BlackBerry Style and rugged Samsung Rugby II launched by Bell in Canada
Two new handsets are now available in Canada via Bell, and both are clamshells – although they’re very different. The first one is the BlackBerry Style – RIM’s second flip smartphone, after the Pearl Flip. The Style runs the latest BlackBerry OS 6 and features two displays, full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, [...]
AT&T Dell Streak Android 2.2 Froyo update pushed to January
Last week it looked like the Android 2.2 update for AT&T’s Dell Streak was getting ready to be rolled out to eagerly awaiting customers, and we told you as much. In the mean time, however, it looks like the update has been delayed, what with people not actually receiving it and all. Remember, the update [...]
Samsung to sell 5 million Bada smartphones before the end of 2010, 330 million handsets (in total) in 2011
While announcing the winners of the Bada Developers Challenge, Samsung has also unveiled that it expects to sell 5 million Bada smartphones before the end of the year. And while this is by no means comparable with Symbian, Android, iOS and BlackBerry OS sales, it’s still a pretty good number for a platform supported only [...]
AT&T LG Quantum, HTC Surround and Samsung Focus now only $0.01 on Amazon
Amazon is, once again, offering some great deals on Windows Phone 7 devices. No less than three of AT&T’s WP7 handsets (i.e. all of them) are currently priced at only $0.01 with the signing of a new 2-yr agreement. So, you can get the following handsets for 1 cent (just follow the links to go [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid Pro Review
This is a world where the name Droid dominates a market so well that most other Android phones are still referred to as “Droids” even though they aren’t even associated with the title at all. And there’s really no sign of Verizon’s highly-successful Droid series stopping anytime soon, nor are customers really giving them a [...]
Sprint launches new rugged Sanyo Taho phone
Sprint has just introduced a new rugged phone manufactured by Kyocera and sold under the Sanyo brand. The phone is called Sanyo Taho and is a clamshell that can be yours for $99.99 on contract. It is available right away online and in Sprint retail stores. The Taho meets Military Specifications 810G, withstanding shock, vibration, [...]
Sony Ericsson projection display phone
First mobile phones with built-in pico-projectors have been around for about a year now. But, contrary to built-in cameras, to me pico-projectors in phones always looked only like a high tech gimmicks, with very limited market appeal and few real world use needs. After all, how often are you gonna use a projector in your [...]
Samsung Galaxy S will get Android 2.3 Gingerbread eventually
Just like HTC and LG, Samsung is currently reluctant to provide specific details regarding future Android 2.3 Gingerbread updates for its smartphones. For example, talking to Pocket-lint about the popular Galaxy S line, someone at Samsung UK said that, at the moment, it’s unsure whether or not the handsets will get the newest version of [...]
UK: Nokia offers free Booklet 3Gs bundled with the X3-02 Touch and Type (via T-Mobile)
British customers in need of a new phone and a new netbook can now have them both for free thanks to Nokia. The Finnish company has bundled the X3-02 Touch and Type S40 phone with the Booklet 3G and it’s offering them for £0 via T-Mobile. Sure enough, you need to sign up for a [...]
More than 300,000 Android phones activated each day, says Andy Rubin
Andy Rubin, the main man behind Google’s Android OS, has tweeted that there are now more than 300,000 Android phone activated daily. That’s a bit unexpected, especially since a few days ago, when the Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread were officially unveiled, the same Andy Rubin mentioned that the number of daily activations was [...]
Update: LG Optimus Series May Get Gingerbread, After All
Earlier we reported that LG posted a rather disappointing status update on its Facebook account that was bound to upset all one million owners of the LG Optimus One: The Optimus line won’t be getting the Gingerbread update because they have a 600MHz processor,and the minimum requirements for Gingerbread require 1 GHz processor. In other [...]
TAG Heuer Fuchsia MERIDIIST GMT luxury phone unveiled
TAG Heuer is back with a new edition of its MERIDIIST luxury mobile phone. Called TAG Heuer Fuchsia MERIDIIST GMT, the new handset comes with a back cover dressed in Acrochordus arafurae skin. In case you don’t know (I didn’t until a few minutes ago), the acrochordus arafurae is a water snake from New Guinea [...]
Cheap Philips Xenium X116 dual SIM phone announced
Yet another Philips dual SIM phone has been launched in Russia – the Philips Xenium X116. Unlike the Xenium X712 or the Xenium X510 (two other recently released Philips-branded dual SIM handsets), the Xenium X116 is a simple candybar. The new phone’s features include GSM/GPRS connectivity, a 2 inch screen with 176 x 220 pixels, [...]
European operators want Apple, Google and Facebook to pay for mobile data
While major European mobile carriers are reporting high revenues thanks to the surging of mobile data usage in the last few years, they’re also worried about it. As more and more phone owners use services provided by the likes of Google, Facebook, Apple and Yahoo on their handsets, carriers are faced with bandwidth problems and [...]
Motorola Spice now available in Canada from Mobilicity for $199.99
The Motorola Spice has been announced back at CTIA Fall, but, unlike the other smartphones that were officially introduced at the same time (the Droid Pro, Citrus, Bravo, Flipside and Flipout), it hasn’t become available in many markets so far. That’s bound to change, as Mobilicity have released it in Canada. The vertical slider running [...]
HTC Legend Android 2.2 Froyo update rolling out to unlocked devices on December 9
A month ago, HTC finally said something about the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the HTC Legend – namely, that it would happen “in a few weeks”. And a couple of weeks ago, the first HTC Legend owners have started receiving said update. But that was only the case for Vodafone or Virgin Mobile customers [...]
Huawei Ideos now available in the UK for £149.99 SIM-free
The Huawei Ideos, a very highly-regarded entry-level Android smartphone that was announced back in September, has finally become available in the UK. It sure was a long time coming, but the Ideos is now in stock at well-known online retailer Expansys. The Android 2.2 smartphone will set you back a cool £149.99 SIM-free. If you want, [...]
Skype for Symbian updated, now supports Nokia N8, C7 and E5
Skype has just updated its mobile application made for Symbian. The enhanced app now supports more Symbian smartphones, including the Nokia N8, Nokia C7, and Nokia E5. A new feature that’s included in the latest Skype for Symbian is SILK – a high quality audio codec that should provide crystal-clear calls, “even when you’re on [...]
HTC “will definitely have” Android 2.3 Gingerbread phones
No surprise here, really, but it’s good to see it confirmed: HTC has recently told Tech Radar that it “will definitely have” Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a number of its handsets. Most likely, some existing Android 2.2 Froyo smartphones are included here, alongside unannounced devices – like the HTC Knight / Evo Shift 4G. It’s [...]
10 inch Samsung Gloria Widows 7 tablet with QWERTY keyboard coming soon?
Samsung has already proved that Android tablets can be successful – it sold 1 million Galaxy Tabs in two months. But what about Windows 7 tablets? Well, it looks like Samsung wants to try making some of these, too. According to Blogeee, Samsung’s first Windows 7 tablet is called Gloria and it should be launched [...]