Fring finally comes to Android, available for download now
Already available for Symbian and Windows Mobile, fring has now been launched for Android.
The fring Android app will allow you to make free VoIP calls over Skype, Google Talk or MSN, as well as to chat via ICQ, AIM or Yahoo!
Twitter is also integrated, and it looks like the fring app works with any version [...]
Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked
Yesterday, around lunchtime, my test model of Nokia N900 arrived at the door.
And, with a few hours of sleep interrupt, I’ve been playing with it ever since. For about 15 hrs. now. So I think it’s time to put it away for a while, and share some first impressions I got from playing [...]
Orange working on a “VoIP option” (Skype?), may launch it in Q1 2010
Shortly after AT&T opened its 3G network to VoIP, the folks over at Orange France said that they’re working on a VoIP option as well (this should allow subscribers to use services like Skype via the carrier’s network).
According to Mac4Ever, Orange France plans to launch the VoIP option sometime in the first quarter of 2010, [...]
INQ Mini 3G available now at 3 UK, £60 on PAYG
Two months after its official announcement, the INQ Mini 3G phone is now available in the UK, obviously via 3.
Customers can buy the phone either on Pay As You Go, for £60 (about $96), or they can get it for free with an “Internet Texter” plan of £15 per month (this includes free internet, free [...]
AT&T opens its network to VoIP apps. Skype is happy but wants more
AT&T has informed Apple, the FCC and the whole world that it allows third-party VoIP apps for iPhone to run on its 3G and 2G networks. Until now, you could use VoIP on an AT&T iPhone only via Wi-Fi.
According to a letter to the FCC (PDF link), AT&T allows the use of VoIP over its [...]
ZTE to make phones for 3 UK, Ireland and Sweden (F102 included)
ZTE, the world’s sixth largest phone maker, has signed an agreement with Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 in order to produce handsets that will be sold in the UK, Ireland and Sweden.
The first phone (already available at 3 UK) is the ZTE F102, a simple candybar that features 3G, 2MP camera, Bluetooth, MP3 player, 128MB of internal [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 finally official, ships with WM 6.5 in early Q4 2009
Step aside, Nokia, because Sony Ericsson has a big announcement today, too: it’s the Xperia X2, now finally confirmed by the Swedish-Japanese company.
Appeared in leaked photos many times until now, the Xperia X2 is Sony Ericsson’s new flagship smartphone.
Like the HTC Touch2 (also announced today), SE Xperia X2 will come with Windows Mobile 6.5 on [...]
#NW09: Nokia World 2009 live report
Hi everyone,
Nokia World is just starting, and we are here to bring you the best of it.
Unwired View is part of a “social media” group of bloggers, invited by Nokia to cover the event. We have a great number of interviews and presentations with various Nokia spokespeople, scheduled for the next two days and will [...]
New in iPhone software patents
It’s Thursday, the patent day here at UV HQ, and it’s time to check out what new cool stuff USPTO brought us this week.
Of course, the company everyone’s watching most closely is Apple. And they do not disappoint us. 2 new interesting iPhone software patent applications surfaced today, with some features that could [...]
Fring 3.40 available for Samsung Symbian smartphones
Released at the beginning of June only for Nokia’s Symbian devices, fring 3.40 is now compatible with the Symbian S60 smartphones made by Samsung too.
The supported Samsung S60 handsets include the Omnia HD, Innov8, G810, i7110, and older models like the i450.
Fring 3.40 lets you connect with friends on various social networks, like Twitter, Facebook, [...]