The latest update to BlackBerry OS 4.5 (version ending in .77) on Verizon for the Curve and Pearl enables the internal GPS transceiver to work with BlackBerry Maps. When tested with the new functionality, the reports average a lock time of up to a minute for the first lock, with 30 seconds being the […]

It seems we were wrong. The latest information we have is that the upcoming Sony Ericsson Kate will be named C510, rather than C912, indicating that we’re talking about an entry-level Cyber-shot phone here. In addition, we’ve heard the C510 will hit the stores within a month or so. But that’s not all. We also […]

Growth in the global smartphone market slowed to 11.5 percent in the third quarter year on year, the slowest rate of growth since it started tracking smartphone sales, research firm Gartner said on Thursday. “The current economic climate is negatively impacting sales of higher end devices,” said Roberta Cozza, principal analyst at Gartner. “Going […]

The Samsung S7330 Pink mobile phone on 3 (“Three”) Mix & Match 300 gives you 300 anytime minutes or 300 text messages, or any combination of the two. Plus 300 extra anytime minutes to call other mobile phones on the 3 network. Line rental is £14.68 per month over an 18 month contract. The Samsung […]

Apple would begin selling the iPhone at Wal-Marts. The actual date of release appears to be December 28th. Wal-Mart employees are already receiving training on iPhone activation (see photo above). Today, a new report from Boy Genius Report claims that Apple may be reintroducing the 4GB iPhone to be sold at Wal-Mart for only $99 […]

AT&T Inc. today announced a planned reduction of approximately 12,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of the company’s total workforce, citing economic pressures, a changing business mix and a more streamlined organizational structure. In response to these business and economic factors, AT&T plans to reduce its 2009 capital expenditures from 2008 levels. Capital plans for […]

Ericsson and Telstra have achieved an industry first: the successful activation of HSPA Evolution functionality capable of peak network speeds up to 21 Mbps into the Telstra Next G(TM) commercial network and the world’s first data call on the newly-enabled network. For the first time, a commercial network makes use of the enhanced, standardized improvements […]

Customers of Sprint (NYSE:S) now can get mobile access to their corporate calendar on the popular Samsung InstinctTM. Today’s launch of corporate calendar access on Instinct provides easy synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes account calendars. As part of Sprint Mobile Email Work, which already provides access to corporate email and contacts, […]

The launch and pricing details have been revealed regarding an internally designed Nokia clamshell for Verizon which PhoneNews.com covered back in February. The Nokia 2605 will feature an external display, VGA camera with video recorder, Bluetooth, FOTA support, VZNavigator, and feature Xpress-On faceplates as well as a speakerphone. What is unconfirmed is the presence […]

Amazon released today an mobile shopping application for the Apple iPhone on the App Store.
The Amazon app for iPhone and iPod touch offers an easy way for users to search and browse for products offered by Amazon and thousands of retailers like Target and Macy’s, access Amazon’s shopping features such as Customer Reviews, and purchase […]

Rugged phone vendor, Sonim Technologies has announced plans to launch co-branded mobile phones with outdoor motor manufacturer, Land Rover. Two co-branded phones will enter the market by mid-2009 - the Land Rover S1 by Sonim and Land Rover S2 G4 by Sonim. This will be followed later in the year by the launch of a […]

The world’s second Google Android-powered smartphone has arrived. Its called the Agora and its available in two variants in Australia and the US. Made by Australian company Kogan, the new smartphone is now available (unlocked:AUD$299 or $193).
Specifications: 2.5-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 262K QVGA (320 X 240 pixel) resolution; QWERTY keyboard with backlighting; Bluetooth 2.0 […]

This is very interesting, a member of the xda developer forum has mod his phone so that he can add an 32GB SD card to his HTC Touch Pro. The hack uses a SD to Micro SD extender card that enabled the phone to read the SD card.

LG Electronics released its 3-inch full touchscreen phone ’ Franklin planner(model: LG-SU100’ in Korea market. The Franklin planner, a time management system, consists of a ring binder holding specially designed loose leaf pages. Divided by monthly tabs between the pages and accepting a wide variety of specialized accessories and inserts, the core idea is to […]

As you can see, this time Samsung has decided to forgo a fancy design with it’s Ego phone and opted for a classical candybar form factor. And for some “luxury” advanced materials. According to the official PR the body of S9402 Samsung Ego phone is made of “liquidmetal” composite alloy developed by Caltech, which […]

MySpace announced today that MySpace Mobile users across the globe will now be able to enjoy MySpace video content from their video enabled mobile devices. MySpace’s beta mobile video will allow users to view videos they?ve uploaded or have marked as a favorite on the move. According to John Faith, vice president and general manager […]

Hynix Semiconductor announced it has developed the world’s first 2Gigabit mobile DRAM using 54nm process technology. This product provides twice as much storage capacity over current 1Gb mobile solution which has been the highest density offered among the mobile DRAM products in MCP (Multi Chip Package), PoP(Package on Package) platform. It boasts maximum operating speed […]

Nokia today announced that it has completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited. All conditions to Nokia’s offer to acquire Symbian Limited have been satisfied and it has received valid acceptance of greater than 99.9% of the total Symbian shares that Nokia did not already own. Symbian is the software company that develops and licenses […]

For those of you who are still as of yet unaware that today is cyber-monday, T-mobile is not going to let you forget. Today marks the day the internet does battle with black friday for sales, clearance, deals and your money.T-mobile is offering front and center on their home page the Sony Ericsson TM506 3G […]

Motorola has announced the forthcoming launch of yet another ROKR musicphone variant in the MOTOROKR EM35. The slider features the Linux Java (nee MOTOMAGX) operating system, quadband GSM/EDGE, QVGA display, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, speakerphone, 3.1 megapixel camera with video recorder, 3.5mm headphone jack, and microSDHC expansion slot. The main focus of the EM35 […]