Sony Ericsson Aspen (Faith) with WM 6.5.3 officially announced
The Sony Ericsson Faith smartphone that we recently saw in some leaked pictures has been officially announced as Sony Ericsson Aspen. Like the Garmin Asus Nuvifone 10, the Aspen runs Windows Mobile 6.5.3. The new Sony Ericsson smartphone is part of the Green Heart series and comes with a “human curvature design”. The SE Aspen [...]
Samsung S8500 to be First Phone With Bluetooth 3.0
Roughly ten months after its announcement, Bluetooth 3.0 is taking one giant step closer to becoming a real force on a consumer-grade phone. The first phone to receive the honor of having the new tech is called the Samsung S8500, and will be launched later this year with unspecified times, locations and price. All that’s [...]
Detailed Picture of HTC Trophy Leaked, Specs Revealed
So we just discovered this leaked picture and accompanying specs to go along with it, and right now we’re wondering if this “Trophy” is supposed to be for first prize or just for participating. Right now we’re tempted to say the latter. HTCPedia was the source of the leaked photo and specs. The HTC Trophy, [...]
Tegra-based Zune phone confirmed for MWC?
Last week, Microsoft has reportedly confirmed that Windows Mobile 7 would be launched at MWC, and now it looks like the long-rumored Zune phone is also confirmed. Not by Microsoft, but by MuyComputer, a Spanish website which claims that the Zune phone will certainly be presented this month in Barcelona. Moreover, they also claim that [...]
NTT DoCoMo to showcase LTE phone, eye-controlled headset at MWC
Japan’s largest mobile carrier, none other than NTT DoCoMo, will have some really cool stuff to showcase at MWC 2010 (15 – 18 February, Barcelona). First of all, according to IDG, DoCoMo will showcase an LTE phone prototype. It’s not clear yet which company is the phone’s manufacturer, but it might be NEC, Fujitsu or [...]
Nokia Ovi Orion gaming phone concept brings the iPhone and the PSP together
Back in 2008, Nokia had plans to launch a touchscreen version of its old and discontinued N-Gage gaming phone. But since the Finnish company recently announced that it would kill the N-Gage service, it looks like a touchscreen N-Gage phone will never se the light of day. However, even without N-Gage, Nokia can still launch [...]
Verizon launches VZ Navigator 5.0 with Facebook integration and roadside assistance
Verizon, North America’s largest mobile carrier, has announced the availability of VZ Navigator 5.0, the latest version of its own map and navigation service. Based on technology from TeleCommunication Systems, VZ Navigator 5.0 now integrates Facebook, letting you update your Facebook status directly from the app, or share your location if you want. The new [...]
Alcatel OT-980 is like a Palm Pre with Android (video)
Like most of the major and not so major mobile phone makers, Alcatel has embraced Android, too, and its first device to run Google’s OS is the Alcatel OT-980. Design-wise, the Alcatel OT-980 borrows a lot from the Palm Pre, although the current design may be changed, since this is only a prototype – the [...]
Samsung’s Bada OS gets good response from carriers, Bada phone coming at MWC
Samsung has reportedly presented its newly-announced Bada operating system to mobile carriers around the globe and, according to Kim Hyung-do (Samsung’s vice president for strategic planning), the company has received good response from carriers. And speaking of carriers, Samsung has just announced that its first Bada phone (Bada S8200, maybe?) will be showcased at MWC [...]
Nokia Custom Dictionary Symbian app launched
Nokia has announced a new beta application for Symbian S60 3rd and 5th Edition smartphones, called Nokia Custom Dictionary. As the name probably suggests, Nokia Custom Dictionary allows users to edit the list of words their phones use for text prediction. You can also scan text files to import words, import words from an xml [...]