Samsung to announce Super AMOLED phone at MWC, maybe Bada-based?
We already know that Samsung will announce its first Bada phone at MWC 2010, and now it looks like the South Korean company has yet another surprise prepared for the show that’s set to debut next week. SamsungHub has it that a Samsung phone with a Super AMOLED touchscreen display (possibly WVGA) will be unveiled [...]
Nokia to launch phones priced at $10 in India
Although India is the world’s second largest mobile market, there are still more than 500 million Indian people who don’t have a cell phone. And perhaps that’s why Nokia is planning to launch phones that cost under 1,000 INR (about $20) in the country. According to Economic Times India, among these phone there will be [...]
Huawei to preinstall Opera Mobile 10 on its phones for China
Opera announced that Huawei (which shipped 30 million phones globally in 2009) has selected Opera Mobile 10 to be preinstalled on a variety of its phones that will be launched in China. China has recently entered the 3G era (with China Mobile and China Unicom deploying TD-SCDMA and UMTS networks, respectively), so Huawei and Opera [...]
Vodafone’s upcoming phones: Qisda QCM-330 with 1280 x 1024 pixels screen, LG GD880 and more
Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile operator, will soon launch lots of new phones (probably across Europe for the beginning), including its first handset with a 1280 x 1024 pixels touchscreen display (although the resolution could be 1280 x 600 or 1024 x 480). Said handset is made by Taiwan-based Qisda (which could also make [...]
Verizon’s HTC Incredible with Android 2.1 appears in photos, video
HTC Incredible is a new Android 2.1 smartphone (like the Google Nexus One) that should be launched by Verizon sometime later this year – and it could be the next best thing since the Motorola Droid. Unlike the Droid, the HTC Incredible doesn’t have a hardware keyboard, but it does have some really nice features, [...]
Latest WinMo 7 Rumors Surface: Multitasking Not Likely
There’s nothing like some good pre-MWC goodness to get us through the weekend, and this round of juicy rumors is plenty to keep us energized for a day or two because it involves Windows Mobile 7. It’s no secret that there are plans for Microsoft to announce more details about WinMo 7 at Mobile World [...]
Nokia may show nothing new at MWC, but a Nokia C6 could be announced soon
As we previously reported, Nokia will not showcase new products at MWC 2010. However, the Finnish company may soon announce new phones from the Cseries family. Alongside the Nokia C3 and the recently-leaked Nokia C5, a Nokia C6 may be unveiled, too – and no, it’s not the Nokia C6 launched back in 1997. According [...]
LG Arena Max LU9400 possibly pictured, Snapdragon CPU apparently onboard
We first heard about the LG Arena Max LU9400 in November last year, when some info about it appeared at the Wi-Fi Alliance website. Sadly, there were no photos of the handset back then. But today we’ve spotted a new LG touchscreen phone, and it seems to be the Arena Max. According to the info [...]
Symbian tablets and netbooks coming in the next few years?
Now that Symbian OS is open source, developers all over the world can pretty much do everything they want with its source code. Including porting the OS to different devices – like tablets and netbooks. In an interview with ZDNet UK, Symbian Foundation chief executive Lee Williams says that “it’s very likely that, in the [...]
Sagem to launch Android phones with fingerprint identity capabilities from UPEK
Sagem Wireless (maker of the Porsche P’9522 phone) recently announced that it has teamed up with California-based UPEK, in order to develop mobile phones with fingerprint identity capabilities. More importantly, it looks like Sagem will launch Android phones pretty soon – joining the continuously growing list of big, medium and small handset makers that are [...]
Samsung plans to overtake HTC in smartphone sales this year
We already know that Samsung hopes to sell 270 million phones this year, 100 million of which may be touchscreen devices. But Samsung’s ambitions don’t stop here. The South Korean company also plans to increase smartphone production and overtake HTC – currently the world’s fourth largest smartphone maker (after Nokia, RIM and Apple). At the [...]
OverMyMinutes iPhone App Monitors Your Usage and Gives Alerts
This is one of the better ideas I’ve seen for an iPhone app in 2010 so far. OverMyMinutes.com has recently announced the release of an iPhone app that monitors your minute and text usage, and will alert you when you’re getting close to your limit. OverMyMinutes Alerter will send out daily emails showing how many [...]
Motorola Milestone “Coming Soon” to Canada, Sans Manitoba and Saskatchewan
The Motorola Milestone has been on course to launch on TELUS in Canada in early 2010, so this isn’t necessarily breaking news in that sense, but IntoMobile has a couple of additional nuggets of information to throw in the mix. The biggest news is that the latest Telus ads are showing the Milestone as “coming [...]
FCC Considers Banning Signal Boosters
In response to concerns that they may be harming cellular networks by interfering and overloading nearby towers, it is quite possible that the Federal Communications Commission will ban or regulate cellular signal amplifiers in the very near future. The CTIA made requests to consider a motion to either ban or at least regulate these signal [...]
Nokia 5700 can run BlackBerry OS – video proves it
The 3-year old Nokia 5700 is, usually, running Symbian S60 3rd Edition – but I’m sure you already know that. What you may not now is that the 5700 can run BlackBerry OS, too – more exactly, BlackBerry 4.6.0.305 for the BlackBerry Pearl 8220. A Chinese user (developer?) has somehow managed to port BlackBerry OS [...]
ZTE F350 to be Verizon’s first ZTE phone
Until now, ZTE has been a shy player on the US mobile market, offering phones for regional carriers like MetroPCS and Cricket. But the Chinese manufacturer is getting ready to launch its first phone via the largest North American carrier – Verizon Wireless. ZTE F350 is the phone we’re talking about. Unfortunately, we don’t have [...]
Nokia Diagnostics – new Symbian troubleshooting app
Nokia Diagnostics is the latest Symbian application launched by the team at Nokia Beta Labs. The new app was created to help Nokia users “diagnose, troubleshoot, and configure their devices with ease on their own.” More exactly, the application can perform network coverage tests, internet connectivity tests, battery charger tests, and loudspeaker & earpiece tests. [...]
T-Mobile UK to launch SE Vivaz, Xperia X10, Nokia X6 and more
Until its merger with Orange is completed, T-Mobile UK is still an independent mobile carrier – one that’s getting ready to release some pretty nice phones this quarter. The British carrier has recently unveiled its Q1 2010 line-up, including phones that it already sells (like the Nokia E72, Samsung Galaxy Portal, LG InTouch Max GW620 [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 coming to Vodafone UK in April
O2 is not the only carrier that will offer the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 in the UK. Vodafone will sell the X10, too. The Xperia X10 has appeared on Vodafone UK’s official website, in the coming soon section, and it looks like it will be available for purchase starting April. The handset’s price is not [...]
Nokia 6303i classic announced, costs €105
One year after announcing the Nokia 6303 classic, the Finnish phone maker has now unveiled the Nokia 6303i classic – a new handset that resembles the old model but has slightly different features, and more color versions. Specs-wise, the only noticeable difference between the 6303i and the 6303 is that the new phone comes with [...]