Recent Entries in handsets
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Simple Doro PhoneEasy Phone for Easy Amplified Use for Phone Calls and Texts
Designed to suit the needs of seniors seeking a mobile phone that feels safe and easy-to-use, the Doro PhoneEasy 410gsm also offers a large color display, lighted keys, amplified sound, and several other eagerly awaited features. According to a...
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CASIO G'zOne Brigade Tough Water, Dust and Shock-Beating Phone from Verizon
The water, dust and shock resistant CASIO G'zOne Brigade is available today from Verizon. Geared for workers in tough conditions such as construction, public safety and utilities the clamshell Brigade has a QWERTY keyboard; an HTML browser; and Document Viewer,...
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Microsoft and Verizon Think Pink with Turtle and Pure
There have been reports that Verizon and Microsoft are working on a "Pink" series of "Zune-Like" phones for teens and twenty-somethings with a text messaging social-networking focus, the Turtle and Pure.Marketing material shows the phones as "Making your network more...
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BlackBerry & iPhone Dominate Smartphone Market, Positive Notes, Notes Gartner
Gartner has publihsed their worldwide mobile report. Although there was a slight decline in total sales and single digit growth, the market is considered positive due to increased strong smartphone growth and low-end handset sales. RIM's BlackBerry was 19.9% and...
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LG Arena Enters Mobile AT&T FloTV Arena February 26
The half-inch thin AT&T LG ARENA will go on sale online February 26. The LG ARENA is an entertainment centric phone. LG ARENA' s 3-inch touchscreen can show DVD-quality videos made by the LG ARENA's 5.0 MP autofocus camera with...
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Viva Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro with QWERTY and PlayNow
Sony unveiled the Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro, has a QWERTY keyboard along with a touchscreen to give a user more input for messaging and entertainment. Just like flagship phone Sony Ericsson Vivaz, announced in January, Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro allows...
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BlackBerry Top Smartphone, Moto Top Cell Maker, Android Growing Fast, Says ComScore
The comScore MobiLens for September and December 2009. has been released. The report showed Motorola to be the top handset manufacturer with 23.5 percent market share. RIM's BlackBerry smartphones had the lead in smartphone platforms with 41.6 percent market share....
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Samsung Monte Offers Full Monty of Social / Media Features
Mobile World Congress news is already starting with new smartphone releases. Samsung announced the launch of Samsung Monte (S5620) a new full touch screen device for "style-conscious mobile users" that is part to the Samsung "S" series of phones. The...
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Obama's Stimulus Helped Stimulate Expansive Mobile Market, Says ABI
ABI Research confirmed IDC's belief that the world mobile handset market improved. Nokia maintained it's lead followed by Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola."2009 may have started with a whimper but by 4Q-2009 the global mobile handset market ended with...
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Rumor Rumor: New LG Rumor Touch Coming to Sprint 2/14
Sprint announced the upcoming availability of the new LG Rumor Touch, successor to the LG Rumor with a QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen, 2 MP camera/camcorder, 3G, GPS, Sprint TVThe LG Rumor is a full QWERTY keyboard device that is one of...
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Save Water Shower with Your Cell Phone - Wash Dishes and Cell Phone at Same Time with SEAL CELL Waterproof Antimicrobial Cell Phone
Finally a cell phone, you can shower with or wash in your dishwasher. You can even take it out in the rain or with you on that ragging river trip. It you share your cell phone and never clean it,...
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Samsung Corby PRO QWERTY with 3G, 3 MP Camera and 3.5 Jack
Another feature phone being shown at CES is the Samsung Corby PRO that features a full, slide out QWERTY keyboard that lets users send text messages and emails instantly without sacrificing style. The Samsung Corby PRO also meets the needs of...
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Android Samsung Moment First Smartphone for Free Mobile DTV Demoed @ CES
Sprint and Samsung announced that the Samsung Moment will display a mobile phone demonstration of the North American mobile digital TV broadcasting standard during International CES 2010 in Las Vegas. It's like regular TV except in your phone, it the...
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Mirrored Laylo and Bar-Style Domino Available @ MetroPCS
Kyocera announced the launch of the Kyocera Laylo and Domino handsets at MetroPCS. Laylo is an eye-catching red "slider" with a soft-touch finish and a reflective twist - sliding it open reveals a hidden vanity mirror. Domino is a bar-style...
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Top Mobile Phones in US Revealed by Nielsen - iPhone,/BlackBerry Top List
Nielsen studies television viewing and now is finding out all sorts of information about cell phone sand smartphones. About one of every seven American households (15%) owns at least one smartphone, according to survey findings from Nielsen's. Nielsen's top mobile...
