Samsung S5600 launched in the UK via Orange
Samsung S5600 (also known as Samsung Preston) was launched today in the UK, by Orange – the first carrier to offer the new touchscreen phone to British customers. The S5600 is sold for £159.50 ($258) on pay as you go, but you can get it for free if you sign a contract agreement for two [...]
Sony Ericsson’s bracelet phone
Over the years we’ve seen quite a few interesting, strange and stupid mobile phone form factors coming from R&D departments of major cellphone vendors, in a form of patent applications. Very few of them make it further then a drawing board, but they still are interesting to look at. Well, here’s one more cellphone form [...]
Motorola Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset with bone conduction technology announced
Motorola has just unveiled a new Bluetooth headset, the Endeavor HX1, presented as the company’s first such headset to combine “CrystalTalk noise cancellation technology with a stealth mode so you can hear and be heard in the fiercest environments.” HX1’s stealth mode leverages on true bone conduction technology, thus allowing users to hear and be [...]
Samsung Highlight to hit T-Mobile USA on July 15
Apart from preparing the launch of Dash 3G, T-Mobile USA is also getting ready to introduce a new Samsung phone, apparently called Samsung Highlight. It’s said that Highlight is the same device as Samsung Spark T749, but we can’t confirm this at the moment. Anyway, according to TmoNews, Samsung Highlight features a touchscreen display of [...]
National Geographic launches dual SIM Duet Travel Phone
National Geographic and Cellular Abroad have announced the release of a new dual SIM handset, called National Geographic Duet Travel Phone (model name D888). Made “for the needs of the international traveler”, the Duet Travel comes with a National Geographic pay-as-you-go SIM card that lets you make affordable calls from no less than 185 countries, [...]
T-Mobile Dash 3G (HTC Snap) now official
Not long after Sprint’s HTC Snap S511 became official, T-Mobile USA has now announced its own version of the smartphone, called T-Mobile Dash 3G. Coming to replace the first generation Dash (also manufactured by HTC), the Dash 3G offers several new features – first of all, as its name shows it, it has 3G connectivity. [...]
Early iPhone 3G buyers can get the 3G S fully subsidized from AT&T
When Apple and AT&T announced the iPhone 3G S, the two companies said that only those who sign a new 2-yr contract agreement can buy the smartphone at $199 and $299 (the 16GB and the 32GB version, respectively). This meant that all iPhone 3G owners would have had to pay $399 / $499 if they [...]
Apple finally launches iPhone 3.0 OS – available now for download
Announced back in March, iPhone 3.0 OS is now finally available for download, so all iPhone and iPod touch users can upgrade their devices to it. Naturally, iPhone 3.0 OS is already installed on the brand new iPhone 3G S, but this will only be launched on June 19 (by AT&T in the US). Until [...]
LG plans 3 Android phones for 2009, doesn’t know if they’re high-end
Back in 2008, when we first heard that LG wants to launch Android phones, we didn’t know how many of them would be out in 2009. Well, now it looks like there are no less than three LG Android phones planned for release by the end of the year. Details are still scarce, but it’s [...]
Telus’ BlackBerry Tour to land on July 15 for $249.99
BlackBerry Tour 9630, the smartphone announced by RIM just yesterday, might be launched in Canada on July 15, via Telus. A couple of leaked documents have unveiled not only the Tour’s possible release date on Telus, but also the prices for which it will be available. Reportedly, the new BlackBerry will cost 249.99 Canadian dollars [...]
Haier H7 Android smartphone to come for only $150
Haier, one of China’s largest electronic products manufacturers, has announced its intention to launch an Android smartphone later this year. Headquartered in Qingdao, Haier is mainly famous for domestic appliances (freezers, washing machines etc), and its cell phones are sold almost exclusively in China. However, the Android-powered Haier H7 seems to be headed for Europe. [...]
Affordable Nokia N97 Mini to be launched by Vodafone?
According to a post made by a moderator at the Vodafone Ireland forums, a so-called Nokia N97 Mini smartphone will be launched soon, coming as a more affordable version of the original N97 (which is sold for $699 unlocked). Reportedly, the Nokia N97 Mini will come to Vodafone Ireland “later this year”. There are basically [...]
Nokia E71-like LG GW550 WM smartphone shows up
The GM730 is not the only Windows Mobile handset presented by LG yesterday. The South Korean company has also unveiled the GW550, a smartphone that runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, unlike the GM730, which obviously comes with WM 6.1 Professional. Design-wise, LG GW550 looks like the Nokia E71, one of the most popular Symbian [...]
UK man convicted of handling stolen Vertu phones has to repay £1 million
Narinder Sandhu, a man from Southall, London, convicted of handling 65 stolen Nokia Vertu phones back in 2007, has to repay £999,713.21 ($1,6 million) to the British Government, as he failed to prove he obtained said amount of money legally. The 65 Vertu luxury phones, stolen during an armed robbery in 2005, have been recovered, [...]
ModeLabs to launch Lacoste phones in 2010
ModeLabs, the French company that manufactures phones like the Christian Dior and the Tag Heuer Meridiist, announced it has signed a partnership with Lacoste, the Paris-based maker of high-end clothing, watches, perfumes and various other products. Under the agreement, ModeLabs will develop Lacoste phones that will be on sale starting 2010. The first ModeLabs Lacoste [...]
Interesting Philips C600 and W186 unveiled
Philips will soon launch two new mobile phones, the C600 and the W186. The first one, Philips C600, is a dual-mode handset that works on tri-band GSM networks (900/1800/1900 MHz), as well as on CDMA 800 MHz. Interestingly, the C600 has two call keys, one for GSM and one for CDMA. Unfortunately, the rest of [...]
Huawei U8230 and C8000 announced, an Android and a WinMo phone
Today, during CommunicAsia 2009, Huawei has officially unveiled its first Android smartphone – the U8230 – and a new Windows Mobile handset, the C8000. Huawei U8230 looks slightly different from the company’s Android prototype seen back in February, although the overall aspect has not been changed. Feature-wise, the U8230 offers a wide 3.5 inch touchscreen [...]
T-Mobile cuts G1 prices – MyTouch 3G release imminent?
As of today, T-Mobile USA’a G1 Android smartphone costs only $149.99 with a 2-year contract agreement – a 25% drop from the initial $199.99 price. All of G1’s color versions (black, white and bronze) are available at the discounted price. Of course, the G1 is cheaper if you buy it from Amazon (only $100), but [...]
Samsung Jet S8000 already available in the UK, free on select Vodafone plans
Mobile users over in the UK can already buy the brand new Samsung Jet, which was announced by Sammy yesterday, alongside Omnia II, Omnia Pro and others. Also known as Samsung S8000 Cubic, Samsung Jet can be found only via Vodafone for the moment (the exclusivity will expire in two weeks). The largest British carrier [...]
iPhone 3G S price in Italy? 719 EUR!
Unhappy about those price increases you’ll suffer if you want to change to iPhone 3G S on AT&T? Wait till you hear what some of us in Europe will have to shell out for the new handset. The leaked internal Vodafone Italy price list is showing the 32GB version of iPhone 3G S going for EUR [...]