BlackBerry 9630 Niagara in live pics
BlackBerry Niagara 9630, one of RIM’s unannounced new smartphones, was spotted in two live pictures which confirm its existence, as well as the fact that it’s a bit bigger than the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and a bit smaller than the BlackBerry Bold. The Niagara 9630 is a CDMA device, so we’re looking at a Verizon [...]
Acer to sell Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones for less than €49
Acer, one of the latest major companies to enter the smartphone business, will apparently offer Windows Mobile 6.5 devices for no more than €49. That’s about $62 and, well, I don’t think there are many WM handsets out there to have such a low price. The news comes shortly after some reports that were saying the Taiwanese company [...]
Nokia tests indoor location based services
Nokia announced the start of a public trial in its homeland, Finland, trial that will test consumer response to what’s presented as “an indoor mapping and information service”. Launched in Kamppi, one of Helsinki’s largest shopping centers, the service provides customers, via their mobile phones, with indoor maps that can be easily searched for showing [...]
Localized iTunes stores at Starbucks for iPhone needs patent?
Remeber that “Now playing” service that you’ve been getting on your iPhone at Starbucks a while ago? Well, it seems that Apple really liked it and decided that this thing might be worth it’s own patent, so Palm and Nokia won’t copy it. The basic idea described in patent app is pretty simple. Place a [...]
1 million LG Arena phones already pre-ordered
Officially announced less than one month ago, LG Arena KM900 seems to have a bright future ahead. Reportedly, more than 1 million KM900s have been pre-ordered until now, by various carriers from around the world, so the handset might have a similar success to LG’s Chocolate, Shine and Viewty – all of which were sold [...]
Concept: “On Time” Wrist Phone Offers Bling
News flash: your wrist is lonely and needs some good bling to spruce it up. Or so the folks at Yanko Design are telling us, anyway. Yanko is always thinking of new innovations in the mobile market, and they feel the LG Watch Phone shouldn’t have the whole wrist spotlight to itself. Today they offered [...]
New LG Phones Come to Light – GD330 and GB125
We know, we know — even a couple weeks after MWC you’re still in new phone mode, craving the latest talk about the newest handsets. And we at Unwired View don’t disappoint. Our friends at Mobile Review have unearthed a pair of new LG handsets that should be coming to market sometime this month, the [...]
Nokia commits to LTE, disses WiMAX
This is not exactly a surprise, but it’s definitely nice to hear a confirmation: Nokia has chosen LTE (Long Term Evolution) as its preferred network for future devices, and, according to GigaOM, it will release the first LTE products in 2010. Speaking at a recent PCCA (Portable Computer and Communications Association) meeting, James Harper, Nokia’s [...]
Sprint Palm Treo Pro finally coming on March 15 for $199
Sprint has finally decided on a release date for the Palm Treo Pro, and that’s March 15. The smartphone’s price will actually be lower than the one previously known: instead of $249, the Treo Pro will be sold for $199 – needless to say, that’s only together with a 2-yr contract agreement. Of course, many [...]
RIM’s app store officially called BlackBerry App World
When we first heard about Research in Motion’s own app store, we thought it would be named BlackBerry Application Storefront. In fact, this was the name presented by RIM itself. Apparently, the Canadian smartphone manufacturer changed its mind, as now we hear the app store is in fact officially called BlackBerry App World – and [...]
Motorola A455 (Rush 2) for Verizon press pics surface. Interesting QWERTY slider
Mobile-review continue their raids on some secret vault with press pics of upcoming Motorola phone models. This time it’s turn for Motorola A455 (Rush2) QWERTY slider that is headed for Verizon network. As usual, not much info on the actual specs of Motorola Rush 2 A455. But available press pics show an interesting device, which, [...]
More details on HTC Whitestone, Firestone, Thoth and others
Several handsets from HTC’s 2009 line-up have appeared on the Web right at the beginning of the year, but back then there were no details on their specs. Now we have more info about said handsets, including their possible release dates. Let’s begin with HTC Firestone, which is said to be the successor of HTC [...]
fring for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic now available
Back in January, fring promised to release a version of its popular communication app for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, thus for the Symbian S60 5th Edition platform. Well, the Israeli company kept its promise and it has just launched fring v. 3.37.18 for Symbian, which obviously supports the Nokia 5800, as well as all the other [...]
Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch outed by Amazon
Amazon has just announced the availability of Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch, an app that obviously lets you read Kindle books on Apple’s said devices, approximately the same way you’d do it on a Kindle platform. According to Amazon, iPhone and iPod touch users now have access to more than 240,000 books. And while [...]
Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry previewed
Although RIM hasn’t officially announced Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry, the application is already developed and it should be launched any time now. The folks over at BGR had the chance to preview the app and see what its important improvements are. It looks like there are three such improvements: BlackBerry Message integration (you can view [...]
What the heck is Toshiba TM5 – E01?
This year’s Toshiba flagship – TG01 was one of the more impressive phones presented at MWC Barcelona. There were no other new Toshiba handsets there, so I assumed that there won’t be any other handset launched soon. And when I saw saw some Toshiba device pass through FCC today, I assumed that this was TG01. [...]
Google launches Finance for Android
If you’re an Android user interested in the finance market, Google has just launched a new application for you. Called Finance for Android, the app offers quick access to Google Finance, directly from your Android smartphone. In other words, you’ll be able to check stock quotes and market data, as well as to read the [...]
MetroPCS first to deploy LTE in the US? May have BlackBerry onboard already
The first carrier to deploy an LTE network in the US might not be Verizon and neither AT&T, but MetroPCS, the regional prepaid mobile operator that currently has about 5.4 million subscribers. Gigaom reports that Tom Keys, MetroPCS’ chief operating officer, said the company’s plans are to deploy LTE in 2010, most probably in the [...]
Nautiz X5, another Windows Mobile rugged handset
Nautiz X5 – this is the name of the latest rugged PDA to come from Handheld Europe. The X5 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and, according to Handheld, it has “more integrated features than any rugged product on the market.” The new PDA can operate at extreme temperatures (-20 to +55 °C), it’s dust & [...]
LG Renoir 8GB Black unveiled
The original LG Renoir KC910, launched in November 2008, comes with only 100MB of internal memory – which, for a high-end camera phone, might not be enough. Now LG apparently has an upgraded Renoir. Called LG Renoir 8GB Black, the new handset obviously comes with 8GB of onboard memory, as well as with an all-black case. [...]