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Dell Announces Dell Mini 3 for China and Brazil

Computer maker Dell announced recently that it had made the first steps into the smartphone market with the launch of its new Mini 3 handsets. According to the company, the phones are to be launched in China on the airwaves of China Mobile, as well as in Brazil, with Claro, which is part of the largest mobile phone n...

14 November 2009
06:45 GMT

Apple: Competition Still Playing Catch with Our First iPhone

During Apple’s FY '09 Fourth Quarter Results Conference Call with analysts, the company’s COO, Tim Cook, revealed that iPhone competitors were still years behind the latest version of its popular smartphone. "Frankly I think people are trying to catch up with the first iPhone two years ago," Cook sai...

20 October 2009
05:31 GMT

Palm Pre Available for Free from O2 UK

The high-end webOS-powered Palm Pre smartphone is now available for purchase in the UK via wireless carrier O2. As announced before, O2 has launched the new device on its airwaves for free for those who would opt for a 24-month contract agreement on a £34.26 per month plan, yet users can also opt for an 18-mont...

16 October 2009
10:54 GMT

Less than Six Mobile Apps Are Used Frequently

One of the latest trends on the mobile phone market is the availability of application stores from where users can download a wide range of software solutions for their devices. At the same time, the applications developed for smartphones have become increasingly popular all around the world, and some of the most rec...

14 October 2009
03:44 GMT

Google Enables Larger Ads on Smartphones

The smartphone market, despite being the center of attention on the mobile front, is still very small compared with the mobile market as a whole and the revenue from apps and services targeted at smartphones, though increasing exponentially, is still rather insignificant overall. But there are those who are looking a...

5 October 2009
11:36 GMT

Samsung Demoes 5MP SoC Image Sensor

Following the introduction of the two new 1GHz application processors based on ARM's CORTEX-A8 solution on Monday, Samsung has announced the S5K4EA, a 5-megapixel system-on-chip image sensor, its newest quarter-inch optical format. Designed mainly for smartphones and high-end handsets, the S5K4EA imager brings t...

23 September 2009
06:43 GMT

Symbian Plans on Keeping Its Market Leadership

Symbian, ranked as the most popular smartphone operating system, plans to maintain its lead in the rapid increasingly market by making its software more accessible for both users and developers, and most of you might already know a few things about Symbian's release plan. Due to the entrance of new companies lik...

22 September 2009
02:07 GMT

BlackBerry Mac OS X Desktop Manager Arriving September 25 (Rumor)

The Boy Genius Report claims RIM is on track to give Mac owners and BlackBerry users a brand-new BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac come September 25th. The BGR is a generally reliable source of (this kind of) rumors, while a beta version of the tool has been available for download since September 4th. The report in...

21 September 2009
03:25 GMT

Smartphone Users Are Satisfied with Carrier Stores

According to a J.D. Power and Associates 2009 survey, wireless carrier stores provide smartphone customers with a much more satisfying retail experience compared to users of traditional models. This semi-annual survey, which has been running for six years, gathers and analyzes evaluations provided by customers with a...

18 September 2009
04:24 GMT

Smartphone and iPhone Owners Use the Same Applications

Compete, a TNS Media company, has recently published the results for its quarterly SmartphoneIntelligence survey, providing a deeper insight into the way consumers are using their iPhones and Smartphones. Based on the results of the survey it seems that smartphone and iPhone owners tend to be on the same side when it...

16 September 2009
09:24 GMT

More Details on Dell's Smartphone Emerge

Computer maker Dell has been recently rumored to plan on releasing on the Chinese market a smartphone running under Google's Android operating system. The handset is expected to surface one of these days, and some more details on it have emerged on the Web, showing that it will indeed sport an Android OS, while ...

11 August 2009
04:49 GMT

Samsung Jet, Globally Available in July

Samsung Jet is one of the latest mobile phones that the South Korean company has unveiled to the world, announced via a global event held in London, Dubai and Singapore on June 15, 2009. According to the phone maker, the new device is “smarter than a smartphone,” and it is expected to reach more than 70 c...

7 July 2009
10:54 GMT

Motorola to Launch Mid-Range Android Phones

Motorola is one of the mobile phone makers that have been affected by the economical turmoil, and not only, and which have seen their market share go down lately, along with their revenues. In order to get things back on track, the company is expected to come to the market this year with a series of attractive mobile...

1 July 2009
08:43 GMT

Acer Plans to Ship 20 Million Smartphones in 2012

Computer maker Acer reaffirmed recently its commitment to become one of the world's largest mobile phone makers in the following years. According to the company, it expects to be able to ship around 20 million smartphones each year starting with 2012, though for the following year it only estimates a number of a...

19 June 2009
10:52 GMT

Samsung Launches New Jet Smartphone

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung seems determined to attract all the eyes of the media towards it these days. It was only yesterday that we learned that the company had officially unveiled the Omnia Pro B7610 Windows Mobile-powered mobile phone (which was spotted in the wild as the Louvre as well), and now we ...

16 June 2009
02:20 GMT

LG Launches New LG-GM730 Smartphone

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has announced today the launch of its latest smartphone, the LG-GM730. The new device, which comes to the market running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, includes advanced mobile features that make its usage much easier than before, the company say...

15 June 2009
07:00 GMT

Acer A1 Android Phone to Come in November

According to the latest news on the Internet, computer maker Acer might come to the market with its first mobile phone powered by Google's Android operating system as soon as November this year. The news is more like a confirmation of what we already knew, as the company stated before that it intended to launch ...

12 June 2009
06:51 GMT

Acer F900 Smartphone Comes to the UK Market

Computer maker Acer, which already announced plans to come to the market with a wide range of mobile phones during the ongoing year, announced recently that its Acer F900 smartphone would soon hit the UK market. The handset's launch in the UK follows the release of a larger number of devices in Singapore and sho...

6 June 2009
05:27 GMT

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 on Verizon on June 19

Verizon Wireless announced on Thursday that Research in Motion's BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone would become available on the carrier's airwaves starting with June 19. The handset comes to the market with leading mobile e-mail and messaging capabilities, as well as with a nice range of multimedia fea...

5 June 2009
03:46 GMT

Acer's A1 Android Phone to Come in 2009

Acer is one mobile phone maker that was expected to release at least one handset running under the Google Android operating system into the wild this year. And while last month said device was only likely to come in 2009, it seems that things are moving into the more certain area, as an official with the company is r...

21 May 2009
08:14 GMT

Yahoo! Focus Now on Browsing Experience, iPhone

It has been revealed that people applying for the Yahoo! smartphone beta app are now receiving a notice from the company, which says, “Yahoo has decided to cease development” of the app on May 20. According to Yahoo!, the focus is now on the newly launched Yahoo! Mobile experience for browsers and for the...

19 May 2009
03:56 GMT

Specs on Samsung B7300 Surface

The Samsung B7300 was spotted in the wild about two months ago, when it surfaced along with the Samsung S8000, but there were no exact details on the capabilities of the device unveiled at the time, except for some info on its looks. However, now we have the chance to take a closer look under Samsung B7300's hoo...

18 May 2009
09:30 GMT

ViewSonic Enters Smartphone Market

ViewSonic Corp. announced on Monday that it intended to enter the smartphone market, and that it would make its first handsets available for mobile phone users in China, while also planning to offer them on the European and American markets in the future. The company's debut on the smartphone market also marks t...

13 May 2009
05:47 GMT

FCC Approves Nokia N97 NAM

According to the latest news on the Web, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently approved the North American version of the Nokia N97 (following the Euro version), and the handset comes with tri-band 3G (850/1900/2100MHz) connectivity. As many of you might already know, Nokia has just listed the high...

6 May 2009
02:42 GMT

Palm Eos, the Second webOS Handset

A few days ago Palm was rumored to be working on a second mobile phone that would run the newly unveiled webOS mobile operating system, and it seems that this device has started to take shape in the form of the Palm Eos. The available image with is shows that, in fact, we're not actually looking at a successor f...

