Helio Ocean 2 Is Getting Closer
	Helio Ocean 2, the successor of Helio's first Ocean handset (released back in May 2007), might hit the market sooner than everyone thought, as a leaked video with it appeared these days on YouTube. Unfortunately, the video was quickly removed, but there still is a snapshot from it, showing the Ocean 2 with its alphanumeric keypad out. The Ocean 2 doesn't have radical changes when compared to the first Ocean, ... [read more >>]
	23 June 2008, 12:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weird LG KS360 Unveiled
	LG, the South Korean manufacturer, has presented a new full QWERTY handset during the Singapore CommunicAsia fair, the KS360 – a device that doesn't bring high-end features but it sure is interesting, especially because of the way it is designed. The QWERTY keypad of the LG KS360 is a sliding one and, when opened, it unveils lots of red round buttons that contribute to the toy-like overall look of the handset. The na ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2008, 06:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asus M930 Released in India
	Asus M930, one of the new smartphones from Asus' 2008 line-up, was recently released in India, offering mobile users a wide set of business and multimedia features in a device that wants to compete with Nokia's E90 communicator. Although it has the same form factor as Nokia E90, Asus M930 is a bit smaller and lighter than Nokia's communicator, weighing 158 grams and measuring 113 x 54 x 18.7 millimeters (as o ... [read more >>]
	10 June 2008, 11:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intuit – Dual Touchscreen Multimedia Phone Concept
	Intuit is the name of a new and unique mobile phone concept that proposes not one, but two full touchscreen displays packed into a multimedia-center device. Before presenting the new concept, we must say that it was conceived by Eddie Goh, who has also designed the E-Ten Glofiish X800 Pocket PC that was released on the global market back in November 2007, being very well received by consumers mainly because of its nice look. ... [read more >>]
	05 June 2008, 12:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Palm Treo 800w – Small and Sprint-ish
	One of the latest Treo smartphones prepared by Palm, the Treo 800w, was seen today in the first on-hand photos, after another leaked image with the device was showing it just "lying on a desk". Well, the 800w looks nice when in hand and it seems to have about the same size ... [read more >>]
	05 June 2008, 10:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sidekick LX Gets a Special Tony Hawk Edition
	T-Mobile USA will soon offer a new edition of its popular Sidekick LX handset, specially created for all the fans of Tony Hawk, as well as for all those who like skateboarding. Or, if the first two cases don't apply, for all those who simply want a different-looking Sidekick LX, be it with Tony Hawk's name on it or not. The Tony Hawk Sidekick LX should be fully presented these days, according to ... [read more >>]
	05 June 2008, 07:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

LG Rumor in Blue, for the Texter in You
	LG Rumor is now officially available in a new blue color, released by Sprint in addition to the other three already available: black, white and green (the last one released about two months ago, on the occasion of St. Patrick's Day). Offered in the US only b ... [read more >>]
	02 June 2008, 06:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Special Wild Card Phone Released by Virgin Mobile
	Virgin Mobile has just released a special edition of its Wild Card mobile phone, named "Virgin Mobile Festival Special Edition Wild Card". The new handset is created by Kyocera, as the original one, and it comes to "celebrate" the upcoming Virgin Mobile Festival. The Special Edition Wild Card is limited to only 15,000 units, but all the 15,000 customers who buy it will have access to Virgin Mobile's G ... [read more >>]
	30 May 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Helio Ocean 2 Spotted
	Helio Ocean 2, the successor of the first Ocean handset released by Helio in the US more than one year ago (on May 11, to be exact), will apparently be announced sometime in the next few months, as a real image with the device plus details about its features have been unveiled recently. Spotted on Engadget M ... [read more >>]
	29 May 2008, 12:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How QWERTY Keyboards Work
	The QWERTY keyboard standard was first introduced in 1874 by the Remington Number 1 typewriter produced by the Remington & Sons manufacturer and is currently used in the vast majority of keyboards on digital personal computers. But why is this, what difference does it make whether or not the keys are disposed in an orderly fashion or at random? As it turns out, the keys on a keyboard are placed in such a way that the typing speed is ma ... [read more >>]
	28 May 2008, 08:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Scarlet Sidekick Slide Out Now from T-Mobile
	As rumored not long ago, T-Mobile USA is now offering a new version of its Sidekick Slide handset, namely Sidekick Slide Scarlet. The new devices brings only one change when compared to the original blue one and that is, obviously, a change of color: the interior of the phone is dressed in a dark-red hue. New colors are usually more than welcome when it comes to mobile phones, as they attract more interest from the consum ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 11:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung Glyde in Official Pics
	Samsung Glyde is finally being released by Verizon Wireless, most probably at the end of this week, as official images with the long-awaited handset have surfaced today. In case you don't know, Glyde is a full QWERTY slider that looks really nice, both ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 03:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Study: iPhone Keyboard Sucks
	Of course, as a faithful Apple fan, and a user of the company's devices, you will cough letting a few nasty words slip through your lips too. It's true though. People participating at the study have indeed qualified the iPhone's keyboard "hard to get used ... [read more >>]
	16 April 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

