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LG publish the first official shots of the new LG BL40 Chocolate

LG publish the first official shots of the new LG BL40 Chocolate

30 July, 2009 | comments (51)

Today LG took the next step towards revealing the identity of their BL40 fashion phone. Official photos of the device appeared on the manufacturer's web site showing the LG Chocolate successor in its full shine. LG are yet hesitant to reveal...

Tags: LG, Touch UI


Samsung AppStore welcoming developers from 30 July

Samsung AppStore welcoming developers from 30 July

29 July, 2009 | comments (43)

Samsung will be launching the developer's backend of their Application Store tomorrow. By using the new Application Seller website, developers will be able to publish apps or content to Samsung Application store (Symbian, Windows Mobile and Java) as...


T-Mobile UK to offer the G2 Touch (HTC Hero) starting tomorrow

T-Mobile UK to offer the G2 Touch (HTC Hero) starting tomorrow

28 July, 2009 | comments (39)

So here it goes - the carrier customized version of the HTC Hero will be available in less than 24 hours to T-Mobile customers in the United Kingdom. In a message on Twitter the carrier team announced that the handset will appear in the online store...

Tags: T-Mobile, HTC, Android


Samsung announce 1GHz ARM CORTEX-A8 Hummingbird CPU

Samsung announce 1GHz ARM CORTEX-A8 Hummingbird CPU

27 July, 2009 | comments (102)

Samsung and Intrinsity jointly announced the fastest ARM Cortex-A8 processor architecture. Using 45 nm low-power, low-leakage process technology the processor codenamed Hummingbird, delivers the impressive 2000DMIPS at 1GHz. Not only is the new...

Tags: Samsung, Misc


BlackBerry Curve 8520 official, offers full Mac compatibility

BlackBerry Curve 8520 official, offers full Mac compatibility

27 July, 2009 | comments (28)

After numerous leaks over the past several months BlackBerry finally got round to officially announcing the Curve 8520. The mid-range handset will be the first in the RIM family to support Mac OS syncing straight out of the box. BlackBerry Curve...

Tags: Blackberry


Samsung mobile phones sales increase by 14 percent in Q2

Samsung mobile phones sales increase by 14 percent in Q2

27 July, 2009 | comments (49)

Samsung is the last of the major mobile phone manufacturers to announce their financial results for the second quarter of the year. The company obviously finds itself in a very good spot with each of its divisions' profits on the rise. The...

Tags: Samsung, Misc


T-Mobile gets Touch Pro2 and BlackBerry Curve 8520 in August

T-Mobile gets Touch Pro2 and BlackBerry Curve 8520 in August

24 July, 2009 | comments (32)

We just got word on the exact release dates of some of the hottest new gadgets that are going to hit the T-Mobile shelves in the following weeks. Thanks to an anonymous tipster we now know that the subscribers of one of the largest carriers...


HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian surprises us with an OLED touchscreen

HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian surprises us with an OLED touchscreen

24 July, 2009 | comments (22)

Have you ever wanted a BlackBerry with a touchscreen and a full QWERTY? Well, if you happen to like Windows Mobile 6.5 too, then you might as well put the HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian on your wishlist - it's just what you've been after. We posted some...


Modu modular phone hits the shelves, at long last

Modu modular phone hits the shelves, at long last

23 July, 2009 | comments (28)

So here we have it folks - the modular phone, produces by Modu has finally hit the shelves. No less than 17 months after we first got a glimpse of a working prototype back at the MWC 2008 the device is now actually available. The handset will...

Tags: Modu


Android-powered HTC Click caught in the wild

Android-powered HTC Click caught in the wild

23 July, 2009 | comments (37)

Several spy photos of the yet unannounced Andoid-powered handset leaked online. The HTC Click is said to be an entry level handset that should help bring the new OS to a much wider user base. As you might have guessed the information available...


LG sums up financial Q2, has pockets full of cash

LG sums up financial Q2, has pockets full of cash

22 July, 2009 | comments (39)

The second quarter of 2009 gave LG a reason to smile as the company achieved record-high sales and operating profit. Every single of the Korean company's divisions is on the rise with the Mobile Communications Company being the best...

Tags: LG, Misc


Apple announces Q2 results, rules them all

Apple announces Q2 results, rules them all

22 July, 2009 | comments (87)

Apple just published the financial results for the second quarter of the year and things could hardly be healthier there. The company is obviously unaware of a certain little thingy called world economic crisis and has recorded their best...

Tags: Apple, Misc


BlackBerry 9550 Storm 2 and its clicky screen caught on video

BlackBerry 9550 Storm 2 and its clicky screen caught on video

22 July, 2009 | comments (25)

There's a video of an early version of the BlackBerry 9550 Storm 2 up on CrackBerry.com and here's the rundown: the display still clicks but it's better, there will be Wi-Fi, the storage memory has been doubled and the hardware keys on the front are...


Samsung S9110 wristwatch phone unveiled, no video calling though

Samsung S9110 wristwatch phone unveiled, no video calling though

22 July, 2009 | comments (54)

Today Samsung announced the S9110 - the world's thinnest wristwatch mobile phone. Sporting a decent (for the class that is) feature set, the fully-touch operated Samsung S9110 is the next device that will try to make all you James Bond dreams come...

Tags: Samsung


Samsung Gravity 2 and Samsung Comeback messengers unveiled

Samsung Gravity 2 and Samsung Comeback messengers unveiled

22 July, 2009 | comments (24)

Here come some good news for texters on T-Mobile - there are two new QWERTY phones coming your way. The Samsung Gravity 2 and Samsung Comeback were spotted in the wild a while back, but only now do they make their official debut. The Samsung...

Tags: T-Mobile


Sony Ericsson Rachael gets specs and a proper name - XPERIA X3

Sony Ericsson Rachael gets specs and a proper name - XPERIA X3

21 July, 2009 | comments (127)

It’s only been a short while since we last saw Sony Ericsson Rachel heading our news column. Online retailer Expansys has just published the specs of the device and revealed the name XPERIA X3. Following their unusual marketing strategy, Expansys...


QWERTY-enabled Nokia 6760 slide to hit Europe

QWERTY-enabled Nokia 6760 slide to hit Europe

21 July, 2009 | comments (28)

Nokia Surge went on sale a couple of days ago and now we hear about its European brother - the Nokia 6760 slide. The main update that the 6760 has got concerns its camera, which now has 3 megapixel resolution instead of 2MP. The lack of carrier...


Nokia Xseries and Cseries coming up, geeks hold breath

Nokia Xseries and Cseries coming up, geeks hold breath

20 July, 2009 | comments (117)

It was all about four-digit model numbers with Nokia in the beginning. Then N-Gage stepped in, with the Nseries and the Eseries following shortly after. Now two more letters are joining the party - Nokia has registered the Cseries and Xseries...

Tags: Nokia, Misc, Rumors


Tower of Cookie: 5 million LG Cookies sold in 9 months

Tower of Cookie: 5 million LG Cookies sold in 9 months

20 July, 2009 | comments (82)

There's an LG Cookie sold about every five seconds somewhere in the world. LG are keen to point out other numbers the most important of which is that over 5 million units were sold in total for the 9 months the phone's been on sale. Not long ago,...

Tags: LG, Touch UI


Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to get kinetic scrolling, widgets

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to get kinetic scrolling, widgets

20 July, 2009 | comments (147)

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is getting a firmware update, which will introduce some new, quite welcome features - an enhanced homescreen, kinetic scrolling in some menus as well as improved camera performance and response time. Update: The...