Nokia N900 appears in official photo while Nokia N97 Mini gets previewed
If today’s news about Nokia Booklet 3G isn’t enough to satisfy your hunger for Finnish-made technology, maybe the first official image of Nokia N900, or the first Nokia N97 Mini preview will. We’ve seen the N900 (aka Rover aka RX51) several times until now, but only in unofficial shots. Well, the French website Be Geek [...]
Microsoft launches OneApp, helping feature phones to become smarter
After announcing its Office-related collaboration with Nokia, Microsoft is further expanding its presence in the mobile market beyond Windows Mobile, by launching OneApp. In Microsoft’s words, OneApp is a software application that offers feature phones the ability to run various mobile apps like Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Twitter and Mobile Wallet. Targeted at mobile users [...]
3 / INQ owner invests in Spotify
Hutchison Whampoa, the Hong Kong-based company that owns INQ and mobile operator 3, has recently acquired a stake in Spotify, the Web-based music streaming service which offers both paid and free content (the free content is available only is Western European countries). According to Forbes, Li Ka-Shing, HW’s chairman, has confirmed that his company bought [...]
RIM buys Iris browser developer Torch Mobile
Today, Research in Motion announced that it has acquired Torch Mobile, a Canadian software company that developed a WebKit-based mobile browser called Iris (mainly known for being used on Windows Mobile devices). According to the Torch Mobile official website, as part of Research In Motion, the company’s developers “will continue to be active participants in [...]
Samsung B3310 now official in France; comes in blue too
While Nokia is busy with the announcement of Booklet 3G (its first netbook), Samsung silently continues to bring new phones to the market. The latest official Samsung handset is the weird-looking B3310, first seen last week. The Samsung B3310 is now official in France, where it will be sold in a blue-black combination of colors [...]
Eco-friendly Samsung Reclaim M560 to be launched by Bell Canada
Already available in the US, via Sprint, the Samsung Reclaim M560 will soon be launched in Canada too, by Bell Mobility. Presented by Bell as being “eco-friendly without sacrificing technology”, Samsung Reclaim is made from bio-plastic materials and comes with an Energy Star-approved charger. The phone’s features include a 2.4 inch QVGA display, full QWERTY [...]
Samsung S3650 Corby and M2520 in live photos
We’ve got some live photos of two unannounced Samsung phones, both of which should hit the market pretty soon: Samsung S3650 Corby and Samsung M2520. The first phone, Samsung S3650 Corby, is a full-touchscreen one that features a QVGA display, TouchWiz UI, quad-band GSM connectivity, Bluetooth with A2DP, music player, FM radio, access to popular [...]
Nokia Booklet 3G netbook pre-announced
Well, I’ll be damned. Those rumors earlier this year, about Nokia working with Chinese OEMs on its own netbook were true, after all. And from the looks of it, they’ve come up with one sleek and pretty machine. Today the Finnish cellphone giant pre-announced the Nokia Booklet 3G netbook, which runs on an Intel Atom [...]
Samsung Instinct HD appears at BestBuy – Sprint should announce it soon
Sprint’s Instinct family is getting bigger and bigger. Two new members are on their way: the Android-powered Samsung InstinctQ, and the Samsung Instinct HD, which just appeared at Best Buy. Previously known as Samsung Dash M850, the Instinct HD is called that way due to the fact that its 5MP camera can “record and play [...]
Blackberry Storm 2 Release Date, Other Phones Leaked by Verizon Roadmap
Screenshots have emerged of Verizon’s roadmap for the next quarter, and it reveals some phones we already knew about, and some that are completely new. Most phones also have been given tentative release dates, most notably among them being the Blackberry Storm follow-up. The Storm 2, which we just found detailed video footage on, is [...]
New BlackBerry Storm 2 videos, Piezo technology included
It’s not the first time we see the BlackBerry Storm 2 on video, but that doesn’t mean it’s not interesting seeing it again. Especially since the first video is no longer available, and the two new ones bring precious details about RIM’s second-generation Storm. According to these videos, the Storm 2 is much better than [...]
HTC Mega shows up again, Windows Mobile 6.5 confirmed
First seen at the beginning of this month, the HTC Mega has now appeared in a new photo, which seems to show the real device – not just a render of it. Moreover, the new image presents us the Mega running Windows Mobile 6.5, thus confirming the fact that it will come with Microsoft’s latest [...]
Review of Samsung Highlight for T-Mobile
It’s easy to determine that Samsung has had a large amount of success with Touchwiz, its own brand of touchscreen OS, and that is precisely why it keeps cranking out several new handsets that come included with Touchwiz. The Samsung Highlight T749 is one such phone. On T-Mobile and sporting the same Touchwiz UI as [...]
Samsung S3650 Corby touchscreen phone to cost only €200
Samsung is getting ready to launch another low-cost touchscreen phone, namely the Samsung S3650 Corby. Featuring a design and a choice of colors (yellow + black) that will probably attract many young mobile users, the Samsung S3650 Corby should be available in Europe in the next few weeks – just like the weird-looking Samsung B3310. [...]
Samsung B3310 is like a pink Nokia Surge with extra keys
If you thought the Nokia Surge 6760 is weird, take a look at the new (and unannounced) Samsung B3310. Basically, these two phones share the same concept: they’re sliders with some keys on the left side, and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. However, Samsung probably said “hey, why not put numeric keys on that left side [...]
Google launches Listen for Android and new Image Search Results for feature phones
The folks over at Google Labs have a new Android application for you: called Listen, the app allows Android users to easily find podcasts and Web audio content relevant to their searches. Listen for Android also lets you stream audio files over the air (OTA), or subscribe for new content from your favorite sources on [...]
6-fingered man demos the HTC Click and Android Donut on video
The unannounced HTC Click has just appeared in a video preview, apparently running Android OS Donut. The Click is shown next to the HTC Magic, which is slightly bigger and thus has a larger display. As you probably already know, Click is one of HTC’s upcoming cheap Android smartphones. It will cost about $300 free [...]
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition features lifetime navigation
If you’re bored of your regular edition of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, or if you want a phone with more navigation capabilities, you should know that Nokia has just announced the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition. The 5800 Navigation Edition looks similar to the 5800 XM, the only visual difference being a silver trim. The new [...]
T-Mobile Pulse (Huawei U8220) to come in October for only €260
Until now, we’ve found out that the Android-powered Huawei U8220 is coming to T-Mobile Europe as T-Mobile Pulse, but without having details about its price and release date. Well, it looks like the unannounced Android smartphone will be available starting October this year. At least that’s what a report from Tweakers.net says. The Pulse U8220 [...]
Verizon launches entry-level Escapade world phone
Fist seen about two months ago, Verizon’s Escapade world phone is now official – although it looks like it’s not made by Pantech, as initially thought, but by PCD (Personal Communications Devices). Presented by Verizon as a “must-have phone for globetrotters and jet-setters”, the Escapade is a rather simple clamshell that comes with dual band [...]