LG Rumour and BlackBerry Curve 8330 Now Via Bell
	Bell Mobility has prepared new QWERTY goodies for its subscribers, and recently launched two handsets that come with full QWERTY keyboards: LG Rumour (also known as LG Rumor) and BlackBerry Curve 8330. The first handset, Rumour (available as of the 9th of April), is a device specially created by the South Koreans ... [read more >>]
	12 April 2008, 06:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Get Lucky With the New Green LG Rumor
	Sprint just announced the release of a brand new version of the popular LG Rumor, which now comes in green to celebrate the upcoming St. Patrick's Day (17th of March) and to bring users a bit of Irish luck. The US carrier declares the new Rumor its official mobile phone ... [read more >>]
	12 March 2008, 06:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

CeBIT 2008: Asus M536 Details and Exclusive Live Pics
	Another Asus Pocket PC showcased by the Taiwan-based producer at the CeBIT Fair 2008 in Hanover, Germany, is Asus M536, a high-end device that comes with a design resembling the M530W model, released by Asus in 2007. In terms of performan ... [read more >>]
	04 March 2008, 10:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung SGH-i640 Smartphone Now Available From Vodafone
	Samsung SGH-i640 is a smartphone announced by the South Korean producer back in 2007, but it's only now that it hit the market, coming via Vodafone. Depending upon the contract you choose with Vodafone, the handset can be bought for prices ranging from free to 150 GBP (about 295 ... [read more >>]
	27 February 2008, 04:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pantech Duo Turns Red
	Pantech Duo, the popular dual-sliding, double-keyboard mobile phone is now offered in a red edition, just in time for Valentine's Day. The handset is brought to us exclusively by AT&T, the largest North American mobile carrier. Produced by Pantech Curitel, t ... [read more >>]
	09 February 2008, 06:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung Patents New Keypad Idea
	There are a lot of people who cannot coop up well with the touchscreen displays and the stylus that's attached to most of these phones. That’s not how users expect it should be. Even if the touchscreen is very "trendy", it will never reach the same usability and tactile feedback as any physical keypads. Also, there are people who find it easy to use a ... [read more >>]
	04 January 2008, 06:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Targus Bluetooth Mobile ThumbPad for Perfectly Comfortable Typing
	Not all mobile phones are blessed with a full QWERTY keypad for having great dexterity in quickly entering large texts in the handset. This is where Targus ThumbPad's role begins, as it connects to the mobile phone perfectly in order to replace the keypad that it lacks. The device uses Bluetooth wireless connectivity in order to communicate with the handset, which makes it suitable for use with just about any device that ... [read more >>]
	08 November 2007, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

