Motorola avoids lawsuit, signs patent licensing agreement with Fractus
Back in May 2009, a rather unknown Spanish company called Fractus sued no less than ten mobile phone makers (including Samsung, LG, RIM, HTC and Palm) for patent infringement. Fractus then stated that the phone makers were infringing some of its patents related to internal antennas for cell phones. It turns out that Motorola was [...]
Lenovo rumored to buy Palm
Although WebOS was announced lat year as something new and exciting, Palm isn’t doing well at all lately – maybe because it has launched its Pre and Pixi smartphones a bit too late (and only via Sprint for the beginning). We’ve heard more than once that Nokia might be interested in buying Palm, but today [...]
Google Maps 4.0 for BlackBerry features Google Buzz, Search by Voice, and more
BlackBerry users who love Google Maps should be happy to find out that Google Maps 4.0 is now available to them. Google Maps 4.0 for BlackBerry obviously comes with some new features. One of them is Search by Voice, which lets you search points of interest and addresses without typing anything. For the moment, the [...]
HTC EVO 4G available at Sprint starting June 13?
When Sprint officially introduced the HTC EVO 4G, the carrier only said that the smartphone would be available sometime in the summer. Hopefully, this won’t mean “late summer”. And, according to Engadget, it won’t – as Sprint might launch the EVO 4G on June 6 or June 13, with the latter date being the most [...]
More than 1 million PayPal iPhone apps downloaded in three weeks
PayPal’s own iPhone app has now reached more than 1 million downloads – only three weeks after being made available in App Store (on March 15). The PayPal iPhone app is free and lets users check their balance, send and receive money, or view past transactions. Moreover, the application has some cool features like “Split [...]
HTC Incredible to be launched by Verizon on April 25
Since Verizon has pretty much confirmed that it’s launching the HTC Incredible, it’s now only a question of when it will do it. Well, someone who works at Best Buy says in a post at Android Forums that a Verizon rep confirmed the carrier is getting the Incredible on April 25. Moreover, today Verizon employees [...]
Google Nexus One shows up in France on Bouygues Telecom’s website
Bouygues Telecom is the first French mobile carrier to list the Google Nexus One on its official website. Unfortunately, Bouygues doesn’t say when exactly the Nexus One will be available – but it might happen this month, when the Google superphone should also be available via Verizon in the US, and via Vodafone in the [...]
LG Mini GD880 available this month with HTML5 support
Although LG initially said that the GD880 Mini would be available starting March, the phone is still not released. But worry not, LG has just announced the “official launch” of the handset, which will be available in Europe starting this month – with other markets to follow shortly. The LG Mini GD880 is LG’s first [...]
Mobiado shows off CPT001 concept phone
If you think you’ve seen it all when it comes to industrial design in mobile phones, prepare to be wowed by Mobiado‘s latest concept phone, the Mobiado CPT001. This new phone concept, which the company also refers to as an “objet d’art”, blends modern-age communications technology with materials that were famously used during the renaissance [...]
Google Buzz integrated in latest version of Gmail for mobile
If you’re just getting the hang of Google Buzz on your mobile phone, then you’ll find Google’s latest Buzz-related update quite useful. It involves tweaking the version you see on your mobile phone’s browser for better integration in the Gmail for mobile app. And anyone who’s used Buzz on its standalone version, found at buzz.google.com, [...]
LG LU2300 Android smartphone details start coming up
More details on the forthcoming LG LU2300 Android smartphone have surfaced today, and it looksk like it’s going to be in the league of at least a couple of Android superphones that we’re already familiar with. And there are pictures of the smartphone itself, to boot. But while this looks like something that a lot [...]
Verizon CEO hopes the carrier will sell a 4G iPhone
It’s not the first and certainly not the last time we’re hearing about an iPhone for Verizon, but this time it’s something we don’t get to see everyday: Verizon’s CEO himself (Ivan Seidenberg) declared that the largest US carrier would be open to offer the iPhone to its customers. Moreover, according to Reuters, Mr. Seidenberg [...]
Nokia Ovi Store now includes motion-based apps
Nokia’s recently redesigned Ovi Store now includes motion-based applications and games. But before you get too excited about this, you should know that, for the moment, most of the available motion-based apps (developed by eyeSight) aren’t really useful. In fact, there’s only one app that’s useful: eyeCall – which lets you “move your hand in [...]
Nokia enables free navigation on the E71 and E66
Nokia (which might launch a Windows 7 tablet) has just expanded the list of Symbian smartphones that support Ovi Maps with free navigation, including the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 – which are both almost 2 years old. If you have an E71 or E66, all you need to do is download the latest version [...]
Is Nokia working on Booklet Touch – Windows 7 based tablet?
Well, here we go again. Another round of new Nokia device and even form factor rumors. This time it comes from Ashok Kumar, analyst at Rodman Renshaw, via TheStreet.com. According to their sources, Nokia is working with suppliers and design manufacturers on a touchscreen tablet, to have it available as early as this fall. So [...]
Leaked: first photo of the Samsung Moment 2 M910 for Sprint
Launched by Sprint in November 2009, the Samsung Moment M900 will soon be replaced by the Samsung Moment 2 (M910), which has just appeared in a leaked photo. Design-wise, there aren’t too many differences between the Moment and the Moment 2. However, the keys on the Moment 2’s QWERTY keyboard seem bigger – which means [...]
Philips Xenium X312 shows up, offers one month of stand-by
Philips Xenium X312 is yet another one of Philips’ phones that come with a powerful battery, being capable of offering up to one month of stand-by time. There are no details about the handset’s other features – however, since the X312 looks almost exactly like the Philips X320, their features might be similar. So we [...]
Microsoft’s Pink phones (Pure and Turtle) to be announced on April 12
While many Verizon customers are waiting for the HTC Incredible and the Google Nexus One, the largest US carrier might first launch two Microsoft phones – the Pure and the Turtle, both part of project Pink. According to CNET, Microsoft will unveil the two phones during an event held on April 12 in San Francisco. [...]
Bluetooth SIG Shows Samsung Galaxy S May Come to AT&T
At CTIA we learned all about the brand new Samsung i9000 Galaxy S, a breathtaking Android device with a 4.0″ Super AMOLED display amongst all sorts of goodies (check out more details here). One important detail being left out, however, was which carriers it would end up at. All we knew was that the Galaxy [...]
Leaked iPhone 4.0 Docs Show Video Calls Included
Ever since Apple made it evident this morning that iPhone OS 4.0 is indeed a reality and is coming much sooner than we originally thought, every Apple fanboy (and fangirl) has been speculating which yearned-for features will actually make it into the next iteration of the iPhone operating system. Most of us are hoping that [...]