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Nokia E52 Unveiled to the World

It seems that today Polish mobile phone users in Warsaw could have a look at yet another nice mobile phone the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled in the country, the Nokia E52, which is reported to boast impressive talk time, namely eight full hours on a single charge. The new handset comes to the market both ...

6 May 2009
07:27 GMT

AT&T Launches Rugged Samsung a657

A new mobile phone is now available for AT&T's customers, namely the Samsung a657, a rugged and tough device that has been “built to withstand the harshest conditions and most demanding users.” The new mobile phone comes with Push to Talk (PTT) capabilities, the same as the previously released Samsun...

11 April 2009
04:06 GMT

New Simple LG Handset Surfaces, GB210

The new LG GB210 is yet another cheap music-oriented handset recently announced by the Korean mobile phone maker, following the release of the LG GM200, a device that was spotted in the wild last week, also including music features and coming towards users as a rather affordable phone in a candybar form factor. LG ...

31 March 2009
03:34 GMT

New Entry-Level LG GM200 Surfaces

Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has recently unveiled yet another new handset from its GM series, the LG GM200. The new device is the third to be included in the lineup lately, following the LG GM730, which came featuring Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, and the GM310, which brought a slidin...

27 March 2009
09:50 GMT

BenQ Royal Wins iF Product Design Award 2009

One of the yet unannounced smartphones that have already started to make their way out of the crowd is a BenQ handset called Royal. The new mobile phone showcased by the Taiwanese company is reported to have won the iF Product Design Award 2009. BenQ’s handsets haven't made headlines too much lately, yet ...

23 March 2009
03:49 GMT

Emgeton Unveils New Dual-SIM Phone, Enzo

According to the latest news on the Web, Emgeton, the Czech-based company that is mostly known for the digital music players it has on the market, also plans to come forth with a new mobile phone. The handset, which is dubbed Emgeton Enzo, comes as a 3G candybar cell phone that seems to resemble in a way Sony Ericsso...

13 March 2009
10:52 GMT

Sony Ericsson Athena to Be Named S312

One of the new Sony Ericsson mobile phones that is expected to be launched during the ongoing year is Athena, a device that was first spotted back in October last year. Just like back then, we still do not have an official name for the device, although rumors around it already started to surface. According to the lat...

12 March 2009
05:35 GMT

Dual-SIM Samsung C5212 Goes On Sale in Russia

Samsung has released to the market another dual-SIM handset, namely the Samsung C5212. This candybar made by the Korean phone maker has become available on the Russian market, and users will be able to acquire it before the end of this month. The Samsung C5212 enables both supported SIM cards to work on GSM 900 / 1...

24 February 2009
06:00 GMT

Samsung B2100 Rugged Phone to Be Launched in March

Samsung has been already reported to come to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month with three new mobile phones, among which the Samsung B2100 has been spotted. The rugged handset is stated to look much like the company's B2700 device, which has been around for about half a year already. Coming as t...

29 January 2009
05:06 GMT

Photos and Specs of Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Surface

A new unannounced Nokia smartphone, namely the 5730 XpressMusic, has already made it to the Web, through a lot of photos presenting the device. The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a candybar mobile phone that seems to include a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that complements the handset's standard numeric keypad. According...

20 January 2009
05:46 GMT

LG GB106 and LG GB110 Spotted in the Wild

LG has recently added two new handsets to its entry-level mobile phone lineup, namely the LG GB106 and LG GB110. The two devices come in small candybar form factors and are reported to be rather affordable products, delivering an optimal balance between their price and functionalities. Both LG GB106 and LG GB110 come...

14 January 2009
11:19 GMT

Samsung's Projector Phone Is Called 'Show'

Samsung unveiled a new device last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, namely a projector phone dubbed Samsung Show. The Korean handset comes to complete the line of such devices, started by Logic Wireless with its model, which was also showcased at CES 2009. For projecting images onto a big screen, S...

12 January 2009
07:03 GMT

LG KP500 Cookie Priced

Although the LG KP500 is a Renoir-esque device that was designed to be entry level, everybody expected that it would be priced somewhere on the upper limit of affordable. It seems that this is not quite true, since according to the latest reports, the price tag for this phone will be somewhere around 170 Euros, befor...

