Nokia N86, 2730, 6750 and 6350 coming to Canada for the Holidays
Nokia fans over in Canada will soon be able to buy at least four new phones made by their favorite manufacturer: Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia 2730, Nokia 6750 and Nokia 6350. It’s not clear yet if any of these phones will be picked up by a carrier, but Rogers and Fido could certainly do it. [...]
Sony Ericsson Susan and Sunny to be rugged, waterproof phones
It looks like Sony Ericsson plans to enlarge its portfolio of handsets with two rugged and waterproof phones, currently codenamed Sony Ericsson Susan and Sony Ericsson Sunny. Both new phones should have 5MP photo cameras with Led flash, although they don’t seem to be part of the Cyber-shot series like the C702 (the latest-released rugged [...]
US to Have Standardized Accessories by 2012?
Chances are, you are one of 200 million other consumers who get annoyed that you have to buy a new car charger any time you get a new phone that’s a different brand. Assuming this, you’ll be interested to know that there is a powerful trade group that’s trying to standardize cell phone accessories in [...]
Pantech Sky DuPont luxury phone now available
Announced by Pantech a few weeks ago, the Sky DuPont IM-U510LE luxury phone is now available in South Korea via SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile carrier. The Sky DuPont is a full-touch candybar with golden accents, designed to remind users of the DuPont lighters’ look. The phone, which measures 106.8 x 50.8 x 11.15 [...]
3 launches app store for Nokia and SE phones in Scandinavia
Today, Mobile Virtual Network Operator 3 has launched its own application store, which is currently available only in Denmark. For the moment, the app store – apparently called 3apps – is compatible with Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones, but more handsets will probably be added soon. The store features 500 applications organized in categories like [...]
Spotify phones to come from Telia; the UK might get them too
Telia, the largest Swedish mobile operator, announced that it has signed a 2-yr agreement with Spotify, agreement that will bring new Spotify music services for mobile phones, computers and “eventually TV”. The Swedish carrier, owned by TeliaSonera, intends to release Spotify phones, but it didn’t give further details about them. A “mobile offering” should be [...]
Google Search Options now available for mobile
Google Search Options for PC have been available for a while, and now Google has decided to launch these features for mobile too. Available only in the US at the moment, and only for iPhone, Android and webOS, the Google Search Options can provide more relevant web searches than ever. For example, you can filter [...]
Pill bottle caps to call you via AT&T and remind you to take your medication
Vitality Inc., a US-based company, intends to sell a new pill-bottle system that should help people take their medicine in time. The system functions this way: when a pill-bottle cap is opened, a signal is transmitted to a base station that you need to have in your home. If the pill-bottle cap is not opened [...]
Samsung Galaxy i5700 in press photos, has Android written all over it
We’ve seen the Samsung Galaxy i5700 several times until now, but only in unofficial photos. Well, today some press photos of the unannounced Android smartphone have appeared. According to All About Phones, the handset might be called Samsung Galaxy i5700 Spica, and not Galaxy i5700 Lite. Also, it looks like the i5700 doesn’t use Samsung’s [...]
Blackberry Onyx to be Announced on T-Mobile, AT&T Oct 21
While any avid readers of UV will know that Blackberry Onyx has been in the works for quite some time and is gearing up for a launch sometime soon (most likely before the holidays), we didn’t have any sort of real timeline with which to work. This is where Engadget has come to the rescue. [...]
Report: Apple Tablet Coming Soon, Made by Foxconn
So many reports have been circulating about this mysterious Apple Tablet that has been talked about for months. More and more sources seem to be jumping on the iTablet bandwagon. It’s kind of like technology’s Lock Ness Monster, if you think about it. At this point it would be an incredible disappointment to most readers [...]
Holiday Roadmap for Verizon Leaked
’tis the season to learn all the juicy secrets about what new handsets will bedazzle us for the holidays. Obviously we need to have enough time to scope out our potential Black Friday buys, so some leaked information on what new stuff will be out by then is crucial to our shopping preparation. So here [...]
Kyocera plans Android and LTE phones for 2010 and 2011
Kyocera, the Japanese company known for working with smaller US operators like Virgin Mobile, MetroPCS and Cricket, announced that it plans to launch an Android device sometime in 2010. Kyocera also said that it would release LTE phones in the years to come, for which it intends to use Android as well as another mobile [...]
Nokia Booklet 3G comes on Oct. 22 to O2 Germany for €249 on contract
Nokia Booklet 3G, the first netbook to come under the Nokia brand, will be launched on October 22 in Germany, via O2. The Booklet 3G will be offered for €249 ($365) with a 2-yr contract and a data plan of €20 ($29) per month. Until now, O2 Germany is the only carrier that announced its [...]
Samsung Moment (InstinctQ) with Android announced by Sprint
The long-rumored Samsung InstinctQ has just been announced by Sprint as Samsung Moment – the first Sprint Android device to be made by Sammy. We don’t know why Sprint ditched the Instinct branding for this new Android smartphone, but Moment sounds pretty good anyway. The features of Samsung Moment include: 3.2 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, [...]
Toshiba K01, K02 and L01 showcased in Japan
Remember the Toshiba K01, K02 and L01? They are not official yet, but they’ve been showcased during CEATEC 2009 in Japan. As previously rumored, the Toshiba K01 is a Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone with a huge 4.1 WVGA touchscreen display and a full QWERTY keyboard that has a pretty weird key arrangement. The K01 is [...]
Texas Instruments intros new OMAP-DM5x multimedia coprocessors
Texas Instruments, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, has unveiled two new coprocessors from its OMAP-DM5x series: TI OMAP-DM515 and TI OMAP-DM525. Designed for mobile devices, the OMAP-DM515 and OMAP-DM525 come to provide accelerated imaging and video capabilities, allowing phone makers to offer cutting-edge multimedia features. The two new coprocessors can deliver still images [...]
Samsung F839 becomes official in China
Few days ago we told you about new good looking Samsung F839 handset, headed for China. According to the initial list of specs, there was nothing really special about it. Samsung F839 had good looks, specs of a mid-to-low- range touchphone, and was one of the first 3G handsets for China Mobile’s high speed 1X [...]
O2 UK launches eco-friendly Sony Ericsson Naite
Unveiled in June, at the same time with the C901 GreenHeart, the Sony Ericsson Naite has just been announced by O2 UK. The Naite is an eco-friendly candybar phone made from recycled and recyclable materials. It’s being shipped with reduced packaging, a low power consumption charger, and an e-manual instead of a printed Users Guide. [...]
Palm Pre to debut in Spain on October 14 through Movistar
Palm and Telefonica have announced that the Palm Pre is ready to hit Spain starting October 14. The webOS smartphone will be sold via Telefonica’s Movistar, the largest Spanish mobile carrier (with more than 23 million customers). Depending on the data plan you choose, you can get Movistar’s Palm Pre even for free. The Pre [...]