Sony Ericsson CS8 (C905) coming to T-Mobile USA
It looks like AT&T is not the only US carrier that wants to release the Sony Ericsson C905. The FCC has just approved the Sony Ericsson CS8, which is a C905 that works on T-Mobile’s GSM and AWS 3G bands. Even more, we can see a sticker with “TMO” on the CS8, as well as a [...]
Nokia Here and Now app available in beta
In its ongoing attempt to offer cool mobile applications, Nokia has just announced the upcoming availability of Nokia Here and Now. The Here and Now app provides users with instant access to useful info, including local weather and events, directly from their phone’s web browser. Several new Nokia handsets will have Here and Now preinstalled. However, [...]
Angelina Jolie: Palm Pre is better than the iPhone
Right from the beginning, Palm Pre was considered an iPhone competitor – and that’s somewhat logical, since the new smartphone has both loads of style and a myriad of advanced features. Now it looks like Angelina Jolie already owns a Palm Pre, and, surprise, she says she likes it better than the iPhone. According [...]
Pilotfish Ondo – a music editing phone concept
It hasn’t been long since we saw that Motorola KRE-8 music phone concept, and here we have another weird concept targeted at music enthusiasts. This time, the concept is called Ondo and it comes from Pilotfish, a renowned industrial design firm. The Ondo phone combines “form-sensitive flexible materials” with advanced music editing capabilities, allowing you [...]
Dual-slide Nokia 8208 approved by FCC
When Nokia officially announced the CDMA 8208, it said the handset would not be destined for the US market, but for countries like China and India. However, the FCC has just approved the 8208, as Nokia RM-384. And while this doesn’t mean a North American release will follow, at least we know that, if Nokia [...]
Vodafone UK confirms the Nokia N97; Nokia N86 8MP too?
Vodafone UK has recently added the Nokia N97 to its website’s Coming Soon section, saying the high-end Nseries smartphone would be available starting July. Of course, the handset might actually come later than July, but it’s almost certain that, sometime in the summer, Vodafone’s customers will be able to buy the N97 for a subsidized [...]
LG Viewty Smart GC900 is finally official
The second Viewty phone, called LG Viewty Smart or LG GC900, is finally official, after several leaks and last week’s accident that brought us press photos with the handset. Now LG officially announced the GC900 as the successor of the original Viewty, which, according to the South Korean company, was sold in more than 6.5 [...]
Samsung Instinct S30 Available on Sprint
True to its word, Sprint has made the Samsung Instinct S30 ready to be sold in stores and online. Sprint is currently selling the device for $129.99 with new contract and $449.99 without. The next in line in the Instinct series, the S30 comes out 10 months after its predecessor with much of the same [...]
Orange, Vodafone to Bring Streaming TV Services to iPhone
Using the iPhone in France and Portugal is becoming a lot sweeter this week. Both Orange France and Vodafone Portugal have come out with “TV on the Go” services for its iPhone customers. So far this is a pretty unique offering on the iPhone, but with two countries adopting the service in a couple-week span [...]
Windows Mobile 6.5 Launching May 11
Let’s get one thing straight: we gadget geeks LOVE dates. We are always pressing to find out official release dates of phones and other big launches. So we are proud to announce that someone on the WinMo dev team’s blog has given us a launch date for Windows Mobile 6.5: May 11. Interestingly enough, this [...]
Review: Mobicip Kid-Safe iPhone Web Browser
For over a year and a half parents have been concerned about getting their children an iPhone because there was no parental restrictions on the internet or any other app. Apple only had one answer: turn on restrictions in the settings, and completely turn off Safari. Because this is not a practical answer for most [...]
Motorola QA4 Evoke now available from Alltel
Our old acquaintance, Motorola QA4 Evoke (previously known as Motorola QA4 Halo) is now available for purchase in the US – probably earlier than most customers had expected. We’ve covered the features of Motorola Evoke a few times until now, but, just in case you missed them, they include a 2.8 inch touchscreen display with [...]
Samsung Instinct S30 only $50 at Best Buy?
This is just a rumor at the moment, but if a newly-leaked Best Buy flyer is correct, then Sprint’s Samsung Instinct S30 will be on sale via the giant retailer for as low as $49.99 (when bought with a 2-yr contract agreement). Of course, the Instinct S30 is not yet available from Sprint, but it [...]
HTC Touch Pro2 priced: it will retail for about $880
You may already know that the new HTC Touch Pro2 will be available for purchase starting this summer – after all, HTC said so when it officially announced the smartphone (at the same time with the Touch Diamond2). What HTC didn’t say about the Touch Pro2 is what price it will have. Today, however, the [...]
Nokia Messaging by Orange announced
Orange, one of the world’s largest mobile carriers, has signed a new agreement with Nokia in order to provide its customers with an easy-to-use mobile email service. Called Nokia Messaging by Orange, the new service is part of a three-year partnership announced by the two giant companies earlier this year. It will be available on [...]
Nokia is shipping more than 1 mil. 5800 XMs a month
We already know that Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has been quite a success in the countries where it has been launched. And it’s becoming even a bigger one fast. It took Nokia about two months to sell 1 million 5800 XpressMusics since its launch – about 500K a month. In their earnings release today Nokia said that [...]
2 million LG Arena phones ordered worldwide
Back in March, LG said that there were 1 million LG Arena phones pre-ordered – after only one month since the company announced the handset. Meanwhile, the phone was released in Europe (for the retail price of €399), and, according to the Taiwanese division of LG, 2 million LG Arenas have been ordered around the [...]
HTC S522 approved by FCC with T-Mobile 3G support
When HTC officially presented its new Snap / S522 QWERTY smartphone, the Taiwanese company said the S522 would be released unlocked in the US. However, some rumors appeared, saying the device will also be introduced by a US carrier, namely T-Mobile. Now the T-Mobile release is almost confirmed, as the FCC has just approved the [...]
Nokia exec reports 13 million 5800 XMs sold; he actually talked about the 5310 XM
Last time we heard about it, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic had surpassed the 1 million mark when it comes to worldwide sales. Recently, some unofficial reports appeared on the Web, saying that sales of Nokia’s first S60 touchscreen phone have reached the unbelievable 13 million mark. The original story, found at Mobile-ent.biz, is no longer available, [...]
Nokia Share Online updated to version 4.3
Nokia Share Online, the Symbian application that lets you easily share videos and photos directly from your Nokia handset, has reached version 4.3. The new version is compatible with Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones with FP2: Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N85, and Nokia N96. It will be soon available for Nokia’s touchscreen handsets too [...]