21 October 2008
10:19 GMT

NTT DoCoMo Will Launch a New Sony Ericsson Phone

Japan's largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, will apparently offer its subscribers the unusual Sony Ericsson SO-01A, aka SO907i. Aside from the fact that most phones that go to Japan are coded SO, by the looks of it, this is a new model that was perhaps especially designed for this territory.Not much information...

9 October 2008
06:22 GMT

10th Anniversary Nokia Vertu Signature for a Mere £24,000

Since 1998, Vertu, a subsidiary of the Finish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia, has been delivering luxury mobile phones. This means that each and every one of its models probably cost one’s salary for an entire year, in case we’re talking of an average income.  The Vertu phones are the epitome of exc...

6 October 2008
08:12 GMT

Sony Ericsson W302 and K330 Started Shipping

Two of Sony Ericsson's new candybars from its 2008 line-up, the W302 and K330, should be commercially available in the next few days, as the Swedish-Japanese company has removed their "coming soon" tags.Although Sony Ericsson should have presented a brand-new phone today (the G705, codenamed Kumiko), it seems th...

8 September 2008
10:06 GMT

LG KP199, New Dynamite Phone for India

LG India has recently released a new and affordable mobile phone from its Dynamite series, named KP199. This new phone comes in a candybar form factor and packs several quite nice features for an entry-level handset – for example, it comes with 60MB of internal memory. And while this is not at all "huge," ...

3 September 2008
04:30 GMT

Sony Ericsson G502 Turned Red

Fancy colors and mobile phones go "hand in hand" quite well, and that's why Sony Ericsson will soon be offering a new version of its G502 mid-end candybar –"celebrity red". The G502 is currently available in black and "brilliant hazel", so the new red color is more than welcomed, as it completely changes ...

27 August 2008
17:44 GMT

Motorola VE538, a Simple Web Phone

Motorola has recently unveiled, in Singapore, a brand new phone that is targeted for those who need to access the Web while on the go. The handset in question is VE538 and it was announced together with other four devices that will soon hit the Singaporean market: Motorola ZN5, Motorola A1600 Ming, Motorola EM330 and...

25 August 2008
08:14 GMT

Affordable LG Invision Launched by AT&T

At about the same time with the release of the cheap Sony Ericsson W350 in the US, AT&T has come up with LG Invision, another new and affordable handset. Unlike the W350, which is a semi-flip phone targeted for music lovers, the Invision from LG is a simple candybar created for "visionaries of video", as AT&T puts it...

21 August 2008
03:48 GMT

The Slim Sony Ericsson T700 Now in Official Videos

The latest-announced fashionable Sony Ericsson phone, namely the T700, has now two official video presentations. These offer mobile users a glimpse of what they can get when the candybar hits the market - sometime in the fourth quarter of the year, according to Sony Ericsson. First appeared under the codename Sony ...

16 August 2008
04:23 GMT

Sony Ericsson T700 Announced - Mid-End Elegance

Sony Ericsson T700, the handset said to be the modern reiteration of T610 (a phone that had a huge success back in its time), was officially presented today. The T700 is an elegant mid-end candybar which could reach high sales if Sony Ericsson prices it sagely. Feature-wise, the new T700 brings the following: a 2 i...

7 August 2008
04:47 GMT

Samsung i7110 Leaked - New 5 Megapixel Candybar

Shortly after the official announcement of the 8 Megapixel Samsung Innov8 smartphone, another high-end camera handset from the South Korean company has surfaced. Named Samsung i7110, the new phone is not yet confirmed by the world's second largest handset manufacturer, as it only appeared in several leaked pictu...

6 August 2008
04:50 GMT

The NFC-ready Nokia 6212 is FCC Approved

The FCC has recently approved a new Nokia candybar, namely the Nokia 6212 Classic, a handset that was first announced by the Finnish company back in April. The phone might not be seen by many users as a "good looking device", but at least it has some nice features packed in it. First of all, the 6212 embeds the NFC (...

5 August 2008
07:19 GMT

Nokia 2600 Classic Headed to AT&T

AT&T will soon offer a new Nokia mobile phone in the US, but before getting too excited you should know that we're only talking about an entry-level device: Nokia 2600 Classic. The handset is already on sale in other parts of the world (in India, for example), and now it's time for the US to get it too. For...

24 July 2008
06:56 GMT

Motorola EM30 Caught Live

Motorola EM30, the latest handset from Moto's ROKR family, was recently spotted in several live images, which might mean the phone could be officially unveiled soon. The new handset borrows a lot from the ROKR E8, which is already available in Europe, Asia and North America (T-Mobile is the carrier offering the ...

