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Snappy Maple Dashes to T-Mobile, on track for July 1st launch

Snappy Maple Dashes to T-Mobile, on track for July 1st launch

28 May, 2009 | comments (5)

The T-Mobile Dash 3G (T-Mobile's version of HTC Snap aka Maple and S522) was set to be released for T-Mobile July 1st. And sure enough, about a month away from launch, it was spotted at a T-Mobile's training. The Dash 3G is an update of...


Leak storm continues to flood news, four new LGs for AT&T

Leak storm continues to flood news, four new LGs for AT&T

27 May, 2009 | comments (18)

Hold on, we're not through the leak storm just yet. There are four LG handsets headed towards AT&T, ranging from a unpretentious business phone to more stylish full touch phones. The specs of these phones seem almost final and they should be out by...


Leak frenzy goes on: Samsung S5050, Fluxus, Pilar and Scotney

Leak frenzy goes on: Samsung S5050, Fluxus, Pilar and Scotney

27 May, 2009 | comments (15)

Another day another Samsung leak or so it has been recently on our homepage. Three new faces appeared today and another one is getting close to official announcement. The new names are Samsung Fluxus, Pilar and Scotney and are all scheduled for...

Tags: Samsung, AT&T


Unlocked HTC Touch Pro2 appears for sale online in the UK

Unlocked HTC Touch Pro2 appears for sale online in the UK

27 May, 2009 | comments (23)

One of the first Touch Pro2 units are obviously already touching down on the market as online retailers start offering their unlocked versions in the UK. While the price for the early buyer is surely not that tempting but then again, you rarely get...


S6700 and C5510 - two new sliders from Samsung pop in the wild

S6700 and C5510 - two new sliders from Samsung pop in the wild

26 May, 2009 | comments (8)

It seems Samsung want to flood the market with phones sometime in the near future. Two new sliders showed their faces today. The S6700 and the C5510 target the low-range market with decent features, compact designs and metallic looks. The Samsung...

Tags: Samsung, Rumors


Leak marathon continues with HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian and LG Monaco

Leak marathon continues with HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian and LG Monaco

26 May, 2009 | comments (17)

Just when we thought that the flood of leaked phones on our homepage is about to stop and here comes the next one (or ones more likely). Two WinMo powered handsets made their unofficial debut and as usually that was enough to secure them a front...


Three new Samsung phones to hit AT&T in the US, the leaks go on

Three new Samsung phones to hit AT&T in the US, the leaks go on

26 May, 2009 | comments (25)

You've probably already seen the amount of leaked phones that we wrote about yesterday. The news today is that there are even more of those. This time it's Samsung turn with a trio of unannounced and yet unreleased GSM handsets - the Samsung...


Nokia Ovi Store on the roll worldwide

Nokia Ovi Store on the roll worldwide

26 May, 2009 | comments (33)

The Ovi Store by Nokia is finally available on a global basis to more than 50 of the Nokia devices. To access the Ovi Store, which offers both free and commercial content, just point your Nokia phone browser to http://store.ovi.com/. The Ovi Store...


Four new Nokia phones - big fish at the shores of the US

Four new Nokia phones - big fish at the shores of the US

25 May, 2009 | comments (145)

Nokia have been holding out - they have four new devices headed to the US and they are not rebrandings of old devices. This is certainly uncommon, the US getting a GSM Nokia phone before Europe does. Well, we've seen stranger things happen in the...


Blackberry Magnum, Onyx, Pearl 3G, and Gemini surface

Blackberry Magnum, Onyx, Pearl 3G, and Gemini surface

25 May, 2009 | comments (17)

That's right folks - no less than four BlackBerry devices are almost as good as officially announced. The devices in question are the BlackBerry Magnum, BlackBerry Gemini and BlackBerry Onyx, which have been wandering the internet for a while now,...

