Motorola Shadow / Mirage – new Android phone with 4.3 inch WVGA display
Motorola’s seriously betting on the Chinese mobile market (the largest in the world), as it’s getting ready to launch yet another high-end Android handset there, to join the Motorola XT800, Motorola MT710 and Motorola XT701. While the three models mentioned above have 3.7 inch WVGA displays, the Shadow / Mirage apparently has a 4.3 inch [...]
Carphone gives free airline tickets to Palm Pre buyers
Apparently unhappy with how sales of the Palm Pre are going in the UK, Carphone Warehouse has decided to offer two free airline tickets to customers who will buy Palm’s first WebOS smartphone throughout January 2010. For the moment, UK users can get the Pre only with an O2 contract – the handset is free [...]
Samsung i899 is official in China, Android included
When the Samsung i899 first appeared alongside the Samsung i6500U Saturn, I thought it’s a Windows Mobile smartphone. Well, I was wrong. The i899 is actually an Android smartphone, and this is confirmed by Samsung China’s official website. Samsung i899 is made for China Telecom (the third largest Chinese mobile carrier) and comes with CDMA [...]
Swype for Android available for download, although unofficially
Officially launched only for Windows Mobile (with Verizon’s Samsung Omnia II being the first smartphone to get it), Swype is also available for Android, in a preview version – although, at the moment, it only works with phones that have WVGA displays, like the Motorola Droid / Milestone. With Swype, users can input text faster [...]
Verizon launching both the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus?
We’ve already heard that Verizon may launch the Palm Pre as Palm Pre Plus, and it looks like the largest US carrier could introduce the other webOS smartphone too: the Palm Pixi, also with a “Plus” added to its original name. BGR has it that Verizon “will be 100%” offering the Pre Plus and Pixi [...]
Samsung Corby Pop to be called Samsung C3510 Genoa in Europe
Appeared in India as Samsung Corby Pop, the C3510 touchscreen phone is apparently called Samsung Genoa in Europe. The Samsung C3510 Genoa shows up on Samsung Mobile’s Czech website, as well as on a Turkish website. The C3510 Genoa is only slightly different from the S3650 Corby when it comes to design. As for its [...]
Motorola to unveil new Android phones for Verizon and AT&T at CES?
While Google is getting ready to present something related to Android (most probably the Nexus One) on January 5, Motorola might also unveil two new Android devices, but a day later – on January 6 (just ahead of CES 2010). According to Trip Chowdhry, analyst at Global Equities Research, Moto “may announce” an Android phone [...]
CDMA Samsung Corby Speed, Mpower Muzik 219 and Duos 259 announced in India
The CDMA version of Samsung Corby that we’ve heard about several weeks ago has just been announced in India as Samsung Corby Speed. The Corby Speed supports data transfers of up to 2.4Mbps and uses OMH (Open Market Handset) technology – thus it’s compatible with all networks that support OMH SIM cards, including Tata Indicom, [...]
Motorola XT701′s official website shows up, but not for long
Motorola XT701, one of the new Android phones prepared by Moto for China, has appeared on Motorola’s official website, although only or a short period of time. This is the address where the XT701 appeared, but, as you’ll figure out by yourself, there’s nothing to see there anymore. Rumored to be the Chinese version of [...]
Google Nexus One pricing: $180 with contract, $530 without
Google’s Nexus One Android smartphone (which will most probably be unveiled on January 5), is apparently going to be cheaper than the iPhone 3GS. According to Gizmodo, there are two ways to buy the handset: either unsubsidized, for $529.99, or with a 2-yr T-Mobile contract agreement, for $179.99. In both cases, you’ll have to buy [...]
LG Rumored to Join Nokia, Not Show Up to MWC 2010
When we first broke the news that Nokia would not be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress 2010 this upcoming February, I’m sure there were a lot of shocked people out there. Brace for another shocker, because if rumors are correct it would mean that another big name, LG Electronics, will be following in Nokia’s footsteps [...]
Pantech P9020 QWERTY phone for AT&T passes the FCC
Pantech and AT&T have always been good friends, and lately they’ve been pushing out weirdly-designed phones, like the Pantech Reveal and Pantech Impact. Also weird is the Pantech P9020, which has just received FCC’s blessing to be used on the GSM 850/1900 and WCDMA 850/1900 bands. The User Manual of Pantech P9020 includes references to [...]
Google schedules Android event for January 5 while new Nexus One preview shows up
It’s finally confirmed : Google is readying an Android press conference for January 5, 2010. The Mountain View giant doesn’t give too many details about what will happen on this date, but it talks about how the first Android phone (G1, launched one year ago) and the Android platform have “spurred mobile product innovation”. Furthermore, [...]
Nokia files new complaint against Apple, says most of its devices infringe patents
The Nokia vs. Apple patent war rages on, and its third chapter has just begun, thanks to Nokia. If you remember, Nokia filed a suit against Apple at the end of October, claiming that the iPhone infringes 10 of its patents. Not long after that (on December 11), Apple fired back with a countersuit, saying [...]
Nokia’s best announcements from 2009: N900, Ovi Maps 3.0, Ovi Store
Nokia Conversations (aka the official Nokia blog) has recently asked readers to pick out their favorite Nokia product announcement and favorite Nokia service announcement from 2009. As it turns out, the best Nokia product announcement of this year is the Nokia N900 – the Maemo-based smartphone officially unveiled in August. 59% of the voters preferred [...]
Google’s purchase of AdMob may be blocked for being “harmful”
Remember the Google-AdMob deal, according to which Google will buy the mobile advertising company for $750 million? Well, the deal isn’t closed yet, and it looks like things are that easy for Google. Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking it to [...]
Seidio says that “ultimate accessories” for Google’s Nexus One are coming soon
Seidio, a respectable provider of mobile accessories for many major brands (BlackBerry, HTC, Palm, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Apple) is saying that it will soon launch “the ultimate accessories” for Google’s unannounced Nexus One Android smartphone. Most probably, these accessories will include protective cases, screen guards, desktop chargers and so on. The problem is that Seidio [...]
LG announces DTV-capable LG Lotus for the US
Launched by Sprint in October 2008, the LG Lotus has been upgraded with a digital TV (DTV) chip and re-announced for North America, alongside a portable DVD player called LG DP570MH. The new devices use the LG2160A ATSC-M/H chip that will also be used in products from Dell, Kenwood and Hyundai Kia Motors. Apart from [...]
Apple’s tablet (iSlate?) to have 10 inch panels from Innolux
The Apple tablet – which will be unveiled in early 2010, if the latest rumors turn out to be true – may be called iSlate, and the panels for it may be supplied by Innolux, a subsidiary of Foxconn (which already works with Apple, as it manufactures the iPhone). First, let’s see what this iSlate [...]
Philips D908 with Windows Mobile 6.5 is official in China
Philips D908 is, as far as I know, the first handset to come out under the Philips brand and run Windows Mobile 6.5. The smartphone appears on Microsoft China’s official website (with detailed specs), and we know that it should be launched soon by China Telecom. Looking at its features, we can easily say that [...]