Mobile Phone News

BlackBerry 9000 Bold

admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:51:42 +0000

Yes, RIM has officially named the BlackBerry 9000. Introducing the BlackBerry Bold, which features “a 480 x 320 display, 2.0-megapixel camera w/flash, 1GB of built-in memory, 128MB Flash memory, Intel PXA270 (624-MHz) processor, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, GPS, and a MicroSD/SDHC card slot.”

Sony Ericsson Paris Live Shots

admin — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:43:34 +0000

A few live shots of Sony Ericsson’s Paris phone have just surfaced. For those who missed the specs, it sports a “touchscreen display, ‘two-character-per-button’ QWERTY keypad, 5.0-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and an M2 card slot.”

[via TechEBlog]

BlackBerry KickStart

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:35:13 +0000

RIM’s BlackBerry KickStart is set to be released on T-Mobile later this year. This handset features a “320 x 240 display, 2.0-megapixel camera, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, a “Next Gen” SureType keypad, and 3.5mm headphone jack.”

[via TechEBlog]

HTC Touch Diamond

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:31:42 +0000

The HTC Touch Diamond “features a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, Qualcomm MSM7201A (528-MHz) processor, integrated accelerometer, 3.2-megapixel camera, built-in GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, HSDPA 7.2Mbps, 4GB of internal memory, 192MB SDRAM, and a microSD card slot.”

[via TechEBlog]

Van Der Led WM2 Cell Phone Watch

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:41:32 +0000

The Van Der Led WM2 boasts a “1.3-inch, 260k color touchscreen display, stereo Bluetooth, up to 240-hours of standby or 300-minutes talk, and 1GB of storage for a few of your MP3 or MP4 files.”

Better yet, from a distance, those uber geeky keys on the numeric pad look just like the glittering wrist studs capable of mesmerizing groupies backstage. Yours for €300 (about $471 US Rubles) starting Monday

[via Engadget]

Sony Ericsson Paris Leaked Picture

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:17:17 +0000

Here is another spy shot of the Sony Ericsson Paris. This time, showing the phone with the keypad slid open. No word yet on availability.

It uses the same operating principle as the P1 and the M600, with two letters assigned to each side of each button; on the Paris, the buttons appear to be half black and half white.

[via Engadget]

Nokia Tube

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:15:18 +0000

SymbianFreak reports that the Nokia Tube is a “16:9 three-point-something-inch phone is quadband, 3G-ready, supports Bluetooth and has integrated GPS with geotagging support.” Click more for a video.

Here are the first—alleged—pictures of the Tube, the codename for Nokia’s response to the iPhone we talked about yesterday. It seems that these images were taken at the same developers conference in California. Looking at the second pic, it seems it will have stylus support

[via Gizmodo - SymbianFreak]

Google Android Qualcomm Phone Running Quake

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:25:09 +0000

In this video, you’ll see a “prehistoric-looking prototype handset running Qualcomm’s MSM7201 silicon”, powering Quake. Click more to watch.

While largely steering clear of the limelight, Android managed to make the occasional cameo at CTIA last week, including a prominent presence at Qualcomm. PC Magazine checked out a very fresh build of the platform running on some weird, giant, prehistoric-looking prototype handset running Qualcomm’s MSM7201 silicon, but be cool — the phone certainly won’t see the light of day looking anything like this, and more importantly, it runs Quake at a nice clip

[via Engadget]

Verizon XV6900

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:09:03 +0000

The Verizon XV6900 includes a “2 megapixel camera, microSD slot, 256MB of ROM, 128MB of RAM, Bluetooth, and HTC’s TouchFLO interface.”

We’ve just received word that the blindingly white XV6900, Verizon’s rendition of the HTC Touch theme, will be available online on April 16 with in-store stock following on come April 30.

[via Engadget]

Samsung D870 - The Dual Standby Phone

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:04:13 +0000

Samsung has just unveiled the D870. This candybar style phone boasts a 2.1-inch TFT-LCD display, 2.0-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD card, USB connectivity.

With Dual Standby, users can carry just one mobile phone and operate it as two mobile phones using two SIM cards. Even while consumers are using a certain mobile number, they are still able to get a call from the other number. Seamless transition from one to the other number provides exactly same experience to bring two different mobile phones while just carrying one single mobile phone

[via Akihabara News]