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Opera Mini 5.1 final version pops up in the Android market

Opera Mini 5.1 final version pops up in the Android market

14 July, 2010 | comments (43)

The Android version of the world's most popular mobile browser, Opera Mini has just received an update. So far Droid owners only had access to the beta version of Opera Mini 5, but now they are getting an updated feature pack and the chance to enjoy...

Tags: Android, Touch UI


Windows Phone 7 promises seamless synchronization, security

Windows Phone 7 promises seamless synchronization, security

13 July, 2010 | comments (39)

With the Kin duo now gone for good, and the WinMo 6.5 market share bordering on insignificance, Microsoft have all their eggs in one WP7 basket. As it seems though they will do everything they can to make sure they stay on the smartphone market....


Samsung Wave sales reach 1M, Galaxy S keeps the pace

Samsung Wave sales reach 1M, Galaxy S keeps the pace

13 July, 2010 | comments (114)

Today Samsung announced an important milestone for the first handset to run their very own Bada OS. The SuperAMOLED-packing Samsung S8500 Wave sales have exceeded 1 million units worldwide, just under four short weeks after its release. It might...


BlackBerry Protect keeps your BlackBerry safe wirelessly

BlackBerry Protect keeps your BlackBerry safe wirelessly

13 July, 2010 | comments (21)

Security is probably the best reason to choose a BlackBerry handset nowadays. Even more so now, that RIM announced their new BlackBerry Protect feature. Allowing remote access to your lost or stolen BlackBerry, BlackBerry Protect gives you all the...

Tags: BlackBerry


Here's another BlackBerry 6 OS demo video, looking good

Here's another BlackBerry 6 OS demo video, looking good

12 July, 2010 | comments (41)

BlackBerry latest touch mobile OS version 6.0 was made official a couple of months back and while we haven’t seen a real product out on the market running it, here comes a second demo video of the new UI. It surely looks nice, but whether it’s...


Nokia X6 now updated to v21.0.004, Nokia X3 refreshed too

Nokia X6 now updated to v21.0.004, Nokia X3 refreshed too

12 July, 2010 | comments (26)

Both Nokia X6 and X3 have been updated from firmware v20.0.005 to v21.0.004. The S60-powered X6 gets many native apps updated, while the X3 is going with the modest improvement over battery charging notification and ring/alert tones. The complete...


Acer Liquid gets the Eclair 2.1 update, no word of Froyo yet

Acer Liquid gets the Eclair 2.1 update, no word of Froyo yet

12 July, 2010 | comments (10)

When Acer introduced the Liquid e in February with its only update being the new version of the OS we almost lost any hope that the original Liquid will ever be updated. Fortunately, the large PC manufacturer showed that it didn't forget the...


Samsung Vibrant confirmed to launch on July 15

Samsung Vibrant confirmed to launch on July 15

11 July, 2010 | comments (17)

T-Mobile has just officially confirmed that they will launch the Samsung Vibrant on July 15. That way they will be able to beat AT&T, who scheduled the launch of the Samsung Captivate for July 18 and will become the first carrier in the US to offer...


Damian Dinning on Nokia N8 video plus 35 camera samples

Damian Dinning on Nokia N8 video plus 35 camera samples

09 July, 2010 | comments (352)

Nokia released a huge collection of Nokia N8 camera samples - 35 untouched images of various subjects and shot in various conditions. Also, the second part of Damian Dinning's talk about the camera has been released - this one covers the video...


Samsung Galaxy Beam hits Singapore shelves on 17 July

Samsung Galaxy Beam hits Singapore shelves on 17 July

09 July, 2010 | comments (39)

Is the rise of pico-projector phones starting? Samsung is having a second go at it with their Android-powered Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam, which is going on sale in Singapore starting next Saturday (their first attempt was the Samsung i7410). The...


Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) coming to AT&T on 18 July

Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) coming to AT&T on 18 July

09 July, 2010 | comments (22)

Here's they come, the Galaxy S phones. AT&T just announced pricing and target availability for their version, the Samsung i897 Captivate, and it will beat the T-Mobile version by a few days and will probably become the first Galaxy S to hit the...


Behind the scenes: Damian Dinning talks Nokia N8 camera

Behind the scenes: Damian Dinning talks Nokia N8 camera

08 July, 2010 | comments (126)

Mobile camera guru Damian Dinning shares some behind the scenes information on the fine tuning on the 12 megapixel camera on the Nokia N8. He also shares one stunning camera sample along with a few crops, that illustrate the approach they've taken...


HTC Mondrian and Mozart officially confirmed… kinda

HTC Mondrian and Mozart officially confirmed… kinda

08 July, 2010 | comments (17)

HTC's first Windows Phone 7 devices have been confirmed for the first time. Their MMS profiles in XML have been found on the official HTC website, which means Mondrian and Mozart are for real. Not that we had any doubts about it. It's only natural...


Opera Mini 5.1 out now, recommended for all S40 devices

Opera Mini 5.1 out now, recommended for all S40 devices

08 July, 2010 | comments (62)

Today Opera released an update for their Opera Mini mobile web browser. Opera Mini 5.1 brings better memory management, new optimized skin with support for multiple pages and overall performance improvement. Opera Mini 5.1 is recommended for all...

Tags: S40, Misc


YouTube Mobile website finally gets an HTML5 treatment

YouTube Mobile website finally gets an HTML5 treatment

08 July, 2010 | comments (45)

The mobile version of the popular YouTube website just got faster and touch-friendlier. It also got the HTML5 treatment all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users have been waiting for so long. What this means is YouTube videos will be of highest-quality...


Motorola CHARM unveiled, brings SNS-minded Android 2.1

Motorola CHARM unveiled, brings SNS-minded Android 2.1

07 July, 2010 | comments (22)

Motorola obviously got tired of all those leaks and decided to step up and tell all there is to be told about the CHARM. The T-Mobile-exclusive smartphone will bring a mid-range set of features, focusing on social networking. Motorola CHARM will...


BlackBerry 9800 Slider and 9670 clamshell caught on video

BlackBerry 9800 Slider and 9670 clamshell caught on video

07 July, 2010 | comments (15)

Yet another leak of the BlackBerry 9800 slider, Curve 9300 and 9670 clamshell - this time they are posing in front of a video camera. The videos are quite thorough and demonstrate both the hardware and software sides of the...


Bluetooth SIG adopts Bluetooth 4.0 low energy technology specs

Bluetooth SIG adopts Bluetooth 4.0 low energy technology specs

07 July, 2010 | comments (28)

The Bluetooth SIG has just announced that it has officially adopted the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0. Low energy consumption is just one of the major improvements of v4.0 over the v3.0. Having made that step, the Bluetooth SIG (short...

Tags: Misc


Motorola CHARM shot in the wild, arrives at T-Mobile in late July

Motorola CHARM shot in the wild, arrives at T-Mobile in late July

07 July, 2010 | comments (9)

The T-Mobile-loving Motorola CHARM, a.k.a. the Motorola BASIL Project, showed up once again. The device should be officially announced later this month but at this rate we aren't sure if there will be any specs left unknown by then. This is the...


Major UK roadmap leaks - HTC Gold, Ace and Vision, Nokia E7 and Samsung Cetus on the way

Major UK roadmap leaks - HTC Gold, Ace and Vision, Nokia E7 and Samsung Cetus on the way

06 July, 2010 | comments (25)

Today we stumbled upon a major UK roadmap leak, bringing bringing some juicy information. HTC Gold, Ace and Vision, Nokia E7, and Samsung i8700 Cetus and brand-new BlackBerry Curve 9300 - they're all unannounced and they will all star in this year's...