Samsung adds CorbyTXT B3210 and CorbyPRO B3410 to cheap and youthful Corby family
We didn’t call Samsung B3210 a Corby look alike for nothing, when we spotted it posing at IFA Berlin earlier this month. It turns out that Samsung Corby S3650 won’t be a single separate device. It will be a part of a whole Corby family – a line of cheap and colorful handsets aimed towards the [...]
Google and Baidu to fight over China’s mobile search market
China’s mobile market is continuously growing, so it’s obvious that its mobile search market is also growing – especially since China Mobile and China Unicom have started to offer 3G services across the country (TD-SCDMA and UMTS, respectively). The two giant mobile carriers currently have more than 600 million subscribers and, although only about 40 [...]
Average pone thickness now below 14mm; other interesting statistics from Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics has issued a report regarding the new phones introduced worldwide in July 2009, and there are some interesting statistics in it. For example: the average thickness for the new phones has dropped below 14 millimeters. There were 109 new cell phones announced across the globe in July, but detailed specifications are available for [...]
Palm offers more shares for sale; Nokia interested in buying?
Palm has just announced that its public offering of common stock has been increased to 20,000,000 shares, at a price of $16.25 per share. Palm expects to receive net proceeds of about $313.1 from the shares’ sale. The Sunnyvale-based smartphone maker says that it wants to use the money “for working capital and general corporate [...]
Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 delayed until 2010?
Initially rumored to be released in October this year, Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 may actually be delayed and only hit the market in 2010. According to Dial a phone, Samsung “decided to push the release date back to 2010”, presumably because it doesn’t want to hurt the sales of its first Android smartphone, the Galaxy [...]
LG New Chocolate BL20 – official specs unveiled
Although it recently appeared in a promo video, the LG New Chocolate BL20 isn’t officially announced. However, the new phone has been added by LG to its website, so we now know its official specs. There aren’t any surprises here: the LG New Chocolate BL20 is a fashionable phone with mid-end features and touch-sensitive keys. [...]
China Unicom to launch iPhone on Oct. 15th. $293 for 8G, $439 for 16G on a 2 year, $27 a month contract
The talk about when Apple’s iPhone is getting into to China has been going on almost since the day of the launch. And last month Apple finally managed to clinch the deal with one of the smaller (for China) operators, to start selling it. But no shipping date or price info has been made official [...]
HTC evaluating Broadcom chips, working on Nvidia Tegra devices
HTC is known for having a fruitful collaboration with Qualcomm – most of HTC’s smartphones use Qualcomm chips. However, the Taiwanese handset maker is apparently looking to add Broadcom to its list of 3.5G chipset suppliers. According to DigiTimes, HTC may adopt Broadcom’s cost-effective dual-core CPU solutions. This move would allow the company to launch [...]
Google Sync now has push Gmail support for iPhone, Windows Mobile
Google has announced that iPhone, iPod touch and Windows Mobile users can now enjoy push Gmail support via Google Sync. Launched at the beginning of the year, Google Sync is a service that lets you synchronize Google Calendar and Gmail Contacts with your phone. And, as of today, it also offers Gmail messages pushed directly [...]
Verizon starts selling the Motorola Entice W766
Earlier this month, we saw the Motorola Entice W766 making an appearance at Moto’s official website, and now the phone is finally available for purchase through Verizon Wireless. Coming as the successor of Moto W755 (which is now free at Verizon), the Motorola Entice W766 is an entry-level clamshell presented as being “uncomplicated and uncompromising.” [...]
Sprint launches Android developer website
Not long after announcing its first Android smartphone (the HTC Hero), Sprint has now added support for Android on its Developer Website – which also features support for Java ME, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Palm’s webOS. By accessing Sprint’s Android Developer web page, you’ll be able to find info about the carrier’s Android products and [...]
Samsung announces single chip capacitive touchscreen controller
Apart from announcing the S5PC110, S5PV210 and S5K4EA chips, today Samsung has also introduced the “world’s first mobile display driver IC with embedded touchscreen control functionality”. Based on the Touch Embedded DDI (display driver IC) technology, Samsung’s new single chip features a capacitive touch screen control function and should enable manufactures to design slimmer devices. [...]
Samsung intros two 1GHz chips, 5MP SoC chip with 1080p HD video recording
During the Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum event held in Taipei, Samsung has announced the upcoming availability of S5PC110 and S5PV210 – two new 1GHz ARM CORTEX-A8 based application processors. The Samsung S5PC110 chip is designed for “multimedia intensive smartphones” and other similar devices, while the Samsung S5PV210 is made for larger devices like nebtooks. The [...]
Samsung M3310 dual slider coming soon
Fans of dual-sliding mobile phones should know that Samsung is getting ready to release the M3310, which is obviously a dual slider. Like the Samsung F400 (launched back in 2008), Samsung M3310 is a music phone that has a dedicated speaker unveiled when the handset’s screen is slid down. The upcoming phone also has an [...]
Samsung InstinctQ M900 passes the FCC; Sprint release imminent?
The Samsung M900, also known as Samsung InstinctQ for Sprint, has just been approved by the FCC, which means that it might be officially announced soon. The FCC documents unveil that the InstinctQ will come with CDMA/EV-DO connectivity, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. We also know, from previously leaked photos, that the unannounced Instinct is an Android [...]
AT&T’s HTC Pure shows up, might cost $149.99 on contract
Previously rumored to be the HTC Snap or the HTC Lancaster, AT&T’s HTC Pure is actually a North American version of the Touch Diamond2. AT&T hasn’t officially announced the Pure, but images of it have recently been spotted over at HTCpedia. The Windows Mobile smartphone appears dressed in two cases, but we can still see [...]
Samsung Omnia II i920 for Verizon gets pictured
We’ve heard about Verizon’s Samsung Omnia II several times, but now it’s the first time we can actually see what it looks like. The Omnia II for Verizon turned out to be the Samsung SCH-i920, which was approved by the FCC back in June – so we know that the phone has Bluetooth, EV-DO connectivity [...]
Vertu Constellation F to be the first Vertu clamshell phone
When you say Vertu, you’re obviously thinking about luxury candybar phones, as Nokia’s subsidiary has launched only candybars until now. However, the British luxury phone maker is getting ready to launch a clamshell too, called Vertu Constellation F and made from premium materials (including stainless steel, leather and – in some versions – gold). Apart [...]
Samsung SCH-B900 touchscreen phone introduced in Korea
Samsung has introduced a new touchscreen phone in South Korea, namely the Samsung SCH-B900, a CMDA EV-DO handset that should be soon available via SK Telecom. The new phone appears in white, having a simple and elegant design. Using Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, the SCH-B900 features a 3 inch touchscreen display with 240 x 400 pixels, [...]
Pantech announces Sky DuPont IM-U510LE luxury phone
Like Prada, Armani and Dolce&Gabbana before it, the French company S.T. DuPont has decided to enter the mobile market by making a cell phone in collaboration with a big manufacturer. The manufacturer is Pantech, South Korea’s third largest handset maker, and the new phone is Pantech Sky DuPont IM-U510LE. The DuPont phone was announced today [...]