Samsung Wave to be the first Bada OS phone
Samsung has already confirmed that it would announce its first Bada OS phone at MWC 2010. Now it looks like the phone’s name has been disclosed: Samsung Wave. An outdoor ad presenting the Samsung Wave has been photographed by the::unwired – and, as expected, the phone is a slim touchscreen device. A photo camera with [...]
Nokia Feel Symbian app suggests activities based on what you feel
Ready for a new experimental app from Nokia Beta Labs? Meet Nokia Feel, an application that lets you tell your phone how you feel, and then suggests things that you could do. The app includes a list of feelings that you can choose: Happy, Lucky, Lonely, Hungry, Energetic, Bored, Creative, Caring and so on. After [...]
Samsung intros new CMOS HD-capable image sensors for mobiles
Samsung has announced two new small form factor CMOS image sensors for “high-end smartphones and slim mobile handsets”: the S5K4E2 and the S5K5CA. The Samsung S5K4E2 is a 5MP chip that uses the SEES (Samsung Enhanced Energy Steering) pixel technology and integrates an extended depth of field IP for providing crisp images. The S5K4E2 chip [...]
Sagem Orga and Telefonica announce SIMFi – the first SIM card with integrated Wi-Fi
Telefonica has partnered with Sagem Orga (part of the Safran group) to introduced the so-called SIMFi, the world’s first SIM card that features integrated Wi-Fi. The SIMFi can be used in any type of classic cell phone, instead of a regular SIM card. It has an embedded WLAN modem, which can provide HSPA Internet access [...]
Motorola Crush probably coming soon to Verizon
If for some reason you want Verizon to release a new Motorola touchscreen phone that doesn’t run Android (like the Droid and the Devour do), we’ve got good news: it looks like the Motorola Crush – launched by US Cellular in November last year – will be soon introduced by the largest North American carrier. [...]
Opera Mini reaches 50 million monthly unique users
Today, Opera Software announced that the Opera Mini mobile browser passed the 50 million unique monthly users mark last month (January). This represents a 150% increase compared to January last year, when about 20 million users used Opera Mini to browser the Web on their phones and smartphones. Opera says that, according to Gartner, “mobile [...]
Nokia N87 (Vasco) specs show up again, include AMOLED display
We’ve first reported about the possible specs of Nokia N87 in December last year. Well, things have changed a bit since then. Apparently codenamed Nokia Vasco, the N87 may have a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, and not a 3.2 inch one as previously believed. Some leaked documents have appeared over at BeGeek, and while [...]
Motorola Plans to Split Into Two Separate Companies in Q1 2011
Speculation has been flying around for at least a year and a half now that Motorola was planning on either selling its mobile division or splitting it off into its own publicly traded company using the same Motorola branding. Finally today we have official word on what Motorola plans to do, and it will be [...]
iPhone and cold weather boost sausage sales in Korea
This is too funny not to write about: introduced in South Korea in November last year (via KT), Apple’s iPhone boosts sausage sales on the local market. Why is that? Well, the cold winter days have a role in this, too. It looks like iPhone owners can’t really use the smartphone with their gloves on, [...]
Palm halts Pre and Pixi production, but only until the end of February?
An OTR Global report issued just hours ago says that Palm has ordered Foxconn to halt production of CDMA Pre and Pre Plus smartphones (sold via Sprint and Verizon, respectively) during February. Reportedly, different Taiwanese sources have confirmed this, “and nobody knows whether shipment will resume in March.” Actually, it looks like someone knows – [...]
HTC Legend gets semi-official in the Netherlands (via KPN)
KPN, the Netherlands’ largest mobile carrier, has recently confirmed the existence of HTC Legend – a new Android smartphone first seen in December 2009. The Legend appears as coming soon on KPN’s official website, and it looks like it will be available starting March. As previously reported, the features of HTC Legend include: 3.2 inch [...]
WordPress app for Symbian and Maemo coming soon
Not long after launching a WordPress app for Android (which in the meantime has reached version 1.0.1), the folks over at WordPress have now announced that they’re working on an app for Nokia’s phones, too. The WordPress for Nokia app will be based on the Qt framework, this allowing it to be used on both [...]
First Nokia N98 photo possibly leaked; QWERTY keyboard, 4 inch display included
Rumors about the Nokia N98 have been around since 2007, but it’s only today that we get to see a photo which reportedly shows the smartphone. Appeared over at BeGeek.fr, said photo lets us see a full QWERTY keyboard and a tilting touchscreen display, suggesting that the N98 will be somewhat similar to the Nokia [...]
Pharos 565 Windows Mobile 6.5 rugged PDA announced
Pharos 565 has been recently announced, and it looks like it’s the world’s first rugged PDA based on Windows Mobile 6.5. As far as rugged PDAs go, the Pharos 565 looks ok and has almost decent measures (it’s 25mm thick). The new Pharos device features a 3.5 inch QVGA touchscreen display, full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi [...]
Nokia Booklet 3G available in the UK for £649 ($1,011)
Already available in the US (via AT&T) and Germany (via O2), the Nokia Booklet 3G can now be bought in the UK, too. The problem is that the netbook – Nokia’s first – has an unjustified high price for the UK: £649 (that’s about $1,011). In the US, for example, you can buy a Booklet [...]
Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50 (Android) and M10 (Windows Mobile) announced
Garmin-Asus has just announced its first Android smartphone – the Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50, which, according to the joint-venture, offers “more location technology” than any other Android handset. The nuvifone A50 features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver and comes with many of the features you’ll find in high-end Gamrin navigations devices, like turn-by-turn navigation, voice prompted directions, [...]
Palm Pre May Be Coming to Visit AT&T in May
Amidst countless rumors dealing with upcoming handsets and certain phone exclusivity contracts supposedly expiring, there are a couple things we know for sure, as officially announced by the company. We know AT&T is planning on launching 5 Android devices in the first half of 2010, and we know that this year will bring at least [...]
T-Mobile Partners With Swype, Will Be Featured on Several Touchscreens
In my review of the Samsung Omnia II, I paid close attention to the new style of virtual keyboard featured on the handset called Swype. I praised the innovative style that came with it, and wondered about whether or not it would be popular enough to make it to other touchscreen phones. Turns out that [...]
Nokia N8 12MP phone rumored; Nokia may finally launch new naming scheme
As you probably already know, Nokia doesn’t have a 12MP camera phone – or it might have it but it keeps it secret for now. Last year, we’ve heard that the company’s first 12MP phone would be the Nokia N87. However, some new leaked details suggest that the rumored 12MP handset may be actually called [...]
The Puma Phone gets pictured, will be launched next week
Remember the Puma Phone announced in October 2009? The handset will be officially unveiled next week – and it has just appeared in a photo (although, for the moment, we can only see its back). Manufactured by Sagem, the Puma Phone is targeted at sporty people, and it seems to be a touchscreen handset. Its [...]