Samsung 2009 touch phone line-up: Omnia HD on WinMo 6.5, 12mpx Pixon successor and more
Samsung Android phone was not the only Samsung handset to be presented at a dealer event in Amsterdam today. Actually, it looks like Samsung presented its full 2009 touchscreen phone line-up for Europe, that includes about 10 unannounced devices. Unfortunately, both the details about new phones, and the images of the handsets are extremely unclear and blurry: Among the [...]
Samsung’s first Android smartphone pictured
Although Samsung’s Android intentions are not a secret anymore, the South Korean giant has still not announced any handset powered by Google’s open source OS. Well, not officially, because today, during an online event held in Amsterdam, Samsung showcased what seems to be its very first Android smartphone. The available image shows a full-touch device [...]
BlackBerry Gemini 8325 appears in a live image
It looks like that BlackBerry Gemini we saw last month will not be officially called BlackBerry 9300, but BlackBerry 8325. A live picture with the Gemini 8325 has just been spotted over at BGR. Unfortunately, it’s not the best shot around (quality wise), so we can’t see the new smartphone in all its glory. Anyway, the 8325 looks [...]
T-Mobile intros Instant Email in the UK
T-Mobile has launched a new service in the UK, called Instant Email and available for the beginning only on select Nokia devices. Instant Email enables T-Mobile customers to quickly and easily access up to five email accounts (Gmail, Hotmail and so on), directly from their mobile phones. Since messages are sent straight to the handset [...]
Philips Xenium X810 comes with touchscreen, long-lasting battery
We’re not sure what’s up with all these Philips phones that appeared lately (X700, X530), but we’re not complaining. Especially since the latest handset, Philips Xenium X810, is quite different from what we’re used to see coming out under this brand. The X810 features a 240 x 400 pixels TFT touchscreen display with 262K colors, [...]
T-Mobile branded Nokia 5330 XpressMusic leaked
Nokia 5330 XpressMusic, the new slider officially announced last week, will apparently be released by T-Mobile – probably in both the US and Europe. The phone was recently spotted in a black/blue color version (unseen until now), with T-Mobile’s logo on it. According to Cell Phone Signal, this version should be introduced in the US [...]
Sony Ericsson W518a – a W508 with GPS?
Officially announced at the beginning of January 2009, Sony Ericsson W508 is not yet available for purchase. But it should be starting Q2 2009, both in Europe and in the Americas (as W508a). Now we’re hearing there’s a Sony Ericsson W518a in the making, which looks similar to the W508 and it also has the same [...]
Sprint 2009 roadmap leaked: HTC Rhodium, HTC Cedar, Samsung Dash, BlackBerry Niagara and 8 others
If this newly-leaked Sprint roadmap is legit, the second largest North American CDMA carrier will have at least 10 new handsets to offer in the upcoming months. First of all – as expected – it’s said the Palm Pre will be introduced in the second quarter of 2009, thus in April, May or June. Unsurprisingly, the Pre [...]
Motorola VE465 to be launched by Alltel and Telus
The VE465 is one of Moto’s new semi-rugged entry-level clamshells that we first saw a few months ago in some leaked images. Meanwhile, the phone appeared on Motorola’s official website, but with no details about where it will be launched. Now we’ve spotted the VE465 on Alltel’s website, hence the Verizon-owned carrier will probably start selling [...]
Fring adds support for more handsets, Nokia N86 8MP included
A couple of days ago, fring was updated to support the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, and, as of today, the application is available for even more Nokia smartphones. Most of the newly supported devices are not yet available for purchase, but, when they will be, you’ll surely be able to use fring on them. Here [...]
BlackBerry Niagara 9630 appears in new live pics, video
It’s not the first time the BlackBerry Niagara 9630 shows up in leaked photos. But the previously-appeared ones were kind of small, so it’s about time we see some large and clear images with the smartphone. As you probably already know, Research in Motion didn’t officially announce (or confirmed) the Niagara 9630, but the device [...]
Philips Xenium X700 shows up
Only few days after we saw the Philips Xenium X530, we now have info about another new Philips clamshell: the Xenium X700. Like most (if not all) Philips handsets, the X700 does not have 3G connectivity, so your data transfers will have to rely only on GPRS and EDGE. However, there’s one big advantage that [...]
Motorola Evoke QA4 more specs (GPS included), live pics
The official announcement of Motorola QA4 EVDO touchscreen slider must be coming really soon. We’ve seen QA4 press pics, some specs and Evoke trade name, and even interface details leak out to the net these past few months. Today, thanks to FCC, that made earlier confidential live pics and users manual public, we get even more info [...]
LG Arena officially launched in Europe
LG’s latest and greatest KM900 Arena multimedia phone is now officially launched in Europe, although the South Korean company didn’t mention how much the device will cost. We already know there are more than 1 million Arena phones pre-ordered, thus LG probably hopes the handset will be at least as successful as Viewty (the 5MP full-touch phone [...]
Copy and Paste, Others Coming to iPhone 3.0
We can’t say we’re surprised to hear that Kevin Rose, the master of Apple rumors himself, has been flapping his gums about iPhone OS 3.0, due to be unveiled at a press event this Tuesday. Kevin has chosen to tell a large crowd at SXSW, a very good location to reveal the secrets of 3.0 [...]
Release schedule for Symbian Foundation’s OS unveiled
Symbian Foundation’s David Wood has recently published the release schedule for the upcoming versions of the open-source Symbian platform. Symbian^2, the first edition of the OS, is based on Symbian S60 5.1 and it will be “functionally complete” in mid 2009, while handsets to run on it should be commercially available as early as the [...]
HTC Maple Poised for CTIA?
News is coming down the pipeline again, and we’re listening. This time we’re hearing that the HTC Maple, the handset manufacturer’s latest QWERTY, is eagerly waiting to show itself at the CTIA Wireless Trade Show April 1-3 in Las Vegas. We have been told the Maple is “Blackberry-like” and a cross between the Samsung Blackjack [...]
Sleek Samsung Lucido S7220 candybar officially announced
We first heard about slim candybar Samsung Eltz S7220 more then a month ago, expecting it to be officially launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Well, MWC has come and gone, but Samsung S7220 remained under wraps Well, I guess Samsung S7220 was present at MWC as Soul b, hidden somewhere in the corner [...]
O2 Rumored to Slash iPhone Prices This Summer
O2, the exclusive iPhone 3G carrier in the UK, is rumored to be ready to offer the iPhone 3G for lower prices in preparation for a new version of the iPhone to come out sometime this summer. Currently the 8 GB version is available for free on £44.05 a month contracts while the 16GB iPhone [...]
Emgeton Enzo – 3G dual SIM phone for Europe
You may know Emgeton for its digital music players, but the Czech-based company also makes mobile phones. Its newest handset is Emgeton Enzo, a 3G candybar that kind of looks like Sony Ericsson’s C902. Unlike the SE phone, the Enzo doesn’t come with an advanced photo camera. Instead, it has a Qualcomm / Philips chipset [...]