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Top Ten Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday Cell Phone/Smartphone Tips from Wireless and Mobile News
In the frenzy of Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday, sometimes you can loose sight of what the season is all about and your goals. Here's a list of things to remember on Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday, especially...
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Black Thurs/Friday Deals @ RadioShack: Free BlackBerry 8520/Xenon, Cell Phone Discounts
For those of you who will be online on Thanksgiving, we've listed the RadioShack deals on cell phones listed in their flyer. Their new motto is "Our friends call us the Shack." The RadioShack website offers free shipping on orders...
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Pantech Impact Fun Touchy Messaging Handset @ AT&T
Pantech will will "Impact" AT&T messaging customers with the Pantech Impact in bright blue and soft pink. Impact features a high-gloss faceplate with a haptic response touchpad, two screens and a side-ways flip keyboard, along witht social and multimedia...
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Mirror Mirror on the LG Shine II - Chick Chic Multi-tasker @ AT&T 11/22
Mirror, mirror on my phone who is the most chic chick multi-tasker in the land? According to their latest news release it has to be the new LG Shine II. AT&T will be offering the LG Shine II, the next...
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AT&T Messaging Takes Flight with Samsung Flight $99
AT&T and Samsung like to get your messages across. They announced the next generation messaging device from Samsung, the Flight, available in red and silver color options. The Samsung Flight has a vertical portrait phone with a sliding-down QWERTY keyboard...
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Samsung Mythic @ AT&T $199 FLO TV $9.99 a month
AT&T and Samsung announced the Samsung Mythic The Mythic's 3.3" full touch screen uses the Samsung's innovative TouchWiz interface, which allows users to drag and drop widgets for their favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone's...
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Samsung Convoy Joins Verizon Calacade of P-T-P Rugged Phones
Verizon will offer the push-to-talk, Samsung Convoy with military specifications built to withstand the harshest of elements to its offering. The Convoy's high-quality stereo speaker, extended battery life and multiple messaging options make it the ideal device to stay...
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iPhone, LG Dare, LG Voyager, BlackBerry Storm and Palm Treo Top Touchscreens, Says comScore
comScore, Inc released a study of touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the U.S.and touchscreen phone adoption is growing rapidly. iPhone, LG Dare, LG Voyager (which also has a keyboard) BlackBerry Storm and Palm Treo top the list. The LG Dare...
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Equinox from T-Mobile Identi-Lights BFFs Starting October 28
T-Mobile will sell the Sony Ericsson Equinox with unique pulsating night effects starting October 28. The Equinox is an interactive 3G phone with enhanced design features and built-in GPS. The five eye-catching night effects, give users five favorite people their...
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AT&T has Double Keyboarded Pantech Reveal Works Both Ways @ Once
The Pantech Reveal the double-keyboarded it is now available from AT&T. The Panetch Reveal is optimized for texting and emailing friends, flirts or family members, and surfing the web. Pantech will be giving away Pantech Reveal phone for free via...
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Samsung Flight Slider Touchscreen w/Keyboard Flies into AT&T in November
The Samsung Flight is slider phone that uses the new full HTML web browser based on Opera at AT&T.The Samsung Flight is the next generation messaging device from Samsung that has a vertical sliding form factor, with full keyboard underneath....
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AT&T Pantech Impact has OLED Touchscreen QWETY Keyboard for Quick Messaging
The Pantech Impact is one of the new AT&T feature phones with a full web browser and quick messaging. We were not able to get a photo of the phone that is apparently very cool and colorful with a morphing...
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AT&T Pantech Reveal, Reveals Two Keypads that Work at the Same Time
The Pantech Reveal is one of the new quick messaging feature phones from AT&T. The Pantech Reveal is a slim slider that features an open-faced numeric keypad on the front of the phone which slides up to uncover a full...
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AT&T Reveals New Quick Texting Phones & New Opera-based Web Browser
AT&T will offer new feature phones that feature full web browsers; The Pantech Reveal, Pantech Impact, Samsung Mythic and Samsung Flight for quick messaging phones over the holidays. The new phones are the first to come preloaded with AT&T’s new...
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AT&T Offers Handy Nokia 6350 $29.99 or Free with Coupon-Link
AT&T on Sunday will start selling the Nokia 6350, a colorful clamshell flip phone, designed for hand comfort. They say it's for the fall because it's available in two seasonal shades, red and graphite. The Nokia 6350 is a 3G...
