Acer Liquid A1 (S100) approved by the FCC with AT&T 3G
Announced by Acer in mid-October, the Liquid A1 (the company’s first Android smartphone) has just been approved by the FCC and – guess what? – it has AT&T 3G support (850 / 1900 MHz). We’ve previously heard about some of Acer’s plans to launch smartphones in the US, so there may be some chances for [...]
China Unicom sold over 100,000 iPhones since October
Officially introduced in China at the end of October, Apple’s iPhone has been sold by China Unicom in more than 100,000 units. That’s not a bad number when you first look at it, but China Unicom has more than 140 million customers, which means that only about 0.07% of them wanted (and could afford) the [...]
ZTE X990 passes the FCC, looks like a… PalmBerry
Not long after unveiling the MTV-branded ZTE F870E and the ZTE Vodafone 545, the FCC has now approved a new unannounced ZTE phone, namely the ZTE X990. The X990 has the overall shape of a BlackBerry and a QWERTY keypad reminiscent of the ones used by Palm for its Treo Pro and Centro smartphones. Even [...]
Apple orders 4th generation iPhone from Foxconn
Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that manufactured all of Apple’s iPhones until now, has reportedly received orders for the next generation iPhone (which, if we look at the release dates of the older 3 iPhone models, should be launched sometime in the summer of 2010). The info comes from Mobile-review’s Eldar Murtazin, who usually knows what [...]
Samsung Advance A885 coming to Telus in Canada
Samsung is restlessly launching new touchscreen phones around the world, and the latest one is the Samsung Advance A885, which should be soon available in Canada, via Telus. The Advance A885 is quite similar to Rogers’ Samsung Forever A886, both in design and in features. Using Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, the Advance A885 comes with a [...]
Updated Google Mobile App for iPhone available now
Google announced that a new version of Google Mobile App for iPhone is now available via the Apple App Store. One of the new things the Google Mobile App for iPhone brings is a redesigned search results display, which lets you see more results at a time, while allowing you to open web pages “from [...]
Samsung CorbyPlus B3410 and CorbyPro B5310 launched in India
Samsung is launching two new Corby phones in India: CorbyPlus B3410 and CorbyPro B5310 (the Corby Plus is actually known under this name only in India, the other countries have it as simply Samsung B3410). Both the CorbyPlus B3410 and CorbyPro B5310 have full QWERTY keypads and QVGA touchscreen displays, and are targeted at young [...]
Nokia to close its Chicago and New York flagship stores
Yesterday, when Nokia announced the US launch of E72 and 5800 Navigation Edition, I though it was a bit weird for the company to mention nothing about the smartphones’ availability through its New York and Chicago flagship stores. But now I think I know why it didn’t do it: because the two stores will apparently [...]
Orange Application Shop officially launched
Orange has officially announced its Application Shop (aka Orange App Shop), which will provide customers with access to more than 5,000 applications (plus services, games and information), directly on their mobile phones and smartphones. The Orange App Shop is already provided over the air (OTA) to customers in France and the UK. Starting January 2010, [...]
Nokia and New Alliance form new joint venture in China
Nokia and New Alliance announced that they have signed an agreement to form a joint venture that has the role of providing various mobile services for China’s users. The 50/50 joint venture is called Nokia Alliance Internet Services Company Limited. Nokia doesn’t give too many exact details about it – although Niklas Savander, Nokia’s Executive [...]
Nokia launches free Rihanna App
Nokia has just introduced a new and free application for all the fans of Rihanna, as well as for all music lovers (assuming they love the kind of music Rihanna makes). Called Rihanna App, the application provides music, photos, news and video content (which won’t be available anywhere else). Rihanna’s biography is also available, and [...]
Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition announced
If you like the Nokia 6700 classic and you think a blinged version of it would be cool, this is your lucky day: Nokia has just announced the 6700 classic Gold Edition. The Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition is obviously a luxury phone. It’s made out of exclusive materials, like steel covers plated with 18 [...]
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition and E72 officially launched in the US
Nokia announced that two of its newest smartphones – 5800 Navigation Edition and E72 – have been launched in the US. The 5800 Navigation Edition is available as of today, priced at $299 (unlocked), and you can get it online, or through various retail channels across the US. Customers who buy the 5800 Navigation Edition [...]
Samsung bada OS – more details unveiled
As expected, today Samsung unveiled more details about its new bada smartphone OS. Based on Samsung’s already-known TouchWiz UI, bada should offer “an easy, simple, and intuitive UI without compromising efficiency.” The platform supports sensor-based, context-aware applications, and provides stuff like motion sensing, web control, flash control, fine-tuned vibration control and face detection. Samsung bada [...]
10 million LG Cookie phones sold
Five months after the LG Cookie reached sales of 5 million units, LG has now announced that it sold more than 10 million Cookies worldwide. The Cookie (which comes with different names and slightly different designs – KP500, KP501 for Orange, KP502 for Vodafone, LG Cooky for South Korea) is LG’s fifth phone that reaches [...]
Android-powered HTC Bravo appears in a better photo
HTC Bravo, which seems to be HTC’s Android flagship smartphone for 2010, has just appeared in a new photo – a better one, which lets us see it in all its splendor. The Bravo has a massive 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display and it kind of resembles the HTC HD2. Another highlight of the [...]
Google Goggles and What’s Nearby for Android launched
Today, Google introduced two new services for Android: Google Goggles and What’s Nearby. Somewhat similar to Nokia’s Point and Find, Google Goggles allows Android 1.6+ users to search for various info using images, not words. “Simply take a picture with your phone’s camera, and if we recognize the item, Goggles returns relevant search results,” says [...]
Samsung M5650 Lindy is like a 3G Corby
Although it’s not officially announced (not via a press release, anyway), the Samsung M5650 Lindy seems to be available as of today in Portugal and Spain, coming as an improved Corby S3650. Samsung M5650 Lindy looks almost like the Corby, but it has more features. First of all, the M5650 Lindy has HSDPA 7.2Mbps connectivity. [...]
Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition announced, costs only €110
Nokia has just unveiled the 2710 Navigation Edition, presented as its most affordable phone to come with Nokia Maps and GPS. Targeted at both developed and developing countries, Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition features turn-by-turn driving navigation with voice guidance, as well as straight line navigation and an integrated digital compass. Nokia included relevant maps on [...]
Motorola Opus One to be an iDEN Android smartphone?
iDEN handsets are becoming more and more interesting, and it looks like we’ll soon have an Android smartphone for iDEN networks. Motorola Opus One is the name of the smartphone in question and, according to BGR, it is a full-touch device. Unfortunately, there aren’t any details about the features of Motorola Opus One, but its [...]