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Microsoft is putting an end to free style design and is specifying three variants of Windows Phone 7 devices, that prescribe form factor, CPU, graphics and possibly more. Each variant, or “chassis”, specifies one of the most popular form factors,...

Technology researchers from Gartner have come up with their annual report on mobile phone sales, 2009 edition. And it's an interesting read. In short, 2009 phones sales have remained flat despite the economic imbalances but there are some pretty...

We just stumbled upon a Nokia Research Center video demoing their Explore and Share short-range radio technology for Nokia devices. The technology is highly secure as it requires physical contact between devices, but it's wireless since you don't...

An important update to Windows Marketplace was pushed out and it brings some useful new features. The ability to install apps on the memory card was probably the most requested of them - it deals with the common problem of not being able to install...

Nokia didn't put up much of a show at the MWC - they showed MeeGo and that was it. Yet, rumors of the first Symbian^3 devices are already floating around though - like the Nokia X10 rumor. A spy-style video promises a QWERTY keyboard, an AMOLED...

Windows Mobile is reborn. We all met the new Windows Phone 7 and by the end of the year we'll meet the first smartphones based on it. Reportedly, Microsoft will launch their own phone in early 2011 as well. And it will be made by Asus. With...

That's all folks! The MWC 2010 finally ended yesterday. It was a hectic week full of interesting announcements, exciting new devices and almost no sleep. But thanks to Barcelona for such a warm welcome yet another year. More than 49,000 visitors...

It is probably an understatement that Nokia and Qualcomm have buried the hatchet. Kissed and made up is more like it. In a recent interview Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs reveals Nokia have a Snapdragon-powered Symbian smartphone in the pipeline. Due by...

Vodafone have announced two of the cheapest phones ever and we do mean they make a cup of coffee look expensive. Meet the Vodafone 150 and the Vodafone 250, which one-up even Nokia's entry-level phones. The Vodafone 150 harks back to the early...

Christmas is coming early for T-Mobile subscribers - the first Bada OS phone Samsung S8500 Wave and the HTC Desire, the non-Google Nexus One, both fresh out of the MWC are coming their way, along with an entry-level Android, the T-Mobile Pulse Mini....

If you thought Windows Mobile 6 was finally put to rest, guess again. It turns out there's a little something called Windows Phone 6 Starter Edition, which is headed to new and emerging markets and can be used for rugged field computing and so...

GSMA announced the winners of the Global Mobile Awards 2010. HTC Hero was crowned device of the year, while the technology breakthrough award goes to Orange for the HD voice technology. Yesterday on a special ceremony at the MWC 2010 GSMA...

Now, here’s a handset that’s keen on sports - the PUMA PHONE. This gadget loves it outdoors and doubles as a sport tool (e.g. a bike speedo). The PUMA phone thinks green with a solar panel on the back and an eco friendly box. PUMA posted a teaser...

As promised, HTC introduced three new phones and the score is Android 2 - WinMo 1. The HTC Legend is a Hero's remake and the Desire is a half-twin of the Nexus One. In the PocketPC camp, there's the HTC HD mini. Small it very well is, not so sure...

Well, the wait is over. Microsoft finally let the cat out of the bag and Windows Mobile 7 (or Windows Phone 7 Series) as MS calls it, is now official. The first phones should start selling by this year’s holiday season. Microsoft just announced...

The HTC press conference here at the MWDC 2010 is scheduled for tomorrow but it seems that the phones to be presented there have already made their way out with some nice pics and full specs. Now the HTC Legend and the HTC Bravo are hardly a secret...

Now, how about that - Nokia and Intel shook hands to merge their mobile Linux projects into one. And along came MeeGo. The silly name aside, MeeGo is the blend of Nokia's Maemo, used on the Nokia N900 and a few others, and Intel's Moblin, which...

The Toshiba TG02 is in no mood to experiment and follows a time-tested recipe. The TG02 comes to succeed one of the most interesting devices last year's MWC brought to light. Toshiba have just unveiled the successor of their TG01 ultra thin...

The MWC is well into it already, and next on our list are five new Acer phones that just came out of their hideout. Three Androids and two Windows Mobile 6.5.3 phones are a lot to talk about, so let's not waste any more time and jump straight in....

After yesterday's flurry of QWERTY-enabled phones, the Motorola QUENCH a.k.a CLIQ XT makes a case for pure touchscreen. It is a QWERTY-less Motorola DEXT (CLIQ) joining the Android crowd complete with the MOTOBLUR UI mod. MOTOBLUR is Motorola's...