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Nokia N85, N79 and 5800 Tube Leaked

While other manufacturers concentrate all their "mobile powers" to create a single mobile device (I'm talking about Apple and its iPhone 3G), Nokia keeps on doing what it does best and it's preparing to release two new Nseries handsets, plus the already talked-about 5800 XpressMedia touchscreen phone, also ...

10 June 2008
03:26 GMT

BlackBerry Thunder - First Image Leaked

After announcing the high-end BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone, RIM is preparing for an even greater unveiling and that is BlackBerry Thunder 9500, the first full-touchscreen handset produced by the Canadian company. The first real image with BlackBerry Thunder appeared at Boy Genius Report and it shows a quite ni...

9 June 2008
05:05 GMT

Samsung i900 Omnia Fully Unveiled

Samsung i900, which, by the looks of things, seems to be one of the nicest Pocket PCs to hit the market this year, was fully unveiled by Samsung and it also got a new name: Samsung i900 Omnia. The handset is said to hit the market this month, but in Europe it will only be available starting July. The new Pocket P...

9 June 2008
03:12 GMT

LG Vantage Available Now in Canada

LG Vantage 830 is now available for purchase in Canada, offered by Bell Mobility, the second largest operator in the North American country. News about the release of Vantage via Bell spread about a month ago, when a May 16 date was rumored, but the handsets only got to be launched now, at the beginning of June. ...

7 June 2008
04:26 GMT

Neon 7, the Mini Touchscreen Handset

Today, people usually want touchscreen phones with large displays and a wide range of features, but there might be some users who want touchscreen phones with small displays too. Well, for the latter, a new and tiny handset has recently made its way on the market. Named "Latte Neon 7", the device we're talking a...

6 June 2008
13:15 GMT

'Projected Capacitance Touch Panel' for the Upcoming iPhone

The first pictures and diagrams of a new touchscreen display for Apple's iPhone have surfaced on the web. A Taiwanese company going by the name of Host Optical claims these are the touch-screens being used in "an upcoming iPhone," iLounge reports.The images depict different models of different sized touch-screen...

6 June 2008
08:50 GMT

Sprint's Instinct Showcased in New Videos

With the 3G iPhone knocking on the gates of the global mobile market, Sprint is getting ready to roll-out the Samsung Instinct, a full-touchscreen phone described by Sprint to be a fierce competitor for Apple's handset. Actually, Sprint even says its Instinct is superior to the iPhone. Well, at least to the curr...

6 June 2008
06:27 GMT

HTC Touch Pro Going XDA on O2

HTC Touch Pro, the "big brother" of HTC Touch Diamond, will be soon offered by O2 Germany to its subscribers, as part of the carrier's own-branded XDA series of Pocket PCs and smartphones. Officially presented only a few days ago and previously known as HTC Raphael, the Touch Pro is the latest high-end device ma...

6 June 2008
05:32 GMT

Apple's iPhone to Take a Big Bite of Nintendo's Marketshare

Forbes has initiated this interesting debate on whether Apple's iPhone will kick Nintendo's DS off the market before its time. The official website notes that, with the upcoming App Store out and the new software available for download at the touch of a button, Nintendo's handset doesn't have much...

5 June 2008
17:31 GMT

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 t...

5 June 2008
12:42 GMT

The Exquisite Samsung i900 Appears Again

Samsung i900, of which we've heard a lot of nice things until now, appeared again on the Web, this time in clear and crisp photos, which allow us to say that the handset is really a good looker. Although its design doesn't have anything out of the ordinary, its overall aspect is a very elegant one and we as...

4 June 2008
08:02 GMT

Motorola A1800 to Conquer China

Motorola just announced the upcoming availability of its latest MotoMing mobile phone, the A1800, a weird-looking PDA-like clamshell phone that resembles the A1200 and A1600 models. The new Moto A1800 will apparently be available only in China, via China Unicom, the second largest mobile operator in the country. The ...

4 June 2008
05:51 GMT

Philips X800 in Live Images

The very first full-touchscreen handset to bear the Philips name, Philips X800, has been recently approved by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), which unveiled more details about the new device. Thanks to the FCC, we now also have the first live images with the X800, which only confirm that the device is i...

