoke QA4 was first seen more than one month ago, but there was no official announcement to back up the leaked photos and details. Today, Motorola has fully unveiled the handset and presented it as a “socially-inclined device”. As you may already know, Evoke QA4 comes with a 2.8 inch, 240 x 400 pixels [...]
LG GD900 with transparent keypad to be launched in May
Presented at MWC 2009 only as a concept, LG GD900 is now functional and, according to LG, it will be presented at CTIA Wireless this week (April 1 – 3, Las Vegas). The main attraction of GD900 is, of course, its transparent, glass-made sliding keypad, but the handset has much more to offer. It [...]
AT&T intros LG Xenon and LG Neon
We’ve just seen AT&T’s Nokia E71x, Samsung Impression, Samsung Propel Pro and Samsung Magnet, so now it’s time for LG Xenon and LG Neon – both of which were also announced today by the giant US carrier. Just like the other four new handsets, LG’s devices come with full QWERTY keyboards, complementing AT&T’s line-up of [...]
Samsung Propel Pro, Impression and Magnet announced by AT&T
Alongside Nokia E71x, today AT&T has also announced no less than three new Samsung handsets and two from LG (we’ll cover these a bit later). The Samsung devices are: Samsung Propel Pro, Samsung Impression and Samsung Magnet. As seen in some images leaked about two months ago, Samsung Propel Pro is a Wi-Fi enabled Windows [...]
AT&T Nokia E71x now official, will be soon available for $99
First seen way back in November 2008, AT&T’s Nokia E71x is now finally official – although not yet available for purchase. The S60 Eseries smartphone is featured on the North American carrier’s website as “coming soon”, and AT&T says you will be able to buy it in a few weeks. After a mail-in rebate and with [...]