LiMo-based Samsung Riedel i8305 coming to Vodafone?
Vodafone is apparently preparing the launch of a high-end Samsung phone that will use a LiMo-based operating system. Appeared over at BGR, the Vodafone-bound Samsung phone hasn’t got a name yet, but it might be the Samsung Riedel i8305 – which recently received a Wi-Fi Interoperability Certificate (PDF link). The phone’s known features include a [...]
INQ to release Android phones starting next year
INQ Mobile, the handset maker owned by Hutchison Whampoa, announced that it will offer phones based on Google’s Android platform. The announcement was made the same day when Motorola unveiled MotoBlur and the Motorola Cliq / Dext (the company’s first Android device). INQ didn’t give too many details about its Android plans, but said that [...]
Nokia 2220 slide to be colorful, simple and cheap
Nokia is getting ready to release a new entry-level phone that will probably be a hit in emerging markets: Nokia 2220 slide. The 2220 slide is obviously a slider, and it looks like it will come in many color versions, including red, blue and green. The handset uses Nokia’s S40 UI and it only has [...]
Motorola Cliq priced at $400 without contract, free with?
Earlier today, when Motorola announced the Android-based Cliq for T-Mobile, it didn’t say how much the new smartphone costs. If we think about its features (HVGA touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, MotoBlur, Wi-Fi, GPS, 5MP camera and so on), the Motorola Cliq should be a pretty expensive device, right? Perhaps not as expensive as T-Mobile’s HTC Touch [...]
Samsung Freeform QWERTY phone launched in the US via Alltel
Samsung Mobile USA has announced the release of a new messaging phone, called Samsung Freeform SCH-R351 and available via Alltel. The Freeform is actually the Samsung Link, released in early August by Bell Canada. Coming in two color versions (teal and burgundy), the Samsung Freeform features a four-row QWERTY keypad. It also has a 2.2 [...]
Motorola announces MotoBlur, Motorola Cliq (Dext) Android smartphone
MotoBlur has just been announced by Motorola during the Mobilize event held right now in San Francisco. As Motorola puts it, MotoBlur is “the first and only solution to sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more – from sources like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, work and personal e-mail, and LastFM – and automatically deliver [...]
Verizon announces the HTC Touch Pro2, Nokia 7705 Twist
Verizon Wireless has just announced the upcoming availability of two new QWERTY handsets: HTC Touch Pro2 and Nokia 7705 Twist. Already available from Sprint and T-Mobile, the HTC Touch Pro2 is a high-end Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone that comes with a 3.6 inch WVGA touchscreen display, TouchFLO 3D UI, full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2MP [...]
Nokia Messaging IM Beta 2.0 adds support for E71, E63, Google Talk
Launched in June only for the Nokia E75 QWERTY slider, Nokia Messaging IM has now reached version 2.0 Beta. The new application comes with support for two other Nokia smartphones, namely the E71 and E63 (more devices will be included soon). Nokia Messaging IM 2.0 Beta also adds support for Google Talk. Nokia Messaging IM [...]
Nokia 6720 classic launched by Telstra in Australia
Telstra, Australia’s largest mobile carrier, today announced the Nokia 6720 classic, a candybar first unveiled by Nokia back in February this year. Available in Australia starting September 15, the Nokia 6720 classic is joining Telstra’s Next G and BlueTick line-up of phones. The features of Telstra’s 6720 classic include: 2.2 inch TFT QVGA display with [...]
Sienna and Savannah Miller partner with LG, present Twenty8Twelve case for the BL40 Chocolate
Back in July, we told you that LG might collaborate with Sienna Miller to promote its new BL40 Chocolate phone. Well, LG has announced that it has, indeed, partnered with the famous actress, as well as with her sister, Savannah Miller, who is Creative Director of fashion label Twenty8Twelve. The announcement was made at the [...]
Samsung Star Think Pink Edition to help the fight against breast cancer
The hugely popular Samsung Star S5230 (sold in more than 5 million units until now) will be soon available in a new Limited Edition in Belgium. Called Samsung Star Think Pink, the phone has a pink ribbon on its back case and it will be sold starting October 1. For every handset sold, Samsung will [...]
Rogers promises a Motorola Android phone for 2010
Rogers Wireless, the only Canadian carrier to offer Android smartphones at the moment (HTC’s Dream and Magic), plans to release an Android device from Motorola. According to Financial Post, which quotes Rogers’ president Rob Bruce, the Android Moto phone will be available sometime in 2010. Details about the handset’s name and features were unfortunately not [...]
Apple intros iPhone OS 3.1 and iTunes 9
Apple has just announced the availability of iPhone OS 3.1, during the “It’s only rock and roll” event. Coming almost three months after iPhone OS 3.0, the 3.1 version of Apple’s mobile operating system should be available starting later today, as a free download for all iPhones and iPods with OS 3.0 installed. Some of [...]
Nokia to refuse carrier customization for its Maemo smartphones?
Nokia’s Symbian smartphones are popular for many reasons – one of them may be the fact that Nokia allows mobile operators to customize their software. Well, Nokia apparently intends to try a different approach when it comes to devices that will use its new Maemo platform. According to Reuters, the Finnish giant plans to reduce [...]
Palm Pixi to be launched in Europe and Canada too
Announced earlier this morning, the brand new Palm Pixi will be, for the beginning, sold only in the US and only via Sprint. However, the Pixi will most probably reach Europe and Canada too – especially since, according to Pocket-lint, a Palm spokesperson declared that the company “does plan to bring Palm Pixi to both [...]
Samsung T659 (Scarlet) launched by T-Mobile USA
Previously leaked as Samsung Scarlet, the Samsung T659 is now available from T-Mobile USA, coming as a pretty basic and thus affordable phone. The T659 is a slider with quad-band GSM connectivity, 3G, and even built-in GPS. Its other features include: email, stereo Bluetooth, Music player, Video messaging, Web browser, 2MP camera with video recording, [...]
Facebook and Pandora apps now available for Android
Two new important applications are now available for Android users in the US: Facebook and Pandora. Coming one month after we saw some leaked screenshots of it, the official Facebook Android app is now available for download at the Android Marketplace. The application is a must for Android phone owners who frequently use Facebook, as [...]
Sony Ericsson to ditch Windows Mobile, prepare Android and Symbian smartphones for 2010
Although Sony Ericsson has just unveiled the WM 6.5 Xperia X2, the Swedish-Japanese joint venture might never announce a Windows Mobile smartphone again. According to Eldar Murtazin from Mobile-review, Sony Ericsson has “denied” to further support Microsoft’s mobile OS. The Xperia X2 is possibly the last SE device to come with Windows Mobile – the [...]
Palm Pixi now official, comes to Sprint later this year without Wi-Fi
Palm has finally unveiled its second WebOS smartphone, officially called Palm Pixi (previously known as Palm Eos or Palm Pixie). The Pixi is a candybar with a touchscreen display and a full QWERTY keypad. Weighing only 99.5 grams (3.51 ounces) and measuring 111 x 55 x 10.85 mm (4.37 x 2.17 x 0.43 inches), the [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx) for T-Mobile appears in press photo
Not long after we saw it in a live image, T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Onyx has now appeared, for the first time, in an official photo. The unannounced smartphone will probably be called BlackBerry Bold 9700 when released. Spotted over at Cio, the official BlackBerry Onyx photo shows exactly what we’ve expected to see: a good looking [...]