In-App Purchases Now Available to Free iPhone Apps
A brief iPhone history lesson, if you will: with the release of OS 3.0 there was much rejoicing from devs who were interested in enabling in-app purchases. In other words, you’d be able to purchase subscriptions, extra game weapons, unlock new songs/levels, and so on and so forth. But there was one restriction placed on [...]
Samsung Omnia II i8180 headed to China Mobile
It looks like Samsung plans to release a new version of the Omnia II i8000 that’s customized for China Mobile. The phone, called Samsung i8180 Chai or Samsung i8180c, seems to have most of the features you’ll find in the i8000, including Windows Mobile and a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display. However, the i8180 has [...]
Vodafone Samsung 360 H1 starts shipping on October 30
The high-end Samsung 360 H1, announced by Vodafone last month, will be available in the UK starting October 30 – four days after Vodafone starts offering another new touchscreen handset – the BlackBerry Storm2 9520. Customers can already pre-order the H1 via Vodafone’s official website. The LiMo-based phone can be yours for free with a [...]
Michael Dell confirms Android phone launch in the US
Dell’s CEO Michael Dell has recently confirmed the fact that his company prepares to launch an Android smartphone in the US – although he didn’t say if the smartphone will be a remade version of the Mini 3i (recently announced in China), or a completely new device. AT&T is the carrier that will release Dell’s [...]
Nokia N920, keyboardless, big screen N900 successor shows up (update: photoshopped)
Interesting rumor poped- up on the net today. And I have no idea whether it’s true or not. But if it is, the pictured product has leaked darn early. We have just got our hands on Nokia N900, which is not even shipping yet. And now the image of what is claimed to be it’s [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9700 shows up at T-Mobile Germany
Although it’s not properly announced (like the BlackBerry Storm2 for Vodafone), BlackBerry Bold 9700 has made an official appearance on T-Mobile Germany’s website, where we can see that the smartphone will be available for purchase sometime in November. Also known as BlackBerry Onyx, the Bold 9700 is obviously the successor of BlackBerry Bold 9000, which [...]
Vodafone’s BlackBerry Storm2 9520 officially coming on October 26
BlackBerry Storm2 was officially announced by Vodafone, just hours after we saw it appearing in an official promo video. Vodafone’s Storm2 (model name 9520) will be available in the following countries: UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy and South Africa. According to this pre-order page, Vodafone UK will ship the Storm2 starting October 26. [...]
Nokia N900 review, pt2. First impressions. 6 things I hate about N900
Let’s continue with my first impressions about Nokia N900 Maemo 5 handset. Check out the first part of Nokia N900 review, for the things I liked most about it. And, to tell the truth, they are just the start of the things I really like about this handset. But before I go on, and continue [...]
KT’s Samsung M8400 is a WiBro WCDMA Wi-Fi smartphone
KT and Samsung are getting ready to launch a new 3W handset called Samsung SPH-M8400. 3W means that the M8400 features WCDMA, Wi-Fi and WiBro (South Korea’s own version of WiMax). The M8400 is Samsung’s second WiBro-enabled handset, after the SCH-M8300 model, and KT expects it to boost wireless Internet usage. The new smartphone will [...]
Motorola Sholes Tablet, Motus and Zeppelin coming soon?
There’s nothing official about this at the moment, but it looks like Motorola is readying three new mid to high-end handsets for the coming months. According to a leaked Moto roadmap for Q4 2009 / Q1 2010, the US-based company should announce a so-called Motorola Sholes Tablet early next year, and the Motorola Motus and [...]
Blackberry Storm 2 Official Video is Now Out
It’s getting so close we can smell the piezo technology. By “it” we mean the Blackberry Storm 2. You’ve probably heard a few things about it, though all those things were officially unofficial at the time. We know it’s getting ramped up for the official announcement with Verizon when the official Blackberry page comes out [...]
Brand-New WIND Mobile’s Initial Lineup Leaked
I must say that there has been a lot of great news for any Canadian fans of cell phones out there; new networks deployed, iPhone available across multiple carriers, new phones coming out. The newest piece of great news though is the introduction of a brand new network in Canada called WIND mobile. The Mobile [...]
Fee of the Week: Bell Introduces No-Contract Fees
Anytime we hear about a new fee being introduced to the cell phone consumer, we cringe. Especially recently, considering fees such as T-Mobile’s month-long quest to add a fee for paper billing. Ready for another fee that will make you cringe? The responsible party this time is Bell Mobility, which just recently introduced a $5 [...]
HTC HD2 Could Land in US Via T-Mobile
The HTC HD2 has an incredible amount of buzz to go along with it, and for good reason. I’m drooling just from seeing pics and spec sheets — and that’s saying a LOT considering it’s a Windows Mobile phone. It’s great to know that it’s supposedly launching sometime very soon, but I’m even giddier after [...]
Samsung TouchWiz F488i comes with upgraded UI
Samsung has launched a new edition of the popular F480 touchscreen phone, called Samsung TouchWiz F488i and available only in Hong Kong (for the moment at least). The F488i comes with an upgraded “3x TouchWiz User Interface”, which includes Shortcut Pages and Extended Desktop. The F488i also offers Online Widgets, Social Networking Widgets (MySpace, Facebook, [...]
China Unicom to start selling iPhones on October 30
China Unicom, the second largest Chinese mobile carrier, has finally announced the exact release date of its iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS: October 30. The operator will offer the iPhone in mainland China with a 2-yr contract agreement, as well as free of contract. While the official contract prices were not announced (these are the [...]
3 UK-Spotify deal confirmed; HTC Hero to get Spotify before Christmas
A few days ago, we were telling you that Telia plans to launch Spotify phones in Sweden, and that Spotify may partner with 3 UK, too. Well, the deal with 3 UK has just been confirmed and, later this year, it will bring phones bundled with Spotify’s music service. Pricing details have not been unveiled. [...]
Acer Liquid A1 – the first Android phone with a Snapdragon CPU
Acer has just announced its first Android smartphone – the Acer Liquid, which is also the world’s first Android handset powered by Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Previously known as Acer A1, the Liquid runs Android 1.6 Donut (not Android 2.0 as rumored) and uses a “new user interface with easy access to entertainment and web [...]
Samsung Armani B7620 goes to Germany in November, costs €729
Last week, when Samsung unveiled the new Giorgio Armani B7620, it said that the smartphone would cost about €700 unlocked. Today, Samsung announced that the Armani B7620 will be available in Germany starting next month (November), and its price is indeed “about €700” – more exactly, it’s €729 ($1086). As you may already know, the [...]
Apple working on radio app with iTunes support
While shipping new iPhone 3GS’ that can’t be jailbroken, Apple is also busy developing its own radio app for iPhone and iPod touch. 9to5Mac has it that the upcoming radio app should have the same functionality as the FM radio included in Apple’s new iPod nano (unveiled in September). Apple also wants to integrate iTunes [...]