Coby $85 smartbook – good enough for some light Web browsing and e-mail writing
March 3rd, 2010 by Dennis Hager
Funny how our tune on smartbooks totally changes when one’s got an $85 price tag. We happened upon Coby’s booth at CeBIT this morning and of all the fairly cheap feeling laptops the company had on display it was its 7-inch NBPC722 smartbook that cozied right up to us. Okay, so it isn’t as thin or attractive as the $499 Lenovo’s Skylight, but again let us remind you that it...A smartphone that combines WebOS and 4G / WiMax for Sprint? – Palm Pre and Palm Pixi
March 3rd, 2010 by Dennis Hager
With Sprint getting ready to launch 4G / WiMax in many new US markets this year, some phone manufacturers are surely thinking about making WiMax hardware for the carrier.
Apart from HTC (which should launch the Supersonic Android phone), Palm may also introduce a WiMax handset via Sprint.
According to ComputerWorld, Kris Keilhack from PalmInfocenter says that there are some rumors regarding a Palm...Lenovo Laptops – the new X series would be ready in early March
March 2nd, 2010 by Dennis Hager
When Lenovo said the new X series would be ready in early March, it meant early March. It’s only the second of the month, but the company’s online retail site is already prepared to ship you any one of its Core i7-refreshed ultraportables — whether it be the standard X201, the svelte X201s, or the multitouch-enabled X201t — while also adding availability of the G455 and G555...Nokia announcing its C-Series family phones – Nokia C5 CandyBar
March 2nd, 2010 by Dennis Hager
Nokia has finally announced its first phone from the Cseries family ? the Nokia C5 candybar (first seen at the beginning of February).
Presented as a ?smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing,? Nokia C5 lets you see Facebook status updates from the phonebook, and it also provides easy access to other social networking sites like MySpace.
The handset also features: S60 3rd Edition, 2.2...Sony Ericsson’s latest Android handsets, the Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro
March 2nd, 2010 by Dennis Hager
Sony Ericsson?s latest Android handsets, the Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro, might be available in the UK as soon as April (when Vodafone UK should launch the Xperia X10).
Expansys has both new devices on pre-order, saying that they?ll be out on April 13 ? the Xperia X10 Mini costs ?299.99 ($446), while the Xperia X10 Mini Pro is priced at ?339.99 ($506).
Running Android 1.6, the X10 Mini...HTC HD2 seems to be getting murkier by the minute
March 2nd, 2010 by Dennis Hager
The fate of the mighty HTC HD2 seems to be getting murkier by the minute: Microsoft UK VP Alex Reeve said last week that an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 Series might be left up to hardware partners, but now Natasha Kwan, General Manager for Microsoft’s Asia Pacific Mobile Communications Business says the 1GHz handset “doesn’t qualify because it doesn’t have the three buttons”...
New Moto Devour – A sturdy design with a functional feature from MotoRola
March 1st, 2010 by Dennis Hager
The Motorola DEVOUR for Verizon Wireless features Google’s popular Android 1.6 (Donut) operating system as well as the MOTOBLUR service. MOTOBLUR syncs and delivers your messages, status updates, contacts and more to the DEVOUR’s multiple, customizable homescreens. With no logins or apps to open and an intuitive design, you will always have the most up-to-date information at your fingertips....A Shanzhai PSP phone from China is just like a SONY PSP Phone
February 27th, 2010 by Dennis Hager
Sony Ericsson may never launch a genuine PSP phone (although the company admitted that it?s thinking about it), but there?s still hope if you really, really want such a phone.
A Shanzhai PSP phone is reportedly coming soon from China. The phone looks like a regular Sony PSP console, but it has Call and End call keys, as well as a photo camera on the back.
No word yet on specs, but it?s said that the...LG GW620 as LG LinkMe in ITALY
February 27th, 2010 by Dennis Hager
Available since last month in the UK as LG InTouch Max, the LG GW620 has now been launched in Italy, too, as LG LinkMe.
The GW620 / LinkMe is LG?s first Android smartphone and comes with a 3 inch HVGA touchscreen display (resistive, unfortunately), as well as a full 5-row QWERTY keyboard.
The handset also features HSPA, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, full HTML browser, access to Android Market, LinkBook (which provides...Launching the Google Nexus One in April – Vodafone UK
February 27th, 2010 by Dennis Hager
According to initial rumors, the Nexus One should have been available via Vodafone since late January or early February. However, Google?s first phone is not ready yet for Voda.
And although there hasn?t been any official announcement about the exact release date of Nexus One via Vodafone, it looks like the carrier?s subscribers in the UK will be able to buy the smartphone starting April.
Telegraph.co.uk...New mobile Verykool i270 Touch from InfoSonics – Latin America
February 27th, 2010 by Dennis Hager
InfoSonics, a company that distributes phones mainly in Latin America, announced the availability of a new touchscreen handset called Verykool i270 Touch.
The Verykool i270 Touch is a quad-band GSM/GPRS phone with a 2.4 inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth, Web browser, email, MP3 player, speakerphone and MicroSD card support.
There?s also a 2MP camera that can be turned into...HTC Incredible phones shows up in Verizon?s inventory system?
February 25th, 2010 by Dennis Hager
Earlier this month, we saw the unannounced HTC Incredible, which is supposedly headed to Verizon Wireless as the carrier?s firs Android 2.1 smartphone made by HTC.
Now it looks like the HTC Incredible is already in Verizon’s inventory system, and BerryScoop has a screenshot to prove it.
Unfortunately, the release date of Incredible is still a mystery for now, but let?s hope Verizon will announce...LG Phones now with Windows Phone 7 coming in September?
February 25th, 2010 by Dennis Hager
Last week at MWC 2010, when Steve Ballmer officially announced Microsoft?s new Windows Phone 7 Series platform, he said that the first WP7 devices would be available in time for the holiday season this year.
Usually, this is another way of saying ?in the fourth quarter.? However, the first WP7 phone might be launched in September ? although it may also happen a few months later. Engadget China got...Skype application for Windows Mobile removed from Skype website?
February 25th, 2010 by Dennis Hager
If you have a Windows Mobile smartphone and want to download Skype from Skype’s official website, you?re in for a little surprise
According to Skype, ?Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Mobile are no longer available? ? although, if you go here, you can still download the application to your WM phone.
Reportedly, ?Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Mobile were not offering the best possible Skype experience?,...Blog Toplist