4 May 2009
04:15 GMT

AT&T Launches Nokia E71x Today

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just announced that the long expected Nokia E71x, the slimmest smartphone on the market, will become available with the US carrier AT&T starting today. According to the company, the price tag of the full QWERTY handset has been set at $99.99, with a two-year contract agreement and...

4 May 2009
02:59 GMT

Acer Tests Android, Preps a Smartphone for 2009

Computer maker Acer is reported to be working with Google's Android operating system in an attempt to include it on a series of different devices, including a smartphone. According to the company, the mobile phone running the platform should come to the market later during the ongoing year. “The entire in...

30 April 2009
02:25 GMT

O2 Officially Intros Samsung I7500

Samsung I7500 is one phone that proves rumors can be trusted sometimes, as both Samsung and O2 announced officially that the first handset coming from the Korean mobile phone maker with Google's Android operating system would land in Germany as soon as June this year, shortly after some info on the device was le...

27 April 2009
12:41 GMT

The Increased Number of Smartphones to Facilitate Mobile Viruses

It seems that the adoption of smartphones during the past few years and their continuous growth in the future could easily offer more possibilities for mobile viruses to spread into the wild. Currently, there are more than 600 mobile viruses known to exist, which raises the risk of getting infected when using a high...

25 April 2009
06:40 GMT

Alltel Wireless Intros BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230

Alltel Wireless announced recently the introduction of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone for its subscribers, a device that brings both style and functionality, and which will become available for purchase in early May from retail stores and online at alltel.com. The new handset adds to ...

24 April 2009
03:37 GMT

Acer's Android Phone Is Likely to Come This Year

Taiwanese computer vendor Acer, the third largest in the world, is expected to release its own mobile phone that will run under the Google Android operating system before the end of the ongoing year. In addition, the company is also reported to be working on the development of other phones that will sport the Windows...

22 April 2009
09:51 GMT

U.S. Cellular Launches HTC Touch Pro

U.S. Cellular has recently added a new mobile phone to its offering, namely the HTC Touch Pro, a smartphone that comes around sporting Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, as well as a touchscreen display that is coupled with the HTC TouchFLO 3D user interface. The handset will become available with ...

22 April 2009
06:11 GMT

Nokia E71x to Come to AT&T on May 4

When it comes to AT&T releasing the Nokia E71x on its airwaves, yet another rumor about the launch date adds to the already long line of reports in this regard. The latest news on the web points towards May 4 as the day for the mobile phone to hit the market, yet nothing has been confirmed so far, and we might see th...

22 April 2009
02:15 GMT

No Sony Ericsson Android Phone Coming Soon

Japanese – Swedish joint venture Sony Ericsson was somehow expected to come to the market with its own mobile phone based on the increasingly popular Google Android operating system, yet it seems that this won't happen in the near future. The company's chief executive is reported to have said that the...

21 April 2009
06:06 GMT

Pantech to Give Away 26 Matrix Pro Smartphones

Mobile phone users in the United States have now the opportunity to win a new handset, as Pantech is offering 26 units of its new Pantech Matrix Pro smartphone via a series of websites. The giveaway period seems to have started already, as of yesterday, and will end on May 14. Each of the sites involved will have it...

16 April 2009
08:48 GMT

Samsung Propel Pro Goes Live with AT&T

AT&T has finally released the Samsung Propel Pro, after having announced it along with the Samsung Impression and Samsung Magnet. The handset comes to the carrier's lineup featuring the Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard operating system, while also including a sliding full-QWERTY keyboard. The Samsung Propel Pro come...

15 April 2009
04:14 GMT

Keep Your Phone Spam Free

Webgate is offering users of Symbian devices a solution to block incoming SMS messages considered spam. SMS Spam Manager stops these messages using six different filters, which greatly improves its efficiency. Furthermore, users have the option to reject all incoming messages or to accept messages only from people li...

9 April 2009
12:01 GMT

TELUS Launches Palm Treo Pro in Canada

Palm, Inc. announced on Tuesday that its Treo Pro smartphone could be purchased from TELUS in Canada. The handset is able to provide users in the country with a high-resolution color touchscreen, as well as full web-browsing capabilities, while running under the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, provi...