31 May 2008
06:00 GMT

Polarbit to Launch Raging Thunder through the App Store

Videos of the Raging Thunder racing game have been floating around YouTube for quite a while. Developer Polarbit has recently confirmed its plans to fully port the title to the iPhone, as it is the platform that best suits Raging Thunder's control scheme. Polarbit hopes to launch the game officially, through the...

30 May 2008
03:19 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond on Sale Now

The official released date of the Touch Diamond was set by HTC for June, but the elegant Pocket PC is available as of now, via several online mobile retailers. Its price, free of any contract, ranges from almost $800 to about $900, as expected. The device can be found, for example, at Welectronics or Popularelect. ...

28 May 2008
03:22 GMT

Sony Ericsson G702 Video Leaked

There's an abundance of news related to Sony Ericsson these days and the latest concerns the G702 handset, also known as Sony Ericsson BeiBei. Details about BeiBei / G702 first surfaced in April and now the official video teaser with the phone appeared, thanks to the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog. G702 is pa...

27 May 2008
10:15 GMT

Sony Ericsson G900 and G700 Available

Sony Ericsson seems to be releasing its latest handsets without officially announcing their availability. This was the case with W760 as well as with the W350i, and now other two phones are (at least theoretically) available: G900 and G700. Until a few days ago, G900 and G700 appeared on the Sony Ericsson websit...

27 May 2008
05:31 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond the Indian Way

HTC Touch Diamond, one of the hottest full-touchscreen handsets to be launched this year, will soon be released in India, via Airtel, the largest mobile operator in the country. Officially presented to the world on the 6th of May, in London, HTC Touch Diamond is a stylish smartphone that combines an exclusive desi...

23 May 2008
06:44 GMT

Samsung F480 TouchWiz Hits Europe

Samsung announced today the upcoming European release of its latest high-end touchscreen handset, the F480 TouchWiz. The phone will be available starting June, in most European countries, coming with a major advertising campaign. The F480 was first presented in February, during MWC 2008, together with many othe...

22 May 2008
05:45 GMT

Sony Ericsson BeiBei Is the Girly G702

Sony Ericsson BeiBei, seen until now only in leaked and unofficial photos, is finally fully unveiled, thanks to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), which recently approved the handset and published several new details about it. The official name of BeiBei is Sony Ericsson G702, hence it's from the same ...

22 May 2008
02:59 GMT

Christian Dior Touchscreen Phone Unveiled

The first ever Christian Dior luxury mobile phone is now ready for all those mobile users who don't mind spending several thousand dollars on a new handset. The famous French designer created the new phone together with ModeLabs, the company that stands behind other exclusive and expensive mobile devices, like t...

21 May 2008
06:38 GMT

Sony Ericsson G900 and G700 New Teaser Videos

Sony Ericsson G900 and G700, two of the latest candybar phones unveiled by the Swedish-Japanese company, are now presented in new teaser videos, anticipating their official release. Announced back in February, during MWC 2008, the phones are the first from Sony Ericsson's Web and Multimedia oriented G-series f...

20 May 2008
10:54 GMT

New Xperia Handsets in the Making

Although the Xperia X1 was not yet released and it won't be until September this year, Sony Ericsson seems to already be working on new phones from the Xperia family.A video teaser coming from Sony Ericsson was recently unveiled, showing two advanced full touchscreen handsets, but giving no details about them. O...

19 May 2008
09:50 GMT

HTC Touch Goes Burgundy on Alltel

Alltel, the fifth largest mobile operator in the US, now offers a new version of HTC Touch to its customers: a Burgundy red one. This is surely a nice change of look from the initial gray Touch and it comes to offer users an alternative in case they have something against gray. At the end of April, HTC updated the fi...

19 May 2008
06:40 GMT

Mimique Phone Concept, Touchscreen for Kids

"Mimique" is the name of a recently unveiled mobile phone concept that should be a response to the all-serious PDA-like devices that conquered the market in the last years. Viewed from the back, the Mimique looks like a toy with an external antenna and rounded edges. Viewed from the front, the handset still looks lik...

19 May 2008
05:55 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond to Cost Less than $800

HTC Touch Diamond is definitely one of the hottest mobile devices that will be released this year - hence most of us expect its price to be a high one. Until now, HTC didn't announce how much the Diamond would cost, but it seems the high-end touchscreen phone could even have a retail price of less than $800. Whi...