Tags: BlackBerry


Palm Eos closer to release, while O2 will offer the GSM Pre in UK

Palm Eos closer to release, while O2 will offer the GSM Pre in UK

25 May, 2009 | comments (17)

Good news for all Palm fans that have been dearly waiting for a GSM reincarnation of the new Web OS. The Palm Eos is now almost official, while it's finally clear the GSM-spec Palm Pre will hit UK via O2. This certainly isn't the first time that...

Tags: Palm, Touch UI, O2, Rumors


HTC Lancaster & Motorola Heron to add a bit of reach to Android

HTC Lancaster & Motorola Heron to add a bit of reach to Android

25 May, 2009 | comments (17)

Great news for Android fans as two spanking new Android devices sporting sliding QWERTYs and shiny touchscreens seem to be in the works - the HTC Lancaster and the Motorola Heron are both included in the massive AT&T leak, we're reporting on...


Sony Ericsson confirm Android v2.0 handset in the works

Sony Ericsson confirm Android v2.0 handset in the works

22 May, 2009 | comments (70)

It's hardly going to surprise too many people but when Sony Ericsson officially confirm that their handsets, running on the v2.0 of the Android OS are in the works it is enough to make it in the news. On a Sony Ericsson event in Taiwan, the...


A dummy page for a 32GB iPhone appears on T-Mobile Austria site

A dummy page for a 32GB iPhone appears on T-Mobile Austria site

22 May, 2009 | comments (80)

As the launch date for the next iPhone nears, the rumors are beginning to clog the air. But here's some oil to pour on the fire - the T-Mobile Austria site have put up a placeholder for a 32GB iPhone. So far there isn't a picture or price and the...


Nokia updates Ovi maps, intros embeddable Maps Player

Nokia updates Ovi maps, intros embeddable Maps Player

21 May, 2009 | comments (22)

Today Nokia announced the new version of their Ovi Maps service and introduced the Ovi Maps Player API. The new version offers some exciting extended functionality, while the Player API provides a simple way to embed video presentations of the...


Orange offers Samsung i8910 Omnia HD starting from 97.50 GBP

Orange offers Samsung i8910 Omnia HD starting from 97.50 GBP

20 May, 2009 | comments (56)

One of the hottest names of the season - the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD is already available throughout Orange stores in the UK. Worth from 97.50 GBP to 293.30 GBP depending on your contract, the exciting touchscreen can also be ordered online from the...


Diamond2 arrives to O2 Germany unlocked, promises WinMo 6.5

Diamond2 arrives to O2 Germany unlocked, promises WinMo 6.5

20 May, 2009 | comments (10)

O2 Germany released the XDA Diamond2, which as you can probably tell is a rebranded HTC Touch Diamond2. Actually, there's not much branding going on, the phone comes unlocked and there's an O2 logo on the back, that's about it. In short, the...


Apple iPhone 2009 comes on 17 July, OLED display on board

Apple iPhone 2009 comes on 17 July, OLED display on board

20 May, 2009 | comments (295)

We’ve heard lots of stuff about the next-gen Apple iPhone, but here's a rundown of all the latest rumors. The 17 July announcement of the iPhone 2009 is pretty much clear by now but there are some new juicy bits and pieces. One of the new rumors...


Nokia 6600i slides into action with a 5 megapixel snapper

Nokia 6600i slides into action with a 5 megapixel snapper

19 May, 2009 | comments (55)

An updated version of the highly likable Nokia 6600 slide has officially been announced to the public. At first glance, it would hardly seem a big thing, as the Nokia 6600i shares its name with the original device, however besides the new outfits,...

Tags: Nokia, S40


Samsung I7500 coming to France as Galaxy and we've got live shots

Samsung I7500 coming to France as Galaxy and we've got live shots

19 May, 2009 | comments (24)

Samsung "eye seven thousand and five hundred"? Well, not according to French operator Bouygues Telecom, which is going for the easier on the tongue and cooler sounding "Galaxy". The launch date is set for early July, which makes the French a bit...