Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus headed for Germany via Vodafone and O2
The Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus are both headed to Germany courtesy of operators Vodafone and O2. With the very feature-rich webOS making both devices tick, who wouldn’t be glad? Both webOS-equipped smartphones are well-suited for both business-type persons as well as regular consumers. The Palm Pre Plus comes in the form of [...]
Nokia C6, C3 and E5 in hands-on photos, videos
Nokia C6, C3 and E5, three of the Finnish company’s latest messaging devices, have appeared in live photos and videos, although they’re not yet available for purchase. The most interesting phone among the three is obviously the Nokia C6, which could be described as a hybrid between Nokia 5230 and Nokia N97. The C6 runs [...]
Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta now available for E72, E71 and E63, may not offer best experience possible
Nokia Betalabs has published a new blog post to let people know that they are releasing Nokia Messaging for Social Networks for beta testing and anyone with a Nokia E72, E71 or E63 are invited to download it and see what it offers for themselves. Nokia Messaging for Social Networks lets users access their Twitter [...]
Samsung S3370 appears again
Samsung S3370, an unannounced touchscreen phone which first appeared about a month ago, has been recently showcased by Samsung in the Netherlands. The S3370 looks like a smaller Samsung Reality (announced today for Verizon) and it doesn’t have a hardware keyboard. The new handset features a 2.6 inch TFT display (probably with 240 x 320 [...]
Samsung starts production of first 20nm NAND flash memory chips for SD cards
Samsung has beat every other memory chip maker to the punch as it has just begun production of the industry’s first 20 nanometer-class NAND flash chips for use in Secure Digital (SD) memory cards and embedded memory solutions. And the great thing about it is, the smaller size actually translated into better performance, as Samsung [...]
The real new Apple iPhone (4G, HD) apparently shows up (video)
The story of this alleged real new iPhone started over the week-end, when Engadget posted some photos of an iPhone-like handset, claiming that it was the iPhone that Apple would launch this summer. Said handset looks more like the first-generation iPhone – its back case isn’t as rounded as the one the iPhone 3GS has. [...]
Verizon announces the Samsung Reality U820
If for some reason you don’t like the HTC Droid Incredible (or you don’t want to wait for it, or you simply don’t need a smartphone), Verizon is launching another new touchscreen phone, this time from Samsung. It’s the Samsung Reality U820, first seen during CTIA 2010. The Samsung Reality U820 comes with a 3 [...]
Nokia X6 16GB, Nokia E72 coming to Canada
Nokia fans in Canada will soon be able to buy two new smartphones, the Nokia X6 16GB and the Nokia E72. Nokia X6 16GB appears on Nokia Canada’s website as “coming soon”. There’s no word yet on its price, or the carrier that plans to offer it, but it looks like the handset will be [...]
Black HTC Desire and Samsung Monte show up on Orange UK’s website
The black HTC Desire that was confirmed by Orange UK last month is now featured on the carrier’s website, although it’s only “coming soon”, so you can’t buy it just yet. Most probably, the Desire in black will have the same price as the brown version, which is already available – for free with an [...]
AT&T Pantech Link review
When Pantech first emerged in the US market it was a no-name player with no reputation. Since that time, the manufacturer has come out with some really good quality phones and some really bad ones; thus making it hard to tell what kind of reputation it has made for itself. The Pantech Slate was an [...]
HTC smartphones to feature HD video recording, 5.1 surround sound starting 2011
Apart from being interested in making its own mobile OS, HTC is also (obviously) planning ahead when it comes to the features of its future smartphones. During a recent even in South Africa (where HTC launched the Desire, the Legend and the Smart), one of the Taiwanese company’s officials mentioned that future HTC smartphones will [...]
Upcoming LG P950 Android smartphone uncovered?
It looks like LG may be launching a whole new series of Android smartphones in the near future, as a recently published User Agent profile reveals something called the LG P950, which looks promising to say the least, but for now hasn’t been confirmed or announced by the company itself yet. Seen in the photo [...]
LG SU420 launched in Korea as world’s first DMB 2.0 phone
LG Electronics in Korea has introduced the world’s first phone to support DMB 2.0. Nicknamed the ‘Cafe Phone’, the LG SU420 comes with an integrated mobile TV receiver that supports DMB 2.0, making the consumption of multimedia on the go not only possible, but also interactive. DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) 2.0 is basically an interactive [...]
AT&T blocks employee vacations in June, new iPhone launch re-confirmed?
No surprise here, but it’s still worth mentioning that AT&T has reportedly blocked employee vacations for the month of June. With the Apple iPhone HD / 4G rumored to be launched on June 22, it’s obvious why AT&T wants all its employees to be ready to serve customers. The iPhone is AT&T’s most successful device, [...]
Nokia N86 has hardware (MicroUSB) problems, too?
Launched in Europe last summer, the Nokia N86 8MP seems to be following the footsteps of the N900 and N97 in the UK, where it reportedly has problems with the MicroUSB port. According to MobileNewsCWP, “a high number of faulty Nokia N86” phones are sent back to dealers for repair. Customers are complaining about what [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9650 (Essex) coming to Verizon on May 27. White Bold 9700 for T-Mobile spotted
Previously known as BlackBerry Essex, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 has just appeared in Verizon’s Equipment Guide, which suggests that the new RIM smartphone will be available on May 27 (through Verizon, at least, because Sprint may not launch it then). Moreover, the specs of the Bold 9650 are now shown. The smartphone will feature EV-DO [...]
T-Mobile’s Samsung T959 features Android, 4 inch AMOLED display (like the Galaxy S)
Here’s some interesting and somewhat confusing piece of info: the Bluetooth SIG has just approved the Samsung SCH-T959 – which is obviously headed to T-Mobile USA, since all Samsung phones named like this are made for T-Mo. Reportedly, the T959 features Android, TouchWiz 3.0 UI, a 4 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi [...]
Google activates 60,000 Android phones daily, says Nexus One is profitable
Google’s Android is slowly but surely growing to become one of the world’s major smartphone operating systems. According to Google, the company activates more than 60,000 Android handsets per day – that’s more than 1.8 million per month, and more than 21 million per year. And yes, this is impressive for a mobile platform that’s [...]
Cheap Windows Phone 7 handset to be launched in India, other developing markets
Microsoft, which recently announced the Kin One and Kin Two for Verizon and Vodafone, will launch a low-cost Windows Phone 7 handset for developing markets, including India. At least that’s what Sudeep Bharati from Microsoft India told The Economic Times. Reportedly, the cheap Windows Phone 7 device will be released in 2011 (hence after the [...]
Is this the back of Apple’s 64GB iPhone HD / 4G? No, it isn’t
While we’re waiting for June 22 to come (the alleged date of the official iPhone HD / 4G unveiling), some photos of what is presented as Apple’s new iPhone have appeared, causing mixed reactions across the Web. The photos show the back, the bottom and the right side of a white iPhone which supposedly has [...]