Vodafone UK drops roaming charges for summer
Following the European Parliament’s decision to cut roaming costs across Europe, Vodafone UK has now announced that it would completely drop roaming charges for the summer (starting June 1 and throughout the end of August). Both pay as you go and pay monthly customers will be able to call and send text messages from more [...]
Nokia IS NOT halting investment into Share on Ovi?
Darn, this week seems to be full of rumors that didn’t come true. First we got that Microsoft Zune phone in June story due to a link from official MS page to fake twitter account. Now it seems that the Reuters story about Nokia halting investments into Share on Ovi service may not be true [...]
Samsung Jack i637 officially announced by AT&T
Today, AT&T has announced the official successor of Samsung BlackJack and BlackJack II, namely the Samsung Jack i637. Running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, Samsung Jack is both slim and lightweight. It comes with a full QWERTY keyboard (like all the BlackJack handsets) and advanced messaging capabilities, including: instant messaging, multiple email accounts, Microsoft Office [...]
Nokia Star Trek minisite launches
We’ve already known that Nokia feels pretty hot about the new Start Trek movie that launched last week worldwide. Nokia has even decided to put a Star Trek touch on one of it’s hottest sellers – 5800 Xpress Music phone. Well today Nokia went a step further and opened an Star Trek minisite on Nokia.com both [...]
LG Viewty Smart available this month in the UK. 12MP LG phone re-confirmed
LG Viewty Smart GC900 will debut later this month in the UK, with Orange being the first carrier to sell it. Coming as a worthy successor of the Viewty KU990, the new Viewty Smart is a handset that should offer users about everything they need from a camera phone. Its 8MP autofocus camera features Intelligent Shot [...]
Next Nokia touch smartphone to come with capacitive touchscreen and multi-touch?
As you’ve probably heard, Nokia’s first full touchscreen phone – Nokia 5800 Xpress Music has been a huge success. But there was one thing in 5800XM, that the geek’o’sphere have been loudly complaining about. Resistive touchscreen used both in Nokia 5800 and in their second full touchscreen phone – Nokia N97. The main reason Nokia reps have been [...]
Samsung C3060R “granny phone” now official
Just yesterday, we were telling you about Samsung’s new C3060R, the company’s first and only phone especially made for elderly users. Today, the C3060R was officially announced by Samsung Russia. As we already mentioned, Samsung C3060R comes with a set of features that should provide a user-friendly experience for older people. Its keys are larger [...]
Huawei M750, ZTE C90 to be launched by MetroPCS
Huawei M750 and ZTE C90 are two new and quite interesting phones that should be launched in the US soon. The first handset, Huawei M750, is a full-touchscreen device that was recently approved by the FCC, with the logo of MetroPCS on it. So it’s obvious that the regional carrier (which plans to deploy a [...]
Verizon provides more details about its LTE network
Last time we’ve heard about Verizon’s 4G LTE network, the big V said that it would be commercially launched sometime in 2010. Now we’re hearing that this will not happen until the second half of 2010, when, according to Gearlog, 20-30 US markets should be able to enjoy the benefits of LTE. As for a nationwide LTE network, [...]
Sprint debuts Palm Pre sweepstakes, might release the handset before June
Earlier this morning, when I received an email from Palm with the title “Enter to win a Palm Pre from Sprint”, I thought that some new details about Pre’s release date could be in it. And, well, there are. First of all, Sprint is organizing a contest, officially called the “Live In Real Time Palm [...]
Sprint’s HTC Willow / Snap in live pictures
Officially unveiled at the beginning of April, the HTC Snap will have various names across the world, as well as various designs. For example, its US version that Sprint is getting ready to launch will probably be called HTC Willow – although we’ve also seen it as HTC Cedar. The Willow has just appeared in some [...]
Nokia Image Exchange Lite available for S40 phones
Initially released only for Symbian S60 phones, Nokia Image Exchange is now available as a Lite, Java application too, thus it can be installed on Nokia S40 handsets, in addition to the S60 ones. As Nokia puts it, “Nokia Image Exchange Lite is intended to be an image uploading and sharing utility instead of a [...]
Handyuhr iWatch M860 – dual SIM watch phone from Switzerland
Usually, dual SIM watch phones come from China with a build quality that’s at least questionable. Well, this is not the case with the iWatch M860, made by the Swiss-based Handyuhr. The M860 comes with tri-band GSM connectivity (900 /1800 / 1900 MHz) and, since it supports two SIM cards, it’s suitable for users who travel a lot [...]
WinMo podcast No. 16 with Loke Uei from Microsoft
Last week in our WinMo podcast No. 16 with Dawid from Pda.pl and Surur from wmpoweruser.com we had a guest from Microsoft – Loke Uei, Senior Technical Product Manager for Windows Mobile. In the week that the stupid Windows Marketplace restrictions came out, we grilled him heavily about them. And Loke had some good things [...]
Samsung SCH-W760 to offer infrared video calling
Samsung is getting ready to release a new phone that will allow users to make video calls even when in the dark. The phone, model name Samsung SCH-W760, is a slider that uses infrared rays, so that you don’t necessarily need a light source when making a video call – although the images achieved are [...]
Hugo Chavez launches ultra-cheap “penis” phone
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, has become the world’s first country president to launch a mobile phone. And as if this isn’t weird enough, Chavez gave the phone a funny (or maybe offensive, for some) name: Vergatorio – which is a Venezuelan slang term for… penis. Produced by a company that Chavez nationalized, the Vergatorio phone [...]
Apple is exploring iPhone/TV video streaming
With tens of gigabytes of storage on the upcoming iPhone and it’s superb ability to play media content, your handset can actually become the main media hub in your home entertainment system. There’s one feature missing, that prevents the iPhone from realizing this potential though. The ability to seamlessly stream media content to your home [...]
Samsung C3060R – new phone for the elderly
Samsung will soon launch a new phone targeted at elders and called Samsung C3060R. Apparently, the South Korean company is the first among the giant handset makers to announce a phone like this. Coming in a candybar form factor, the Samsung C3060R has an illuminated keypad with large keys made out of rubber. It also has a 2.2 [...]
Nokia 5800 Comes With Music edition announced for Orange UK
Nokia has just announced that the highly popular Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be launched by Orange UK together with the Finnish company’s Comes With Music download service. In consequence, Orange will become the first UK carrier to offer said service to its customers. Orange’s Nokia 5800 Comes With Music edition will be available in an [...]
2.5G LG Renoir KC910E headed for China
LG Renoir KC910 has been available in Europe since the end of last year, and now a Chinese version has appeared on LG’s official website. Called LG Renoir KC910E, the new phone lacks 3G, so it only provides tri-band GSM connectivity (900/1800/1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE. Of course, the rest of its features, as well [...]