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Musical Twisted Texter Razzle from Verizon
Verizon will begin selling the Razzle on October 6. Developed by Personal Communications Devices, he Razzle has a tilt-and-swivel design for more comfortable text messaging and access to the built-in music player. Music can be downloaded from Verizon Wireless' V...
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Verizon Nokia Shade 2705 with Free Pic Frame, Laynard and Purple Xpress-on Cover $29.95
Verizon announced the Nokia 2705 Shade, a flip phone with a free special picture frame, lanyard and special Xpress-on cover during Domestic Violence Awareness Month(October.) Because purple is the awareness color for domestic violence, those who purchase the Nokia...
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Water- Rain-Dust-Shock-Proof Super-Rugged Moto Barrage from Verizon
Verizon and Motorola announced the Motorola Barrage that should withstand a barrage of punishment and stress because it has a super- tough exterior. “It’s good to the last drop” and comes with a 2 megapixel camera/camcorder and dual speakers. The...
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Details of LG Chocolate BL20 Video Debut
LG is showing off its new LG Chocolate BL20, a slider 3G touchscreen phone with hidden touch navigation keys, and a 5 megapixel camera. It is very thin with smooth slide side touch control (see video.)The LG Chocolate BL20 also...
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Review: Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon) Review of Reviews
Samsung Rogue Rated 4 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsThe Samsung Rogue from Verizon is a feature phone full of high-end features. The AMOLED touchscreen is gorgeous, and all reviewers thought the web browsing was...
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T-Mobile Offers Nokia 5130 Xpress Music Phone $29.99 w/Contract
T-Mobile is now offering the low-cost music phone the Nokia 5130 Xpress Music phone. The Nokia 5130 has stereo Bluetooth, an FM radio, 2.0-megapixel camera and an extra-long battery with six hours of talktime and 12 days of standby. Based...
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Nokia Twist: Chubby Twister QWERTY Phone, Not 4 Squares-Offers Hopeline Donations
Verizon Wireless will offer the Nokia 7705 Twist, a square phone that twists open to a full QWERTY keypad, It's a point, click, twist and shout phone. The Nokia 7705 Twist shortcut buttons click to messaging, the 3.0 megapixel...
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Android Avalanche Continues: HTC Tattoo Announced
HTC introduced the HTC Tattoo, an Android-based phone that brings with HTC Sense personalization along with a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, 3.5mm stereo headset jack and expandable microSD memory. HTC Tattoo is the second phone with HTC Sense, is designed...
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Samsung Intensity Msging Phone w/QWERTY from Verizon
Verizon is also selling the Samsung Intensity a feature phone with advanced messaging capabilities such as Mobile IM; text, picture and voice messaging with threaded messaging feature; Mobile Email; and the Mobile Web browser. Samsung Intensity Features. Available in a...
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Samsung Rogue @ Verizon with New Data Pricing, Free Games, and Voice Control
Verizon is now selling the Samsung Rogue is a messaging phone with a with a horizontal slide-out, four-row QWERTY keyboard. The Samsung Rogue has threaded messaging and one-touch access to popular social networking widgets, including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and...
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Most Popular Devices at Nokia World Nokia N900 & Booket 3G
During Nokia World in Germany, Nokia gave a popularity contest and received 2,670 votes....
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Artsy Sony Ericsson Pureness Princess Debuts on Runway
Sony Ericsson showed their new Xperia Pureness based on combo concept of "talk, text, time - a holiday from technology". The Xperia Pureness will be officially launched in November 2009 through selected retail distribution channels in key cities around...
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Verizon Escapade World Phone $29.99 with Contract
Verizon Wireless is now offering the new Verizon Wireless Escapade, developed by Personal Communications Devices. They claim it's great for globetrotters and jet-setters because the Escapade has quad band network compatibility allows customers to place voice calls in more than...
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Feature Phones Featured in 72% Mobile Phones Sales enV2 & Rant Tops, Says NPD Group
The NPD Group reports, feature phones still rule the U.S. market, even as smartphone sales increased their share of overall handset sales. NPD's Mobile Phone Track information revealed that unit-sales of new feature phones fell 5 percentage points to 72...
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Sprint Exclaims Samsung Reclaim is Eco-Friendly Green
Sprint and with sell the Samsung Reclaim on August 16, which they proclaim is the first phone in the U.S. constructed from eco-friendly bio-plastic materials. Made from 80 percent recyclable materials, Samsung Reclaim is a messaging phone with a full-featured...
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Mobile Market 2009 Will Decline 13% Says IDC
There was another year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09) for the worldwide global handset market. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide, down 10.8% from 302.2...
