Nokia X6 to hit the UK on November 12
Announced two months ago as the flagship of the new Xseries family, the Nokia X6 is ready to hit the market and it looks like it will be available in the UK starting November 12. Expansys lists the X6 as coming on this date, for no less than 529.99 GBP ($878). Of course, the phone’s [...]
Want a Droid on Verizon? There’s an ETF Hike For That
In (presumably) an effort to discourage potential Droid-flippers from just purchasing the phone on contract only to cancel that contract and sell the phone online, Verizon has been planning to double the cancellation fee on “advanced devices”. That’s right — for advanced phones such as the Droid and similar smartphones, the Early Termination Fee will [...]
Moto Droid / Milestone not coming to O2 and T-Mobile in the UK?
Motorola Milestone (the GSM version of Verizon’s Droid) has been officially announced for Germany, Italy and Brazil, and there will certainly be more countries and more carriers to announce it in the future. If you’re in the UK, you should know that leading mobile operators O2 and T-Mobile will not offer the Milestone at all [...]
Nokia N900 to be released in U.S. next week! Nov. 14th, to be exact
I know many of you have been waiting for Nokia N900 to finally hit the shops. And were extremely disappointed, when Nokia delayed the release of N900 from October to November. Without even bothering to reveal more concrete release date, or even week. Well, your wait is almost over. There are reports that Nokia N900 [...]
Blacksn0w unlock for iPhone 3G and 3GS available for download
Remember yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G soft unlock app launched in January this year? Well, now we have blacksn0w too, which can unlock both the iPhone 3G and the new iPhone 3GS, via either Windows or Mac. The blacksn0w unlock app is free and requires iPhone OS 3.1, as well as baseband 05.11.07. To download the [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid to get tethering in early 2010
Some may find it “stupid and unnecessary“, but tethering is clearly a feature that many users want their handsets to have. While Motorola didn’t say anything about tethering being available for its latest and greatest smartphone – the Droid – it looks like Verizon will offer the feature, although not this year. According to Gearlog, [...]
Nokia N900 to hit the UK on Nov. 16, free on select contracts
After being delayed a bit by Nokia, the Maemo 5-based N900 is now almost ready to hit the market. In the UK, customers will be able to buy the Nokia N900 starting November 16 and, depending on the contract and data plan they choose, they can get the smartphone even for free. For example, you [...]
Brazil gets the Motorola Milestone too, multi-touch included
Almost immediately after being announced for Europe, the Motorola Milestone was also announced in Brazil – obviously as the country’s first Android 2.0 smartphone. Known as Motorola Droid in the US (where Verizon will release it on November 6), the Milestone is clearly one of Moto’s nicest handsets to date. The highlight features of Milestone [...]
Motorola Ruby finally gets official as MOTO Klassic in Korea
The long-rumored Motorola Ruby (or V13) has finally been announced by Motorola, although under a different name and only in South Korea. The Korean Ruby is called MOTO Klassic and will be available via SK Telecom, featuring CDMA Ev-DO connectivity. As we mentioned before, the phone has two QVGA displays (the external one being touch-sensitive), [...]
Cheap Nokia 1280, 1616, 1800, 2220 slide and 2690 announced
Nokia’s starting to make a habit out of announcing many new affordable phones at the same time. The Finnish giant has just unveiled five new models that will be available around the world soon: Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690. Nokia 1280 is the company’s cheapest phone to date, [...]
HTC HD2 starts shipping in Europe and Asia, will hit the US in 2010
HTC’s latest flagship Windows Mobile phone, the HD2, is now shipping in Europe and Asia (Taiwan will be the first Asian country to get it, in mid-November). Moreover, HTC and Microsoft have also unveiled that the HD2 would be available in the US in early 2010, offered by a “major carrier”. Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile maybe? [...]
Google Hard at Work on Android 2.1
I personally love to see a tech company always a step or two ahead of itself. Google is rumored to be in such a position, currently hard at work at version 2.1 of its Android mobile OS even though version 2.0 won’t officially be out until Friday. It really shouldn’t be a surprise to too [...]
Haven’t Found E.T. Yet? Blame Mobile Phones
Nature’s calling us, and we can’t even hear it. Why not? Because there’s a map for that. The U.S. National Research Council (NRC) recently published a report which claims there are some natural signals, such as radio emissions from space and natural earth phenomena, are being impeded by consumer gadgets such as cell phones and [...]
Study Shows Touchscreen Adoption Growing at Exponential Rate in USA
Think back to last year’s holiday season. Does it seem as though there are several more touchscreen phones available or announced this year than there were last year? It’s not an illusion; according to comScore there are 24 million touchscreen devices in use within the United States, a 159 percent growth year-over-year from last year [...]
Sony Ericsson Kurara shows up in new photos, promises HD video capabilities
Remember that Sony Ericsson Kurara which appeared last week in two photos that actually didn’t show much? The handset has now been spotted in new images, and this time we can take a better look at it. As previously reported, the Sony Ericsson Kurara is a smartphone based on Symbian S60 5th Edition and it [...]
Google Analytics now available for mobile apps (Android and iPhone)
Google has recently launched enhanced mobile reporting features for Google Analytics, which allow you to “see how people are using specific parts” of their mobile applications on Android and the iPhone. The data provided by Google Analytics helps app developers find out how users interact with their apps, what features they use more and so [...]
Nokia X3 passes the FCC, might hit the US soon
The FCC has just approved the Nokia X3, an affordable music phone announced in early September (at the same time with the Nokia X6). In case you don’t know yet, Nokia X3 is a slider that has no 3G, but features a 3.5mm headset jack, dedicated touch music keys on the side, Bluetooth 2.1, stereo [...]
Verizon opens stores early for the Motorola Droid
We all know that the Motorola Droid will be available from Verizon starting November 6 (this Friday). Now Verizon announced that many of its Communications Stores across the US will open early Friday morning – some stores will open at 7 AM, while others at 8 AM. Those who are eagerly waiting to buy a [...]
Sony Ericsson will open Xperia X10 Timescape and Mediascape UX apps to developers, port across Android and Symbian devices
The news reports about the new Sony Ericsson X10 Android handset today were mainly focused on it’s awesome specs and cool Timescape and Mediascape user interface apps, on top of Android 1.6. And they are indeed pretty cool. But today’s announcement actually gives even more hints, about how Sony Ericsson plans to go bout making [...]
TwitterPeek device launched, costs as low as $99.99
Peek Inc., the New York-based maker of handheld devices, has just introduced the TwitterPeek, touted as the world’s first dedicated Twitter device. The TwitterPeek features a 2.5 inch QVGA landscape display, a full QWERTY keyboard, a trackwheel on the side, and a battery that should last up to three days. So what can you do [...]