Samsung to increase phone sales by 20% in 2010 (to 270 million units)
Samsung had an excellent year until now (when it comes to selling phones, anyway), and it looks like 2010 will be even greater. China Times had a chat with DonJoo Lee, Senior Vice President of Samsung’s Mobile Communications Division and Digital Media & Communications Business, who says that the company expects to sell 260 to [...]
Samsung B5722 and C6112 dual SIM phones show up
If you intend to buy a new dual SIM phone in the near future, you should know that Samsung is readying not one, but two such handsets that will be released in Europe this December: B5722 and C6112, both being included in Samsung’s Duos family. The first device, Samsung B5722, is a touchscreen phone shaped [...]
Nokia 6316 slide does CDMA, should hit China soon
Just like Samsung, Nokia has recently unveiled several China-bound phones (Nokia 3208c, Nokia 6788), and it looks like a new one is coming soon: the Nokia 6316 slide. Featuring CDMA 1xRTT EVDO connectivity, Nokia 6316 slide (or Nokia 6316s) seems to be headed to China Telecom. There are almost no details about the specs of [...]
Orange UK launches business homescreen for Samsung Omnia Pro B7330, sells 30K iPhones
Orange UK announced that it sold more than 30,000 iPhone 3GS smartphones today, smashing what the company believes to be “the previously published first day sales records for a phone in the UK.” Orange is the first British carrier to start selling the iPhone after O2, which had an exclusivity deal with Apple until this [...]
100,000 Motorola Droids sold by Verizon in the first week-end?
Launched by Verizon on November 6, the Motorola Droid has been – apparently – sold in about 100,000 units in the first week-end – a number that’s not exactly comparable with the 1 million iPhone 3GSs sold by AT&T in the first week-end of availability, but, nevertheless, it’s a good start for Verizon’s first Android [...]
Google offers free Wi-Fi in US airports for the Holidays
Google (which recently announced the acquisition of AdMob for $750 million) has teamed up with Boingo Wireless, Airport Marketing Income, Advanced Wireless Group and others in order to offer free Wi-Fi in 47 US airports during the 2009 Holiday Season – starting now and through January 15 2010. Participating airports include Las Vegas, Seattle, Boston, [...]
Samsung S359 – new basic slider for China
Quite a few new Samsung phones have appeared lately in China, including Samsung i6330, Samsung i8180 and Samsung F839. Well, we’ve got a new one: Samsung S359, which, unlike the previously mentioned models, is a low-end slider. The S359 wasn’t officially announced, but will probably be released soon for a low price. The known features [...]
Telus officially launching Motorola Milestone (Droid) in early 2010
Motorola Milestone (the GSM version of Moto Droid) will be released in Canada in early 2010, via Telus – which launched its new HSDPA network last week. The Milestone is the world’s first smartphone to use Android 2.0 and comes with many high-end features, including: 3.7 touchscreen display with 480 x 854 pixels, full QWERTY [...]
Samsung bada smartphone OS announced, will be launched in December
Samsung has just announced that its own smartphone OS is called bada – a word that means “ocean” in Korean and “was chosen to convey the limitless variety of potential applications which can be created using the new platform.” The Samsung bada open mobile OS will be launched in December this year, when a SDK [...]
Nokia N900 is now shipping to Europe, Middle East, Russia and U.S
From the discussions on Twitter and Maemo.org, I get a feeling that there are a lot of frustrated fans eagerly awaiting the launch of Nokia N900 Maemo 5 handset. And they have every right to be frustrated. Nokia announced the device in August with promised the delivery in October. And, in the beginning of October [...]
Google buys mobile advertising company AdMob for $750 million
Google announced that it has reached an agreement to buy AdMob, a California-based company that presents itself as the “world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace.” Founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Omar Hamoui, AdMob will be sold to Google for $750 million in stock. By acquiring AdMob, Google will further enhance its experience in mobile advertising. As [...]
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic launched in South Korea
Available in Europe since last year, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was just launched in South Korea – as the country’s second 3G Nokia phone (after the Nokia 6210s released back in April). The 5800 was launched via KT, South Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, and it’s available in two colors versions (red black and silver [...]
RIM announces BlackBerry OpenGL ES support, new deal with Adobe and more
Research in Motion has just announced a bunch of new things for the BlackBerry platform – starting with OpenGL ES support, which will allow BlackBerry developers to create cool 3D graphics and games. Next we have a new RIM-Adobe collaboration that should allow app developers and creative professionals to use Adobe Creative Suite content and [...]
Samsung to ditch Symbian, launch fewer Windows Mobile phones?
Not long after Samsung confirmed it’s working on its own Linux-based smartphone OS, we’re now hearing that the world’s second largest phone maker intends to get rid of Symbian, as well as to release fewer Windows Mobile smartphones in the years to come. According to HMC Investment Securities, Samsung intends to stop making Symbian handsets [...]
14 million Nokia-branded chargers are faulty, Nokia exchanges them for free
Nokia has just announced that a certain number of chargers manufactured for its phones by a third-party supplier could cause electric shock hazards and they need to be replaced. The chargers come from Huizhou BYD Electronic and include model types AC-3U and AC-3E manufactured between June 15, 2009 and August 9, 2009, and model type [...]
Samsung M3310 and B3410 in official photos
Two unannounced Samsung phones have recently appeared in press photos – Samsung M3310 and Samsung B3410. The M3310 is a music-oriented dual-slider that comes with external music controls, stereo speakers, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio with RDS, 2.1 inch QVGA display, 3.2MP camera, and MicroSD card support. The phone can provide a music [...]
Vobis Computer Announces the Highscreen Zeus, its Second Android Smartphone
In July we reported on a new player in the Android market called Highscreen. Highscreen is a smartphone brand made by Vobis Computer, and in July released a device called the PP5420 that was virtually a Mobinnova Ice except with Android inside, and was launched in Russia. Now the same company, Vobis Computer, has announced [...]
Google Mobile App now offered through Best Buy stores
Google and Best Buy have announced a new partnership that will make Google Mobile App available in Best Buy Mobile stores across the US. In consequence, users who have a Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or Symbian S60 smartphone can visit a Best Buy store and “get some help installing the app or to see a live [...]
Samsung will pay $1.3 billion for Qualcomm patent licenses
Samsung has recently announced an agreement with Qualcomm, according to which it will pay $1.3 billion for using Qualcomm’s CDMA, WCDMA and OFDMA patents for the next 15 years. The $1.3 billion will be paid upfront, with additional royalties to be paid afterwards. According to Telecoms Korea, the $1.3 billion that will be received from [...]
Dell Mini 3iX passes the FCC, AT&T 3G included
Michael Dell has recently confirmed that his company would launch an Android smartphone in the US via AT&T in early 2010 – and it looks like that smartphone is exactly the Dell Mini 3iX that we saw a few days ago in Brazil. The FCC has just approved the Mini 3iX (850/1900 GSM and UMTS [...]