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Mr. Cartoon Samsung Messenger Coming from Metro PCS
MetroPCS will offer an exclusive Samsung Messenger handset (SCH-r450) designed by Mister Cartoon, the acclaimed artist, later this month. MetroPCS recently expanded their unlimited plans to include unlimited web and texting. Mister Cartoon wallpapers, ringtones and animation are preloaded on...
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Samsung Solstice On Sale @ AT&T for $99 or $50 w/WMN Coupon-Link
The touchscreen Samsung Solstice (SGH-A887) with social networking, messaging and multimedia features goes on sale today from AT&T. The Samsung Solstice has a full touchscreen, with a virtual, landscape QWERTY keyboard, and features Samsung's unique TouchWiz with one-touch access to...
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New LG Chocolate Phone (LG-BL40) with Wide Screen
LG showed off their new LG Chocolate phone (model: LG-BL40). The LG-BL40 features a larger screen, 5 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, 7.2Mbps UMTS/HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, and aGPS. The fourth handset of the Black Label Series has 4.0-inch wide screen...
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2Q Handset Shipments Bode Well, Says ABI
2Q-2009 resultsshow a better outlook for handsets, notes a new report from ABI Research. “269 million handsets were shipped in 2Q-2009,” says Jake Saunders, VP for Forecasting at ABI Research. “That bodes well for 2H-2009. Shipments should build sequentially in...
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Samsung Comeback QWERTY Messaging Phone Comes to T-Mobile
T-Mobile is now offering the Samsung Comeback, available in pearl white plum or frost silver cherry, is a stylish messaging phone with a unique side-flip that reveals its full QWERTY keyboard. The Comeback takes messaging to the extreme with access...
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Samsung Gravity 2 Coming to T-Mobile in August
Following the popular Samsung Gravity that launched last year, T-Mobile will be selling the Samsung Gravity 2 that also features a horizontal, slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a thinner, sleeker design. The Gravity 2 offers a pair of fun color options...
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Verizon Wireless Losens Exclusive Handset Deals
Verizon Wireless is easing its exclusive handset deals and sent a letter to the Senate committee dealing with antitrust claim of exclusive handsets deals to outline their intentions. The letter which follows states: Small wireless carriers (500,000 customers or less)...
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AT&T Shakes it UP with W518a Walkman Phone from Sony
AT&T launched the Sony W518a Walkman phone, a people and music connected phone with social networking that's got users shaking and waving.Open the phone to view Facebook friends' status updates and profile photos. One click from the W518a's standby...
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8.1 Megapixel Cyber-Shot C905a Camera Phone from AT&T
AT&T is offering the 8.1 megapixel Cyber-shot C905 the highest camera resolution ever in a phone from AT&T. The Cyber-Shot C905a is a slider phone that looks, acts and feels like a digital camera. The Cyber-Shot C905a a 2.4-inch scratch-resistant...
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Highlights of Samsung Highlight (T-Mobile)
T-Mobile is now offering the Samsung Highlight, a touchscreen phone with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. The Samsung Highlight has a 1.61 x 2.64 inches, 240 x 400 pixels, 262k TFT touchscreen, GPS and a 3 megapixel camera with video capture....
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Rugged Splash-Proof Nokia 3720 Classic Announced
Nokia officially introduced the new Nokia 3720 classic, an mobile phone designed to resist water, dust and shock. The Nokia 3720 classic is encased in durable materials and is entirely sealed to protect the inner electronics. The Nokia 3720 is...
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LG Black Label Series Next Gen Chocolate
LG Electronics officially announced the development of the next generation Chocolate. The photos released don't reveal much except for sleek simple lines in black and red.Their news release says the it is from the design team that created the original...
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Moon Walk Phone: Round Moto Aura $2,800 with Free Screen Savers
To honor the July 20, 1969 moon landing of Apollo 11, Motorola is offering the commemorative luxury moon-themed Aura Celestial with an engraved photo of the moon landing. Motorola transponders on the Apollo 11 sent the television signals to earth...
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LG Wants to Be Number Two and Is Trying Harder with Smartphones
LG the number two cell phone maker wants to be number two and had plans to create some very competitive products according toYonhap News Agency.In an interview with Ahn Seung-kwon, LG mobile president. LG is planning on working their way...
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Informa Lowers Device Expectations Due to Downturn
While more smartphones will be bought by confused consumers, the overall handset market will not be as robust as expected. The financial downturn will cause1.04 billion fewer devices sold in the next five years than had previously been expected, according...
