News tagged "Misc"

Major Samsung S8000 Jet firmware update now available

Major Samsung S8000 Jet firmware update now available

22 November, 2009 | comments (20)

We have some great news for the owners of Samsung S8000 Jet: there is a new firmware update for the Jet bringing lots of goodies for your phone. As it turned out it’s been a while since it first showed up but...


Nokia answers back: Symbian stays, so does Maemo

Nokia answers back: Symbian stays, so does Maemo

20 November, 2009 | comments (49)

Just a couple of days ago Maemo team suggested Nokia has plans to ditch Symbian as an OS of choice for its N-series devices in favor of Maemo. Nokia however have something to say on the matter...


Asia Mobile Awards announced, Nokia N97 mini wins best handset

Asia Mobile Awards announced, Nokia N97 mini wins best handset

19 November, 2009 | comments (83)

GSMA announced the winners of the Asia Mobile Awards and the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Asia Tournament. Uh, they aren't really tournaments. they are Awards that seek out the best products and...

Tags: Misc


Opera Mobile 10 beta now available for Windows Mobile

Opera Mobile 10 beta now available for Windows Mobile

18 November, 2009 | comments (21)

The latest and greatest Opera Mobile 10 beta has been around for Symbian OS for a couple of weeks now, but it's only now that it's available to the Windows Mobile crowd as well. You can download it for free...


HTC knocks some Sense into HTC Magic, update now available

HTC knocks some Sense into HTC Magic, update now available

18 November, 2009 | comments (15)

It makes Sense that HTC would come to their Senses and started rolling out update for the HTC Magic that brings it the coveted Sense UI. It's just Hong Kong for now, but we expect updates for other countries to...


Google Earth for iPhone updated to version 2.0, adds custom maps

Google Earth for iPhone updated to version 2.0, adds custom maps

17 November, 2009 | comments (5)

Today, one year after the initial Google Earth release into the App Store, Google's one and only Google Earth for mobile app has been updated to ver. 2.0. The new features include access to the custom maps...

Tags: Apple, iPhone, Misc


Windows Marketplace now available for WinMo 6.0 and 6.1

Windows Marketplace now available for WinMo 6.0 and 6.1

17 November, 2009 | comments (9)

Almost every OS has them - application stores that is - but now owners of Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 phones also get in on the action with Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Installing the client is a...


ITG xpPhone gets Windows 7, 5MP camera and 120GB storage

ITG xpPhone gets Windows 7, 5MP camera and 120GB storage

14 November, 2009 | comments (82)

The ITG xpPhone that we already told you about is going to come in more than one flavor. The future users will be able to pick the OS, CPU, storage and RAM memory, and the display to create...

Tags: Misc, Touch UI


Samsung denies speculations of dropping Symbian and WinMo

Samsung denies speculations of dropping Symbian and WinMo

13 November, 2009 | comments (28)

It seems that the launch of the Bada OS hasn't spelled doom for the Samsung Symbian / WinMo portfolio after all. The company has contacted us and denied the claims made by HMC Investment Securities...

Tags: Samsung, Misc


GSMArena launching its own tech blog, meet the Geeks at large

GSMArena launching its own tech blog, meet the Geeks at large

12 November, 2009 | comments (70)

Just by reading our articles you may or may not have noticed that the GSMArena team members are as passionate about other high-tech stuff as they are about cellphones. Well, we are and starting from...

Tags: GSMArena, Misc


Mozilla to award 10 add-on developers with a Nokia N900

Mozilla to award 10 add-on developers with a Nokia N900

12 November, 2009 | comments (24)

The guys over at Mozilla are organizing a contest for Maemo mobile browser add-ons and are willing to award the top 10 developers with a new Nokia N900 each. If you're a developer, you can participate in...


Google Latitude gets location history and smart alerts

Google Latitude gets location history and smart alerts

11 November, 2009 | comments (21)

Eight months after the Google Latitude launch it's now time for its first major update. Thanks to location history you can now keep track of the places you've been at and thanks to smart alerts you will get notified when...

Tags: Misc


Some Nokia chargers defective, will be swapped for free

Some Nokia chargers defective, will be swapped for free

09 November, 2009 | comments (39)

Certain Nokia-branded chargers from a third-party manufacturer sold after April are defective and Nokia started a free of charge exchange program. These chargers were either included in the box or sold separately...

Tags: Nokia, Misc


Samsung to pay 1.3 billion US dollars for Qualcomm patents

Samsung to pay 1.3 billion US dollars for Qualcomm patents

08 November, 2009 | comments (36)

While some companies make their way to the top using others' achievements, there are still ones that are willing to pay for patent licenses without mumbling too much. Like Samsung who have just...

Tags: Samsung, Nokia, Apple, Misc


Nokia giving away 100 000 pedestrian navigation licences

Nokia giving away 100 000 pedestrian navigation licences

06 November, 2009 | comments (32)

What a lovely end of the business week: we’ve just found out that Nokia are giving away 100 000 pedestrian navigation licenses. And what is even better, they are all free and valid for use in the whole...

Tags: Nokia, Misc


A new HOOK cellphone design breaks from the bar form factor

A new HOOK cellphone design breaks from the bar form factor

05 November, 2009 | comments (203)

We stumbled upon a new intriguing mobile form factor concept coming from Brazilian designer Fabio Dabori. The so-called HOOK promises to innovate the keypad locking mechanism and push the future...

Tags: Misc


Opera Mobile 10 beta for S60 available for download now

Opera Mobile 10 beta for S60 available for download now

03 November, 2009 | comments (124)

Opera portfolio is definitely a one-stop-shop for finding a proper mobile web browser whether you're on a smartphone or a feature phone. The Opera Mobile browser has reached the beta stage of version 10...


Orange UK launch iPhone 3G/3GS on 10 Nov, same pricing as O2

Orange UK launch iPhone 3G/3GS on 10 Nov, same pricing as O2

02 November, 2009 | comments (59)

Orange officially announced that the launch of the iPhone 3G and 3GS will be on 10 November. Their future iPhone plans are absolutely identical to those of O2 ones and you can have the 3GS free for 44 GBP...

Tags: Apple, iPhone, Orange, Misc


Windows XP powered ITG xpPhone has touchable custom UI

Windows XP powered ITG xpPhone has touchable custom UI

30 October, 2009 | comments (37)

We've shown you the ITG xpPhone before but now there are screenshots of the user interface so we thought we should tell you all about it. The ITG xpPhone is kinda like the Nokia N900 - a tablet, but also a phone...

Tags: Misc, Touch UI


Google Maps for mobile anounce Navigation Beta for Android 2.0

Google Maps for mobile anounce Navigation Beta for Android 2.0

28 October, 2009 | comments (26)

Google Maps has always been one of the most popular ways to get directions, but the lack of voice-guided navigation to help you on-the-go. Luckily, today it took this next step in its natural evolution with the...

Tags: Misc