19 May 2008
05:08 GMT

Samsung i900 Brings 16GB of Built-in Memory

First seen more than one month ago, in the Netherlands, Samsung i900 seems to be one of the best mobile phones ever created by Samsung until now and, of course, one of the most advanced to be released on the market this year. The handset is rumored to have a retail price of about $500 (320 Euros), which is not much c...

19 May 2008
03:14 GMT

Apple's iPhone Officially Coming to Romania, via Orange

Orange, one of the largest mobile operators in the world, announced today the future availability of Apple's iPhone in Romania, as well as in many other countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The announcement comes after Vodafone, one of Orange's main competitors, also unveiled the upcoming re...

17 May 2008
01:21 GMT

BlackBerry Thunder 9500, RIM's First Full Touchscreen Smartphone

After only a few days from the announcement of BlackBerry Bold 9000, currently the most advanced smartphone to come from RIM, a new device is rumored to make its appearance soon: BlackBerry Thunder 9500. Unlike the official 9000, the 9500 doesn't have a QWERTY keyboard and it will be the first handset created b...

14 May 2008
03:04 GMT

iPhone Users Get New Google Reader

For iPhone owners who use Google Reader on their devices, the Google Reader Team has announced their introducing a "Brand new Google Reader for iPhone," available at a tap of the screen. The guys at Google Reader wanted to make the most of Apple's touchscreen device and thus released this new Beta version of Rea...

13 May 2008
03:57 GMT

The First Touchscreen Egg Phone

A young designer from Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, recently came up with a fresh and good looking mobile phone concept, called the Egg Phone. Far from being bulky like an egg, the new handset has an oval-shaped, curved case that seems to be quite slim and, more important, it can probably fit well in users&...

10 May 2008
06:16 GMT

Philips to Unveil Its First Full-Touchscreen Handset

Touchscreen mobile devices are slowly but (almost) surely taking over the world, and pretty soon all the important handset manufacturers will have touchscreen handsets in their portfolios. Philips is the latest producer that seems to be working on a full touchscreen phone, if we were to believe some recently leaked i...

8 May 2008
04:46 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Presented: Officially Beautiful

HTC officially unveiled its HTC Touch Diamond high-end handset during the "May 6 HTC Event" held in London and ended a few hours ago. As expected and as seen in several leaked images appeared yesterday, the new device is slim and compact, having a very nice overall aspect. The rumored diamond-like pattern on the phon...

6 May 2008
09:05 GMT

Sony Ericsson BeiBei Leaked Again, This Time in White

Sony Ericsson BeiBei, one of the newest SE mobile phones that we know very little about, appeared again in a leaked image, this time all dressed in white. The previously surfaced photos with the handset (appeared about two weeks ago) show BeiBei in a black case, so the newly spotted color is obviously a major change...

6 May 2008
05:57 GMT

Apple Introduces Handwriting Recognition for iPhone

In typical Apple manner, the Cupertino-based giant has "quietly" added handwriting recognition for Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) into the latest version of the iPhone Firmware 2.0 beta, sources inform. Users select Chinese input and draw characters on the screen with their fingers. The handwriting recognition ...

6 May 2008
04:44 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Looks Great

HTC Touch Diamond (or simply HTC Diamond), one of the newest high-end devices produced by HTC, is now pictured in what seem to be its official images, which come after previously-leaked unofficial shots and details were spotted on the Web. The Italian website Newsmobile has some high-res images of the Diamond and ...

5 May 2008
07:36 GMT

Gigabyte Unveils New Smart Touch Mobile User Interface

Gigabyte, the famous hardware and electronics manufacturer, announced today its first touch-enabled mobile user interface that will be integrated into its GSmart series of Windows Mobile handsets. Named Smart Touch, the new UI seems very nice, having the advantage of being intuitive and simple, hence offering a hi...

30 April 2008
10:49 GMT

Motorola A1600 Official Specs

Motorola A1600, also known as MotoMing 2, is one of the new Moto phones ready to be launched in the following months. Until now, there were only unconfirmed details about its features, but today we have its official specifications and also the markets were it will be released. Although rumors said the A1600 would onl...