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Moto Karma Q1A Coming from AT&T June 28
If you live and work in California, like we do, you know that we want good karma. Without reviews yet, the Motorola Q1A Karma surely has texting and social networking, karma. The Motorola Q1A Karma is square when closed with...
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Sprint Offers QWERTY Samsung Exclaim
Sprint is now offering the Samsung Exclaim. a messaging-centric dual-slider with a numeric keypad and a full QWERTY keyboard. Exclaim is focused on social networking, with new interactive Facebook and MySpace tiles right on the home screen as part of...
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Paris Hilton Losses BlackBery: Gets 5 Sony Ericsson Handsets
According to Bloomberg news cell-phoneliscious Paris Hilton has given up BlackBerry smartphones and was e was given five Sony Ericsson handsets. "One is even like a watch with a phone on it and it's so cool," she said. "So I'm...
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Verizon Casio Exilim 180 Rotating 5.1 Megapixel Camera Rugged Phone
Verizon is now selling the CASIO EXILIM with a high-end digital 5.1 megapixel camera entertainment features and a 180-degree rotating display. The CASIO EXILIM also offers access to Instant Messaging, Visual Voice Mail and V CAST Music with Rhapsody.The camera...
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Moto Rival Text & Messaging Phone from Verizon
Verizon Wireless and Motorola, are now offering Motorola Rival. Designed for quick and easy messaging, the Rival comes in Tin Silver or Purple. The Rvial has a slide sliding backlit QWERTY keyboard, touch dial pad, threaded IM-style texting, and one-touch...
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Texter LG Neon Feature Phone Virtually Free Deals
AT&T is now offering their texting phone the LG Neon a touchscreen phone with lots of features for a low-price.The green and white quick messaging LG Neon features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera/camcorder and access to Instant Messaging,...
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Sony Goes Green with GreenHeart Handsets
Sony Ericsson y unveiled two new GreenHeart handsets, showing their commitment to taking a lead on environmental sustainability by driving green innovation.The GreenHeart program launches with two flagship products - the C901 GreenHeart and Naite- plus the MH300 GreenHeart. Both...
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Samsung Unveils 12 Megapixel Samsung Pixon12
Samsung unveiled Samsung Pixon12 (M8910) - they claim it is the world's first 12-megapixel camera phone with full-touch screen. The Pixon12 has advance photo functions and full-touch 3.1-inch AMOLED screen. The Samsung Pixon12 ha a Dedicated Camera Power Key and...
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Jitterbug Phones Recalled by CPSC: Call Samsung for Update Now
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled Jitterbug phones made by Samsung. The main reason is that when the recalled Jitterbug phones are in a no-service area and display an “out of range, try again later” message and could fail...
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Smartphone Sales Up 12.7%, Nokia is Top, Followed by BlackBerry, Says Gartner
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 8.6 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent...
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Samsung Alias 2 On Sale at Verizon Ink Morphing Keypad for Texting or Calling
The Samsung Alias 2 is now on sale at Verizon. You could say it has many keyed aliases in that the keypad can act as a dial number keypad or as a QWERTY keypad. This handset is geared to those...
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Night Vision Video on Samsung SCH-W760 Handset
In the near future, handset users in the dark will able to hold video conferences. The Samsung SCH-W760 has a camera on the front sensitive to infrared spectrum so that users can hold grayscale video calls in complete darkness. The...
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Skinny GPS 3G Sidekick LX 2009 Offered by T-Mobile
The T-Mobile Sidekick LX is now available from T-Mobile to the general public. Previously it was only available through web pre-sale for existing T-Mobile customers. It's thinner than the original SideKicks with 3G speed, GPS, Flash video support, and Twitter...
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Moto W7 Active Editon Phone Burns Calories, Shakes Things Up
Motorola is launching the Moto W7 and they want to shake things up. The MOTO W7 Active Edition senses body movements, orientation and hand gestures to perform tasks. They claim it is a way for mobile phone users to stay...
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Match Star Trek Tech with Wireless Tech: Communicator, Apps, and Phones
Star Trek has been a boon to the wireless industry. Our present technology now almost matches some of the technology in the original Star Trek TV series. There are products that mirror Star Trek, iPhone phasers and games. There is...
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Cincinnati Bell First US Carrier for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Cincinnati Bell is the first U.S. operator to offer the touchscreen Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Phone.Packed with music and audio playback features, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic comes with an 8GB microSD memory card and a one touch Media Bar. The Media...
