Research In Motion has finally gone official with its much-talked-about BlackBerry Storm, via a press release filled with highly optimistic statements. Before we go on with analyzing the smartphone's official features, we have to mention that, as you probably already knew, the Storm will only be available via Verizon (in the US) and Vodafone (across Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand). Obviously, Verizon's BlackBerry Storm is a CDMA one, while Vodafone's is a GSM one, both being capable of high-data transfer speeds, via their EV-DO and respectively HSDPA connectivity. Being the first touchscreen handset m... [read more >>] Motorola Q9 is one of the world's best known Windows Mobile smartphones, a good enough reason for Motorola to come up with a successor for it, which, apparently, is Motorola Q11. Although there's nothing official about the Q11 yet, the new smartphone has appeared in a long video demonstration, via the Brazilian site Zumo. Since the Q9 is a device launched in 2007 and we're now almost at the end of 2008, the manufacturer has packed more advanced features in the new Q11. First of all, the new smartphone comes with Wi-Fi, a feature that many Q9 owners would probably want. Secondly, the camera of Q11 is a 3 Megapixel one wi... [read more >>] Yesterday, October 2, in London and Singapore, Nokia launched its highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, which aims to be a mobile device both innovative and able to deliver new features to users. Designed to provide the best music experience possible, 5800 XpressMusic will support Comes With Music, a Nokia service that offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalog."With the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, we set out to connect people through the one thing we all feel a universal connection to - music," said Nokia Vice President Jo Harlow. "The way in which people enjoy music is different around the world. Wit... [read more >>] LG's first 8 Megapixel touchscreen phone, namely LG KC910, will be commercially available starting this month (October), under the moniker of LG Renoir.The new handset will first be sold across Europe (in titan black and several other color versions that have not been announced so far), with Asia and Latin America to follow in November. December will bring the Renoir to Africa and the Middle East, while January 2009 will see China getting the phone as well. No word yet about a North American release.Named after the French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, LG's new handset will appeal to lots and lots of users with its 8... [read more >>] ZTE Corporation, one of China's leading telecommunications company, has announced the release of ZTE U990, touted as the world's first phone to come with both HSDPA and TD-SCDMA connectivity. The U990 was first unveiled during a ceremony that celebrated the company’s shipping of its 100 millionth mobile phone – an achievement that not too many handset manufacturers can brag with. Running on Windows Mobile 6.0 (which is rather weird, since the 6.1 version of the OS is available too), ZTE U990 is a touchscreen smartphone that apparently comes with a wide range of high-end features – besides the high-speed con... [read more >>] LG has just announced what seems to be the first affordable touchscreen handset: LG KP500. Coming shortly after the 8 Megapixel KC910, the new KP500 is a cheaper copy of it, created to enable more consumers to enjoy the benefits of touchscreen technology.The exact retail price of LG KP500 has not been made public yet, but it should be announced just before the phone's release, sometime at the end of October. What's clear so far is that, as LG puts it, the KP500 will have an “affordable introduction price never offered before.”Not all the features of LG KP500 have been unveiled, so we only know that the phone will featu... [read more >>] After countless rumors, leaked images and several press photos let loose on the Web, today, Samsung has fully unveiled its M8800 Pixon 8 Megapixel camera phone. In doing so, the company has become the only handset manufacturer to have officially presented two phones that feature such an evolved camera, the first one being Samsung Innov8, which is already available for purchase across Europe.Presented as the thinnest 8 MP camera phone ever, Samsung Pixon measures 108 x 54.6 x 13.8 millimeters, being with only 0.2 millimeters slimmer than LG KC910.The 8 Megapixel camera of Samsung Pixon features auto focus, flash, face detection, WDR, geotagg... [read more >>] Samsung Electronics will release new Haptic phones, under the dubbing Haptic 2. There are three models from which users can choose: SCH-W550, SPH-W5500 and SCH-W55. The phones can be found on the Korean section of the Samsung official website, as it seems they are designed exclusively for the Korean market.Let's take a look at the info we’ve got on these three new models. Users will get a large 3.2-inch LCD touchscreen that has been improved to respond more swiftly. Also, drag and drop, picture dragging and handwriting recognition, along with the features mentioned above, have been optimized for a more convenient usage.The phone ... [read more >>] After a long time of only rumors making the rounds on the Internet, Samsung's M8800 was finally released. Although everybody expected it to be named Bresson, it seems that the South Korean group has had a change of heart, and went for the official dubbing of Pixon. While Bresson would have been used as a homage to the French photographer, Pixon comes with a more resonant signification, especially since the M8800 has an 8 megapixel camera (and the Pixel-Pixon correlation becomes obvious). As it happens, this is not all the information we have on the device – a Russian team previewed the handheld, and provided some nice images alon... [read more >>] Yesterday, the highly anticipated launch of the Android phone took place in New York. Google's first-born “baby” phone was officially named G1, and is manufactured by HTC. You can now pre-order it from T-Mobile, but pay attention and act quick, as only limited quantities are available. U.S users can get this phone for only $179, with a two-year voice and data contract. Starting with November, G1 will become available in the United Kingdom as well, also only in T-Mobile, and across Europe (Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and the Netherlands) in the first quarter of 2009.This buzz around the Android phone did not build up un... [read more >>] | 
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