Orange announces Intel Atom-based MeeGo devices; Nokia N900 will have a role in testing MeeGo
Announced by Nokia and Intel at MWC 2010, MeeGo, the new versatile platform that combines Moblin and Maemo, will be used by Orange in some of its future devices based on the Intel Atom processor. Orange says that these MeeGo devices (possibly including smartphones, tablets and netbooks) will come with a range of Orange multimedia [...]
HTC Incredible for Verizon appears in new photos; might be delayed
Let’s leave those Microsoft Project Pink phones aside and concentrate our attention a bit on another unannounced smartphone that’s coming soon to Verizon: the HTC Incredible. Unlike Microsoft’s handsets, which run an unidentified OS that resemble Windows Phone 7, the HTC Incredible runs Android 2.1. The smartphone has just appeared in new leaked photos, which [...]
Microsoft Project Pink phones might hit Verizon in April (without Windows Phone 7)
Remember Microsoft’s Project Pink phone, rumored to be headed to Verizon? It looks like there are actually two handsets that Microsoft wants to launch via the largest North American carrier – one codenamed Turtle and another one codenamed Pure (and no, it’s not AT&T’s HTC Pure). The Turtle is a vertical slider with a full [...]
Sony (not Sony Ericsson) launching a PSP phone this year to rival Apple?
If Sony Ericsson won’t make a PSP phone, Sony might. The Japanese company hasn’t launched a cell phone under its own brand since 2001, when the joint venture with Ericsson was established. A Wall Street Journal report has it that Sony wants to launch a phone of its own this year because it’s “threatened by [...]
Microsoft Tag Reader is the company’s first Android app
Already available for Windows Mobile, iPhone, Symbian and Blackberry, Microsoft Tag Reader has now been released as an Android app. This is Microsoft’s first application made for Google’s Android platform, and, like the versions for other platforms, it allows you to use your phone’s camera to scan barcodes found on products, magazines and so on. [...]
Samsung Clutch W9500 is like an upgraded Samsung Diva S7070
Samsung has launched the Clutch SPH-W9500 in South Korea, a new phone that resembles the Samsung Diva S7070 (recently released in the UK). While the Diva S7070 is an entry-level touchscreen handset, the Clutch W9500 is a mid-end one. The phone features a 3.2 inch display, 3G, GPS, T-DMB, 3MP camera with 3D motion picture, [...]
Native Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile launched
Opera has decided to launch a native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile – more exactly, for Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 (WM 6.5 and WM 6.5.3 are probably included). Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile doesn’t require Java (so it can run on any WM handset), but it [...]
Google intros Gesture Search for Android
Google has launched a new application for Android (version 2.0 or newer) devices, called Gesture Search. Google Gesture Search allows Android users to easily find info stored on their smartphones (contacts, installed apps, music tracks, bookmarks), by “drawing alphabet gestures on the touch screen.” For example, if you want to call someone named Jane, or [...]
Samsung Diva S7070 launched in the UK via Carphone Warehouse
Samsung Diva S7070, one of Sammy’s new touchscreen phones targeted at female customers, has just been launched in the UK. The Diva S7070 can be bought from Carphone Warehouse, and it looks like you can get it on contract via O2, Orange or T-Mobile (the phone is free with a contract of at least £15 [...]
Interesting Apple iPhone 4G concept comes in multiple colors
Apple (which has recently sued HTC for alleged patent infringements) will launch a new iPhone this year, possibly in June or July. At the moment, no one knows exactly what the 4th generation iPhone looks like or what new features it will bring. Of course, we’ve seen some iPhone 4G concepts, and there are lots [...]
LG’s first Windows Phone 7 device to be called LG Panther?
Unveiled last week during the Engadget Show, LG’s first smartphone to run Windows Phone 7 Series (and possibly the world’s first WP7 device) doesn’t have an official name yet. However, a blog in the UK claims that the smartphone will be named LG Panther. They don’t say whether LG or Microsoft spilled this detail, but [...]
Motorola Quench, Backflip and Dext bring MotoBlur to Canada
Three of Motorola’s Android smartphones that come with MotoBlur, the Quench, Backflip and Dext, have been officially announced for Canada, where they’ll be available starting the first half of this year. Presented as a “revolutionary social service for Android”, MotoBlur has received mixed reactions since it debuted last year with the Motorola Cliq in the [...]
Nokia offers Skype for Symbian via Ovi Store
After officially unveiling the Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile USA, Nokia has made a pretty important announcement: it has partnered with Skype to offer Skype for Symbian through the company’s Ovi Store, making it available to more than 200 million smartphone users around the world. Skype for Symbian is free and allows Nokia phone users [...]
Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile USA announced, comes with free navigation
T-Mobile USA’s Nokia 5230 Nuron has just been officially announced as the first US carrier-supported Nokia handset to come with free turn-by-turn navigation (Ovi Maps 3.0). The smartphone even has maps of the US, Canada and Mexico preloaded, and it allows users to access other 180 maps. Like the European version of the Nokia 5230, [...]
Qik Premium app available for Nokia phones
Qik, which recently signed a deal with Vodafone UK, announced the availability of Qik Premium for Nokia’s handsets. As the name implies, Qik Premium is not free – it’s currently available for a promotional price of $4.99 / year (the promotion ends March 31). Qik Premium for Nokia phones features high quality transcoding and lets [...]
RIM’s first BlackBerry slider (Storm3?) apparently leaked
The rumored BlackBerry slider smartphone is apparently real, and it looks like it has just appeared in two leaked photos – which, of course, could be fake, although they seem real enough. As expected, the device has a touchscreen display, an optical trackpad (like all of RIM‘s latest handsets), and a vertical sliding QWERTY keyboard. [...]
LG Cookie Fresh GS290 and LG GT400 Viewty show up
When LG officially announced the LG Cookie Plus GS500, it said that other new Cookie phones would be launched during 2010. One of these phones is the LG Cookie Fresh GS290, spotted at CeBIT 2010 today by the folks over at PortableGear.nl (via PhoneArena). The Cookie Fresh GS290 should be cheaper than the Cookie Plus, [...]
Palm to make a WiMax smartphone for Sprint?
With Sprint getting ready to launch 4G / WiMax in many new US markets this year, some phone manufacturers are surely thinking about making WiMax hardware for the carrier. Apart from HTC (which should launch the Supersonic Android phone), Palm may also introduce a WiMax handset via Sprint. According to ComputerWorld, Kris Keilhack from PalmInfocenter [...]
Apple sues HTC, says 20 iPhone patents are infringed
Not long after countersuing Nokia, Apple has now announced that it’s also suing HTC for the same reason – patent infringement. The Cupertino-based company implies that HTC infringes no less than 20 patents “related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.” No further details were provided, but this might have something to do [...]
T-Mobile’s HTC HD2, Motorola Cliq XT and Nokia Nuron priced?
We already know that the HTC HD2, Motorola Cliq XT and Nokia Nuron are all coming soon to T-Mobile USA, but the carrier didn’t announce their prices. Well, TmoNews says the handsets could be prices as following: the HTC HD2 will be $199.99 with a contract agreement for two years, or $449.99 free of contract; [...]