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Handset Shipments to Decline 20% in 2009, Says In-Stat
The global recession will make the next two years unusually difficult for the cellphone industry, reports In-Stat. They claim Subscription growth is slowing, so roughly three quarters of handset unit sales are expected to be replacement models, a discretionary purchase...
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Customers Most Satisifed with iPhone and LG, Says JD Power
The iPhone ranked highest in customer satisfaction among smartphone manufacturers, while LG ranked highest among traditional mobile phone users, according to the J.D. Power and Associates. Apple (iPhone) scored 791 on a 1,000-point scale, performing particularly well in ease of...
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Star Trek Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Phone Coming to a Klingon Near You
Although the latest Nokia Star Trek phone will not allow Scottie to get your co-ordinates for beam-up, it does have, four special Star Trek animated screensavers, three Star Trek wallpapers and eight exclusive ringtones, including "Phazer Shot", "Red Alert" and...
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258 Million Handsets Shipped in Q1, Better than Expected, Says ABI
Even in this tough economy, the mobile handset-buying public did not head to the hills during the first quarter of 2009. Handset vendors had shipped 258 million handsets by the end of the quarter. Although that represents an 11% year-over-year...
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Cricket Drops Price of Samsung MyShot to $79
As people look for alternatives to postpaid wireless, Cricket is aggressively marketing their service. Usually you have pay more for a featured phone, however with a new price drop, Cricket just got more affordable. Cricket has used some interesting...
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Samsung Trance with Bang & Olufsen Audio Available from Verizon
Verizon is now offering the Samsung Trance, a music-centric phone with touchpad navigation and enhanced audio quality backed by Bang & Olufsen's ICEpower amp. The slider Samsung Trance has 1GB of internal memory(expandable to 32 GB with microSD), answers to...
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Twistable Music Editing Concept Phone from Pilotfish
Design firm Pilotfish is showing the Ondo, a dedicated music editing concept phone made from flexible material that uses gestures to control the music.The target user for "Ondo" is the music enthusiast who seeks to interactively capture and edit sounds....
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Handset and Subscriptions Will Take a Hit, Says In-Stat
The outlook for cell phones is m tumultuous for the mobile industry, reports In-Stat http://www.in-stat.com. They predict that both handset sales and subscriptions will take a hit, but In-Stat expects that subscriptions will weather the financial crisis better than handset...
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Older Folks Expect Less from Mobile Price Points, Says ABI
An ABI Research survey on mobile phone users' age-related feature and price assumptions found nearly half of the respondents in the 40-59 age bracket expected a touchscreen on a $50 mobile device. That survey, conducted in February, 2009, aimed to...
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Alltel Offers MOTO VE465
Alltel Wireless is now offering the MOTO VE465. This clam-shell handset, has lighting modes, 1.3 megapixel camera, video recording, Bluetooth, and exterior control keys. Two lighting modes - “call” and “media” - turn the phone and music keys blue and...
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Nokia 3110c Tops Bango List of Mobile Devices
According to statistics released by Bango, the iPhone didn't make the top 20. The Bango Top 20 handset list has the Nokia 3110c on top, followed by the Samsung M800 in 2nd and the Nokia 6300 in 3rd. The iPhone...
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Motorola Evoke QA4 Evokes Touchscreen with DialPad
Motorola introduced the Motorola Evoke QA4, a social media-centered phone with a 2.8" full touchscreen 2-megapixel camera, a slide-out dial pad and a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard. Built-in memory is 256 MB, but it can use an 8 GB MicroSD card....
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LG Neon, Quick Messaging $29 Touchscreen Phone from AT&T
AT&Tclaims teens and text-happy adults will enjoy the LG Neon, a low-cost touchscreen device available in the coming weeks. The green and white quick messaging phone features a full keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera, and access to Instant Messaging, Mobile Email,...
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LG Xenon Vibration Touchscreen and QWERTY Multitasking Phone from AT&T
The LG Xenon is a quick messaging phone with a full keypad for text messaging beneath. The LG Xenon has a large 2.8-inch display with vibration feedback, a home screen menu and a visual contacts interface. The news release...
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AT&T Shows Six Texting Email Smart and Feature Phones
AT&T is showing a new lineup of phones and smartphones for the Spring for texting and email. In coming weeks, smartphones include Nokia E71x and the Samsung Propel Pro. Also coming are the Samsung Impression and Samsung Magnet, and LG...
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Maria Sharapova Lights Up Her Life with Sony T707 Light/Gesture Phone
Tennis star and style icon Maria Sharapova, is promoting the Sony T707. Just like a tennis player is very interactive so is the T707. If uses gesture technology to snooze and ignore calls. The T707 truly interacts with the user...
