Sony Ericsson PSP phone to be launched on December 9?
If there’s one myth that the mobile industry blogs and news publications have started to talk about in 2007, and have yet to stop, it’s got to be the Sony Ericsson PSP/PlayStation phone. After a period of no news on this front, back in August, the rumor mill started spinning again. Then, in October, some [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9780 launches in India
After landing in the US and Canada, the new BlackBerry Bold 9780 was officially unveiled by RIM in India today. The device is the same one we’ve seen before. Its main features are: BlackBerry OS 6, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a 5-megapixel camera with continuous autofocus in video mode and a LED flash, 512 MB of [...]
LG Wink now available in Canada from Mobilicity for $99.99
Mobilicity has just launched a new low-end featurephone that confusingly is called the LG Wink – that’s the same name that a touchscreen featurephone got when it was announced by LG back in August. Make no mistake though, these are two different devices. Mobilicity’s Wink can only dream of a touchscreen. In fact, it has [...]
Nokia USA’s Black Friday pre-sale: 10% off phones, 20% off accessories
Nokia is doing a Black Friday pre-sale in the US at the moment, allowing interested customers to get phones and accessories at discounted prices. Phones can be bought for 10% less until tomorrow (November 25). Unfortunately, the N8 smartphone is not part of the deal – but you can still choose from lots of handsets, [...]
LG Optimus One available at Telus – it’s Canada’s cheapest Android Froyo phone
As expected, Telus has launched the LG Optimus One in Canada – the smartphone is available as of today and it’s free with the signing of a new 3-yr contract agreement. The best part is that, if you want to buy the Optimus One without contract, you’ll have to pay only $199.99 for it. The [...]
Eco friendly versions of the Nokia C7 and N8 coming to Telefonica, O2
Nokia and Telefonica have announced that they’d offer special versions of the Nokia C7 and Nokia N8 Symbian smartphones. They won’t look different from what you’re already used to, though. Instead, they’ll feature an eco apps folder that includes green content, like games and various third-party applications. The handset’s packaging will be “minimal” and %100 [...]
Opera Mobile 10.1 now available for Symbian^3 (N8, E7, C7 etc) and S60
Opera Mobile 10.1 is now available for Symbian^3, Symbian S60 5th Edition, and Symbian S60 3rd Edition – that’s a lot of potential users, since there are tens of millions of Symbian device owners out there. Unlike the version for Android, Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian is not in beta (it was until today). It [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9780 coming soon to AT&T?
Available at T-Mobile USA since last week, the new BlackBerry Bold 9780 seems to be making its way to AT&T as well. A video of an AT&T-branded Bold 9780 has been recently uploaded on YouTube (see below) as proof that the second largest US carrier plans to introduce the smartphone. Even more, someone is selling [...]
Samsung shipped 700,000 Galaxy Tab Android tablets in one month
Samsung has announced that it shipped 700,000 Galaxy Tabs in one month after the tablet – its first based on Android – debuted around the world. This doesn’t mean 700,000 customers have bought the tablet. This is just the number of units shipped to carriers. Even so, Samsung will surely sell more than 1 million [...]
Mobiado’s Classic 712MG Mokume Gane phone rediscovers old Japanese traditon
Only one week after introducing the Classic 712 Stealth, Mobiado has now announced another new luxury phone, the Classic 712MG Mokume Gane. Meaning “wood-grain metal” in Japanese, Mokume Gane is a technique of “bonding mixed-metal” invented in Japan in the 17th century and initially used for sword fittings. The phone’s Mokume Gane frame includes a [...]
Nokia E7 is up for pre-order at Expansys, will ship on January 10 and cost a lot
If you won’t call the E7 Nokia’s Symbian flagship, rest assured that you can definitely refer to it as the most expensive Symbian device on the market when it becomes available. The Nokia E7, this N8 sans the amazing camera and adding a physical QWERTY keyboard and bigger screen into that mix, is just a [...]
Verizon Samsung Continuum costs only $79.99 at Wirefly
One of the more interesting and unique Android smartphones that have launched in the past few months has to be Verizon’s Samsung Continuum, with its ‘ticker’ display below the main touchscreen as the main differentiating feature. As all other high-end smartphones, this phone will set you back $199.99 if you buy it from Verizon (and [...]
Acer intros new 4.8 inch Android smartphone, new tablets
Remember that interesting Acer Android handset we saw not long ago alongside the Liquid Metal and an unknown tablet? Acer has officially announced it a few hours ago, although – weird enough – it didn’t give it a name yet. The new handset features a really big display: a 4.8 inch one with 1024 x [...]
Motorola Defy will only get Android 2.2 in Q2 2011, Motorola Milestone XT720 stuck on Android 2.1
As Google is (presumably) getting ready to finally release Android 2.3 Gingerbread into the wild, news comes about Motorola’s plans for the Motorola Defy. This interesting, rugged smartphone has been running Android 2.1 ever since its launch, and the good news is that it will eventually get updated to Android 2.2 Froyo. The (very) bad [...]
LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone: Unboxing and set-up walk-through
Well, with travels, writing and admin stuff, it took a while since launch but I finally got to play with my first Windows Phone 7 handset – LG Optimus 7. And after spending a day with it, I must say I’m really impressed how well the first LG’s smartphone on the new Windows Phone OS turned out. [...]
Android dethrones Symbian as the most popular smartphone OS in Asia
Last month we told you that Android became the No. 1 smartphone platform in the US, and now it’s time to take a look at how things are going in Asia. Well, Google’s OS has done the same thing: it’s now the most popular smartpohne OS in Asia, too – at least according to market [...]
Unlocked Dell Streak with Froyo launched in the US; new colors also available
Dell has just announced that it’s now directly selling unlocked Streak tablets (with Android 2.2 Froyo) in the US for $579 a piece. The company has also announced the availability of new colors for the Streak: Cherry Red and Pure White (the latter’s already sold at Best Buy – only with an AT&T contract, though). [...]
LG chooses Kelly Brook as Optimus One ambassador in the UK
LG has already sold more than 1 million Optimus One smartphones, but the South Korean company wants to sell much more. That’s why it chose Kelly Brook (model, actress and Playboy Girl) to be the handset’s ambassador in the UK. According to Marketing Magazine, LG believes that the smartpohne – its first to run Android [...]
Tegra 2-based Motorola Olympus Android smartphone pictured, headed to AT&T?
A couple pf photos that reportedly unveil one of Motorola’s upcoming flagship Android smartphones have just appeared on the web. It’s said that the smartphone is the Motorola Olympus MB860. Like this leaked LG handset, the Olympus should be based on Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual-core chip. Assuming the photos are of the real device, the [...]
LG P520 dual SIM touchscreen phone announced
LG has announced its third dual SIM touchscreen phone, the LG P520, which comes after the KS660 and the GX500. The P520 has been officially unveiled in Russia, where it will probably be available first. The new dual SIM handset features quad-band GSM connectivity (there’s no 3G, unfortunately), a 2.8 inch WQVGA display, social networking [...]