Sony Ericsson to close four facilities, fire 2000 people
Sony Ericsson is getting ready to fire about 2,000 employees worldwide and close four of its facilities. The affected locations will include two facilities in the US (the Research Triangle Park facility in North Carolina, and a small Miami facility), plus operations in Chennai (India) and Kista (Sweden). The Research Triangle Park facility will be [...]
Nokia N900 officially available in the US
Nokia N900 is now finally available in the US, after a slight delay (one month, to be precise) and several rumored release dates. The Maemo 5 smartphone costs $649 unlocked and customers can find it via Nokia Flagship stores in New York and Chicago, as well as online and through independent retailers and e-tailers (Amazon [...]
HTC Hero and HTC Tattoo launched in Australia
Australian customers who want to buy the HTC Hero or the HTC Tattoo will soon be able to buy both of them, as HTC has just announced their upcoming availability in Australia. Running Android and using HTC’s Sense UI, the Hero and the Tattoo “are focused on personalization and accessibility.” HTC Hero features a 3.2 [...]
Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile available now
Not long after the version for Symbian S60 was launched, Opera Mobile 10 beta is now available for Windows Mobile too. Similar in look and feel to Opera 10 for desktop and Opera Mini 5 beta, Opera Mini 10 for Windows Mobile comes with many new features that should provide a desktop-like browsing experience. Opera [...]
The Google Phone is reportedly “very real”. Wouldn’t that make Andy Rubin a liar?
Despite Andy Rubin’s recent “we’re not making hardware” statement, the rumors about a Google Phone just won’t die. According to TechCrunch a “pure Google-branded phone” with Android is “absolutely confirmed” for early 2010 – although it should have been launched this year. Reportedly, the handset will be manufactured by a major company – LG or [...]
Apple allowed to sell the iPhone in South Korea
Although KT’s executives confirmed the release of Apple’s iPhone in Korea several months ago, it’s only now that South Korea’s telecom regulator approved the sale of the smartphone on the local market. The approval process was slow because the South Korean authorities were concerned about iPhone’s location-based services (like FindMyiPhone and Maps), which may have [...]
Hands-on Review of T-Mobile Samsung Behold II
My friends, we are in the middle of an Android revolution; the Google-powered OS is starting to overtake the world. Up until last month it was a slow but sure process, with very few actual Android handsets coming out over the last year. Since October, however, we’ve seen a huge spike in new devices with [...]
HTC to launch Brew-based phones for Verizon and Sprint in 2010
We first heard about a possible HTC featurephone back in April, when rumors had it that the Taiwanese smartphone maker wants to launch a Brew-based handset in Q4 2009. Some new info points out that we won’t see any dumbphone from HTC this year. Instead, there will be several in early 2010 – and apparently [...]
Dell readying a MID for AT&T?
We already know that Dell will launch an Android smartphone via AT&T in 2010 (most probably, the Mini 3i). Well, it turns out that the world’s second largest PC maker and AT&T may also introduce a MID next year. China Times is reporting that Dell will actually have a variety of MIDs produced by Taiwanese [...]
Google Earth for iPhone updated to version 2.0
Launched more than one year ago, Google Earth for iPhone has now reached version 2.0, coming with new features and support for a total of 31 languages (including Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Hebrew). Google Earth for iPhone 2.0 lets you view custom maps (created by your or by others) via the My [...]
LG Shine II announced, AT&T gets it on November 22
Appeared in some leaked photos back in the summer, the LG Shine II has just been officially announced by LG USA and AT&T. Like the older, original LG Shine, the new Shine II comes to make a “fashionably smart statement with its glossy exterior and versatile utility.” The phone’s features include a 2.2 inch display, [...]
Nokia E72 available now
Only few hours after announcing the upcoming release of Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, Nokia has also announced that the E72 is now in stores – although it didn’t say what stores exactly. Officially presented back in July (at the same time with the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic and Nokia 3710 fold), Nokia E72 is the [...]
Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition features DVB-H, costs €155
Today Nokia announced the 5330 Mobile TV Edition, a new phone that features DVB-H technology, allowing users to watch TV shows while on the go. The handset also comes with Nokia’s Electronic Program Guide (EPG), which lets you create personal channel lists. The other specs of 5330 Mobile TV Edition are similar to the ones [...]
LG GW550 launched in South America and Asia
LG GW550, the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone first announced in September, was just released in South America and Asia, and it should be available in Brazil and Argentina starting today. Other 20 countries will follow shortly, including countries in the Middle East (weird enough, Europe is not mentioned at all). The GW550 is a 12mm [...]
Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 available in Europe. Samsung Go announced for AT&T
Samsung has just unveiled that its Galaxy Spica i5700 Android smartphone is now available in Europe and CIS, and will soon reach the Middle East and Asia. The announcement comes not long after the i5700 was officially presented in Russia. The features of Galaxy Spica include a 3.2 inch HVGA touchscreen display, HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, [...]
Upgraded Samsung Corby announced in Korea with 3G, WQVGA screen and more
In Europe, the Samsung Corby S3650 may be a 3G-less, entry-level phone, but, for South Korea, Samsung decided to upgrade it a bit. Announced as Samsung SCH-W900 / SPH-W9000 / SPH-W9050, the Korean Corby features a 3 inch WQVGA display – as opposed to the 2.8 inch QVGA screen of the European version. Furthermore, the [...]
Nokia N97 Mini to be launched in India on November 16
It looks like the Nokia N97 Mini will be launched in India on November 16 (and yes, that’s tomorrow), during an event called Nokia N-Tourage. Coming as N97’s little brother, the Nokia N97 Mini features a 3.2 inch touchscreen display with 360 x 640 pixels and 16 million colors, full QWERTY keyboard, GSM and HSDPA [...]
GSM Palm Pre Coming to North America November 27
So a Palm Pre is finally coming in GSM flavors to North America. Specifically, it’s coming to Mexico’s Telcel on November 27. I know many people were hoping to hear it would be coming to the US, but no such luck as of yet. At this point, the best option is now to find one [...]
Blackberry App World to Get Carrier Billing Soon
Currently, the only way to download an app onto your Blackberry from App World is to enter in all your Paypal information first to make sure you have enough to pay for the app itself. What if you’re not an avid Paypal user? Or perhaps it’s frustrating enough just to have that one extra step [...]
LG Promises Another Watchphone in 2010
The mobile community was blown away at last year’s CES when LG daftly showed off its new creation, the GD910 watchphone. With touchscreen and bluetooth capability (not to mention way-too-high pricetag), it pioneered an onslaught of several watchphones to come to market in 2009. Now LG would like to do it again. The company announced [...]