BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 coming to Australia, Malaysia
Already available in Canada (via Rogers and Bell) and ready to hit T-Mobile in the US, RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 will soon be available in Australia and Malaysia, too. Australian customers will be able to buy the Curve 3G in early September via Vodafone and Optus. Starting October, the smartphone will be offered by [...]
Nokia 5250 now official: Ovi Music Unlimited, €115, Q4
That little Nokia 5250 that kept showing up in unofficial photos has just been announced by Nokia as a “music-centric device aimed anyone seeking a modern, multipurpose mobile.” Coming in various color versions, Nokia 5250 features a music player on the home screen, 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, and a free copy of Guitar Hero [...]
LG GW910 Windows Phone 7 device gets outed by the FCC
As time passes, there are more and more leaks of the upcoming smartphones powered by Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. One way or the other, the Samsung i917 Cetus, the LG C900 and E900 have surfaced. And LG definitely seem to want to keep that promise of selling 5 million smartphones by [...]
MeeGo-based Nokia N9 (RM-680) to feature Snapdragon CPU? Not likely
Although the Nokia N9 has appeared a few times in leaked photos, we don’t know much about its internals. For example, what’s the processor that Nokia will integrate into the N9? Well, if these details appeared over at the Baidu forums are correct, Nokia’s first MeeGo smartphone will feature a QSD8250 Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at [...]
Israel’s N-Trig may provide the multitouch for the Google/HTC tablet for Verizon
Chrome OS or not, the much anticipated and rumored Google tablet that would be manufactured by HTC and sold by Verizon could employ some nifty touchscreen tech from N-Trig, an Israeli company that has made such displays for the likes of Dell, HP and Lenovo. This is the rumor of the day regarding the tablet [...]
iPhone 4 to launch in China on September 16th, antenna bug, free bumpers and all
Remember when we told you that the iPhone 4 will launch on China Unicom in “early September”, but not on September 13th? Well, that was true. Reports are coming in that the second biggest Chinese carrier will have the Apple iPhone 4 available on September 16th. Orders will have to be made online, and in [...]
Video: 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab / Pad Android tablet
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet (which may be called Galaxy Pad in Korea) has appeared in another video – weeks ahead of its supposed official announcement. Sadly, there’s not much to see in the video, but the guy who apparently has the Galaxy tablet – an “anonymous telco worker” in Australia – says it’s [...]
AT&T Captivate and T-Mobile Vibrant Galaxy S phones store unlock codes inside
This is funny and awesome at the same time. While also possibly being a bit sad for the carriers. Phones bought from a carrier are usually locked to that specific carrier, meaning you can’t just pop another SIM in and they’d work. If you choose to do such a thing, the phone will ask you [...]
Samsung Galaxy S official firmware update can void your Vodafone warranty
Being a Vodafone customer sometimes sucks. After delaying the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the HTC Desire (the update should finally arrive today), Vodafone UK is now doing another thing that upsets some users. Talking about a recent Galaxy S firmware update, the carrier says, on its official forum, that “any firmware that hasn’t been [...]
LG E900 Windows Phone 7 handset caught on video
Another LG Windows Phone 7 device has appeared in the wild, only a few days after we saw the LG C900 for AT&T. The new handset is the LG E900 – it doesn’t have a QWERTY keyboard, like the C900, but it looks better overall. The handset’s features have not been disclosed, but we do [...]
New BlackBerry Bold 9780 with OS 6 shows up again (video)
First seen almost a month ago, the unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9780 has appears in new photos and a new video over the week-end. By the looks of it, the 9780 is the Bold R020 leaked last week, which means it should be launched in October. The new smartphone is a refresh of the Bold 9700. [...]
Samsung Craft (r900) LTE phone for MetroPCS pictured
MetroPCS announced the Samsung SCH-r900 (its first 4G/LTE handset) back in May, but it’s only now that we have the chance to actually see the device. The r900 will be launched as Samsung Craft, featuring a touchscreen display (probably WQVGA), TouchWiz UI, sliding 4-row QWERTY keyboard, and a 3.2MP autofocus camera with flash. The phone [...]
Motorola announces future Android 2.1 and 2.2 Froyo updates
Wondering when exactly your Motorola Android smartphone will receive software updates? If the answer’s yes, chances are that you’ll find what you need in this update schedule that Motorola has just released. Let’s start off with Android updates for Moto’s smartphones available in the US. Here’s the list of devices, and the expected updates: Motorola [...]
AT&T’s LG C900 with Windows Phone 7 and QWERTY keyboard leaked
The Samsung Cetus i917 isn’t the only AT&T-bound Windows Phone 7 handset that we’re having the chance to meet today, because the LG C900 has also showed up in some leaked photos. The C900 has a sliding QWERTY keyboard, but it looks nothing like the LG Panther that we’ve been seeing lately. Its design reminds [...]
Vodafone HTC Desire will get Android 2.2 Froyo on Monday
Unlocked versions of the HTC Desire have already been enjoying the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system for about three weeks. And while Vodafone did release an update for their branded HTC Desire smartphones a couple of weeks ago, that wasn’t Android 2.2 Froyo, but a bloatware update that added Vodafone’s 360 services to [...]
T-Mobile G2 (HTC Vision) in live photos
Almost two years after T-Mobile USA launched the G1 (the world’s first Android phone), the carrier is now finally getting ready to introduce its official successor: the T-Mobile G2. T-Mobile has already announced that the G2 is coming, although it didn’t show us official photos of the handset. Fortunately, Engadget has some photos showing the [...]
AT&T Samsung i917 Cetus live pics emerge
The Samsung i917 was outed a while ago by the Bluetooth SIG, and it looks like it’s going to be one of the first, if not the first Samsung smartphone to run Windows Phone 7. This despite some previous rumors that there will be a Cetus device running Android. Or maybe Samsung are prepping a [...]
Samsung Galaxy U is now official in South Korea
The specs of the Samsung Galaxy U (SHW-M130L) have leaked just a couple of days ago, and it was clear then that the official announcement of this handset couldn’t be far away. And indeed it wasn’t. The Samsung Galaxy U got official today for LG’s U+ network in South Korea. Samsung PR would have us [...]
Nokia buys mobile analytics company Motally
Nokia have announced that they are acquiring Motally, a privately held US-based mobile analytics startup. Motally currently operates a mobile analytics service which offers in-application tracking and reporting, and is designed to enable developers to optimize the development of their apps through increased understanding of how users engage with their creations. Such services have become increasingly [...]
Samsung Omnia 735 (Omnia Pro 4) launched in Germany, Windows Mobile still lives
While everyone is waiting for Windows Phone 7, Samsung is still launching Windows Mobile 6.5.3 smartphones. I’m talking about the Samsung Omnia 735, aka Samsung Omnia Pro 4, announced back in June at the same time with the Omnia Pro 5. The Samsung Omnia 735 has just been released in Germany, where it should be [...]