Posted by Michael Bettiol on Apr 27, 2009 10:39 am
Filed in Android, Handsets, News, O2, Samsung
It’s kind of funny how a phone can phone can appear out of nowhere as a solid rumor and then become official within 24 hours, but that’s exactly what has happened with Samsung’s first Android-powered smartphone, the I7500. Samsung and O2 Germany have both officially announced the device slated for a June release. The specs [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Apr 26, 2009 2:45 pm
Filed in Android, Handsets, O2, Rumors, Samsung
According to a new report, Samsung’s first Android handset will not be the S8000 as had been rumored. Instead, word on the street now suggests Sammy is prepping yet another full touchscreen handset dubbed I7500 for a June release. The Android-powered I7500 most definitely touts the best spec sheet of any Android handset we’ve seen [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Apr 26, 2009 1:00 pm
Filed in Handsets, Nokia, Retail, TIM
Don’t get us wrong, we’re just as psyched as anyone else for the release of Nokia’s flagship N97 handset — the company’s first Nseries device to pack S60 5th Edition. We just can’t seem to work our way around the price tags that have been popping up. The N97 recently appeared on TIM’s website as [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Apr 24, 2009 1:36 pm
Filed in Android, HTC, T-Mobile
The overview page for the G1 on T-Mobile Germany’s website promises a software update in May. With new features such as an on-screen keyboard, video recording/playback and A2DP support, this is none other than the cupcake update that G1 users have been anxiously awaiting since late last year. No mention of a similar update on [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Apr 24, 2009 7:44 am
Filed in GPRS, GSM, Handsets, News, Orange
Covet your costly and feature-rich touchscreen phones as you wish but in this day and age, forking over big bucks for a phone just isn’t always the smart way to go. While this may be one of the facts of life, carriers such as Orange are doing their best to deliver feature-rich handsets at low [...]
There’s some pretty interesting news on the BlackBerry Front out of the UK this morning as T-Mobile has unveiled a “Pay Once” system to entice BlackBerry newcomers. Evidently T-Mobile’s BlackBerry in a Box offering, the Pay Once system is comprised of a one time fee of £180 ($262) that nets users not only a brand [...]
Acer jumped feet first into the mobile phone arena by debuting a handful of new Windows Mobile handsets at MWC 2009. At a launch event today, Acer and C2O Corporation officially launched eight of these handsets in the Singapore market. Available now are the dual-SIM DX900 ($530 USD), the dual-faced DX650 ($397 USD) and the [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Apr 19, 2009 9:26 am
Filed in HSDPA, Handsets, Nokia, Retail, Symbian, Vodafone
This news makes us so jealous, we toyed with the idea of packing up our bags and moving our entire operation to Jolly Ole’ England. Well, not really, but we’re still green with envy this morning. You see, not only is the HTC Magic going to make its debut next month at no cost to [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Apr 18, 2009 8:50 am
Filed in Android, HTC, News, Retail, Vodafone
Good news for those of who live in the UK as you won’t have to wait too much longer to get your hands on the latest Android-powered handset. Vodafone has posted information on its website stating that anyone who pre-orders an HTC Magic should receive the Cupcake-packing touchscreen device on May 5th. Better yet, the [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Apr 16, 2009 1:08 pm
Filed in Carriers - International, Handsets, LG, Linux, Motorola, News, Orange, Samsung, Software, Verizon, Vodafone
On Monday, April 20, Panasonic and NEC are expected to unveil nine devices that run on the Linux-powered LiMo operating system. While not much is known about the soon-to-be-announced devices at this time, proponents of open source operating systems will apparently have plenty of cause for celebration in 2009. Current members of the LiMo Foundation [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Apr 15, 2009 8:37 am
Filed in EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, Handsets, LG, News, Orange
While LG may have shown off the Viewty II at a trade show or two, it’s actual existence had never been officially acknowledged by the Korean company until now, as the handset has been officially featured on LG’s German blog. Although the company did reveal some very nice photos of the device which has also [...]
The Bluetooth SIG group may have just given us the briefest glance ever at a new HTC Android phone. HTC’s anticipated 2009 lineup has been revealed and some handsets detailed but no mention had been made of the HTC Fiesta, suggesting that this is a new phone slated for a 2010 rollout perhaps. All we [...]
According to the folks over at Mobile Tech Review, the HTC Touch Diamond2 will be hitting the shelves of Taiwanese mobile phone merchants at the end of April. The Touch Diamond2 will be priced at NT$21,900 (≈$650 USD) and will ship with an 8GB microSD card. The North American counterpart is still MIA with [...]