LG Voyager to Come on November 21
	LG Voyager just received a release date and a pretty close one, too. The handset will be in stores sometime by the end of the month for all those who wait for a device that can make up for all of the iPhone's drawbacks. LG Voyager is a highly promising device that features a large, appealing touchscreen and a full QWERTY keypad that will be excellent especially for the old fashioned ones who find it difficult to get used ... [read more >>]
	01 November 2007, 08:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Palm Treo 800w Leaked Image
	A new Palm Treo model might just be on its way to hit the market, as we now have a clue on how it looks like too. Hints on how the 800w model looks like have surfaced over the past period, although the producer has made no official statement on the handset and there is ... [read more >>]
	26 October 2007, 03:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

HTC Wings S730, Best Type with Two Keypads
	Busy day for HTC. Four new powerful smartphones have just been unveiled, with HTC Wings S730 being one of them. The handset has already some fans that love its two keypads and large screen, just waiting for it to hit the market. HTC S730 is actually the successor of the S710 smartphone ... [read more >>]
	02 October 2007, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung SGH-I780 Gets Official Specifications and Pictures
	Samsung SGH-I780 has been recently spotted during the GITEX show in Dubai. A Swedish site, Mobil.se, has posted the phone in some official photos, along with specifications coming from the producer and a release date. Samsung SGH-I780 is a pretty evolv ... [read more >>]
	27 September 2007, 06:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Palm Treo 500 Hopes for Release on the 12th of September
	A first leaked image of Palm Treo 500 has just appeared on the internet, giving good reasons for people to consider this the smartphone that Pal wants to announce on the 12th of September. The company has made a special web page looking to host the device that they will launch and a contest related to this event. Palm has canceled the distribution of its ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 10:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Refined, Sexy Sony Ericsson Phone Concept
	People are cramming in order to develop new mobile phone concepts for Sony Ericsson phones. An impressively elegant one has appeared over the past days, looking like a really tough competitor for the "iPhone killer" title. Just what this phone concept has ... [read more >>]
	22 August 2007, 10:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Switching to the iPhone from Regular QWERTY Phones, Incredibly Frustrating
	The iPhone has undergone a large number of tests since its release. Most of them have been conducted in order to crack it or at least test its weaknesses and demount its mythical status. User Centric's research, although not looking to do this intentionally, also casts a bad light on Apple's handset. User Centric started their study with the purpose of seeing if texting is a potential problem for new ... [read more >>]
	17 August 2007, 10:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nokia E61i Review
	Maintaining the continuity of its business phone E series with lots and powerful devices, Nokia launched the "promised" updated version of the successful E61. This time the new E61i model got the long expected camera module that lacked in the older E61 model. The fact that it didn't feature a camera disappointed many possible buyers at the time of the E61 launching, but Nokia did it with a good reason: there are simply too m ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 13:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Motorola Q9m (Nelson) Spy Shot Images
	Some new images of the Motorola Q9m smartphone have appeared lately. This is the first handset coming from Motorola that fully supports Windows Mobile 6. The difference between this smartphone and all others from the Q9 line of handsets coming ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2007, 08:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Bulky, but Elegant Samsung i620
	Samsung i620 has not been released yet by Samsung. Actually, it hasn't even been announced. Still, by the looks of it, this phone will distinguish itself from all other Samsung phone models. The design is quite unusual at a first look. It's probably just that we have been offered a wide range of long and slim mobile phones until now. Compared to all those, Samsung i620 might look a bit bulky and out of the ordinary, ... [read more >>]
	30 May 2007, 02:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MOTO Q Amp'd Edition Launched
	Amp'd Mobile, recently unveiled the MOTO Q, Amp'd Edition from Motorola, a MOTO Q designed for experiencing mobile entertainment. The ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2007, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

BlackBerry 8800 Available in Luxembourg
	LUXGSM and Research In Motion recently announced the launch of the BlackBerry 8800 smartphone to the Luxembourg market. Developed by RIM, the new BlackBerry 8800 is the thinnest BlackBerry handset yet, delivering best-in-class technology in a sleek, elegant design with a premium ... [read more >>]
	02 March 2007, 07:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia