Gigabyte GSmart G1305 Codfish with Android and GSmart S1205 Cougar with WM 6.5 unveiled
Two unannounced Gigabyte smartphone shave recently appeared in Ukraine, one running Android 1.6 and another one running Windows Mobil 6.5. The Android device is called Gigabyte GSmart G1305 Codfish, and it looks like it has more features than the first Gigabyte Android handset. The GSmart G1305 Codfish comes with quad-band GSM connectivity, tri-band HSDPA connectivity [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro to hit the UK on April 13
Sony Ericsson’s latest Android handsets, the Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro, might be available in the UK as soon as April (when Vodafone UK should launch the Xperia X10). Expansys has both new devices on pre-order, saying that they’ll be out on April 13 – the Xperia X10 Mini costs £299.99 ($446), [...]
Nokia C5 and the Cseries officially announced
Nokia has finally announced its first phone from the Cseries family – the Nokia C5 candybar (first seen at the beginning of February). Presented as a “smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing,” Nokia C5 lets you see Facebook status updates from the phonebook, and it also provides easy access to other social networking sites [...]
Nokia to launch S40 phones with touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, dual SIM
We already know that Nokia is getting ready to launch dual SIM phones later this year. Well, some (if not all) of Nokia’s dual SIM handsets will be based on the S40 platform and not on Symbian. According to a leaked document posted at Cellularmania.net, the Finnish company also plans to “bring touch” to S40 [...]
Nokia X6 16GB available at Vodafone UK
Today, Vodafone UK has started offering the Nokia X6 16GB, for free with a 2-yr contract of at least £30 per month (600 minutes, 500MB of mobile internet and unlimited texts are included). Vodafone’s Nokia X6 16GB is preloaded with the Vodafone 360 Homescreen, thus providing access to Vodafone My Web, the 360 Apps and [...]
Only 300K Apple iPads may be available in March, production problems rumored
Announced by Apple in January, the iPad should be available for purchase starting this month (well, just the Wi-Fi version, because the release of the Wi-Fi + 3G version is scheduled for April). However, Apple may launch only a limited number of iPads by the end of March – more exactly, only 300,000 units, although [...]
Motorola VE440 Mister Cartoon edition launched by MetroPCS, “Snoop Dogg inside”
MetroPCS has announced the availability of Motorola VE440 Mister Cartoon edition – obviously a remake of the VE440 introduced back in September 2009. The new Motorola VE440 comes with two interchangeable back covers designed by Mister Cartoon, who also designed the case for the Samsung Messager Mister Cartoon edition. The phone features exclusive wallpapers and [...]
HTC Legend priced on Vodafone UK, free on select contracts
Officially unveiled during MWC 2010 (alongside HTC Desire and HTC HD Mini) the HTC Legend should be available across Europe starting April. Vodafone is the first carrier that will offer the Legend on contract in the UK. Voda plans to sell the new Android 2.1 smartphone for £1.99 with a 2-yr contract agreement of at [...]
Nokia Music Store becoming Ovi Music, going DRM-free?
Nokia hasn’t officially announced this, but apparently the company is getting ready to rebrand the Nokia Music Store and call it Ovi Music. More importantly, according to The Symbian Blog, Ovi Music will offer DRM-free music, which means that all the songs you’re downloading can be used on any device you want (a non-Nokia phone, [...]
Windows Mobile 6.x handsets not upgradeable to Windows Phone 7 after all
It looks like there’s a bit of confusion among Microsoft officials at the moment regarding the upgradeability of Windows Mobile 6.x devices to Windows Phone 7. Last week, Microsoft UK said that upgrades are “really for the hardware partners to think about.” Today, however, Natasha Kwan, General Manager for Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business in the [...]
LG Arena Max now official as LG Maxx LU9400
First seen in early February, the LG Arena Max LU9400 has been officially introduced in Korea via LG Telecom, as LG Maxx LU9400. Apparently, the LG Maxx LU9400 is the first phone to be launched in South Korea with a Snapdragon CPU at 1GHz (it uses Qualcomm’s QSD8650 chip, unlike the Nexus One, the LG [...]