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LG GW620 goes on sale as LG Eve, LG prepping an Android Snapdragon as well

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:08:05 +0100

It seems that the LG GW620 just got outed (exclusively in Canada for the time being) as the LG Eve. We guess Eve will just be a regional naming obviously inspired by the fact...

Acer neoTouch review: The dragon within

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:27 +0100

It must be sweet October for Microsoft, with the launch of WinMo 6.5 on the 6th followed by the desktop Windows 7 on the 22nd. Acer are quick to sneak into the spotlight and make the most of the primetime coverage...

Nokia giving away 100 000 pedestrian navigation licences

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:34:12 +0100

What a lovely end of the business week: we've just found out that Nokia are giving away 100 000 pedestrian navigation licenses. And what is even better, they are all free and valid for use in the whole...

A new HOOK cellphone design breaks from the bar form factor

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:28:46 +0100

We stumbled upon a new intriguing mobile form factor concept coming from Brazilian designer Fabio Dabori. The so-called HOOK promises to innovate the keypad locking mechanism and push the future...

Sony Ericsson Aino review: I know fun

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:08:18 +0100

Sony Ericsson are on the move recently and the Aino is very much part of the agenda. But living in the shadow of the Satio and X10 is not much fun we guess. So, the Sony Ericsson Aino is keen to live a double life...

Nokia X6 Comes With Music, goes on preorder

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:28:49 +0100

The second wave of Nokia touch phones and the first wave of the Xseries is coming to town - the Nokia X6 is already available for preorder with an expected date of release 12th of November, complete with...

Samsung posts Q3 report, exceeds 20 percent market share

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:54 +0100

Samsung continued its outstanding performance in Q3 of the year, achieving 35.86 trillion Korean won (about 31 billion US dollars) revenue. The consolidated operating profit is 4.23 trillion Korean...

Spy shots of touch Sony Ericsson Kurara smartphone pop up

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:29:28 +0100

Sony Ericsson obviously feel pretty good about working with Symbian S60 touch-operated UI as they are about to launch a second handset running it after the Satio. Nicknamed Kurara, the subject of these shots...

HTC HD2 now shipping in Europe and Asia for 550 euro

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:50 +0100

HTC HD2 has already started making its way out the HTC doors, so you should be seeing it on your local shop window some time really soon. That is if you live in in Europe and Asia. The USA will get the HD2 through...

Nokia's cheapest handset yet - the Nokia 1280 costs only 20 euro

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:22:12 +0100

Nokia has a firm footing in the low-end and regularly release new entry-level phones, driving the price lower with each release. The Nokia 1280 is designed with remote rural areas of developing countries in mind...

Nokia 1616, 1800, 2220 slide and 2690 storm the low-end market

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:03:12 +0100

Today Nokia reinforced the low-end part of their portfolio with four new handsets. Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 are all entry-level handsets with basic functionality and a really...

Opera Mobile 10 beta for S60 available for download now

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:13:59 +0100

Opera portfolio is definitely a one-stop-shop for finding a proper mobile web browser whether you're on a smartphone or a feature phone. The Opera Mobile browser has reached the beta stage of version 10...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 preview: First look

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:09:03 +0100

With the X10 Sony Ericsson have gone from zero to hundred in a split second. While they may know their way around high-end devices, pulling off an undertaking such as the XPERIA X10 must have been a special...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 now official, live shots inside

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:05:39 +0100

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 finally saw its official announcement today. The Android-running handset is probably the worst kept secret of the century with numerous leaks and spy-shots revealing its specs...

HTC Touch2 review: Beyond the basics

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:54:11 +0100

Affordable isn't the most common word in the HTC vocabulary but a company whose sole line of business is smartphones is not quite expected to speak the language of the masses. That said, we really need to define affordable first...

Orange UK launch iPhone 3G/3GS on 10 Nov, same pricing as O2

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:47:03 +0100

Orange officially announced that the launch of the iPhone 3G and 3GS will be on 10 November. Their future iPhone plans are absolutely identical to those of O2 ones and you can have the 3GS free for 44 GBP...

GSM-fueled Motorola MILESTONE a.k.a. DROID launches in Europe

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:46:43 +0100

That didn't take long - the GSM version of the Motorola DROID is official and is headed for Europe. It's going to be called MILESTONE and Germany and Italy will be the first to get it, but the bad news is that it won't have...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 takes over the catwalk again

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:24:47 +0100

Another day, another Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 leak. This time we've got another video of the sweet-looking UI plus another host of official photos for you. The announcement of the mouth-watering Android...

N-Gage is dead, long live the Ovi Store - full of Symbian games

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:10:17 +0100

Nokia plans to shut down the N-Gage platform. It's all going down in September 2010 but the publishing of new games has stopped as we speak. The gaming on Nokia phones will continue evolving under...

Sony Ericsson tease the crowds with an XPERIA X10 video

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:15:32 +0100

Heating up the expectations for the XPERIA X10 announcement next Tuesday (3 November), Sony Ericsson have just published a teaser video of their upcoming Android uber smartphone. If you've lived on...