Verizon announces LG Cosmos, BilltoMobile eCommerce service
That other LG phone appeared yesterday next to Sprint’s LG Remarq turned out to be the LG Cosmos, which has just been officially announced by Verizon. Available starting March 25 (this Thursday), the LG Cosmos is a simple slider with a full QWERTY keyboard and a metallic finish. The features of LG Cosmos include GPS, [...]
Opera suggests Safari for iPhone sucks, submits Opera Mini to Apple App Store (video)
While Mozilla canceled its Windows Phone 7-related plans, Opera has officially submitted Opera Mini for iPhone to the Apple App Store, and is now obviously waiting for the Cupertino giant to approve it. Of course, no one knows if Apple will approve Opera Mini or not (well, save for Steve Jobs himself), but Opera wants [...]
BlueAnt intros rugged T1 Bluetooth headset, Q1 Android app (video)
BlueAnt has announced the upcoming availability of T1, a rugged Bluetooth headset that has some unique features. The BlueAnt T1 is the company’s first headset to come with Wind Armour Technology – which can provide clear audio in wind speeds of up to 22 miles per hour (according to BlueAnt, this is “the best wind [...]
Mozilla puts Firefox development for Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 on hold
Yesterday, Mozilla developer Stuart Parmenter announced that the company is giving up working on Firefox for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 Series. The reason for this is that Microsoft “decided to close off development to native applications” for Windows Phone 7 Series. Of course, Mozilla could continue developing Firefox for Windows Mobile 6 [...]
Live pics of Nokia N8-00 12 megapixel Symbian^3 Nseries flagship leak
I told you things are about to get much more interesting for Nokia and Samsung. And, less than a day later they already starting to. Yesterday some info about the upcoming Nokia E7-00 Symbian^3 based ESeries device leaked. Today we get the goods on the new Nokia Nseries flagship – Nokia N8-00. Well, not everything about [...]
Kyocera Zio M6000 with Android announced
We knew that Kyocera had an Android handset in the making, and now the company has officially announced it – it’s the Zio M6000, a new device that marks Kyocera’s return to the US smartphone market (the company released two Palm-based smartphones almost ten years ago). Kyocera didn’t say which version of Android the Zio [...]
Quantum dot-based QuantumFilm image sensors for mobiles promise to provide stunning photos
InVisage Technologies, Inc., a California-based company, announced the world’s first commercial quantum dot-based image sensors for mobile phones, called QuantumFilm. InVisage claims that the QuantumFilm image sensors can solve “the crucial challenge of capturing stunning images using mobile handset cameras” by providing professional camera features, 4x higher performance and 2x higher dynamic range. Reportedly, the [...]
Sprint’s Motorola i1 announced as the first PTT Android smartphone
Remember the Motorola Opus One? The device has been officially announced as the Motorola i1, and it’s the world’s first Push-to-Talk rugged smartphone to run Android. The i1 is also one of the best-looking PTT phones ever. Manufactured for Sprint’s iDEN portfolio, the Motorola i1 comes with Android 1.5 and features a 3.1 inch HVGA [...]
Monday rumor fest: 4 new Samsung WinMo/WinPho 7 Series, Nokia E7-00 Symbian^3 E-series handsets coming this summer
Somehow, the first quarter of this year, has been pretty quiet for both Samsung and Nokia. Nokia’s presence at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona totally sucked. Yes, I know, MeeGo and everything. But not a single device to help Symbian with their ^3 version launch… C’mon Samsung’s presence at MWC wasn’t much better. Yes, they had [...]
LG GX500 and Alcatel C60 – new dual SIM phones
If you’re in the market for dual SIM phones, you should know that LG and Alcatel are readying two new handsets that might interest you. The LG-made device is LG GX500 – an elegant touchscreen handset that should be launched as LG’s third dual SIM phone. Reportedly, the LG GX500 doesn’t have 3G, but it [...]
Motorola Milestone with Android 2.1 announced by Orange Spain (exclusively)
Motorola has just announced that it’s launching the Moto Milestone in Spain, exclusively via Orange. Like India’s Motorola Milestone, the one for Orange Spain runs Android 2.1, being the country’s first smartphone to come with the latest version of Google’s OS. Customers can pre-order the Milestone as of now via Orange’s official website. The carrier [...]
HTC Desire and Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 now available through T-Mobile UK
If you are in the UK and have been waiting for the arrival of the Android-powered HTC Desire for quite some time now, you’ll be glad to know that T-Mobile UK has started offering this said smartphone through their website’s online store (just like what Virgin did recently). The HTC Desire, with its 3.7-inch AMOLED [...]
SanDisk’s 32GB microSDHC cards to go on sale next month
Flash memory maker SanDisk has prepared an announcement called “Something Big”, and it turns out that this revolves around a new microSDHC card–one that holds 32GB of storage space and will cost $200 USD. If you’re big on storage on your mobile phone and would rather have your data where you can easily access it [...]
Ulysse Nardin Chairman luxury phone now runs Android, costs up to $49,500
Officially announced one year ago, the Ulysse Nardin Chairman will be launched with Android on board – not with Windows Mobile, as initially planned. As far as I know, this will be the world’s first luxury smartphone to run Google’s OS. Manufactured by Swiss watch maker Ulysse Nardin in collaboration with SCI Innovations, the Ulysse [...]
New BlackBerry Pearl 9100 hands-on photos show dedicated music keys
The unannounced BlackBerry Pearl 9100 has recently appeared in new photos (hands-on, this time) – so it might not be long until RIM decides to officially unveil it. As mentioned before, the BlackBerry 9100 is the successor of the Pearl 8100, 8110 and 8120 smartphones. The new Pearl 9100 has a form factor that resembles [...]
Dell Aero (Mini 3) to be AT&T’s second Android phone
The same day when it announced the upcoming availability of Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, AT&T has also unveiled its second Android phone (after the Motorola BackFlip): it’s the Dell Aero – also known as Dell Mini 3. No word yet on what version of Android OS the Dell Aero runs, but, according to [...]
Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus officially coming to AT&T
There have been a lot of rumors about webOS smartphones headed to AT&T, and now it’s finally official: Palm has announced that its Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will indeed be launched by the second largest US carrier. However, as if it’s not already a bit too late, the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus won’t [...]
Nokia encourages us to use mobile internet browsing – it’s greener
Nokia is launching some sort of a video-based campaign that’s bound to show us “how easy it is to be green.” The company’s environmental team has created a series of videos which showcase the fact that mobile phones can help us protect the environment. For example, Nokia says that, with the same amount of energy [...]
LG VS750 to be Verizon’s first LG smartphone
Verizon Wireless launched many LG handsets throughout the years, but all of them were feature phones. The carrier’s first smartphone from LG might be the VS750, which reportedly runs Windows Mobile 6.5. Although it’s not included in LG’s list of phones that will be showcased at CTIA Wireless 2010, Verizon’s LG VS750 could be available [...]
LG Remarq LN240 QWERTY phone coming to Sprint
LG has announced some of the phones that it plans to showcase at CTIA Wireless 2010 (which debuts tomorrow), and it looks like there are only tow new devices among them: LG Remark LN240 for Sprint, and another handset for Verizon. The LG Remark LN240 has a landscape display (probably QVGA) and a vertical sliding [...]