Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled a few months ago its first handset powered by Maemo 5, the Nokia N900 Internet Tablet, and ever since enthusiasts have been waiting for the device to become available on the market, though the company failed to deliver it until now. However, it seems that the wait might finally be over in about ten days or so from now, as the phone is rumored to make an appearance in the US on November 14, while hitting the shelves in the UK on November 16. The Nokia N900 was originally expected to hit the market sometime at the end of October, yet the Finnish mobile phone maker delayed its release for ... [read more >>] BlackBerry Storm 2, the second touchscreen capable smartphone the Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is working on, is expected to come to the market within the following weeks, and it seems that it might even get included in Verizon Wireless' Buy One Get One promotion that currently applies to a handful of other Blackberry devices available with the carrier. A recent post on BlackBerry Rocks! shows a shot of a promo flyer that seems to have leaked directly from Verizon Wireless and which shows that the Buy One Get One BlackBerry promotion will be extended to the soon-to-come Storm 2 smartphone. The news comes rather as a... [read more >>] HTC Leo seems to become one of the year's most discussed Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets coming from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation. It was not only its impressive capacitive touchscreen display that made the headlines, but also its Snapdragon processor, and, though rumors also hinted at possible launch time frames for it on several occasions before, now we finally learn that it is already available for pre-order online. Online retailers in the Netherlands already enable mobile phone users in the country to place orders for the HTC Leo in advance, WMPoweruser notes, and a price tag for the device is also listed. Thus, on... [read more >>] Sony Ericsson's second Xperia device that will run under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system seems to be set for a launch on the market in November this year. The handset is reportedly heading for France during that month, and is expected to reach the country at a price tag of €600 without a contract. This is not the first time when we learn that the device should come in the fourth quarter of the ongoing year, nor when the €600 price pops up, yet it seems that both the cost and the launch window have been confirmed by a Sony Ericsson official this time. According to mobinaute, this is what the mobile phone make... [read more >>] O2's exclusivity over the iPhone has made the headlines quite a few times lately, as more carriers in the UK have been reported to be interested in offering the Apple device to their customers, and it seems that this will soon become a thing of the past. To be more precise, the exclusivity is expected to end on October 9, which means that T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone will be free to jump on the iPhone in about two months from now. Rumors regarding the early ending of O2's exclusivity have cycled before, yet this time things seem to be closer to reality than ever. Mobile Entertainment had the chance to take a look at certain doc... [read more >>] According to the latest news on the Web, Motorola’s plans regarding Google's Android operating system also include the launch of an unheard-of-before device, the Motorola Sholes. Not only that it is Android powered, but the phone is also reportedly heading towards Verizon's lineup, though there are not too many details on this. When it comes to the specification list of the Motorola Sholes, it shows a little more functionality than the already spotted Motorola Morrison. While the latter was supposedly heading to the market targeting teenagers, the former seems to come as a device aimed at heavy users, who are not looking m... [read more >>] One of the most recent Windows Mobile-based handsets coming from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation that made it into the wild is the HTC Leo, which was spotted only two days ago, and which is now making the headlines once again, with far more details on the hardware capabilities and functionalities it should bear when it will come to the market. The first thing that should be mentioned is that the handset won't come in a flip form factor, as previously believed; it will be only a full-touch-capable Windows Mobile device from the company. At the same time, it seems that the phone will arrive on the shelves with the 6.5 ... [read more >>] Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reported to be working on the development of a new handset that should land in September at the Nokia World event, running under Google's Android platform. While rumors about a possible Nokia device featuring Android have been on the market for quite a long time now, with nothing really consistent surfacing, this time around it seems that the odds are that the handset will indeed prove to be real. As many of you might already know, the world's largest mobile phone maker has been losing ground on the market lately, and the move towards Android should help it strengthen its leading position. Acc... [read more >>] It seems that T-Mobile's internal roadmap that shows the mobile phone that will go to Walmart stores has recently leaked into the wild, revealing a nice range of new and attractive devices, their slated release dates, as well as the price tags they are expected to feature when being available. Among the handsets, we can count the BlackBerry 8520, the T-Mobile G1 v2, Sony Ericcson CS8 or the T-Mobile G2. We already said a few words on some of these devices, but now there are more details available, thanks to the roadmap BGR has just brought into the wild. For starters, there is the first image of the already known and much discusse... [read more >>] According to the latest news on the Web, we should be able to see the first Samsung mobile phone powered by Google’s Android operating system launched on the market as soon as June this year. At the same time, it seems that the company wants to launch two more Android-based handsets during the ongoing year, at they are also planned for release on the US market. We already spotted some info on the said device earlier this year, yet back then, the device was reported to actually head to the market sometime in the third quarter of the year. The Korean mobile phone maker seems to have stepped on the gas pedal with the development of the d... [read more >>] | 
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