Published on Sunday, July 4, 2010 by admin T-Mobile has announced that it will stop offering its youth-oriented Sidekick phone from Microsoft. The news comes as Microsoft and Verizon Wireless discontinued the Kin social phones. Microsoft says it is moving resources from Kin and presumably Sidekick to focus on the Windows Phone 7 series. T-Mobile promised "exciting updates" to come. As Microsoft Relevant P...

Published on Sunday, July 4, 2010 by admin Nokia and Intel have released the pre-alpha MeeGo mobile operating system to developers. The Linux-based merger of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo is the successor to Symbian. Nokia is betting heavily on MeeGo to keep it the world's largest handset maker as Apple and Android move up. Nokia hopes to spur development of apps. Nokia is betting heavily on the MeeGo ...

Published on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by admin It’s really not that big. It seems like it would be based on the specs and photos, but in reality the Sprint EVO 4G by HTC just isn’t that big. And it’s not levied as an insult, I just mean to say that the EVO is manageable in size. The screen has the same 800 x 480 resolution of the Nexus One and HTC Incredible, but the pixels are spread out over a much la...

Published on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by admin A tough and rugged image is what you have always portrayed. Smart, reliable and not afraid of getting dirty… Samsung’s Xcover E2370 is therefore the cellphone for you. Minus the frills and sophisticated functions, Xcover is nevertheless equipped with the bare essentials. It is incorporated with Bluetooth, FM radio, and VGA camera. It also features a 160 ...

Published on Friday, June 18, 2010 by admin A showdown between a flood of Android-powered mobile devices and Apple's iPhone 4 is shaping up. The problems that caused Apple and AT&T to suspend iPhone 4 pre-orders could help Android competitors Motorola, LG Electronics, and Sony Ericsson. While retailers will begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 soon, demand is likely to exceed supply. With a small army of Android...

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by admin The global leading maker of mobile devices, Samsung Electronics has introduced its new stylish, elegant Samsung Galaxy 3 I5800 and Galaxy 5 I5500 Android-based smartphones, which feature the same Google Android 2.1 OS, Samsung’s customized TouchWiz 3.0 UI, A-GPS, and smart Social Hub that seems perfect for social media enthusiasts who wanna remain connected...

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by admin Apple’s iPad is selling well in Japan market after its recent launch and if you wonder what other similar tablet PC products that could be pushed into local market by its local manufacturers, the recent announcement by its giant electronics maker, NEC will have an answer for you. Named as LifeTouch, it is an ARM Cortex-A8 based tablet PC that will be preins...

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by admin HTC Corporation and AT&T have officially announced the upcoming launch of the new ultra-compact, pocket-sized HTC Aria Android-powered smartphone, which combines convenient-to-carry design with 3.2″ full-touch screen, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, AT&T’s HSPA 7.2 Mbps technology and Android 2.1 platform with impressive HTC Sense experience. [ad#300x250_im...

Published on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by admin As much as some people would’ve loved to sport an Android powered smartphone bearing the name of one hip moving international singer, the Sony Ericsson Shakira is now receiving an appropriate name fit to follow its bigger brother. Now that its name is being changed to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, it naturally will be a step below the X10 and is positioned to be ...

Published on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by admin The Motorola Droid continues to be the king of Android devices that include a hardware keyboard, and the smartphone which bore the Android flagship crown for some time before the Nexus One. Meanwhile, the Nokia N900 runs Maemo linux 5 - the operating system which - with polish and joint collaboration with intel - will soon emerge as MeeGo and power a host of...

Published on Thursday, June 10, 2010 by admin Friday was a pretty big day for Sprint and HTC, joining up to launch the HTC EVO 4G (codename Supersonic). The EVO is the first mainstream 4G smartphone to launch in the US and runs on Sprint's fledgling 4G WiMAX network. I've got one, and I must say, it's a pretty beastly device, for reasons both good and bad. But we'll get to that in a minute. This isn't a full...

Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by admin The leading innovator of mobile communications, Motorola has introduced its new sleek, stylish and sophisticated Motorola MILESTONE XT720 mobile device, which the company claims as the world’s first ultra-slim 8 MP Android-powered smartphone complemented with Xenon flash, capable of recording HD (720p) video at 24 frames per second. [ad#300x250_image_ads]...

Published on Friday, June 4, 2010 by admin LG has announced the upcoming availability of its new social networking handset equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, named as LG Town GT350, which specifically focuses on social networking services (SNS) to ensure the users always keep connected to their favorite friends and social groups even on-the-move. LG Town GT350 is featured with a 3-inch WQVA ...

Published on Friday, June 4, 2010 by admin Just when we were all getting excited for the Samsung Galaxy S to hit our favorite mobile carriers word comes out of South Africa, yes you heard us correctly, South Africa, that Samsung has a Galaxy Tablet up their sleeve. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Here is what we have heard: 7”  Super AMOLED display Running Android with the TouchWiz UI 3.5mm Audi...

Published on Friday, June 4, 2010 by admin Motorola has introduced its new stylish, innovative Motorola FLIPOUT with MOTOBLUR, the compact Android 2.1-powered smartphone which combines unique square pivot design with a 5-row full QWERTY keyboard, enhanced MOTOBLUR features and social network integration services, coming with a free 2GB MicroSD memory card in a package. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Key Feat...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin [ad#300x250_image_ads] Expect this to be the first of many similar announcements as Nokia works out carrier agreements for its new flagship phone. Vodafone’s always informative Coming Soon page has today been updated with the N8, touting its “incredible” camera, social features, and personalization options. Nothing resoundingly new or informative then, bu...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin In a recent leak of Microsoft documentation of Windows Phone 7 we learn a few technical bits about the operating system. To start, we confirm that WP7 is based off of Windows CE 6.0, meaning that it has a 32-bit kernel and thus can addresses 4GB of RAM at the most (it would be a difficult to argue that a smartphone would need more than that anytime soon,...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin Despite not even making its way onto store shelves yet, the HTC EVO 4G for Sprint has been generating a pretty hefty amount of buzz. Despite having some pretty impressive specs such as a massive 4.8-inch touchscreen, an 8 megapixel camera in addition to a front facing camera, Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor and Google’s Android 2.1, most of the buzz has b...

Published on Sunday, May 23, 2010 by admin NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: HTC Corp fired back on Monday in its legal battle with Apple Inc, asking the US International Trade Commission to ban sales of iPhones, iPads and iPods in the United States. In a complaint filed with the ITC and obtained by Reuters, HTC accused Apple of infringing five of its patents related to cellphone directory hardware and software and...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin Does the much-hyped HTC Incredible really live up to its name? We compare spec-by-spec versus Apple’s iPhone 3GS to find out. We have little doubt that HTC’s Incredible is king of the Android mountain for the time being. But even if it stares down at the myTouch puttering around in the foothills and the Droid on a craggy outcropping just below, it still has t...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin Android titans clash when we pit the Motorola Droid versus HTC Droid Incredible. With the long-rumored HTC Incredible now unmasked and headed to Verizon in just days, many early reviewers claim it may be the finest Android handset to date. But how does this darling ‘droid stack up to the last Google-powered phone to that held that disputed title – Motorola’...

Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 by admin If you are tight of budget but would like to own a touch screen based mobile phone, here could be a good option for you. Named as Samsung Champ, it is a newly announced entry level mobile phone with touch screen feature suitable for those beginners that would like to switch from conventional keyboard to touch screen input. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Typically, t...

Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 by admin With Android 2.2 expected to be launched today at Google IO 2010, what better time to be looking beyond that to Google’s subsequent refresh of the smartphone OS.  According to the new WebM streaming video project FAQ, Android “Gingerbread” is due in Q4 2010. [ad#300x250_image_ads] There’s no suggestion of how significant a release this might be �...

Published on Thursday, May 20, 2010 by admin Now that N900 deliveries have started, getting of additional applications on the N900 since the Ovi Store is, chances are you will be getting hold of your very own N900 pretty soon. There is also a high probability that you will feel just a little at sea when you use the device for the first few minutes when you try and get a feel of it and wonder what is the best way...