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 brands [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]