8 April 2009
04:42 GMT

New Samsung B7610 Louvre Makes It into the Wild

A brand new yet unannounced mobile phone from Samsung has made it into the wild recently, namely the Samsung B7610 Louvre. According to the news, the new device is meant to come as the replacement of the older Samsung F700, which was released more than a year ago. The new handset has been spotted at The Phone House...

3 April 2009
09:54 GMT

BlackBerry Storm Goes to Hong Kong

According to the latest news on the Web, mobile phone users in Hong Kong will soon be able to enjoy yet another nice-looking, capable mobile phone, the BlackBerry Storm. The handset should go to the area on the airwaves of 1O1O, 3 Hong Kong, China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited, one2free and SmarTone-Vodafone, in t...

3 April 2009
05:29 GMT

AT&T Unwraps Nokia E71x, Samsung Propel Pro

AT&T is reported to have made a few announcements in regard to what it is preparing for the CTIA phone show in Las Vegas, while also allowing us to have a glimpse at what its users should expect to become available for them in the following few months. Among the devices that the mobile phone carrier has officially an...

30 March 2009
06:15 GMT

The Chairman Is Both a Smartphone and a Mechanical Watch

Ulysse Nardin, a Swiss watch manufacturer, recently decided to enter the mobile phone business and unveiled to the world its first luxury smartphone, which comes under the name of Chairman. And while the exterior of the device is less likely to strike us, its specification list seems to be rather impressive. The new...

27 March 2009
03:56 GMT

Acer Showcases F1 with Snapdragon Inside

Acer is reported to plan on releasing a few more smartphones to the market this year, one of which being F1, expected to land sometime in September. The handset should run under the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, and is also expected to be accompanied by nine other devices from Acer, some of which will probably...

25 March 2009
03:25 GMT

Dell's Smartphone Is a No Go for Now

We already reported that Dell was another personal computer maker that announced plans to enter the smartphone market this year. And while the company was expected to come to the market with its first such device sometime in September 2009, it seems that we're not going to see that happen after all. On the oth...

23 March 2009
03:12 GMT

Nokia E71 Goes to Rogers in White

The Nokia E71 is now available on Rogers Wireless in white, and it comes to the carrier's users as the thinnest full QWERTY smartphone the company has to offer at the moment. The operator is reported to have been making preparations for the release since last week, and the handset was even spotted on its officia...

19 March 2009
04:04 GMT

T-Mobile G1 Will Soon Get 'Cupcake' Android

T-Mobile's G1 is now reported to get an updated operating system, namely the highly expected “Cupcake” Android update, as soon as next month. As many of you might already know, the new platform was expected to surface in the wild about two months ago for the first time, yet it seems that this time it...

12 March 2009
10:18 GMT

Smartphone Sales Slowed Down in Q4 2008

Gartner has published yesterday a market study concerning the sales of smartphones during the fourth quarter of the last year, as well as those of the said devices for the entire 2008. As anyone would expect, Nokia still occupies the first position on the chart, with a 43.7 percent market share for the last twelvemon...

12 March 2009
05:02 GMT

Acer Might Release Its Own App Store

Application stores turn out to be an increasingly popular trend these days, as another manufacturer seems to have plans to launch such a portal. Acer has just entered the smartphone market, yet the company seems determined to make all the necessary efforts to gain as much market share as possible, and it looks like i...

9 March 2009
04:34 GMT

Toshiba to Work on a Second Smartphone

It seems that Toshiba is getting ready for the launch of another mobile phone. For the time being, it is still uncertain whether the company will opt for Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform for the new handset, just the way it did with the already announced TG01. GCF announced recently that Toshiba received app...

9 March 2009
02:37 GMT

Asus Announces Its Windows Mobile-Powered P835 Phone

Asus has recently announced the launch of a new mobile phone, one that will come under its own name, the Asus P835, as many representatives of Asus and Garmin informed a while ago about the forming of a strategic alliance for the development, manufacturing and distribution of mobile phones. At the Mobile World Congre...

28 February 2009
03:20 GMT


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