Samsung Libre C3300 (Champ) and Orange Amsterdam launched in the UK: £49 on PAYG
Orange UK has launched two new and really affordable touchscreen phones for its Pay As You Go customers: the Samsung Libre C3300 and the Orange Amsterdam. Also known as Samsung Champ, the Libre C3300 is a tiny touch-only handset. It features a 2.4 inch QVGA screen, TouchWiz Lite UI, accelerometer, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack, 1.3MP [...]
Cricket MSGM8 II launched, Kyocera Rio E3100 coming soon
US-based mobile carrier Cricket has launched a new messaging phone dubbed Cricket MSGM8 II. The MSGM8 II is a candybar with a full QWERTY keypad and a 220 x 176 pixels landscape display. It also features “one touch Web access via MyHomeScreen”, voice recognition, Bluetooth, microUSB, and a 1.3MP camera. You can buy the Cricket [...]
Huawei launching U8300 and U8500 Android phones, U9130 and C5600 Brew phones in India
Huawei is readying the launch of four new phones in India, two of them being based on Android: Huawei U8300 and Huawei U8500. The U8300 features a QVGA landscape display, full QWERTY keypad, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, 3.2MP camera, MicroSD card support, and an unknown version of Android (possibly 1.6). The Huawei U8300 will be available [...]
New TAG Heuer Meridiist luxury phones announced
Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer has announced three new models of its Meridiist luxury phone, all sharing the same features and overall design, but having different finishes. The Tag Heuer Meridiist Black Diamond is PVD-coated and is made out of 316L stainless steel, 18-carat pink gold, lizard leather, and 1.34-carat diamonds. The Tag Heuer Meridiist [...]
Indian phone maker Lava tries to reinvent the QWERTY keyboard. Behold the Alpha keyboard
I don’t know if this company is named like that because it wants you to believe its products are hot, but I do know that Lava International Ltd has managed to make a unique phone. Two of them, actually: the Lava B2 and Lava B5 – which are BlackBerry-like devices that, instead of QWERTY keyboards, [...]
Bellperre launches new “affordable” ultra slim luxury phone
Luxury phone maker Bellperre has announced it’s launching a new handset that has a price level meeting “sincerely wider audience compared to current luxury phone brand offerings” – and I assume it’s referring to Mobiado and Vertu. The phone is an “ultra slim”, highly customizable candybar: you can choose from brushed steel, polished silver, 24K [...]
Telus starts HTC Desire employee training, will launch INQ Chat 3G
Telus is getting really close to introduce the HTC Desire in Canada, as the carrier has reportedly started employee training for the Android 2.1 smartphone (which won’t be named Triumph after all). Right now, it’s said that the Desire will hit Telus’ shelves before the end of this month (July). There’s still no word on [...]
Mobiado Classic 712EM luxury phone brings exotic wood into your pocket
One month after unveiling the Classic 712 ZAF in “dream colors”, Mobiado has announced a new luxury phone: the Classic 712 Executive Model (EM). The new handset is “the evolution” in Mobiado’s wood series, being made out of exotic wood, sapphire crystal and aluminum. The exotic wood pieces (which are “inlayed into an anodized aluminum [...]
Emblaze’s First Else Linux phone is dead
We suspected there was something fishy about the Emblaze First Else, and we were damn right to be suspicious. Announced with much fanfare in the fall of 2009, the Emblaze First Else phone won’t get to see the light of day market, because it has been officially cancelled (despite being showcased at CES 2010). Designed [...]
Looking for a Yahoo phone? Check out the Alcatel One Touch Net
Now that Google has its own phone, maybe it’s time for Yahoo to have one, too. Meet the Alcatel One Touch Net – which, although it can’t be considered a Yahoo phone in the same way the Nexus One is a Google phone, it seems to be the first handset that fully integrates Yahoo mobile [...]
European carriers start selling the Puma Phone
Unveiled at MWC earlier this year, the Sagem-made Puma Phone has now started to be included in some mobile carriers’ offerings. For example, PosteMobile, an Italian MVNO that uses Vodafone’s network, is selling the Puma Phone for €299 ($360). The sporty handset is offered by PosteMobile with an attractive promotion that allows users to win [...]
Telus to launch Garmin nuvifone in Canada
Telus might be the first Canadian mobile carrier to launch a phone made by Garmin. Mobile Syrup reports that the carrier is readying the release of a Garmin nufivone – but it’s not clear yet if this is the same device that AT&T launched in the US in the autumn of 2009. Hopefully, it isn’t, because AT&T’s [...]
Alcatel One Touch XTRA announced in the UK (for Orange)
Alcatel One Touch XTRA is a new affordable phone that will be available soon in the UK, exclusively via Orange – which is also readying the Orange Rio and Orange Lisbon. The Alcatel One Touch XTRA is presented as a “social networking phone”, and comes with access to Facebook and Twitter. The handset also features [...]
Orange Lisbon and Orange Rio to be launched in the UK on PAYG
Orange is getting ready to launch two new own-branded phones, called Orange Lisbon and Orange Rio. Unlike the Orange Boston, these don’t run Android – but they’re really cheap. The Orange Lisbon is an “incredibly lightweight” and somewhat good-looking entry level full-touch phone that features 2G connectivity, MP3 player, FM radio, Bluetooth, USB, 1.3MP camera, [...]
Vodafone 845 (with Android 2.1) and 7 other new “Vodaphones” announced (video)
Vodafone has officially introduced no less than 8 new phones, all included in its own-branded series of devices. The most interesting of the new handsets is the Huawei-made Vodafone 845, which is the carrier’s first own-branded Android device. The Vodafone 845 runs Android 2.1 and features a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3G, Wi-Fi, Vodafone [...]
Meizu M9 will run Android 2.1
Meizu, the Chinese company known for making one of the best iPhone clones out there, will adopt Android for one of its future handsets. The handset is Meizu M9 and, according to Meizu’s CEO, it will be launched with a customized version of Android 2.1 on board. The features of M9 have not been announced, [...]
Palm in talks with Huawei for acquisition?
Palm has put itself up for sale, and we’ve already heard that it may be acquired by Lenovo. However, it looks like Palm is in talks with another giant Chinese company – Huawei. According to Reuters, Palm and “Huawei’s investment bank” had preliminary discussions in February. The companies haven’t reached any agreement until now, and [...]
Triple SIM phone to be launched in India by Olive
Olive Telecommunication, the company that launched India’s first Zipbook and India’s first AAA-compatible phone, is getting ready to launch a triple SIM phone. Called Wiz V-GC800, the triple SIM handset is reportedly capable of handling one CDMA connection and two GSM connections at the same time. The phone features a full QWERTY keypad, social networking [...]
Sagem Puma 2 and Sagem Netribe to run Android
Earlier this year, Sagem announced that it would make Android phones, and it looks like one these handsets will be part of the Puma series. According to SlashGear, Sagem plans to launch a Puma 2 phone in 2011. The Sagem Puma 2 should run Android and use a customized Puma UI, providing easy access to [...]
Kyocera Zio M6000 with Android announced
We knew that Kyocera had an Android handset in the making, and now the company has officially announced it – it’s the Zio M6000, a new device that marks Kyocera’s return to the US smartphone market (the company released two Palm-based smartphones almost ten years ago). Kyocera didn’t say which version of Android the Zio [...]