Motorola Backflip (ME600) available now – but only in China
Expected to be launched soon in the US, as AT&T’s first Android phone, the Motorola Backflip is already available in China – where Moto also has Android devices like the XT800 and MT710. The Backflip appears as Motorola ME600 on Moto China’s website, and it costs 4,298 Chinese yuan unlocked (an 8GB memory card and [...]
Mozilla officially launches Firefox Mobile for Maemo
No more beta versions or release candidates for Mozilla Firefox for Maemo: the mobile browser for Nokia’s N900 has been finally (and officially) launched. Presented by Mozilla as “the most modern mobile Web browser available”, Firefox for Maemo 5 brings most of the features that you can enjoy when using Firefox for desktop. These features [...]
Gen.Y DualBOOT – new dual boot solution for Windows Mobile & Android
If you have a Windows Mobile (6.1 or 6.5) smartphone and want to use Android on it, you can now do it easier than ever, as a new dual boot solution has been recently launched. Called Gen.Y DualBOOT, the application is free and has been published over at the xda-developers forum. This is the thread [...]
RIM intros the BlackBerry Bold 9700 in India
Already available in North America (via AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers, Bell and Telus), as well as in Australia (via Telstra), the BlackBerry Bold 9700 has just been launched in India, too. The second-generation Bold should be available across India as of now, via most Indian mobile carriers: Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone, Tata, Idea Cellular, BSNL, Aircel, MTNL [...]
Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta and Nokia Image Exchange updated
Two of Nokia’s beta products that are currently in the hands of the Nokia Beta Labs team have just been updated. First of all, we have the Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta, which resolves many of the issues found in the previous version. For example, the updates version fixes: multiple crash errors, Thunderbird 3.0 support, [...]
T-Mobile myTouch2 / myTouch Slide (HTC Espresso) photos leaked
T-Mobile USA will soon have a new myTouch Android smartphone, namely the T-Mobile myTouch Slide (or myTouch2 – it’s not clear yet what the handset’s official name is). The folks over at Droid Developer have it that the myTouch2 / myTouch Slide is actually the HTC Espresso – one of the phones included in HTC’s [...]
Google launches Popular Images for Android and iPhone
Only few hours after announcing that it has integrated click to call phone numbers into mobile ads, Google has also launched Popular Images – a new feature for Android and iPhone. Accessible via Google’s homepage (from Google Image Search), Popular Images gives Android and iPhone users quick access to popular and interesting images on the [...]
Samsung sold 227 million phones in 2009
Just like Nokia, Samsung had a pretty good Q4 in 2009. The South Korean company sold 69 million phones in the quarter, 9 million more than in Q3 2009 and 16% more than in Q4 2008. This allowed Samsung to exceed its target for 2009 and sell more than 200 million handsets – 227 million, [...]
Samsung S5620 Monte photos and specs show up
Launched in the summer of 2009, the Samsung S5600 Preston may soon get a successor: the Samsung S5620 Monte. The S5620 Monte has just appeared in a set of good-quality photos, and I must say that the phone looks pretty good. The unannounced handset has a 3 inch touchscreen display and uses Samsung’s TouchWiz UI [...]
Microsoft confirms Windows Mobile 7 announcement for MWC. Old i-mate running WM7 spotted?
While reporting its latest financial results, Microsoft has apparently confirmed that Windows Mobile 7 would be announced really soon – most probably at MWC 2010 (15 – 18 February). According to Electronista, Microsoft’s CFO Peter Klein declared that the company’s new version of Windows Mobile would be unveiled “in a few weeks.” This is in [...]
Google integrates click to call phone numbers in mobile ads
Google has just made it simpler for users and advertisers to find each other via mobile ads, as it launched a new feature that includes clickable phone numbers in ads seen on Android, iPhone, WebOS and other phones with full internet browsers. Advertisers can now integrate a click to call local phone number into their [...]
Verizon intros music-filled slotRadio+ microSD card for BlackBerry
Verizon has just announced a new accessory for music lovers who own BlackBerry smartphones – it’s a new microSD card from SanDisk, called slotRadio+. The slotRadio+ microSD card includes 1,000 songs, as well as an additional 4GB of flash memory, where users can store their own music, videos and photos. There will be two versions [...]
Fujitsu may sue Apple over the iPad name; a Windows-based iPad dates from 2002
Fujitsu, one of Japan’s largest computer hardware and IT services providers, could sue Apple over the iPad name. Back in 2002, the Japanese company launched a Windows CE.NET 5.0 “handheld computing device for wireless networking in a retail environment” in the US, and decided to name it iPad. In 2003, Fujitsu applied for trademarking the [...]
Motorola confirms it’s working on a Google phone – Nexus Two?
Not long after we’ve heard that the Motorola Shadow might become the Google Nexus Two, Motorola’s CEO Sanjay Jha has now confirmed they’re working on a Google phone – which should be part of those 20 to 30 Android handsets that the company will reportedly launch this year. According to The Street, the Motorola Google [...]
WAPI-capable iPhone in the making for China Unicom
China Unicom officially launched Apple’s iPhone in October 2009, but without Wi-Fi, as some government regulations don’t allow this feature to be included into the handset. A solution would be for the iPhone to have WAPI (China’s own Wi-Fi technology), and it looks like WAPI-capable iPhones are currently being developed by Foxconn – which manufactures [...]
ZTE-made Vodafone 547 touchscreen phone coming soon
A new touchscreen phone will soon be launched by Vodafone under its own brand – the Vodafone 547. Manufactured by ZTE (which is one of Vodafone’s main ODM partners), the Vodafone 547 is a GSM/EDGE handset with a simple design. The phone features an accelerometer and Mobile TV (there’s a shortcut for that on the [...]
Samsung T669, T359 and T139 coming to T-Mobile USA
T-Mobile USA is getting ready to launch at least three new Samsung phones this year: Samsung T669, Samsung T359 and Samsung T139. According to the Bluetooth SIG, Samsung T669 is a GSM phone (no 3G?) with a QWERTY keypad, QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.1, T-Mobile’s MyFaves, Instant Messaging and other basic features. The Samsung T359 is [...]
Nokia reports Q4 2009 results: 126.9 million phones sold, 39% market share
Nokia has just announced it financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. The Finnish company reports net sales of €12 billion for Q4 2009, and net sales of €40.9 billion for full 2009. The operating profit for Q4 was €1.14 billion, while the operating profit for full 2009 was of €1.19 billion [...]
GORequest iPhone app lets you quickly report issues to the City Hall
The same day when Apple unveiled its “revolutionary” iPad tablet, Government Outreach announced a new iPhone application that should help citizens in dozens of US cities and counties report various issues to their City Hall (issues like “potholes that need filling, barking dogs that need quieting, and graffiti that needs removing”). The new iPhone app [...]
Mozilla Firefox for Android to be launched in February?
Already available for Maemo (as a RC1 version) and Windows Mobile (as an alpha 1 version), the mobile version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser may soon be available for Google’s Android platform, too. Camp-firefox.de is reporting that the first usable beta version of Firefox for Android may be out in February (hence next month). Reportedly, Firefox [...]