Vodafone brings down iPhone 3G price in India by $47
Vodafone slashes the price of Apple’s iPhone 3G by Rs. 2000 ($47) after facing severe backlash from the high prices in India.
The phone, previously tagged at Rs 31,000 ($720) for 8GB and Rs 36,100 ($840) for 16 GB, will now be available for Rs. 29,000 ($673) and Rs. 34000 ($793) respectively.
This price slash will definitely [...]
Ply concept phone inspired from the design of multilayered plywood
Who will take inspiration from the plywood used to manufacture home furniture so as to come up with a unique mobile phone design idea? Someone in Japan did and as a result Hideo Kanbara is all set to rock the KDDI Designing Studio with their Ply concept phone.
Each layer of this phone will be responsible [...]
Palm Treo Pro to be built by HTC
If you’ve seen the awesomely sexy new Palm Treo Pro which was officially announced recently, then you’ve probably already wondered, “How the hey was Palm ever able to build a device like that?” The answer: they didn’t.
Turns out, HTC is the company behind the production of the Palm Treo Pro, in a deal similar to [...]
Sony Ericsson PlayNow Arena officially launched
Sony Ericsson phone owners looking for a place to download digital content for their devices need not look any further than the newly launched Sony Ericsson PlayNow Arena. It’s like SE’s version of Nokia’s own download service, except that it’s suited for Sony Ericsson’s taste.
Actually, PlayNow Arena is a long-awaited revision of its online music [...]
LG breaks 8 megapixel cameraphone barrier with LG KC910 (Viewty 2)
Samsung and SE, step aside. We know you’ve both got great 8MP cameraphones up and coming for us eager consumers, but your devices lose hands down to the newly announced LG KC910. At least as far as overall slimness is concerned. We first reported about this phone several weeks ago, and it looks to be [...]
Cheap LG KC550 Pink for girls
When it comes to top cameraphones, LG KC 550 ain’t no 8 megapixel monster like Viewty II - LG KC 810, Sony Ericsson C905 or Samsung Innov8 i8510. But it won’t cost you an arm too and is cheapest in 5 megapixel phone category.
And 5 megapixel camera is pretty good enough for most point-and-shoot things.
So [...]
New Gears Geolocation API makes any online web app location-enabled
GPS what? Google’s newly launched Gears Geolocation API for mobile and desktop browsers give any online web app the power to be location-enabled, anytime, anywhere. And it’s all for free.
At the same time, a couple of third-party developers have announced the first location-enabled web apps with this API on Windows Mobile. For now only these [...]
Sprint Nextel phone-as-modem plan now only $15 per month
Industry research firm Current Analysis reports that Sprint Nextel has lowered the price of its Phone as Modem add-on plan to only $15 from the original $50 per month. It’s a pretty good deal, only you have to be careful and understand the specifics very clearly to avoid any mishaps.
Before its lets customers participate in [...]
Verizon and Google about to close mobile search deal
Reuters is reporting that the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon and Google are practically at the brink of making an agreement. Apparently, Verizon is aiming to make Google the default search engine on its custom-carrier phones, as well as have a slice of Google’s mobile search ad revenue.
The said Verizon-Google deal is supposedly [...]
Nokia 2680 Slide for AT&T spotted at FCC
Nokia’s been all about the high-end and luxury models lately, but that doesn’t mean that they’ve skimped on their “budget-friendly” offerings. As a matter of fact, they’re just about ready to roll out something new for AT&T, in the form of a cute-sy little sliding low-end handset.
The Nokia 2680 Slide is what its called, and [...]