Sprint launches Samsung M240, new eco-friendly accessories
If you’re a Sprint customer in need for a new and affordable phone, you should know that the third largest US carrier has just launched the Samsung M240, which might be exactly what you want. Presented as a fashionable flip phone, the M240 comes with features like: internal and external displays, Web browsing, voice dialing, [...]
HTC Hero announced for India – the country’s second Android phone
HTC has announced the upcoming availability of the Android-powered Hero smartphone in India. The Hero is the second Android device to be available to Indian customers, after the HTC Magic, released earlier this summer. Unlike the Magic, HTC Hero comes with HTC’s new Sense UI, which lets users customize the phone’s software. The new device [...]
Verizon’s Samsung Rogue and Intensity now available
Right on schedule, today Verizon has launched two new Samsung phones: U960 Rogue and U450 Intensity. Replacing the Samsung Glyde, Samsung Rogue is Verizon’s first phone to have an AMOLED display. Its features include: 3.1 inch touchscreen with 480 x 800 pixels, one-touch Widgets, 4-row QWERTY keyboard, EV-DO Rev A connectivity, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm [...]
Orange, T-Mobile merge in the UK to form the largest British mobile carrier ever
France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom have just announced that they reached an agreement to merge their mobile operators in the UK: Orange and T-Mobile, respectively. The new 50:50 joint-venture will become UK’s leading mobile carrier, with about 28.4 million British customers – more than O2 and Vodafone (currently the first and the second largest UK [...]
Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite in live photos, video
It’s a good day for Android, it seems. HTC announced its Tattoo, and the Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite has just appeared in a set of live photos, as well as in a video. As previously reported, the Galaxy Lite will be a more affordable version of the Samsung Galaxy i7500. The Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 [...]
HTC Tattoo (Click) announced, ships in October
Only one week after the Touch2, today HTC has announced the HTC Tattoo, an Android smartphone previously known as HTC Click. The Tattoo is a small handset that should “bring Android to all”. It’s the fourth HTC device to run on Android. Like the HTC Hero, Tattoo comes with HTC Sense, which includes Make it [...]
LG Etna with Android shows up, Vodafone might release it soon
It looks like LG has quietly showcased its very first Android smartphone at IFA 2009 in Berlin last week. The smartphone we’re talking about is called LG Etna – weird, because I knew that “Etna” was a codename for AT&T’s LG Neon GT365. Anyway, Chip.de has a live photo of the Android-based LG Etna. The [...]
Cheaper Nokia X6 16GB coming in 2010 without CWM?
Announced last week during NW09, the new Nokia X6 touchscreen phone should be available starting the fourth quarter of the year, for €450 – a Nokia Comes With Music subscription is included in this price. According to the press release that presented the X6, the phone will only be sold with the mentioned CWM subscription. [...]
Nokia unveils RD-3, its first LTE internet modem
After announcing its commitment to LTE several times, Nokia has now finally unveiled its first LTE (4G) modem. Called Nokia Internet Modem RD-3, the device supports multiple LTE frequency bands, as well as interoperability with GSM/EDGE and WCDMA/HSPA networks. Reportedly, the Nokia Internet Modem RD-3 is ready to be used in LTE trials by operators [...]
Pantech C790 Aladdin confirmed for AT&T
One of AT&T’s upcoming messaging phones is the Pantech C790, also called Pantech Aladdin – perhaps after Disney’s beloved character? The C790 Aladdin has been recently approved by the Bluetooth SIG, so it might not be long until AT&T announces it. Like other Pantech phones released by AT&T (the Matrix Pro, for example), the Pantech [...]
Samsung S5500E Lydford – new eco-friendly phone
Samsung is going green once again with a new eco-friendly phone, called Samsung S5500E Lydford. The S5500E is a slider made out of recycled materials and packaged in recycled paper. It also has an alarm that lets you know when the phone’s battery is fully charged – this way, you know when exactly to unplug [...]
#NW09 impressions. Did Nokia underestimate how good N900 really is?
Nokia N900 Maemo 5 handset was by far the most impressive device launched at Nokia World 09. It has blown away anyone who was lucky enough to lay hands on it. I am not talking only about Nokia fanboys who are ready to praise anything the company makes. I include skeptics, who are ready to [...]
Hands-on with Samsung Corby S3650
When I went to check out Samsung Corby S3650, cheapest (150 EUR) full-touch phone “for youth market”, I wasn’t expecting much. I mean, how cheap can you go, and still have a good quality product? So I was pleasantly surprised when I got my hands on Samsung Corby S3650. Turns out, even though it might [...]
HTC Touch HD2 to Run Android?
The HTC Touch HD is back. And this time, it’s Android. Wait, what? Sure we’re hearing all about the Touch Pro2 and the Touch 2, but those aren’t the only sequels in the works for the Touch series; we are now hearing word that the Touch HD is ready for a refresh, and have a [...]
Nokia Twist Coming to Verizon Sept 13
‘Tis the season to come out with new handsets, so says Verizon. Just after learning about the Sept 11 release of the much-anticipated HTC Touch Pro2, Nokia is throwing in a mid-September contribution of its own to the largest US carrier: the Nokia Twist 7705. This odd squarish-looking device will be showing up to select [...]
Possible Touch Pro2 Release on Verizon Next Week
It’s true that we already have a winner — T-Mobile – in the intense US race to get the Touch Pro2 to market, but that doesn’t mean the race is officially over. In fact, Sprint and Verizon have been neck-and-neck with Sprint taking the lead by offering pre-orders via Telesales beginning Thursday. Rumors are flying [...]
Nokia orders 100,000 Booklet 3G netbooks from Compal
Nokia sells hundreds of thousands of smartphones per day, but will it manage to sell as many netbooks, too? Most probably not – not in the near future at least. However, the Finnish company hopes to sell 100,000 Booklet 3Gs pretty soon, as it has just ordered them from Compal, the well-known Taiwanese ODM. According [...]
Sprint to launch WM 6.5 Samsung Intrepid (Ace II), Samsung Moment
After announcing the HTC Touch Pro2 and the HTC Hero, Sprint is getting ready to introduce even more cool handsets – two of them being Samsung Intrepid and Samsung Moment. Samsung Intrepid will be a Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone, apparently coming to replace the Samsung Ace. It’s not clear yet if the Intrepid will be [...]
Vodafone intros 533 Catwalk Collection, 541 Touch and more
Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile carriers, has announced no less than eight new phones that will be soon available under its own brand – at about the same time with the LG GM750 Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone. The new Vodafone handsets range from stylish and expensive devices to basic, affordable ones (some of [...]
Samsung B3410, B3310, etc; Samsung’s bid to take over QWERTY messaging phone market
When Samsung gets serious about something, it really gets serious. Starting in late 2007, with the release of Samsung Armani and F490 touchphones, they’ve got touch screen as religion. And started churning out touchscreen phones like crazy. I tried to do a quick count in my head, how many touch phones Samsung has at the moment, but [...]