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Intriguing Nokia Intrigue 7205 with External Display from Verizon
Verizon is now selling the Nokia 7205 Intrigue that has has a hidden-until-lit external display, internal color keypad and support for multimedia and music features, 2 megapixel camera, photo uploading, music player, microSD optional, and Bluetooth.The phone doesn't have to...
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AT&T Offers Free Music Phone: Moto EM330
AT&T is now offering the MOTO EM330 with touch-sensitive external screen, MP3 player, high-quality audio performance and as their website says, "all at a price that can't be beat." The phone is free with a rebate and two-year contract. However, ...
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Cell Phones and Smartphones that Go On Sale Today, March 15
Here are the cell phones and smartphones that go on sale today:The Moto Q 9c from with a special package for blind and visually impared is now offered today, from Verizon. TALKS for Verizon Wireless supports audio feedback for writing...
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X-tc from Virgin Gr8 4 Txting
Virgin Mobile announced the X-tc from Kyocera Wireless. The phone has a slide-out QWERTY keypad for text fiends and fans. The X-tc offers IM and email support. The device sells for $99.99 without an annual contract and will be in...
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LG Rumor2 Comes to Sprint and Everything Messaging for $49.99 Mo.
Sprint will offer the LG Rumor2 with a full sliding QWERTY keyboard for enhanced messaging, email and social networking as well as stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a lQVGA display, on March 15.The LG Rumor2 has MP3 player...
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Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Revealed
Nokia also revealed, today, the Nokia 5030, their first phone with an internal FM radio antenna, which eliminates the need for a headset or external speakers. The one touch FM radio and channel selection keys on the side of the...
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Nokia 5330 XpressMusic Lights Up and Goes with Musical Wardrobe
Another music phone with unlimited music for a year from Nokia announced, today, is the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic has personalization features.This phone will literally light up your life with illumination effects to react to your mood, music, or clothes you...
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Hyundai Watch Phone Coming
Hyundai Mobile will offer the MB-910 phone watch, which includes features such as a Bluetooth headset, email client, video playback, music player and touchscreen control, is already selling well in mainland Europe. Hyundai Mobile UK expects the MB-910 to retail...
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Cricket Now Selling Samsung r211
Cricket is now selling the candybar Samsung SCH-r211 mobile web phone with AWS. "The r211 is an extremely attractive and durable device for customers who want easy access to all the services and features they need to conduct their mobile...
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T-Mobile Tops Wirefly's List of Top Camera Phones
Wirefly announced its Top 10 list of camera phones on the market today. The T-Mobile Samsung Memoir with an unprecedented 8.0 megapixels, the 5.0 MP Motorola Zine and 5.0 MP Samsung Behold top the list. They are also offerins some deals...
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 3G Issues Only in N.Y. and Chicago
The Nokia Blog received the following about "3G network problems" with the 5800 XpressMusic phones reported yesterday.It appears the Nokia 3G network problems were only in New York and Chicago."We have learned that some Nokia 5800 XpressMusic devices are having...
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Economic Downturn Downer for Mobile Phones Sales, Says Gartner
The economic downturn has taken its toll on handsets. Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner,...
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Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Nixed in U.S. Stores
Nokia stopped selling the U.S. Version of the 5800 Xpress Music phone in U.S. stores due to problems connecting to 3G networks. They are substituting the European model which does not work with 3G networks.There have also been reports of...
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LG Versa (VX9600) Now Available from Verizon
So what would be the best of possible input worlds? A combo touchscreen phone, that's small but when you you want it, you can attach a QWERTY keyboard, which you may or may not take with you. The LG Versa...
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Top Handsets in Decemember, Topped by RIM's BlackBerry Curve
AvianReasearch calculated the top ten handsets in the U.S. in December and reported the four largest carriers represented 85% of the U.S. wireless market on a subscriber basis. Most of the top ten handsets are in fact smartphones. The findings...
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CDM8975 with Unlimited Push-to-Talk for Only $5-a-Month
Verizon is pushing its push-to-talk services with the new push-to-talk phone the Verizon Wireless clam shell CDM8975. The phone, developed by Personal Communications Devices, provides customers with fast two-way communication and will be available online by March 9.The Verizon Wireless...
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Cricket Selling Versatile A100 Candybar Phone
Cricket announced that its selling the Cricket A100. The A100 is an exclusive slim candybar style phone designed for Cricket's customers from the ground up, with many of today's hottest features at an attractive price. The A100 features an internal...
