First Sony Ericsson Xperia (X5?) Android phone “Rachael”, and strange “Kiki” with transparent display
It is no secret that Sony Ericsson is working on at least one Android phone to be released later this year.
They told us about it themselves. And now the details start trickling out.
The first Sony Ericsson Android smartphone is codenamed “Rachael“, has got a big touchscreen display, and is built on Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [...]
Samsung Omnia II to cost EUR 549, available in August; Omnia Pro – EUR 499, ships in July
Few days ago we told you that Samsung Omnia II is coming this September with WinMo 6.5 preinstalled.
Well, that’s a bit of a wait for those eager fanboys that want to get their hands on this latest and greatest Samsung gadget RIGHT NOW!
Worry not, we have some good news about the new Samsung [...]
The European Union drops plans for new cell phone taxes
In December last year, the EU Commission proposed the introduction of a new tax that would have raised the price of navigation-enabled phones with 3.7%, and the price of mobile TV-enabled phones with 14%.
Luckily, Reuters reports that the European Union dropped the plans for the new taxes, as member countries voted against it today.
Nordic countries, [...]
LG aims for #2 spot by 2012, plans new “Black label” iPhone competitor, Prada III phone and extreme premium brand
LG has made some pretty impressive strides in a cellphone market during these last few years. With the demise of Motorola and the problems ailing Sony Ericsson last year, they’ve even managed to become #3 cellphone maker in the world.
And LG does not plan to stop here. In an interview to Yonhap [...]
NTT DOCOMO launches PayPal-like service for mobile phones
NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s leading mobile carrier, has announced the upcoming availability of a new PayPal-like service that will offer customers an easy and quick way of sending money to other DOCOMO subscribers, via a DOCOMO phone.
The new mobile remittance service will be available starting July 21. It will allow users to remit up to 20,000 [...]
iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications
Now that with 3.0 OS iPhone has basically caught up with the traditional smartphones in functionality, it may be time to look how Apple can make the next generation devices even smarter.
We’ve already seen some of the things, like integration between Mapping and Calendar app in recent Apple patent filings. Some new patent [...]
HighScreen PP5420 – Android phone for Russia
With Android OS freely available for everyone, some new unknown players are bound to come up with their own Android phones.
Well, we’ve already seen some of them, like DSTL1 from General Mobile, or Kogan Agora. At least in press releases.
Well, here’s another one for you.
HIGHSCREEN PP5420 (now, what a name!…)from Vobis Computer to be [...]
AT&T announces embedded laptops and netbooks
Not long after introducing netbooks for consumers, AT&T has now announced that it also offers embedded netbooks and laptops for small businesses.
Coming from top manufacturers like Acer, HP and Panasonic, AT&T’s netbooks and laptops feature built-in 3G wireless connectivity, thus being able to provide small businesses with access to the carrier’s 3G network in no [...]
AT&T’s Nokia 6790 Surge (Mako) caught on video
It’s not clear yet what’s the final, official name of AT&T’s Nokia 6790, but it looks like the smartphone will be called Nokia Surge, instead of Nokia Mako, as previously reported.
The unannounced handset has just appeared in a video preview, which recommends it as a pretty good S60 messaging device. For example, it’s said that [...]
SFR combines its HSPA and optical fiber networks
Big cities in France should be getting some pretty nice mobile broadband speeds pretty soon, thanks to some new developments by their mobile carrier SFR.
SFR today announced that they are upgrading their network to support 14.4 mbps data transfer rates. Which, in itself, is nothing too new or exciting these days. Especially [...]