Motorola A3300 to have Windows Mobile, 5MP camera
Motorola hasn’t announced a Windows Mobile handset since more than six month ago (remember the affordable Q11 and the Surf A3100?), but it looks like the company still has some WinMo smartphones to launch. One of them is the Motorola A3300, a touchscreen handset that appeared in China, over at it168.com. Details about the specs [...]
Telus intros the Motorola Rival; Fido gets the Nokia 1661
Telus and Fido have just released two new phones in Canada: Motorola Rival a455 and Nokia 1661, respectively. Already available in the US via Verizon, Motorola Rival a455 is a messaging phone that features a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2.2 inch display with 176 x 220 pixels, Telus Navigator, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack, Music player, [...]
Apple to come with an iPhone 3G S 8GB?
If you think the new iPhone 3G S is too expensive ($199.99 for the 16GB version and $299.99 for the 32GB version), fret not, because Apple is apparently getting ready to launch an 8GB iPhone 3G S that should, obviously, be cheaper. According to BGR, some Rogers leaked documents are pointing out that Apple will [...]
Sprint launches hybrid 3G/WiMax Wi-Fi routers
Sprint, the only mobile carrier in the US to offer 4G services, announced the availability of two 3G/4G hybrid Mobile Broadband Routers: Sprint Personal Hotspot PHS300S, and Cradlepoint MBR-1000 Broadband Router – the latter being targeted at business customers. The two Mobile Broadband Routers are capable of simultaneously connecting a wide range of Wi-Fi-enabled devices [...]
LG BL40 Chocolate to feature FM Transmitter
Although the new LG BL40 Chocolate has been officially announced by LG, we still don’t have a complete list of its specs and features. Sure, we know that the phone has a 4 inch touchscreen display with 800 x 345 pixels and a 21:9 aspect ratio, plus a 5MP camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens and flash. [...]
RIM files for hybrid capacitive/ resistive Blackberry touchscreen patent
In the minds of hardcore touch phone fans the answer about which – resistive or capacitive – touchscreen technology is better, is already answered. And the clear winner is capacitive screen. After all, capacitive touchscreen displays are faster, more responsive, support multi-touch, and are the holy grail of a modern user interface… In real life it’s not [...]
Sprint’s Samsung Reclaim M560 messaging phone pictured
Not long after releasing the Samsung Exclaim, Sprint is now getting ready to introduce another messaging phone made by Sammy, namely the Samsung Reclaim M560 (previously knonw as Samsung Chianti). Apparently targeted at young mobile users, the Reclaim M560 is a slider with a full QWERTY keyboard. According to Phone Arena, the handset also features [...]
Nokia Ovi Files is now Mac compatible
Initially available only for Windows, Ovi Files is now compatible with Mac too, thanks to the newly-released Ovi Files Macintosh Connector. This lets users accomplish everything they can accomplish with the Ovi Files PC Connector. For example, you can remotely access files stored on your Mac (with OS X 10.5 Leopard), via either a mobile [...]
BlackBerry Curve 8520 announced by Airtel for India
Airtel, India’s largest mobile carrier (about 100 million customers) has announced the upcoming availability of RIM’s brand new BlackBerry Curve 8520 (also known as BlackBerry Gemini). Indian customers will be able to buy the smartphone starting August 7, at the retail price of 15,990 INR (about $336). The 8520 is the only (for now) BlackBerry [...]
Verizon’s Casio Brigade C741 approved by the FCC
A few weeks ago, we’ve heard that Verizon is readying two new Casio phones, namely the Casio Rock C731 and Casio Brigade C741. Details about the Rock C731 are currently missing, but the Brigade has just been approved by the FCC, under the name of Casio Hitachi C741. We don’t know much about the specs [...]
Bell Canada launching the Palm Pre on August 27
It didn’t happen in June, and neither in July, but it will definitely happen this month: Bell Mobility and Palm have just announced the release of Palm Pre across Canada, starting August 27. The long-awaited webOS smartphone will cost $199.95 with a 3-yr agreement, or $599.95 free of contract (a minimum 500 MB data plan [...]
Samsung S5600 Welsh edition coming from Orange
Already available in the UK, the Samsung S5600 will be soon launched by Orange in a special edition targeted at Welsh speakers. The touchscreen phone will feature software that includes more than 44,000 Welsh words, so that customers in Wales (and not only) can use it in their favorite language. Samsung S5600 with support for [...]
RIM Blackberry form factor fantasies
A lot of the things that go on in the R&D labs of major handset makers do not usually make it to the actual devices or are ever seen by a wider public. But some bits of what they are up to might be found in the patent applications that company files. And today it’s time to [...]
Fring 3.40 available for Samsung Symbian smartphones
Released at the beginning of June only for Nokia’s Symbian devices, fring 3.40 is now compatible with the Symbian S60 smartphones made by Samsung too. The supported Samsung S60 handsets include the Omnia HD, Innov8, G810, i7110, and older models like the i450. Fring 3.40 lets you connect with friends on various social networks, like [...]
Nokia N97 Mini. It’s real and we’ve got some details
We first heard about the upcoming Nokia N97 Mini via an accidental leak by Vodafone staffer on the Vodafone Ireland message boards in June. And last week Engadget scored some live pictures of Nokia N97 Mini posing next to its bigger brother – Nokia N97. The pictures sparked quite a discussion of whether this device is [...]
Samsung C3212 DuoS candybar shows up
It’s been a while since we last heard about a dual SIM phone from Samsung. But that doesn’t mean the South Korean company won’t launch other such handsets. One of them is the Samsung C3212 DuoS, a rather basic candybar. Save for the fact that it supports two SIM cards at the same time, we [...]
INQ Chat 3G and Mini 3G – Twitter phones with iTunes syncing
Remember INQ’s plan to release a Twitter phone before Christmas? Well, the company has just announced not one, but two such phones: INQ Chat 3G and INQ Mini 3G, which come as “affordable 3G social mobiles with Twitter and iTunes media sync”. The handsets use a software developed by doubleTwist and capable of syncing music [...]
Samsung i329 Windows Mobile smartphone for China
Samsung is getting ready to introduce a new Windows Mobile smartphone in China, namely the Samsung i329. Looking like a redesigned Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 (which also runs on Windows Mobile), the i329 features: a 3 inch touchscreen display with 240 x 400 pixels, TouchWiz UI, 512MB of internal memory, a Qualcomm QSC6975 chipset, and [...]
Samsung Messager Mister Cartoon special edition phone announced
MetroPCS and Samsung Mobile USA have announced a limited edition of the Samsung Messager r450, which was designed in collaboration with SA Studios Global and Mark Machado (aka Mister Cartoon) Based in LA, Mister Cartoon is a famous tattoo artist who worked until now with stars like Beyonce, Eminem and Justin Timberlake. Obviously, the new [...]
Philips K700 and X501 coming soon
Two new Philips phones will hit the market in he near future – the K700 and the X501. Featuring a full touchscreen display, the K700 is one of the few Philips handsets that don’t have an X in their name (although it’s part of the Xenium series). Philips K700 comes with a 3.2MP camera and, [...]