Huawei M228 headed to MetroPCS. Huawei C6100 and G7002 pass the FCC
We’ve got some info about three unannounced Huawei phones – one of them being prepared for a release in the US by regional carrier MetroPCS.
Huawei M228 is the MetroPCS-bound phone, and, although its description over at the Bluetooth SIG says that it’s “designed as a mobile office for the business persons”, it actually looks like [...]
TwitterPeek device launched, costs as low as $99.99
Peek Inc., the New York-based maker of handheld devices, has just introduced the TwitterPeek, touted as the world’s first dedicated Twitter device.
The TwitterPeek features a 2.5 inch QVGA landscape display, a full QWERTY keyboard, a trackwheel on the side, and a battery that should last up to three days.
So what can you do with it? [...]
Qualcomm and Fujitsu join the Symbian Foundation board
The Symbian Foundation announced the addition of two new (and important) members to its board of directors: Qualcomm and Fujitsu.
Qualcomm joined the Symbian Foundation through its wholly owned subsidiary Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC), which will have the role of “optimizing open source software for use with Qualcomm technology.”
Fujitsu, which sold more than 40 million Symbian-based [...]
Huawei G6600 – new QWERTY smartphone with Android?
More and more Huawei phones have appeared recently (culminating with the Android-powered T-Mobile Pulse), and here we have a new one – Huawei G6600.
Unlike the Pulse, the Huawei G6600 has a full QWERTY keypad, and since we can clearly see a home button above it, this new phone might come with Android too.
Little is known [...]
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 [...]
Kyocera plans Android and LTE phones for 2010 and 2011
Kyocera, the Japanese company known for working with smaller US operators like Virgin Mobile, MetroPCS and Cricket, announced that it plans to launch an Android device sometime in 2010.
Kyocera also said that it would release LTE phones in the years to come, for which it intends to use Android as well as another mobile platform.
Moreover, [...]
Sagem to launch Puma phone ahead of 2010 FIFA World Cup
We don’t hear much about Sagem these days, but that doesn’t mean the French company is sitting around doing nothing. After working with Porsche to make the P’9522 luxury phone, now Sagem has partnered with Puma AG, the German producer of sportswear and high-end athletic shoes.
Sagem and Puma will launch a Puma phone in the [...]
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 [...]
Vertu Constellation F Ayxta luxury clamshell announced
Vertu’s first clamshell phone is now official, it’s called Vertu Constellation F Ayxta and it will cost between €4,900 ($7,198) and €6,500 ($9,548) – probably depending on how you want to customize your model.
Like all phones made by Vertu, the Ayxta is made from expensive materials like stainless steel, ceramic, leather, sapphire crystal (for the [...]
ZTE S315, A261, R220, R230 and R230BT launched in India
ZTE, the world’s sixth-largest phone maker, has announced no less than 5 entry-level GSM handsets for the Indian market.
Coming at prices ranging from 1,100 INR ($23) to 3,800 INR ($79), the new phones are: ZTE S315, ZTE A261, ZTE R220, ZTE R230 and ZTE R230BT.
By the end of 2009, ZTE plans to offer the phones [...]

