No new Zune device in June after all
Earlier today, we’ve reported about a possible Zune device that would be released in June this year to compete with the iPhone and the Palm Pre. The info was based on two twitter posts which turned out to come from an account that actually has nothing to do with Microsoft. Instead, it’s an account of [...]
Possible specs for Microsoft’s Pink phone, Windows Mobile 7
Windows Mobile 7 is still quite far away (it should come in 2010), but it looks like we can already get a glimpse of it. The folks over at ZDNet have stumbled upon a list of specs that, reportedly, are for “the Windows Mobile 7 Chassis 1”. Apparently, the Chassis 1 is the heart of the [...]
Nokia surrenders to Flickr and Facebook, stops Ovi Share development
Launched back in February 2008, Ovi Share is Nokia’s own photo and video sharing website, which competes with the likes of Facebook and Flickr (owned by Yahoo). However, it looks like the whole project isn’t profitable for the Finnish giant. According to Reuters, Nokia will stop developing (and investing in) the Ovi Share service. This is [...]
oFono: Nokia & Intel start a new Linux project against Android?
I am not really sure whether it’s a big deal or not, but an interesting new mobile open source project, called Ofono, has been quietly announced today. And, judging on who’s involved – Nokia and Intel -it might be a pretty big deal. It seems that Nokia and Intel are trying to create a new Linux based [...]
LG Xenon for Rogers now available, $80 on contract
Not long after it was launched in the US by AT&T, LG Xenon is now available in Canada as well. Obviously marketed as a “touchscreen quick messaging phone”, the LG Xenon is offered to Canadian customers by Rogers Wireless. The main attractions of the Xenon are its 2.8 inch 240 x 400 pixels display and [...]
ViewSonic to launch 3G smartphones in Asia, Europe and the Americas
Most of the major LCD / TV manufacturers also make phones and smartphones: we’ve got Samsung, LG, NEC and even Acer. Now ViewSonic announced it wants to enter the smartphone industry too. The California-based company gave little details about its upcoming smartphones, although we do know that they’ll have 3G connectivity and they should be [...]
Vodafone joins the app store race
Not long after Orange unveiled its plans to release an Application Shop, now Vodafone has announced some sort of a mobile app store too. I say “some sort” because, according to Vodafone, the upcoming app store will only contain “mobile internet applications and services”, which probably means that apps unrelated to mobile Web are not [...]
New details on the next iPhone’s specs: 32GB, digital compass and more
There’s still nothing official about the third-generation Apple iPhone, but more and more rumors are starting to appear. The latest rumor comes from China, providing an insight on what the new iPhone might bring, hardware-wise. According to this thread from the WeiPhone forum, the next iPhone (model number MB717LL) will rely on a 600MHz processor and [...]
Microsoft preparing new Zune device to compete with the iPhone, Palm Pre
This may or may not be about the long-rumored Zune phone, but one thing’s clear: a new Zune product will be announced by Microsoft in June. And this unnamed Zune product will apparently compete with Apple’s new iPhone, as well as with the Palm Pre. According to a twitter post from Microsoft’s Office 2010 [...]
Windows Marketplace is now open for registration
Microsoft is now one step closer to launching its Windows Marketplace for Mobile, as it has just announced that the app store is open for developers who want to register and develop applications. In order to register, you need to visit the official Windows Mobile website. The registration process will provide you with “links to [...]
Samsung Spica and BigFoot Android 2.0/ Donut phone details leaked
Figures. I just finished my today’s rant about those loud Android 10x growth predictions and Mobile Review had to come out with the hard info on upcoming new Samsung Android phones and Adroid 2.0/Donut OS update, right after pressed “post”… With the info bit on Samsung Spica and other Android 2.0/Donut releases, I probably [...]
Sony Ericsson C510a to hit Canada via Rogers?
The Sony Ericsson C510 Cyber-shot is not the newest SE phone in town, but it’s still a 2009 handset – it was announced back in January, at the same time with the W508 Walkman clamshell. The North American version of C510, namely the Sony Ericsson C510a, has just appeared on SE Canada’s official website. And [...]
Android shipments to grow 900% this year? No. I say it’s 1800%!
Google’s Android phone shipments will grow 900% (as in ten times) this year, says Strategy Analytics. Now that is some impressive growth. If it continues just for a little while, soon all other mobile OSes will be left far behind and Google will have the same dominant market share in smartphones as currently has in [...]
HTC Touch Diamond 2 review, video
As it is clear from the name, HTC Touch Diamond 2 is the next generation of a popular HTC Touch Diamond handset. And it’s a pretty impressive update, with a new smoother TouchFlo 3D interface, more responsive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, bigger and better 3.2” WVGA (480×800 px) display. For now HTC Touch Diamond 2 [...]
Onyx Promises to be T-Mobile’s First 3G Blackberry
Over the weekend some rumors started going around about the Blackberry Onyx, aka Driftwood 96xx, so let’s recap on what is being discussed. The Onyx hopes to be T-Mobile’s first 3G Blackberry device, and looks like it combines the front of the Bold with the sleekness of the Curve 8900. So in other words it [...]
Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60′s release pushed back to Q3 2009
Last time we heard about it, the launch of Garmin-Asus’ Nuvifone G60 was planed for the first half of 2009. However, now Garmin says that its very first smartphone will not hit the market until the third quarter of the year. According to Twice, the Nuvifone G60 is still “in the testing phase of the [...]
Samsung Magnet, Alias 2 Now on Sale
When it rains, it pours for Samsung. Countless leaked devices as well as countless released devices grace the pages of this blog, and they all seem to happen very close to each other. Such is the case with the Samsung Alias 2 and Samsung Magnet, both messaging phones being released on two different carriers. First, [...]
Motorola W7 Active Edition now official
Motorola W7, the handset that appeared just a few weeks ago in some leaked photos is now official, and, as it turns out, its design is actually not as weird as we initially thought it is. The new phone is officially called MOTO W7 Active Edition and it’s obviously a sports-oriented handset. The W7 comes [...]
NTT DoCoMo announces new spatial audio transmission technology for mobiles
NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile carrier, announced the development of a new and efficient mobile spatial audio transmission technology that should improve applications related to mobile conference calls, online games and tele-education. According to the company, the new technology allows “a user listening with headphones to, for example, hear each speaker’s voice as if it [...]
AT&T’s Samsung Impression A877 Review
Riding on the coattails of the Samsung Eternity’s recent success, Samsung and AT&T have taken the same phone and added a couple extra features to create the Samsung Impression A877. Rumors of the Impression started flying a month before CTIA 2009, as it was codenamed the Jackfrost at the time. There was heavy speculation that [...]