Samsung Wave in CDMA flavor (SCH-F859)
Samsung’s Wave S8500 is already available in some European markets – but only with GSM / UMTS support. Well, a CDMA / EV-DO Rev A version of the Bada-based handset also exists, and will be launched soon in China, as Samsung SCH-F859. The Wave F859 looks exactly like the GSM edition, and it should be [...]
Wal-Mart to bring down price of Apple iPhone 3G S to $97 USD
As the official release date of the next-generation iPhone is fast approaching (expected to happen next month), retailers are already moving to clear stock of older models which include the iPhone 3G S. Wal-Mart, for example, is reportedly going to lower the prices for the current version of the iPhone to just $97, a full [...]
Motorola i1 Android smartphone heading for Boost Mobile
The world’s first rugged Android smartphone, as it turns out, will also be the first Android-running smartphone that will be offered by Boost Mobile in the U.S. The Motorola i1, which had been announced back in March for Sprint’s iDEN portfolio, will be available as the first Android smartphone without a contract from Boost Mobile [...]
New Mediatek chip may bring Android handset prices to $100 level within a year
According to Chinese business daily Commercial Times, Taiwanese chip maker Mediatek, has finished the development of a 3G system on chip for Android devices. Mediatek already started shipping samples of the chip to customers, and expects to start volume production in Q4, this year. The new dedicated Mediatek chip, with an integrated 3G baseband and application processor, [...]
HTC Desire may get Android 2.2 Froyo update on June 23d
I really dig the HTC Sense interface on Android devices. It’s just so well thought out and makes the stock Android OS so much better. So, when choosing whether to go with Google Nexus One, or HTC Desire – very similar handsets, except for Sense UI – HTC Desire looks much better. On the other hand, I’m a [...]
Samsung Messager Touch R630 available at U.S. Cellular
Samsung has launched a new QWERTY phone in the US: the Samsung Messager Touch R630, available as of today via U.S. Cellular. The Messager Touch seems to be a modified Samsung Seek (introduced by Sprint not long ago) and features a 2.6 inch QVGA touchscreen display, TouchWiz UI, Bluetooth, easyedge services, voice recognition, 2MP camera, [...]
Quick thoughts on Yahoo deal. Nokia gives-up on OVI Mail and Chat development. Great news!
Sometime in 2007, watching the explosion of Web 2.0 services, and looking into how to respond to the changes iPhone started to bring about, Nokia decided that they don’t want to be only a mobile device company anymore. They are gonna become an Internet services company from now on, you’ll just happen to access their services through [...]
BOLT browser 2.1 gets announced, HTML5 support introduced with tightened Facebook integration
Not quite satisfied with your current mobile web browser? You might want to check out BOLT, which has just been upgraded to version 2.1 and currently boasts tightened Facebook integration as well as a little something that’s going to make it great in the future: support for HTML5. HTML5 is hailed by many as our [...]
LG Vu Plus announced by AT&T, available in June for $150 on contract
While Verizon announced a new LG smartphone (the WM 6.5.3 Fathom VS750), AT&T has unveiled a new LG featurephone – the LG Vu Plus, which builds on the success of the original LG Vu, launched way back in 2008. The new Vu Plus comes with an enhanced UI, sliding 4-row QWERTY keyboard, HSDPA, AT&T Mobile [...]
New BlackBerry Bold 9800 pics leak out, show more of OS 6
RIM’s upcoming slider called the BlackBerry Bold 9800 may have already been seen in a couple of live pics and a video before, but this time, we have new live photos which are of greater quality and show what is probably the final look of the upcoming smartphone. It’s definitely running BlackBerry OS 6 and [...]
BlackBerry Pearl 3G to be offered by Telstra in Australia
Following up on the announcement made about two weeks ago, RIM’s BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) smartphone is finally coming to Australia via Telstra either today or tomorrow (depending on where in the world you are reading this right now). The actual launch date is May 24th, and the retail prices have finally been revealed. The [...]
Nokia, Yahoo announce strategic alliance, will combine Ovi and Yahoo services
As expected, today Nokia and Yahoo have announced a strategic alliance (previously known as Project Nike) that reportedly enables the two companies to “leverage strengths in e-mail, instant messaging, maps and navigation across PC and mobile devices.” The collaboration will make Yahoo the exclusive provider of Nokia’s Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat services – these [...]
LG Fathom VS750 announced by Verizon: Windows Mobile 6.5.3, 1GHz processor, QWERTY keyboard
The rumored LG Fathom VS750 has just been officially announced by Veirzon Wireless – not long after the largest US carrier has unveiled the LG Ally, its newest Android 2.1 smartphone. LG Fathom VS750 is a Windows Mobile 6.5.3 smartphone and, like the Ally, it comes with a 3.2 inch WVGA touchscreen display, and a [...]
WiBro iPad to be launched in Korea
South Korea wasn’t included by Apple in the list of countries that would get the iPad in May or July, but this doesn’t mean the new tablet won’t be available to Korean customers. In fact, KT (South Korea’s second largest mobile carrier) might launch not two, but three versions of the iPad. According to Telecoms [...]
Nokia N8 180% faster than Nokia N97?
When Nokia announced the N8 (its first Symbian^3 smartphone), some, if not many, Nokia fans were disappointed by the fact that the handset only has a 680 MHz processor and 256MB of RAM – while other already-available smartphones come with 1GHz processors and 512MB RAM (like the HTC Desire). I assume Nokia didn’t include a [...]
Samsung Wave S8500 now available in Europe (UK, France)
After launching the Wave S8500 in Germany last week, Samsung has now announced the availability of the smartphone in more European countries, including the UK and France. Samsung didn’t mention how much the Wave S8500 costs in the UK and France, but we do know that the handset is sold for €429 in Germany. Also, [...]
White iPhone 4G / HD caught in the wild?
Apple’s fourth generation iPhone (possibly called iPhone 4G or iPhone HD) is not a secret anymore since last month, when a prototype of the smartphone was found and unveiled to the world. Since then, we’ve seen the iPhone 4G with several other occasions, and now it looks like a white version of it has also [...]
Next-gen Motorola Droid (Shadow?) for Verizon leaked
For those who are sick of news about the next-gen Apple iPhone, here’s something about what seems to be Verizon’s next-generation Motorola Droid. A leaked photo of a Verizon Getting Started manual shows a previously unseen Motorola Droid, which reportedly features MotoBlur (some users think MotoBlur is crap, so putting it on a high-end Droid [...]
HTC Vision to be a Desire-like Android smartphone with QWERTY keyboard?
For some reason, all of HTC’s latest high-end Android smartphones (HTC Desire, HTC Incredible, HTC EVO 4G) come without a hardware keyboard. But fret not, QWERTY fans, as HTC is apparently readying a Desire-like handset that will also include a sliding keyboard. Codenamed HTC Vision, this upcoming smartphone has a WVGA touchscreen display and, according [...]
Nokia, Yahoo to unveil “Project Nike” collaboration on May 24
Yahoo sent out an invite for an event that will take place on Monday (May 24) in New York. The company is about to announce something related to “providing global consumers with rich online and mobile experiences, and bringing forward a new era in keeping consumers connected.” According to All Things Digital, the upcoming Yahoo [...]