21 July 2008
03:09 GMT

Samsung M150 Officially Presented

Besides announcing the upcoming Italian availability of the high-end i900 Omnia Pocket PC, Samsung has also recently unveiled the release of another new phone, named M150 and targeted for fashion-conscious users who don't want to spend too much money on a mobile device. First presented together with the J800 ...

17 July 2008
08:23 GMT

Sony Ericsson G900 to Come in Blue Too

Sony Ericsson G900, the latest touchscreen smartphone released by the Swedish-Japanese company, could be soon offered in a new color version. Currently available only in dark brown and dark red, the G900 was spotted in blue too. Appeared on the SEMC Blog, the new version of G900 is actually dressed in a lavender...

15 July 2008
04:33 GMT

BBK Announces New K320 and K300 Candybars

BBK Communication Equipment Corp, a Chinese company that manufactures mobile phones (among other things), unveiled the upcoming release of two new handsets: K320 and K300. BBK K320 is a mid-end candybar that comes with a simple look and weighs 98 grams. The phone works only on the 900 and 1800 MHz GSM frequencies a...

15 July 2008
03:08 GMT

Sony Ericsson W902 Fully Unveiled

Sony Ericsson W902 is the next high-end Walkman phone that the Swedish-Japanese company is preparing for mobile users across the globe. The handset, also known under the codename Sony Ericsson Patti, was not yet announced by the company, but it has been spotted in several live pictures.W902 is built on the same hardw...

11 July 2008
09:55 GMT

Nokia XpressMusic 5320 Might Hit the US

The US might soon get a new Nokia Xpress Music handset, namely the XpressMusic 5320, as the phone was recently approved by the FCC. If Nokia indeed plans to release the 5320 in the States, it would be the second XpressMusic to be available this year for North American users, after the 5310, which was launched by both...

8 July 2008
12:35 GMT

The CDMA Nokia 1508i Approved by FCC

Nokia 1508i was recently approved by the FCC to work on the CDMA 1900 MHz frequencies, this making the phone ready to be commercialized in the US. Nokia said the handset should hit the market in the third quarter of the year, hence in the next few months the 1508i might get to US users. Officially presented at...

8 July 2008
01:56 GMT

M5310, the First Samsung Handset with Shake Control

A new unofficially announced Samsung handset has appeared on the Web, coming a few days after the dust and splash resistant B2700 model. The new phone is named Samsung M5310 and, as the aforementioned one, it comes in a candybar form factor. The M5310, however, is more advanced, and it seems to be a music-oriented ha...

7 July 2008
08:25 GMT

Samsung B2700, New and Tough Candybar

Samsung is no stranger to resistant mobile phones (M110 and Z400 being among the latest-released ones) and it will soon come up with a new handset of this kind, named Samsung GT-B2700, or simply Samsung B2700. The "GT" part of the phone's name seems to be a first for Samsung, as the South Korean manufacturer mai...

4 July 2008
04:19 GMT

Nokia 6220 Classic Hits India

Nokia has chosen India as one of the first markets to get its 6220 Classic candybar released, a nicely-featured device announced by the Finnish company back in February, during MWC 2008. We don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that Nokia has been recently recognized as India's most trusted ...

2 July 2008
12:26 GMT

Unnamed Motorola and the W265 Approved by FCC

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has recently approved two new Motorola phones, a candybar and a clamshell. The name of the candybar is not known for the moment, as FCC keeps this detail secret, but the clamshell is a W-series handset, namely Motorola W265. Since the candybar is the more evolved hands...

2 July 2008
09:22 GMT

Sony Ericsson Remi to Reiterate the Success of T610

Sony Ericsson prepares a new and thin candybar to conquer the market, a candybar that, for the moment, is codenamed Sony Ericsson Remi. The handset is apparently a modern version of the T610, one of Sony Ericsson's most popular handsets of all time. The T610 is now both obsolete and discontinued, as it dates bac...

30 June 2008
08:05 GMT

The Basic Sony Ericsson J132 Showcased in Promo Video

Sony Ericsson J132, one of the new entry-level handsets recently presented by the Swedish-Japanese company, has now an official video demo that showcases the handset's best features: the dust resistant keypad and FM radio with RDS and a quick-access key. The J132 is a candybar that was unveiled on June 17, to...

