LG GD900 Crystal comes to UK via Carphone Warehouse
LG GD900 Crystal, one of 2009’s most interesting phones, will be released in the UK via The Carphone Warehouse. The giant retailer says the GD900 is expected to hit the shelves in mid-May, but, of course, the release date might be pushed back. No word yet on the price of LG GD900 Crystal. However, [...]
Orange Vegas launched in the UK for only £48.50
Orange Vegas, the affordable touchscreen phone that we saw about a month ago, has now been officially released in the UK. The Vegas is sold by Orange for £48.50 (€54 or $71) on Pay As You Go. It’s available in two colors – black and pink, the latter being exclusive to Orange. As we previously reported, [...]
Google Product Search now available for iPhone, Android
If you use Google Product Search on a regular basis and have an Android smartphone or an iPhone, you should be happy to find out that the feature is now available for both mobile platforms. According to Google, Product Search for mobile provides users with the same product info that they would get via their [...]
Samsung Trance officially announced by Verizon
As expected, today, Samsung Trance was officially announced by Verizon Wireless. The handset will be available for purchase as of tomorrow, April 24, in two color versions: Electric Red and Piano Black. Samsung Trance is a slider presented by Verizon as a “high-powered music phone”, and that’s due to its Bang & Olufsen ICEpower amp that [...]
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 announced by Alltel; Verizon still waiting
Today, Alltel announced the upcoming release of BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230, thus becoming the second US carrier to offer the smartphone – after T-Mobile, which sells its GSM version (Pearl Flip 8220) since 2008. Of course, Alltel’s Pearl Flip is a CDMA EV-DO device, but, other than that, there aren’t too many differences between it [...]
T-Mobile UK announces Pay Once for BlackBerry
Remember that T-Mobile BlackBerry event that was scheduled for April 22 in London? Well, it turns out that the event wasn’t related to the launch of a new smartphone, as we initially thought. Instead, T-Mobile UK and RIM have announced a new way to pay for a BlackBerry device, called Pay Once. Starting May 1, [...]
Orange brings Wikipedia content to its phones
Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have just announced a new partnership that will bring new mobile services to European customers. Said partnership – the first of its kind – will allow Orange’s subscribers to quickly access content from Wikipedia, the famous web encyclopedia, directly on their mobile phones. The first phase of the partnership will: create [...]
Nokia Green Explorer service launched
Nokia Green Explorer is a new beta service launched by the Finnish handset maker, enabling “people dedicated to a sustainable lifestyle” to “explore and enjoy the world.” The multi-channel service lets you share info, provide guidance and communicate with other people about eco-friendly traveling. You can register for Nokia Green Explorer and get its S60 [...]
Sony Ericsson’s social networking vision
During the last few months we’ve seen the introduction of various location and context aware services for our mobile devices. Nokia Friend View and Google Latitude, that allows to broadcast your location to friends probably received the most of the buzz. But things are only just starting now and this personal info and status broadcast [...]
MOTO V10 announced for Korea – another RAZR?
Ever heard about the MOTO V10? We haven’t until now, although there was a two-way radio back in 2005 called Motorola V10 – but that’s a different device, of course. Well, the MOTO V10 was just announced by Motorola in South Korea, and it’s a mid-end 2G clamshell. We’re not sure if this is the [...]
LG Renoir KC910 available in pink too
LG Cookie’s big brother, the Renoir KC910, is now available in a pink version that will probably attract more women and girls than the black edition. Released in Europe back in November 2008, the black LG Renoir quickly became a popular phone, thanks in no small part to its 8MP autofocus camera with xenon [...]
Nokia 6216 classic is Nokia’s first SIM-based NFC phone
Today, at the start of the 3rd annual WIMA conference, Nokia announced its third NFC phone, the Nokia 6216 classic. Coming as the first SIM-based NFC handset from Nokia, the 6216 classic should allow mobile carriers to deploy NFC (Near Field Communication) services via compatible NFC SIM cards. By using an NFC device, you can [...]
T-Mobile USA’s HTC Touch Pro2 (Wing II) appears in live pics
If you had any doubts regarding the release of HTC Touch Pro2 via T-Mobile USA, the following pictures will probably make you believe more in the smartphone’s upcoming launch. Not only that the pics show a Touch Pro2 with T-Mobile USA’s logo on it, but it also shows its QWERTY keypad, which doesn’t have European [...]
Reduced roaming costs in Europe, starting July 2009
Good news for those who often travel around Europe: the European Parliament decided to cut the costs of roaming calls, texts and data services, starting the 1st of July 2009. As of July, all mobile carriers that offer services in EU countries will have to comply with the new costs, thus not being able to charge [...]
LG Shine 2 and Vu 2 rumored for AT&T. LG Secret cancelled?
AT&T’s LG Shine and LG Vu might soon be replaced by new phones, namely LG Shine 2 and LG Vu 2. According to Engadget, the old Shine (currently available for only $9.99 on contract) could be no longer on sale starting May, while the old Vu might see the end in August. As for the [...]
Motorola teams up with David Beckham to sell its Aura phone
Motorola Aura, the luxury phone announced back in October 2008, is available for purchase since December last year. But Motorola is probably not happy with the way sales are going (and no wonder, since the handset costs $2,000). So now the company announced a new advertising campaign, called “Aura of David Beckham” and obviously starring [...]
Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry available for download
More than one month after the application’s unofficial preview, Research In Motion and Facebook have now released Facebook for BlackBerry version 1.5. The new version of the app comes with all the features the old edition has, plus some important enhancements. These include: BlackBerry Address Book synchronization (including Facebook profile picture integration), quick photo sharing (with tags [...]
China Mobile readies an app store too
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator (with more than 470 million customers), intends to launch a mobile software store that will allow users to browse and download apps via their phones. The news comes after several major telecoms companies, including Orange, RIM and Microsoft, have also announced their own app stores. China Mobile’s store is called Mobile Market [...]
Sony Ericsson to make Android phones for Orange – almost confirmed
T-Mobile has the G1 and the upcoming G2, while Vodafone has the HTC Magic. So the folks over at Orange probably thought: hey, we could have some more Android handsets of our own, besides the HTC Dream. Reportedly, the Taiwanese newspaper Commercial Times says that Orange’s new Android phones will come from Sony Ericsson before the [...]
Toshiba TG02 and TG03 appear in leaked photos
Last week, we told you about Toshiba’s plans to introduce more Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones, including Toshiba TG02 and Toshiba TG03. Now, several images with the TG02 and TG03 have appeared at Techblog.gr (here and here), confirming the fact that both devices look good, just like the already-announced Toshiba TG01. Toshiba TG02 is water-resistant and [...]