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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...


Nokia N97 and 5800 XpressMusic are Vodafone UK’s best sellers

Nokia N97 and 5800 XpressMusic are Vodafone UK’s best sellers

17 July, 2009 | comments (135)

After the encouraging financial report yesterday Nokia have another reason to smile today. Vodafone UK published their list of handset that make the most sales recently and two of the Finns' devices are occupying the first two spots. The two...

Tags: Vodafone, Nokia, Misc


Chocolate LG BL40 spotted in the wild, LG BL42 tags after

Chocolate LG BL40 spotted in the wild, LG BL42 tags after

16 July, 2009 | comments (81)

Remember the extra long LG BL40? After an officially released teaser last week and a leaked promo video the other day, it now came time for its first live photos to appear online. To make things even sweeter another LG device with similar styling...

Tags: LG, Touch UI, Rumors


Sony Ericsson summarizes Q2 financially, loses more ground

Sony Ericsson summarizes Q2 financially, loses more ground

16 July, 2009 | comments (158)

Last night was a restless one for a lot of accountants. Just as planned, today Sony Ericsson announced their Q2 financial results. The times are getting tougher and tougher for them it seems, the number of units shipped fell 5% compared to the...


Nokia Q2 financial report is out, shows improvement over Q1

Nokia Q2 financial report is out, shows improvement over Q1

16 July, 2009 | comments (107)

Nokia have just announced their Q2 financial report. The numbers are showing sings of recovering from the shock of the recession - their operating profit went up by almost 51% and their estimated market share increased a percent to 38%. The total...

Tags: Nokia, Misc


Samsung i8000 Omnia II hits the shelves this weeked

Samsung i8000 Omnia II hits the shelves this weeked

15 July, 2009 | comments (69)

It just keeps getting better for the WinMo fans recently. The Samsung I8000 Omnia II official launch which was initially said to come in October, will take place this weekend in Singapore. Latest rumors had it that one of the most powerful Windows...


T-Mobile Samsung T749 Highlight  burns with 3G, has a cool touch

T-Mobile Samsung T749 Highlight burns with 3G, has a cool touch

15 July, 2009 | comments (28)

Samsung really have a thing for touch phones - and now there's a new one headed to T-Mobile. It's called the Samsung T749 Highlight and it's 3G capable (Internet services being a focal point) and running the widget-happy TouchWiz. Sporting a 3"...


1.5 billion Apple App Store downloads achieved in a year

1.5 billion Apple App Store downloads achieved in a year

14 July, 2009 | comments (74)

Today Apple announced that the number of downloaded applications from their App Store has just exceeded 1.5 billion. Just one short year after the launch of the online application store the figures unequivocally suggest that this is one of the...

Tags: Apple, Misc


LG to give $1M to the fastest texters on the planet

LG to give $1M to the fastest texters on the planet

14 July, 2009 | comments (87)

Today LG announced the initiation of the second Mobile Worldcup competition for fast and accurate texting. Mobile Worldcup 2009 is the official name of the contest that will have a stunning prize pool of 1 million US dollars. This first round of...

Tags: LG, Misc


Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael leaks in black

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael leaks in black

13 July, 2009 | comments (151)

We had our doubts the first couple of times but now we are pretty certain that this is all a part of the Sony Ericsson marketing strategy to keep the Rachael in the public eye. This time we got a batch of official photos that show the new...


Nokia Surge gets official, prettier than before

Nokia Surge gets official, prettier than before

13 July, 2009 | comments (97)

Today Nokia have finally announced the Nokia Surge full-QWERTY equipped side-slider. Packing an extraordinary design the new handset runs on the S60 and packs advanced messaging features and a distinct youthful appeal. We have to admit that the...

Tags: Nokia, AT&T


LG BL40 Black Label video leaks, heart-melting specs confirmed

LG BL40 Black Label video leaks, heart-melting specs confirmed

13 July, 2009 | comments (110)

The fourth member of the fashionable Black Label series has just made another step toward revealing its identity. A short video appeared on YouTube demonstrating the UI of the LG BL40, as seems to be the name of the next Chocolate successor. The...

Tags: LG, Touch UI, Rumors


LG application store launched, 1400 titles already available

LG application store launched, 1400 titles already available

13 July, 2009 | comments (24)

Today, LG officially started their very own application store, where their customers can find fresh new content for their handsets. There are more than 1400 apps already available for download, with 100 of them coming for free. Unfortunately the...

Tags: LG, Misc


Telmap offers voice-guided GPS navigation beta for free

Telmap offers voice-guided GPS navigation beta for free

10 July, 2009 | comments (28)

The authors of the Telmap Navigator mobile navigation software are looking for candidates willing to participate in its beta testing. The software is compatible with a large number of handsets available on the market and offers a good number of...

Tags: Misc