5 million LG Cookie phones sold worldwide
Only three months after unveiling the sale of 2 million LG Cookie phones, LG has now announced that the popular touchscreen phone has reached sales of more than 5 million units worldwide. Reportedly, 19,000 LG Cookies are sold everyday across the globe – which means 13 units per minute. Launched nine months ago, the LG [...]
HTC readying Leo, Click, Mega and Rome smartphones?
HTC is apparently preparing some sort of a clamshell phone called HTC Leo and coming with two displays: a WVGA (480 x 800) internal one with a 16:9 aspect ratio, and a QVGA external one. The HTC Leo supports Open GL 2.0 and it may be based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, like the Toshiba [...]
Nokia also registers the Xseries brand name
Apart from registering the Cseries brand name, Nokia has also applied for registering the Xseries trademark. The application was filed on April 15 2009 and accepted on April 29 by Europe’s OHIM (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market). It is related to “mobile phones, smart phones, accessories and replacement parts for mobile phones.” While [...]
New Nokia Cseries mobile computers coming soon?
I am not sure if it is related to the launch of the upcoming Nokia Maemo based devices this fall, but Nokia seems to be readying the introduction of a new line of the devices to complement it’s Nseries and Eseries handsets. And it will be called Nokia Cseries. At least that’s the brand name [...]
Nokia N86 8MP announced for the US – $558 unlocked
Nokia’s only 8 Megapixel camera phone, the N86 8MP dual-slider, will be available in the US starting the next few weeks, coming to compete with the likes of Samsung Memoir and Sony Ericsson C905a. Running on Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Nokia N86 8MP is basically an upgraded N85. Its 8MP camera features Carl Zeiss optics, [...]
Alcatel Miss Sixty phone unveiled by the FCC
If you’re a girl who has always (or at least once) dreamed about a Miss Sixty phone, Alcatel has a little surprise for you – and that’s obviously an Alcatel Miss Sixty phone. Recently approved by the FCC, the device is an entry-level clamshell that comes with a red case and a golden Miss Sixty [...]
Philips Xenium X830 appears in official photos
First seen at the beginning of June, the Philips Xenium X830 seems to be a really cool phone. Well, at least when it comes to design, because when it comes to features, the handset has some minuses (no 3G, for example). Two official photos of the X830 have appeared now, alongside the phone’s official specs. [...]
Nokia selling Symbian Professional Services to Accenture
Today, Nokia announced the imminent sale of its Symbian Professional Services unit to Accenture – a company considered to be one of the largest consulting firms in the world. The Symbian Professional Services unit is currently responsible “for Symbian OS customer engineering and customer support”. More exactly, the unit provides services like advanced error diagnosis [...]
O2 Xda Venn launched – a British Pantech Matrix Pro
O2 UK has just launched a new smartphone from its Xda series – the Xda Venn. The Venn is actually a rebranded version of the Pantech Matrix Pro, which is already available in the US, via AT&T. Coming with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard on board, O2 Xda Venn features two sliding keypads: an alphanumeric and [...]
LG BL40 (Chocolate 4?) passes the FCC
Just hours after we saw the unannounced LG BL40 Chocolate in several live photos, the phone was approved by the FCC – so now its official BL40 model number is confirmed, although we are still waiting for its commercial name – Chocolate 4, perhaps? And now that the official model number is confirmed and this [...]
Google to add carrier billing to Android Market
At the moment, users can buy apps from the Android Market only via Google Checkout – which may not be the most convenient purchase option for everyone. Probably that’s why Google plans to add more payment methods to the Android Market. According to CNET, a future Android OS update will offer several other paying systems. [...]
Nokia N97 and 5800 XpressMusic – top sellers at Vodafone UK
Launched by Vodafone UK less than one month ago, the high-end Nokia N97 smartphone has become the carrier’s best selling handset for this month (July). On the second place is another S60 5th Edition smartphone from Nokia – the popular 5800 XpressMusic. Surprisingly or not, the Sony Ericsson W595 Walkman is on the third place, [...]
iPhone 3G S launched by 3 Italy for a good price – starting at €99
3 Italy has recently launched Apple’s new iPhone 3G S, and its prices are quite attractive. On contract, the 16GB iPhone 3G S costs as low as €99 ($140). The 32GB model is obviously more expensive, starting at €199 ($280) with a contract agreement. Customers can also buy the iPhone 3G S 16GB and 32GB [...]
Samsung Galaxy i7500 launched by Bouygues Telecom in France, only €89
As expected, today Bouygues Telecom has launched the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy i7500 in France. The third-largest French mobile carrier offers the Galaxy for as low as €89 ($125), with a 2-yr contract agreement and after an excusive €50 Web discount. Free of contract, the smartphone is priced at €429 ($605). In case you forgot, the [...]
Palm makes the Mojo SDK available to everyone
Several months after an early access program, Palm has now launched the Mojo SDK (Software Development Kit) to the public. In consequence, anyone who’s interested can register to the Palm Developer website and download the SDK, plus the related documentation. The Mojo SDK availability will most probably result in a huge number of new applications [...]
Symbian Horizon will publish your applications for free
Ever heard about Symbian Horizon? It is a new application-publishing platform announced by the Symbian Foundation and “designed to reduce barriers to success and increase the profitability of delivering applications on the Symbian platform.” If you’re an application developer, Symbian can publish your apps for free “to multiple app stores.” You first need to register [...]
Google launches Search with My Location for iPhone 3.0
iPhone owners who have the iPhone 3.0 OS can now use Google Search with My Location, via the Safari browser. To benefit from the service, visit google.com from Safari and turn on the My Location feature. To update your location, simply tap on the “update” link. When everything’s set, the results displayed after you search [...]
New Samsung S3100 slider coming soon
Yet another low to mid-end Samsung phone will be released soon, namely the Samsung S3100. There aren’t too many details about it at the moment, but we know that the S3100 is a slider that should feature the following: Music player, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, USB 2.0 and MicroSDHC card support. A photo [...]
Google to monetize Voice via ringback advertising auctions?
The newly announced Google Voice looks like a great service that should ease your communication problems on multiple devices significantly. And Google is already thinking of the ways of monetizing Voice. In a way it knows best – through advertising. And it just might work. When I use my phone, there is actually one time, when I wouldn’t [...]
LG BL42 Chocolate leaked; live pics with LG BL40 spotted
LG BL40 is not the only new Black Series Chocolate phone prepared by LG for this year. The South Korean company will also release the LG BL42 – a mid-end phone that seems to be the direct successor of the original Chocolate. Apparently, the LG BL42 will feature GSM/UMTS connectivity, a touchpad, a QVGA display, [...]