Motorola QA1 Karma, Sony Ericsson C905a and Samsung i637 confirmed for AT&T
Thanks to a leaked AT&T rebate sheet, we now have the confirmation that the largest North American GSM carrier will release the following phones: Motorola QA1 Karma, Sony Ericsson C905a and Samsung Jack i637. Appeared over at BGR, the rebate sheet doesn’t disclose the exact release dates of said phones, but we know they should come to AT&T between [...]
Samsung a177 – affordable QWERTY phone for AT&T
It looks like affordable messaging phones are all the rage today, and that’s why AT&T is getting ready to launch a new phone of this kind: Samsung a177. The a177 is a QWERTY-equipped candybar which will be sold by AT&T on pre-pay, as a GoPhone handset. And while its exact price is not known, Engadget says [...]
Samsung Propel Pro on AT&T Review
As we learned recently, the big trend now must be to take any regular ol’ phone lying around the house and add the word “Pro” to the end of it, thus magically turning it into a smartphone that happens to use the same form factor. This is exactly what’s happened to the Samsung Propel Pro, [...]
T-Mobile G1 v2 to be launched in October via Walmart?
Forget a minute about the G2 / myTouch 3G and about the Samsung Houdini, because T-Mobile has yet another Android smartphone up its sleeve, and that’s the T-Mobile G1 v2 – codenamed T-Mobile Bigfoot or T-Mobile Morrison. Manufactured by HTC (or is it Samsung?), the G1 v2 looks like the nicest Android handset made until [...]
Nokia 5900 XpressMusic shows up, might be just a fake
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is undoubtedly one of the most successful touchscreen phones of late 2008 and early 2009, and that’s why Nokia probably wants to use its formula in future phones. In fact, a successor of the 5800 might already exist – if the Nokia 5900 XpressMusic that appeared today turns out to be made [...]
A PSP phone “could happen”, says Sony Ericsson’s president
Alright, rumors about a Sony Ericsson PSP phone have been around for quite a few years now, but a phone of this kind still doesn’t exist – despite the fact that lots of PSP fans would probably want one. Well, in a recent interview with Financial Times, Sony Ericsson’s president and COO, Mr. Dick Komiyama, [...]
Fractus sues 10 cell phone makers for antenna patent violation
Fractus S.A., a relatively unknown Spain-based company, has recently sued no less than ten mobile phone manufacturers for infringing nine different patents. According to the company, the handset makers that infringed its patents are: Samsung, LG Electronics, Research In Motion, HTC, Palm, Pantech, Sharp, Kyocera, Sanyo and UTStarcom. The allegedly infringed patents are related to [...]
Samsung Exclaim M550 to hit Sprint; Samsung Alias 2 caught on video
Samsung Mobile USA is quite busy lately, as it’s readying the release of at least six new phones. Four of them (including Samsung Gravity 2 and T349) will reach T-Mobile, but we’re not going to talk about those handsets right now. Instead, we’re going to see one of Sprint’s upcoming messaging phones, called Samsung Exclaim [...]
LG VX11000 to be officially called LG enV Touch
Verizon Wireless is getting ready to release two new LG enV phones – one of them being the LG enV3 (we already saw it in several live images). According to Phone Arena, the second new enV is the LG VX11000, which will be officially called LG enV Touch. This despite the fact that it’s the phone prepared to [...]
Facebook for Windows Mobile officially launched
Shortly after Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry was launched, Microsoft has now introduced an official Facebook app for Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Mobile 6.1. As you’d expect from a Facebook application, the new Windows Mobile one lets you: easily send messages to your Facebook buddies; upload pics and videos directly from your phone; manage your [...]
AT&T to sell the new iPhone with cheaper service plans
Currently, to buy a new iPhone 3G from AT&T you have to opt for a service plan of at least $69.99 per month – this includes unlimited data. Of course, the iPhone itself costs only $199.99 (the 8GB version), but after two years of contract with AT&T, you’ll end up paying almost $2,000. Now the [...]
BlackBerry Curve 8520 confirmed for T-Mobile USA?
There’s still nothing official about the BlackBerry Curve 8520, but we’re hearing that the new RIM smartphone will be released by T-Mobile USA sometime in the fourth quarter of 2009. The source of this rumor, BGR, says that a price for the 8520 was not given, but it should be on the affordable side anyway. [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Rival A455 and Samsung Alias 2 U750 appear in live images
Why look what we have here: live pictures with two of Verizon’s upcoming messaging phones, namely Motorola Rival A455 and Samsung Alias 2 U750. Of course, we’ve seen both handsets before, but now we have the chance to see how they really look like – you know, those official press photos can be misleading sometimes. [...]
HTC Dream and HTC Magic announced by Rogers for Canada
Canada’s been devoid of Android handsets until now, but no more – Rogers Wireless has officially announced the upcoming availability of not one, but two Android smartphones. We’re talking about the HTC Dream (also known as T-Mobile G1) and the HTC Magic (also known as MyTouch 3G). Both devices will be exclusively sold by Rogers [...]
HTC Magic to become DoCoMo HT-03A – Japan’s first Android phone
Last year, NTT DoCoMo said it would release an Android phone in 2009, and it looks like the largest Japanese carrier is keeping its promise. According to memn0ck, DoCoMo will soon release the HTC Magic (aka T-Mobile G2 aka MyTouch 3G), under the name of HT-03A. The Magic / HT-03A will be Japan’s first smartphone [...]
Android 1.5 to be available next week in the US
OK, no more SDKs and early looks – Android 1.5 Cupcake is officially coming to all Android smartphones in the US, starting “the end of next week”. According to the announcement posted at the T-Mobile forums, the software update will be sent, randomly and OTA (over the air), to all T-Mobile G1 owners. It’s expected [...]
Nokia 6750 Mural coming to AT&T
The FCC has recently approved a new Nokia phone that’s almost surely going to be released by AT&T in the US. We’re talking about the Nokia 6750 Mural, which comes as a clamshell that works on the 850/1900 UMTS bands. Somewhat similar to the Nokia 6650 that AT&T launched in November 2008, the new 6750 [...]
Samsung Gravity 2, T349 and two other T-Mobile phones spotted in the wild
Samsung and T-Mobile USA have always had a fruitful relationship, and it looks like the two companies will keep it this way from now on too. No less than four new Samsung phones have just appeared on the Web, all of them being T-Mobile bound and none of them being officially announced. The best part [...]
Palm Pre officially announced for Bell Canada
Canadian mobile users should be more than happy to find out that the long-awaited Palm Pre will be reaching their country soon – sometime in the second half of 2009 (hopefully not in the winter). The carrier to offer the Pre will be Bell Mobility, Canada’s second largest mobile operator (well, it’s the first one if [...]
Sony Ericsson CS8 and CS5 release dates unveiled
Alongside the 8MP Sony Ericsson CS8 (aka C905a), T-Mobile USA will also launch the CS5 – another camera phone made by SE. Apparently, Sony Ericsson CS5 is a North American version of the C903 Cyber-shot (pictured below), which we first saw back in February. In consequence, T-Mo’s users should expect the CS5 to come with [...]