28 June 2008
04:54 GMT

Affordable vTrendy Released by Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile has just released a new mobile phone in India, the vTrendy, which comes as the sixth handset from the company's Indian line-up of products. The new vTrendy is an affordable candybar that costs only 1,499 INR (about $35 or 23 Euros). It's very likely that the new phone is manufactured by No...

23 June 2008
10:20 GMT

Sony Ericsson S302 Appears in Demo Video

Announced together with Sony Ericsson C905 - the Cyber-shot flagship which packs a 8.1 Megapixel camera - the S302 did not manage to make it into the media spotlight, as the Cyber-shot camera monster attracted all the attention. Well, this is no surprise after all, as Sony Ericsson made the S302 to be a mid-end devic...

20 June 2008
12:44 GMT

Samsung L700 Shows Lack of Naming Originality

Samsung has recently unveiled one of its new mobile phones, the L700, which is a mid-end device that will be released on lots of markets around the world, except the Americas and Africa. The thing is that this new handset has exactly the same name as another Samsung device, which is a 7.2 Megapixel digital camera....

18 June 2008
07:14 GMT

Simplicity Comes with Sony Ericsson J132 and K330

Today is an important day for Sony Ericsson, as the Swedish-Japanese company has announced 5 new mobile phones. Besides the high-end C905, there are also phones with fewer features and among them, the J132 and K330 models are really basic devices. Both J132 and K330 come in candybar form factors and are created to...

17 June 2008
05:58 GMT

New Entry-Level Sony Ericsson Handset Leaked

After unofficially unveiling an MTV Edition of the high-end W760 Walkman phone, Sony Ericsson now comes with a new handset, and an entry-level one this time, which we don't know too many things about. Even its name remains unveiled, so for the moment we don't know how to call it. The new Sony Ericsson ...

5 June 2008
04:04 GMT

Samsung Soulb, the Soul Candybar Announced

Samsung announced, just a few hours ago, the release of Samsung Soulb, the third mobile phone from the South Korean manufacturer's Soul family. Samsung obviously chose to name the new handset Soulb due to its bar-type form factor (or candybar, as it's popularly known). Staying true to the "Soul spirit", ...

29 May 2008
09:53 GMT

Nokia 7310 Classic Getting Official

It looks like Nokia will soon be releasing a new "Classic" phone, the 7310 Classic, which we first heard of not long ago (at the end of April, to be precise).Although the Finnish company hasn't given us anything yet regarding the 7310 Classic, there's a picture with the new handset that recently appeared on...

27 May 2008
02:39 GMT

Sony Ericsson C300 Leaked Details

Sony Ericsson will release lots of new mobile phones this year (besides the ones already launched), and C300 is one of them. The device appeared on a WAP profile from SE's website (click here to view it) and unfortunately there's no image with it, but we do have a few details about its features. The SEMC B...

26 May 2008
06:33 GMT

Affordable Alcatel OT-S211 Unveiled

Alcatel recently unveiled a new entry-level mobile phone, namely the OT-S211, a device that will not be able to answer the needs of those who want advanced features from a handset. The new OT-S211 comes in a classic candybar form factor and it doesn't look too bad, but neither too great. Among its known specs ...

6 May 2008
02:51 GMT

Sony Ericsson Emelie Getting Closer

We first heard about Sony Ericsson Emelie more than two weeks ago, when some images with it appeared on the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog. Now there are even more images, leaked by the same SE-dedicated blog. Like the first pictures, the new ones do not show the "entire" Emelie phone, but only a part of its silvery ...

9 April 2008
03:41 GMT

Sanyo S1 Heading Towards Sprint

One of the most basic mobile phones out there will soon be available at Sprint for those who want to use their handset only for communication and nothing more. Sanyo S1 has been recently approved by FCC and was already awaited to hit the US market.At a first glance, Sanyo S1 looks pretty repulsive, with classic, unap...

31 October 2007
06:29 GMT

Here Is the VK2200 and Its Weird Looking Keypad!

There is no human out there that never laid its hands on a candy-bar cellphone throughout its life. Well, there might be some cases but they are way too few (a couple of still savage tribes in the Amazon and I suppose that's it), so we can neglect those and head on to what I want to tell you. From the numerous i...

8 March 2007
11:26 GMT


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