Samsung, LG, RIM and Sharp will support JIL widget specs
The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL), whose members include Verizon, Vodafone, China Mobile and Softbank, announced that top handset makers agreed to support the JIL widget specification in phones released starting the first quarter of 2010. The handset makers are: Samsung, LG, Research in Motion and Sharp. It is the first time when giant phone manufactures [...]
Verizon-Motorola Droid event promises “the most desirable phone of 2009″
Verizon has just sent out invitations to a Droid event that will be held on October 28 (one week from now). At this event, Verizon will unveil “the most desirable phone of 2009”. Motorola’s logo can be seen on the invitation, so the phone is most probably the Motorola Droid (aka Sholes aka Tao). As [...]
Samsung B3310 launched as Corby Mate in India
Samsung B3310 may be known as B3310 in Europe, but in India it’s part of the Corby family. More exactly, the phone is called Samsung Corby Mate. The B3310 / Corby Mate has an unusual design, coming with numeric keys on the left side of the screen, and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The phone’s other [...]
Pantech Reveal now available at AT&T, $80 on contract
Announced at the same time with Samsung Mythic, Samsung Flight and Pantech Impact, the Pantech Reveal C790 is now available for purchase via AT&T. Previously known as Pantech Aladdin, the Reveal is a slider phone that features an alphanumeric keypad, as well as a full QWERTY one. The keypads are simultaneously active, “providing a truly [...]
New Christian Dior luxury phones to come in December 2009
Christian Dior, the famous French fashion house, is getting ready to launch new luxury phones for the Holidays. Apparently, all these new handsets will be clamshells – just like the first model. Two of the upcoming phones should be gold plated, black PVD coated and encrusted with sapphire crystals; they’ll cost $6,500 each. Other two [...]
ARM Cortex A5 multicore CPU announced
ARM, the Cambridge-based British manufacturer, has announced the availability of its new Cortex-A5 MPCore processor, presented as “the smallest, lowest power ARM multicore processor capable of delivering the Internet to the widest possible range of devices.” Said devices include smartphones, feature phones, low-cost phones, and even industrial devices. ARM mentions that the Cortex-A5 can offer [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9700 now official, AT&T, T-Mobile and Rogers will carry it
One week after it made an appearance on T-Mobile Germany’s website, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 (aka BlackBerry Onyx) has now been officially announced by RIM. The 9700 is pretty much an improved and better looking BlackBerry Bold 9000. It runs BlackBerry OS 5.0 and it’s RIM’s second smartphone to have an optical trackpad (after the [...]
Palm gives away 25 free Pixi smartphones
Although it didn’t provide an exact release date for the Pixi, Palm has recently announced that it would give away 25 Pixi smartphones sometime later this year “to help celebrate the arrival of this sleek and stylish new webOS phone.” To enter the Pixi contest (as well as to find out when the handset will [...]
FCC approves Sony Ericsson Xperia X2, provides User Guide
Officially announced in early September, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 has now hit the FCC (almost at the same time with the Samsung i5700) – although, we have to mention, the US version (Xperia X2a) is still not approved by the Federal Commission. Anyway, the FCC has published an X2 User Guide, which teaches you [...]
Samsung i5700 Spica and R860 approved by the FCC
The FCC has just approved two unannounced Samsung phones: the Android-powered i5700 Spica (aka Galaxy Lite) and the SCH-R860. The Samsung i5700 was approved to work on the 850/1900 GSM and 850/1900 WCDMA bands, so you’ll be able to use it on AT&T’s network. Now let’s hope Samsung decides to launch the handset in the [...]
New Windows Mobile 7 screenshots leaked
We’re still about one year ahead of seeing the first Windows Mobile 7 phones launched, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take a look at what Microsoft’s next mobile OS will bring. WMExperts has an image that seems to compare Windows Mobile 6.5 with Windows Mobile 7. The bottom row in the photo below is [...]
Motorola Devour Arrives at the Party, Puts on Nametag
Introducing Motorola’s newest device for us to (hopefully) drool over: the Motorola Devour. Sadly, we don’t actually know for sure if we will be drooling over the Devour, because we only know its name. Taking no time whatsoever to wait for the Moto CLIQ and Droid to potentially rake in the big sales, Moto has [...]
Mysterious LG GR700 Passes FCC, Has AT&T Bands
We all know that just because a device gets approval from the FCC with AT&T bands, doesn’t mean it will actually officially become an AT&T phone. But we like to think that there’s a very good chance that it will happen. At the very least, it means AT&T is considering it. So when we found [...]
Storm 2 Appears on Verizon’s Site; Launch Imminent?
A couple days ago we mentioned rumors that the Blackberry Storm 2 would be launching on Verizon on October 21. And with it technically the 21st on the east coast, it appears there is still a very good chance the device will be coming out sometime today. Here’s some evidence: Engadget uncovered a flash demo [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Calgary in live photos, MotoBlur confirmed
Motorola Calgary first appeared last year, but it’s only now that we get the change to see its real face. The handset will be Verizon’s second Android smartphone – after the Motorola Droid, which should be announced any time now. Like T-Mobile’s Motorola Cliq, the Calgary will feature Moto’s brand new Blur interface. According to [...]
Android powered Philips V808 – official photos and specs
Philips V808, the second Android phone to come under the Philips brand, has just been officially announced and, like the V900, it’s headed to China – most probably to the country’s largest mobile carrier (China Mobile). The V808 features a 3.2 inch HVGA touchscreen display, widget support, GPS, 3.2MP camera, Music and video players, MicroSD [...]
Unlocked Android Google phone in the works?
When you say “Google phone” you’re instantly thinking about an Android handset that’s launched under brands like T-Mobile, HTC, Samsung and so on. And while some of these handsets also have Google’s branding on them, they’re not Google-only phones. Probably that’s why Google wants to have an Android phone of its own. The Street quotes [...]
Acer Liquid A1 to come in November for €380 unlocked
It looks like Acer Liquid A1, the world’s first Android smartphone powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, will not be as expensive as some may have thought. Expansys Spain currently has the Acer Liquid on pre-order for €379.99 – that’s about $570, and it’s not much for what the handset has to offer. The Liquid [...]
Nokia 2220 Slide in new photos, should be released this quarter
Although it’s not officially announced, the Nokia 2220 Slide has appeared once again, this time in live photos. As its name suggests, the 2220 Slide (or 2220s) is a new Nokia slider phone. Most of its features are on the entry-level side, which means that its retail price will be quite low, possibly around $100. [...]
Jabra Stone Gets Style Points, Out November 8
In a large sea of bluetooth headsets, it’s hard to get noticed nowadays; Jabra, however, knows how to get its product to stand out above the rest. Just the name, the Jabra Stone, is enough to turn anyone’s head. Add to that a PR campaign in which media members were sent a package containing nothing [...]