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Nokia Wahoo spotted, GPS and half QWERTY on board

Nokia Wahoo spotted, GPS and half QWERTY on board

13 Nov, 2008 | comments (72)

After the promising leak of the Nokia smartphone roadmap, we have more hot news for you, this time with photos. Codenamed Wahoo, the new Nokia flip phone stands out with its half QWERTY keypad and built-in aGPS. The new Symbian smartphone looks...


WiMAX-enabled HTC MAX 4G comes exclusive to Yota Russia

WiMAX-enabled HTC MAX 4G comes exclusive to Yota Russia

13 Nov, 2008 | comments (31)

HTC announced HTC MAX 4G - a WiMAX-enabled high-end device that's exclusive for Yota WiMAX network in Russia. The handset is an HTC Touch HD replica with its 3G stripped and added WiMAX support. But there are several more new goodies on board. We...


Nokia E63 surfaces, brings little surprises

Nokia E63 surfaces, brings little surprises

12 Nov, 2008 | comments (89)

After several leaks the Nokia E63 finally got its official announcement today. Much like the rumor had it the handset is a slightly downgraded and more budget friendly version of the E71. Most of the business functionality is still there so the...


Blackberry Curve 8900 available through T-Mobile DE, seems nice

Blackberry Curve 8900 available through T-Mobile DE, seems nice

12 Nov, 2008 | comments (22)

The new Blackberry 8900 Curve packs both Wi-Fi and GPS, which is rather unusual for the manufacturer. The new Curve also has a 3 megapixel auto focus camera to make corporate users extra happy. But wait, as there is more. We reported the new...

Tags: BlackBerry


Samsung i7110 gets a pet name, price and launch date

Samsung i7110 gets a pet name, price and launch date

12 Nov, 2008 | comments (25)

According to an online source, Samsung has officially revealed the price and availability of their latest smartphone Samsung i7110. Samsung i7110 official photos The phone we've already previewed will be released in Germany first under...


Nokia 2008-2009 smartphone roadmap surfaces

Nokia 2008-2009 smartphone roadmap surfaces

11 Nov, 2008 | comments (176)

A dozen of Nokia smartphones leaked online with most of their major specifications, codenames and most importantly, their planned product announcement. Do not just get too excited though as there are no photos of the rumored devices so far. Still,...


Xda Zest with GPS and Wi-Fi made exclusively for O2

Xda Zest with GPS and Wi-Fi made exclusively for O2

10 Nov, 2008 | comments (21)

O2 today exclusively unveiled the XDA Zest, adding another Xda phone to its expanding range of O2 branded handsets. The new PDA is the first O2 XDA to be made available on Pay&Go, but it will be available on Pay Monthly plans as...


LG KC560 surfaces - did someone say tacky or what?

LG KC560 surfaces - did someone say tacky or what?

10 Nov, 2008 | comments (43)

The LG KC560 handset leaked today with a supposed release date just in time for the holidays. Having multimedia as its key element the LG KC560 does have some… okay let's call them interesting design solutions. For one, the phone has a...

Tags: LG, Rumors


Windows Mobile 6.5 confirmed, WinMo 7 still quite far away

Windows Mobile 6.5 confirmed, WinMo 7 still quite far away

10 Nov, 2008 | comments (33)

Following the rumors that have been going around, the CEO of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer "mentioned" that the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS for mobile phones will hit the market in 2009, without revealing any details about the improvements in the OS...


T-Mobile releases Samsung Behold and Gravity

T-Mobile releases Samsung Behold and Gravity

07 Nov, 2008 | comments (43)

Today, T-Mobile officially released the rumored Samsung Behold and Samsung Gravity. The Behold has a large touchscreen display while the Gravity has a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Touchscreen Samsung T919 Behold looks like the Samsung F480 but on...


