Pantech doublEye IM-U490S slider launched
Continuing its somewhat clever way of naming products (remember the TruEmotion UI?), Pantech has just launched a new phone, dubbed Pantech doublEye IM-U490S. Released under the Sky brand, Pantech doublEye is a slider that has a Picture-in-picture feature and lets you use the photo camera and the video camera at the same time. The phone [...]
Microsoft confirms multi-touch, designates WM7 to high-end, while keeping WM 6.5 for mass market
If you into Windows Mobile devices, you’ve probably already seen the video walkthrough of the final build of Windows Mobile OS, posted by Inquirer. While the new build, icons, UI tweaks and services like MyPhone and QR tags look nice, you may have missed the important bit of news that Microsoft rep let slip about future Microsoft strategy, some [...]
Verizon drops smartphone prices to under $100
Verizon Wireless has recently decided to drop the prices of most of its smartphones to $99.99 and lower. In consequence, you can now buy, for example, the HTC Touch Pro for only $99.99 on contract. However, some smartphones still cost more than $100 – like the new BlackBerry Tour and the Windows Mobile Samsung Saga, [...]
KTF to launch voice service over WiBro in Korea
KTF, South Korea’s second largest mobile operator, announced its plans to debut a pilot mobile service that will use WiBro, the homegrown, improved version of WiMax. The new service will be launched sometime in November 2009 and it should allow customers to make voice calls at cheaper rates and, thus, to promote the use of [...]
Nokia 6750 spotted with AT&T’s logo on it
Back in May, when the FCC unveiled the Nokia 6750, the phone appeared without AT&T’s logo, although it is destined for the second largest US mobile carrier. Well, if you had any doubts that the 6750 is coming to AT&T, the Bluetooth SIG has just approved the phone, and the carrier’s logo is clearly visible [...]
Samsung Social Campaign Smartphone wins IDEA Award
BusinessWeek and the Industrial Designers Society of America have recently unveiled the winners of the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) – and Samsung received no less than 8 awards. One of the bronze IDEA awards that Samsung got is for a so-called Social Campaign Smartphone. The full touchscreen handset seems to be only a [...]
Samsung Link QWERTY phone launched by Bell Canada
Bell Mobility has announced the availability of Samsung Link, enlarging its line-up of QWERTY-equipped phones and smartphones to 11 different models, hence becoming the Canadian mobile carrier with the highest number of such devices. Samsung Link is offered by Bell for $19.95 with a 3-yr agreement, or for $219.95 with no contract. The first 10,000 [...]