Verizon’s Samsung Rogue and Samsung Intensity appear in official photos
After several leaked photos, we can now finally see the official look of Samsung Rogue U960 and Samsung Intensity U450 – two phones that should be available via Verizon Wireless starting September 8. As previously reported, both handsets have full QWERTY keyboards, but they’re targeted at different categories of customers. The Samsung Rogue is a [...]
Toshiba TG02 shows up at the Wi-Fi Alliance website
It’s been a while since we last heard about the Toshiba TG02, which should be launched later this year as a successor of the TG01. Apparently, TG02 is a clamshell phone. However, the photos of TG02 seen earlier this year do not show a clamshell, but a device similar to the TG01. And to confuse [...]
LG Monaco, HTC Warhawk and Touch Pro2 leaked in Sprint document
A recently-appeared Sprint document has unveiled that the HTC Touch Pro2 will be launched by the third largest US carrier on September 8 – hence in less than two weeks from now. Sprint’s Touch Pro2 will have both EVDO and HSPA connectivity, plus Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a 480 x 800 pixels touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, [...]
Nokia N97 Mini appears in press photo
Not long after the first press photo of Nokia N900 (which, by the way, has just been announced), we now have an official picture of a new Finnish handset, namely the Nokia N97 Mini. As you probably already know from the N97 Mini preview published a few days ago, the smartphone is only slightly smaller [...]
Nokia N900 with Maemo 5 officially announced
Well, it was inevitable. With all the leaks and detailed previews of Nokia N900 Maemo 5 internet tablet, all the surprise has been lost long before the start of Nokia World 09. So today Nokia decided to make Nokia N900 and the new Maemo 5 OS official. Along with all the details we’ve been eagerly [...]
Nokia to launch ARM smartbook next year
Now that Nokia has announced the Booklet 3G (its very first netbook), it’s clear that the Finnish company won’t stop here when it comes to devices of this kind. DigiTimes quotes “Taiwan-based handset makers”, which say that Nokia is preparing to discuss with ODMs for the development of an ARM-based smartbook. Said smartbook should be [...]
Motorola A3300 is real, looks cool and is headed to China as A3300c
A few weeks ago, we’ve stumbled upon some images showing a so-called Motorola A3300, said to be a Windows Mobile smartphone. Well, the A3300 is a real device after all, and Motorola is getting ready to launch it in China, as A3300c. The Motorola A3300c was recently showcased at a press event, apparently held by [...]
Nokia Money financial service coming in 2010
Remember that investment that Nokia made in Obopay back in March? Its results are starting to show up, as Nokia has just announced a new financial service for mobile phones. Called Nokia Money, the service uses Obopay’s mobile payment platform for offering access to basic financial service. More exactly, customers will be able to: send [...]
High-end Nokia Maemo phone to be announced at Nokia World?
We all know that Nokia will showcase the Booklet 3G (and probably the N900 too) next week, during Nokia World 2009. But these aren’t phones – Booklet 3G is a netbook, while N900 is an Internet Tablet with phone capabilities. And Nokia surely has some new phones that are waiting to be announced. Well, according [...]
Samsung U960 Rogue and U450 Intensity coming to Verizon on September 8
It’s not the first time that we hear about Verizon’s Samsung U960 Rogue and Samsung U450 Intensity, but now we know exactly when they will be launched, and for how much. The Samsung Rogue (pictured below), will be priced at $99.99 with a 2-yr contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The phone should be [...]
Nokia 3710a passes the FCC, probably for AT&T
The FCC has just approved the Nokia 3710a, which looks like a North American version of the Nokia 3710 fold, officially announced a few months earlier (at the same time with Nokia E72 and Nokia 5530 XpressMusic). Like the Nokia 6350, the 3710a was approved to work on GSM 850/900 and WCDMA 850/1900 bands, so [...]
Samsung Messager II (R560) available from MetroPCS
MetroPCS, the sixth largest US mobile carrier, has introduced a new messaging phone today – the Samsung Messager II R560. Already available in Canada via Bell (as Samsung Vice), the Messager II is a phone that features a regular alphanumeric keypad, plus a sliding QWERTY one. The Messager II comes to replace the original Samsung [...]
Verizon’s Omnia II appears on Samsung’s website
Samsung Mobile USA has just confirmed that Verizon Wireless will release the Omnia II sometime soon. Unfortunately, Samsung doesn’t actually show Verizon’s Omnia II. However, it says that the phone is exclusive to Verizon and it “will revolutionize the way you text and email – faster and more accurately”. The Samsung Omnia II for Verizon [...]
Motorola to launch Android phones on September 10?
Motorola’s Android phones have been in the rumors for a long, long time, and yet the company didn’t unveil any official details about them. Well, it looks like Moto is finally ready to show its Android products to the world. The handset maker is preparing an Android event that will be held on September 10 [...]
Nokia Booklet 3G: What it is? What it isn’t? And why Nokia made it
If you look at all the coverage Nokia Booklet 3G pre-announcement received yesterday, you get the impression that this is THE product announcement of the year. Which looks pretty strange, if you consider what was announced – just another product – Wintel PC – in a tiny (albeit fast growing) Netbook market. So now, that we’ve had [...]
NTT DoCoMo has 10 million mobile payment customers
Japan’s largest mobile carrier – none other than NTT DoCoMo – has announced that its DCMX mobile payment service reached 10 million subscribers as of August 24. With the DCMX service, DoCoMo’s customers can make purchases using their phones as iD credit cards. iD is DoCoMo’s mobile payment platform for cell phones that come with [...]
Mivvy one comes with Windows Mobile for $380
Mivvy, the Czech company that launched three dual SIM phones earlier this year, has unveiled its first smartphone, called Mivvy one. Running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the Mivvy one is a full-touch handset with mid-end features. It seems that Mivvy has customized the phone with its own User Interface, which is obviously a good [...]
LG sold more than 1 million Arena KM900 phones
One month after announcing that it has shipped 5 million Cookie phones worldwide, LG has now announced another milestone: the South Korean company managed to sell 1 million Arena KM900 handsets. Available as of March 2009, the LG Arena is a decent iPhone competitor – despite the fact that it’s not a smartphone. The Arena [...]
Nokia 5230 touchscreen phone announced; costs only €149
We were just telling you that Nokia is readying several new touchscreen phones and, well, here’s one of them: Nokia 5230, officially announced by the Finnish company today, in India. Design-wise, there’s nothing new here. The 5230 is a mix between the Nokia 5800 and Nokia 5530, so it may look boring for some. However, [...]
HTC Qilin (Dopod T8388) is a TD-SCDMA WM smartphone for China
One of China Mobile’s first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones will be the HTC Qilin, a device that features GSM and TD-SCDMA (China’s own 3G technology). Apparently, the new smartphone will be sold under HTC’s Dopod brand, as T8388. Design-wise, the HTC Qilin / Dopod T8388 resembles the Touch Pro2. However, the Chinese smartphone does not [...]