HTC Touch HD hits Asia too, America still on the waiting list

HTC Touch HD hits Asia too, America still on the waiting list

07 Nov, 2008 | comments (42)

We have received word on the next wave of countries to get the Windows Mobile uber device - HTC Touch HD. Only a few days after its European premiere HTC brought joyful news to all its fans in Asia by announcing that the HD will be available on the...


Sony Ericsson W705 now official - Wi-Fi confirmed, GPS not

Sony Ericsson W705 now official - Wi-Fi confirmed, GPS not

06 Nov, 2008 | comments (121)

Just as expected, today Sony Ericsson announced their new Walkman phone - the Sony Ericsson W705. The high-end slider is the first music-dedicated feature phone by the company to feature Wi-Fi. Unluckily the rumored GPS connectivity seems to have...


Music-centric Motorola EM35 spotted in the wild

Music-centric Motorola EM35 spotted in the wild

06 Nov, 2008 | comments (34)

We came across the Motorola EM35, which will be the successor of the music oriented Motorola EM30. The smartphone runs on Linux Montavista 2.6.10 OS and has SCM-A11 500MHz processor on-board. The new EM35 is also a music-centric phone but...

Tags: Motorola, Rumors


Sony Ericsson W705 on the stage tomorrow, leaks today

Sony Ericsson W705 on the stage tomorrow, leaks today

05 Nov, 2008 | comments (91)

We are pretty confident that Sony Ericsson will release some new phones tomorrow, including the Walkman branded Sony Ericsson W705. Music fans will also cheer up with the latest portable speaker MBS-900, which also will be revealed to the...


HTC Touch HD arrives to O2 Germany, yours for only 290 euro

HTC Touch HD arrives to O2 Germany, yours for only 290 euro

05 Nov, 2008 | comments (22)

O2 Germany announced that the HTC Touch HD multimedia powerhouse will arrive on the carrier's shop windows rather soon. The handset will be sold exclusively by O2 in Germany for four weeks starting from mid-November. Having seen a similar thing...


iPhone photo contest gets the beast out of the tiny camera

iPhone photo contest gets the beast out of the tiny camera

05 Nov, 2008 | comments (58)

An online iPhone photo contest was recently held and the winning entries have just been announced. The iPhone camera has been a subject of many polemics and if you ask us, it just sucks, but it's still nice to see what you can do with enough...

Tags: Apple


Nokia unveils 7 low-cost handsets, there are even more coming soon

Nokia unveils 7 low-cost handsets, there are even more coming soon

04 Nov, 2008 | comments (74)

Today Nokia unveiled seven new handsets that come right into the low-to-mid end segment. The new offerings include 7100 Supernova, 5130 XpressMusic, 2323 classic, 2330 classic, 2320 classic, 1661 and what is said to be the most affordable Nokia...

Tags: Nokia, S40


Nokia N96 starts shipping in the US with some $900 per hour

Nokia N96 starts shipping in the US with some $900 per hour

04 Nov, 2008 | comments (68)

The US version of the Nokia N96 is now available through various unsubzidized channels in the United States, including the Nokia Flagship stores in New York and Chicago. You can get yourself one even online by visiting Nokia USA website or other...


Motorola AURA to sell on a burn-after-using basis

Motorola AURA to sell on a burn-after-using basis

04 Nov, 2008 | comments (50)

Some leaked information suggests that the Motorola AURA will be sold along with a contract that forbids the second hand reselling of the highly expensive device. In an attempt to preserve the exclusiveness of the AURA throughout its entire...

Tags: Motorola, Rumors


Samsung release the T*OMNIA in Korea - Omnia but on steroids

Samsung release the T*OMNIA in Korea - Omnia but on steroids

03 Nov, 2008 | comments (90)

The Samsung T*OMNIA comes with a larger 3.3-inch screen and four times the pixels. There's also a DMB TV tuner on board for watching terrestrial digital TV on the go. Of course the new T*OMNIA is larger than the original standing at 115.2 x 58.1 x...