Review of the Samsung Omnia II
Unlike in the movies, mobile phone sequels tend to actually be an improvement from the original. In general the phone maker will take all feedback, both positive and negative, and take that information into consideration when making its successor. Only in very rare circumstances will the successors come out worse than the first. So this [...]
Verizon’s BlackBerry Essex 9650 caught in the wild
Remember the unannounced BlackBerry Essex, first appeared in September? A Verizon-branded version of it has just been spotted in the wild, confirming the fact that the largest North America carrier will launch it sometime in the near future. According to Salomondrin, the Essex 9650 might be released by Verizon in a month or so – [...]
Nokia 5233, Samsung C3630, Philips X605 and X100 show up
We’ve got four unannounced (and unseen until now) phones to show you today, coming from two giant manufacturers and a not so giant one: Nokia 5233, Samsung C3630, Philips X605 and Philips X100. The Nokia 5233 seems to be yet another version of the Nokia 5230 (joining the 5235 Comes With Music). It’s not clear [...]
Sprint’s BlackBerry Curve 8530 available now, only $49.99
Launched by Verizon on November 20 for $99.99 on contract, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 is now available from Sprint, too. The good news (for Sprint’s customers, anyway) is that the third largest US carrier offers the Curve 8530 for only $49.99 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate). Just like Verizon’s 8530, the smartphone is [...]
HTC HD2 launched in India by Tata DoCoMo
HTC and Tata DoCoMo (the new GSM brand launched by Tata Group and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo) have announced the availability of HTC HD2 in India. Customers who buy the HTC HD2 from Tata DoCoMo will be able to browse the Internet and download 500MB of data per month for free (only in the first 6 [...]
Palm Pre Plus, Motorola Devour and LG VS750 to hit Verizon
Verizon has sort of confirmed that it will release the Palm Pre in early 2010, but it looks like the giant CDMA carrier prepares a slightly different version of the Pre. According to Phone Arena, Verizon’s Pre will be called Palm Pre Plus – although there’s no word yet on what the “plus” is standing [...]
No multitouch for Google’s Nexus One?
We know a lot about Google’s Nexus One – although it’s not enough and it’s not official info. One of the things we didn’t know is that Google’s own Android smartphone doesn’t have multitouch (just like Verizon’s Motorola Droid) – or at least that’s what tnkgrl Mobile says, after playing a bit with the device. [...]
RIM posts strong profit, Palm posts loss (again)
Research in Motion and Palm – once both leading smartphone makers – are now poles apart when it comes to revenues and profit. RIM has just posted excellent results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 (ended November 28), announcing that it sold 10.1 million BlackBerry smartphones (including its 75 millionth unit) and added [...]
Find Your Fix and Great Career iPhone apps launched
HitFix, an LA-based start-up, announced the availability of Find Your Fix – a new iPhone app presented as “a personal, customizable calendar of local and national entertainment events.” Find Your Fix lets you discover more than 100,000 new local and national (US) events, including the latest movie, album, DVD, Blu-ray, and video game releases. The [...]
Lots of Samsung bada OS screenshots leaked
For one reason or another, Samsung’s been a bit reluctant in showing screenshots of its newly-announced bada smartphone OS. Well, in case you want to know what the new mobile platform looks like (and you probably do want), there are many leaked screenshots available. As Samsung previously said, the bada OS is based on the [...]
Samsung Stunt R100 launched by MetroPCS
A new entry level phone has been announced by Samsung Mobile USA – the Samsung Stunt SCH-R100, which should be available through MetroPCS starting today. Despite its name, the Samsung Stunt R100 doesn’t have any tricks up its sleeve, being a regular candybar that doesn’t even feature a photo camera. What it does feature, however, [...]
Samsung Corby Pop to be even cheaper than the original Corby
The Samsung Corby S3650 is already a basic, affordable phone, and yet there may be customers who want an even cheaper – but similar – handset. Well, it looks like Samsung is readying a Corby Pop to further expand its Corby line-up. The new phone should cost less than the S3650 and come with features [...]
Nokia dual SIM phones to come in the second quarter of 2010
For the moment, Samsung is the only important phone manufacturer interested in making and selling dual SIM handsets. The South Korean company announced quite a few dual SIM phones this year: Samsung C5212, Samsung B5702, Samsung C3212, Samsung B5722 and Samsung C6112. There is certainly demand for such handsets (especially in Asia and in Eastern [...]
Motorola Backflip / Enzo (MB300) to become AT&T’s first Android phone?
While AT&T still hasn’t announced any kind of Android products until now, the second largest US carrier will surely do it in the near future. The first Android phone to be sold by AT&T may not be Dell’s smartphone, but a Motorola device, namely the Motorola MB300 Backflip / Enzo. Some live photos of the [...]
Broadcom intros BCM2763 VideoCore IV processor for mobiles: 20MP, HD video recording
Broadcom, one of the world’s top providers of semiconductors, announced the Broadcom BCM2763 VideoCore IV processor for mobile devices – a next generation multimedia processor capable of providing high-end performances. The VideoCore IV uses 40 nanometer (40nm) CMOS process technology, thus requiring lower power consumption than 65nm processors. The main features of the Broadcom BCM2763 [...]
FlightView for BlackBerry provides real-time flight tracking
FlightView announced that its first mobile application for BlackBerry is now available. The app provides real-time flight information (for North America), as well as weather conditions, helping travelers to plan their flights and stay informed. The FlightView BlackBerry app has some interesting features, including flight status updates integrated with BlackBerry alerts (you’ll get informed when [...]
Microsoft Bing iPhone app available now
Microsoft has announced the launch of an official Bing app for iPhone (and iPod touch, of course). The Bing iPhone app is free and has features that can already be found in the versions for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry. For example, the app comes with voice search, which works both for web searches and map [...]
Nexus One trademarked by Google, appears in video
Google has recently trademarked the Nexus One name, which means that its first own Android smartphone will most probably be released under this official moniker. To further validate this assumption, the Nexus One has appeared in the first (ever) video preview. Unfortunately, there’s not much to see in the video, save for a nice start-up [...]
Android Market reaches 20,000 apps, obviously still behind the Apple App Store
Launched by Google at the end of October 2008, the Android Market has now passed the 20,000 apps milestone. Most of the applications available via Android Market are free (62.3%), and only 37.7% of them are paid – so it’s probably still rather difficult for Android developers to make some good money out of this. [...]
Apple to sell more than 10 million iPhones this quarter
Apple’s iPhone is already one of the world’s best-selling high-end smartphones, and it looks like this quarter it will break a new sales record. According to Taiwanese sources – quoted by DigiTimes – Apple is expected to sell more than 10 million iPhones worldwide – 2.6 million more than in the third quarter of 2009, [...]