25 April 2008
09:46 GMT

Motorola A810 Passes the FCC

After being spotted some time ago in a roadmap for China, among Moto's devices planned to be launched there this year, Motorola A810 was recently approved by the FCC. A810 is one of the few touchscreen handsets manufactured by Motorola until now, and it comes with an operating system based on Linux. A complete ...

24 April 2008
08:11 GMT

LG KF700 Officially Launched

LG KF700, the good looking device first announced in February during MWC 2008, was yesterday officially launched by LG. The handset is now available across Europe, although the South Korean producer didn't mention its retail price, nor the countries and operators that offer the phone. KF700 is presented by LG...

23 April 2008
05:22 GMT

Air Traffic Is Bringing Chaos to the DS

The Nintendo DS might have had a recent slowdown in sales, especially in Japan, but the way it combines accessibility with a unique control scheme based on the touchscreen makes the Nintendo handheld one of the top choices when it comes to creating fun and easy-to-play games that can attract a wide array of players.A...

17 April 2008
02:53 GMT

Sony Ericsson G700 - FCC Approved, Soon To Hit The US

Sony Ericsson G700 has recently passed the FCC tests and, most probably, it will be soon launched on the US market. Part of Sony Ericsson's brand new G-series of handsets, first announced during MWC 2008, G700 is a touchscreen candybar that combines business and multimedia features into one sleek and slim case. ...

14 April 2008
02:59 GMT

The Real Nokia Tube - Leaked Specs and Images

Nokia "Tube", the full-touchscreen handset designed by the Finnish company, is indeed a real device, as recently rumored. Said to be a direct competitor for Apple's iPhone, the new Nokia will apparently not be as highly featured as many mobile users would want, but it still packs enough goodies to be considered ...

9 April 2008
06:04 GMT

Nokia To Bring the Ultimate iPhone Killer

We're not too fond of the "iPhone killer" expression, but the future full touchscreen handset prepared by Nokia, named "Tube" for the moment, might really be a device that can outrun Apple's sleek phone in all aspects. Or it might not, but knowing what Nokia can do when it comes to high-end mobile devices, ...

8 April 2008
08:59 GMT

Quake 3 Ported to iPhone, iPod Touch

While Quake 3 for iPod Touch / iPhone looks much more believable than the iPhone version of Mortal Kombat, it doesn't seem that the game is going to work as expected on either of the two platforms, should it see a public release. Hermitworks' Scott was able to port id Software's FPS in no time, using A...

7 April 2008
06:18 GMT

Pandigital Debuts PanTouch Line of Touchscreen-Controlled Digital Photo Frames

Digital photo frames are among the hottest gadgets to own nowadays, and for this reason a very large number of companies have decided to "give a go" to this particular market segment. However, constant innovation is the only thing that will push these product forward, and that's exactly what the Pandigital compa...

3 April 2008
13:46 GMT

iPhone Version of Mortal Kombat Rumored

Although I'm THE biggest Mortal Kombat fan ever to have walked on the surface of the Earth, I can't help but dismiss the possibility of a 2D MK heading the iPhone's way. Not with this control scheme anyway. I hope, however, that with the appropriate tweaks, a new 2D MK edition does hit Apple's sma...

2 April 2008
06:23 GMT

LG Venus Proudly Presented by Telus

LG Venus, the fashionable touchscreen candybar, will be available for Canadian mobile users starting April 2008, via Telus Mobility. The handset will come in two color versions, a black/silver one and a pink one, the latter being released at the end of the year's second quarter. LG Venus is the first touchscr...

28 March 2008
15:42 GMT

Ivyskin Rolls Out Xylo Touch-Thru (T2) Hard Case for iPhone

Those who cherish their iPhone for what it's capable of and how it looks surely want it to live long. Ivyskin's Xylo Touch-Thru (T2) is the iPhone's elixir of life, as the just-released hard case sports a scratch-resistant shield that still allows one to use its touchscreen features. It's pretty s...

28 March 2008
07:47 GMT

Samsung AnyCall Haptic, Maybe the Hottest Thing Since the iPhone

Samsung recently unveiled AnyCall Haptic, a new mobile phone that might become the next best-seller for the South Korean company. The handset's original name is SCH-W420 (or SPH-W4200), but since it's part of the AnyCall series and comes with haptic feeedback, Samsung decided to name it AnyCall Haptic, whi...

26 March 2008
11:59 GMT




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