KT hopes to sell up to 500,000 iPhones in Korea
KT, South Korea’s second largest mobile carrier and the only one to distribute the iPhone on the local market (for the moment, at least), expects to sell 100,000 to 500,000 units of Apple’s famous smartphone.
The iPhone will be available via KT starting November 28.
KT didn’t announce the price for which it will sell the iPhone, [...]
BlackBerry Pearl 9100 in leaked photos, video
RIM is getting ready to launch a successor for the popular BlackBerry Pearl 8100 / 8110 / 8120: meet the BlackBerry Pearl 9100, codenamed BlackBerry Stratus or BlackBerry Striker.
Like most of RIM’s new smartphones, the Pearl 9100 comes with an optical trackpad instead of a trackball. It has an overall glossy look, and a SureType [...]
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 [...]
Sony Ericsson WebSDK for Android and Symbian launched
Sony Ericsson announced the availability of WebSDK beta for Android and Symbian, which will allow developers to create apps for the company’s Android and Symbian smartphones – starting with the already-available Satio and the upcoming Xperia X10.
The WebSDK is created together with PhoneGap (an open source community) and enables devs to work with HTML, CSS [...]
ZTE to Bring Android Phone to US Next Year
Really, at this point it would be more shocking to learn of companies that AREN’T planning to release an Android device in the near future. But without fail we go forward with further news that a relatively unknown player to most Americans is trying to come to the US in 2010.
The company, ZTE Corp., is [...]
Will Maemo bring Nokia N-Series Mojo back? It’s all about software and services now
When Nokia first introduced the N-Series, they were all about pushing the limits of what a mobile phone should be. But it was mainly, on the hardware side, with software running the devices, taking a back seat.
A digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics (N90), music player with built-in hard drive (N91), mobile television [...]
Nokia N900 officially available in the US
Nokia N900 is now finally available in the US, after a slight delay (one month, to be precise) and several rumored release dates.
The Maemo 5 smartphone costs $649 unlocked and customers can find it via Nokia Flagship stores in New York and Chicago, as well as online and through independent retailers and e-tailers (Amazon included).
In [...]
The Google Phone is reportedly “very real”. Wouldn’t that make Andy Rubin a liar?
Despite Andy Rubin’s recent “we’re not making hardware” statement, the rumors about a Google Phone just won’t die.
According to TechCrunch a “pure Google-branded phone” with Android is “absolutely confirmed” for early 2010 – although it should have been launched this year.
Reportedly, the handset will be manufactured by a major company – LG or Samsung, most [...]
Apple allowed to sell the iPhone in South Korea
Although KT’s executives confirmed the release of Apple’s iPhone in Korea several months ago, it’s only now that South Korea’s telecom regulator approved the sale of the smartphone on the local market.
The approval process was slow because the South Korean authorities were concerned about iPhone’s location-based services (like FindMyiPhone and Maps), which may have presented [...]
Hands-on Review of T-Mobile Samsung Behold II
My friends, we are in the middle of an Android revolution; the Google-powered OS is starting to overtake the world. Up until last month it was a slow but sure process, with very few actual Android handsets coming out over the last year. Since October, however, we’ve seen a huge spike in new devices [...]