Philips Xenium X630, new candybar with long-lasting battery
Ready for yet another new Philips phone?
Well then, meet the Philips Xenium X630, a good-looking candybar that should be available in the near future (probably in China first).
The X630 doesn’t have 3G connectivity, and most of its features are mid to low-end.
However, users will probably appreciate the fact that the phone comes with a 1530 [...]
Nokia to launch Chinese Ovi Store, TD-SCDMA smartphone by the end of 2009
Nokia is getting ready to release a Chinese version of Ovi Store, its own application store that was officially announced at the end of May.
Currently available only in five languages (English, Russian, Spanish, Italian and German), Nokia Ovi Store should be ready for Chinese mobile users before the end of 2009, allowing them to download [...]
Vodafone looking to buy T-Mobile UK?
T-Mobile UK isn’t doing well lately and thus its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, is looking for ways to make things better.
One way to solve its problems would be to sell the British carrier. The estimated enterprise value of T-Mobile UK is of €3 billion – €4 billion ($4.2 billion – $5.6 billion), and it looks [...]
Samsung Announces 4 Low-End Models; The World Yawns
Picking a rather unusual day to announce new phones, Samsung officially came out with four low-to-mid-range handsets to balance out the recent emphasis the company has had on smartphones (Samsung Jet, for instance).
All of these phones we’ve seen before, either at trade shows or through leaked live pics. The S6700 and C5510 are two sliders; [...]
Blackberry Tour on Verizon July 12, Will Be First to Launch
There is a lot of buzz on this here Blackberry Tour phone, and for good reason: almost every CDMA carrier still around is picking it up.
We’ve heard about Telus launching it July 15, and Sprint has mumbled something about “later this summer” (coincidentally, just like MMS on the AT&T iPhone…but we’re not bitter). But we [...]
Rumor: Sprint Testing HTC Hero, Samsung Android Device
We are hearing whispers that Sprint is currently performing internal tests on not one but two Android handsets, and will both be available by next year.
The first handset is rumored to be the HTC Hero, which was announced earlier this week alongside a new UI called Sense, and apparently will be ready before the end [...]
Nokia 6790 Mako, Motorola VE440 Cadbury confirmed by the Bluetooth SIG
Nokia 6790 Mako and Motorola VE440 Cadbury, two unannounced phones, have recently been approved by the Bluetooth SIG (here and here), thus becoming semi-official.
The Nokia 6790 is a Symbian S60 smartphone that will be released by AT&T in the US, probably in the next few months.
The handset is a “messaging focused” one, featuring a landscape [...]
3 UK to launch the Nokia N97, free Skype calling included
3 UK may not be among the largest British mobile carriers, but it offers something that many don’t: Skype calling.
The operator has just announced the upcoming availability of Nokia N97 – which is already available in the UK, unlocked.
3’s N97 obviously allows customers to make Skype-to-Skype calls for free.
The Nseries handset is offered for free [...]
LG to ship more 3G phones than Samsung, thanks to demand from China
LG might soon ship more 3G handsets worldwide than Samsung, helped by the fast-growing Chinese mobile market.
Currently the world’s third largest phone maker (behind Nokia and Samsung), LG is the only international manufacturer that was selected to provide 3G phones for all of China’s carriers: China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, which together have [...]
White Samsung Omnia II to hit Verizon in July?
Announced by Samsung not long ago, the Omnia II i8000 might hit Verizon Wireless as early as July.
Moreover, it looks like the brand new Windows Mobile smartphone will come to Verizon in a white color version – Samsung has only announced a black one.
Phone Arena – the source of this rumor (because it’s a rumor [...]