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Cricket Offers S1300 Value Phone
Cricket and Kyocera announced the availability of the new Kyocera S1300 mobile phon. The S1300 is an elegant, streamlined bar-style phone that provides a wealth of features and style at an affordable price. The S1300 is enabled with Mobile Web...
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INQ1 Won GSMA Best Mobile Handset or Device
INQ Mobile won the GSMA's award for "Best Mobile Handset or Device" for its INQ1 Social Mobile.The INQ1 won the award over four other shortlisted contenders including the Nokia E71, T-Mobile G1, RIM BlackBerry Storm and LG KS360The company...
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Samsung Mobile Phone Projects Have Texas Instruments' Projectors
Samsung Electronics partnered with Texas Instruments to embed projectors into mobile phones. The Samsung projector phones (Model: I7410 for European market, W7900 for Korean market) use the Texas Instruments’, DLP Pico Chipset for “big picture” viewing.The Samsung projector phones can...
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1st Solared Powered Touchscreen Phone: Blue Earth from Samsung
Samsung is showing at Mobile World Congress, Blue Earth is the first solar powered touchscreen phone. The solar panel located on the back of the phone generates enough electronic power to call anytime anywhere. Blue Earth is made from recycled...
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Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman Phone with 8 Megapixel Camera and MediaGo
Sony Ericsson is showing the W995 Walkman phone at Mobile World Congress. The W995 has a 8.1-megapixel camera, A-GPS, WiFi and a 2.6-inch QVGA scratch-resistant display. The W995 offers DLNA support, 118MB of onboard storage and a Memory Stick M2...
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Deal of the Weekend: Wirefly Eliminates Acitvation Fees for Verizon & T-Mobile
We like Wirefly because they are always coming up with new cheap, dscount deals and offers to lure customers. This Presidents Day weekend they are offering no $35 Activation Fee for new Verizon customers with a plan and also no...
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Comes with Music Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Coming to US
Nokia reportedly will be offering their Comes With Music download service in the U.S. with the introduction of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone. TheComes With Music--comes with a year of unlimited music downloads via mobile handsets bundled with Nokia's Ovi....
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Sony Ericsson Cyber-Shot Photo GPS Phone
Sony has two new Cyber-shot phones, the C702 is made to take photos everywhere with splash and dust resistance. It's also designed for single-handed camera use and has built-in GPS with location-based imaging to help identify photos by location.The C702...
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Sony Ericsson Walkman W395 Stereo Music Phone
Sony Ericsson announced the W395 Walkman slick-slider phone, with built-in stereo speakers. The speaker and HPM-64 stereo headset offer stereo widening for a great sound experience. The phone is being marketed to young cell phone users. Nokia’s PR photo has...
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Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Loaded with Multimedia, Games and Tunes
Nokia announced the 5630 XpressMusic handset as part of theSeries 60 family. It is the thinnest N-Gage gaming device yet with unlimited music for a year, "say and play," HSPDA/HSUPA, Ovi Share and 3.2 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash. The...
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Deal of the Day: Almost Free Samsung Propel from Pepé Le Pew & AT&T
All sorts of characters love the Samsung Propel from AT&T. First, Ozzy Osborne used it to decipher his mumblings, now that oh-so-romantic French skunk, Pepé Le Pew is using it to text, “Hello my LUV, I MEES U. I will...
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T-Mobile Samsung Memior 8-Megapixel Multimedia Phone Official
Samsung and T-Mobile announced the availability of the Samsung Memoir, a full touchscreen mobile phone with an 8-megapixel camera and multimedia features, The Memoir, available exclusively from T-Mobile, is designed to look and feel like a point-and-shoot digital camera. The...
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T-Mobile Offers Eco-Friendly Renew for $9.99 with Contract
T-Mobile is now offering the MOTO W233 Renew, with plastic phone housing made from recycled water bottles and is entirely recyclable. The Renew, available for $9.99 with a two-year service agreement and reduces carbon footprints. Through an alliance with Carbonfund.org,...
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Garmin and ASUSTek Team for Line of nüvifones
GPS icon Garmin and ASUSTeK Computer have partnered to design, manufacture and distribute co-branded location-centric smartphones.The first nüvifone has GPS friend finding, a parking space recorder, dashboard mount, and photo geotagging to allow other people to find the location of...
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Samsung Now Number Two In Handset Sales in Q4 2008, Says Fierce Wireless
FierceWireless compiled all the numbers for handset sales for a look at the handset market sales, prices and market share for the fourth quarter of 2008. As a former math major and teacher of Excel classes, I felt compelled to...
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Moto Stature i9 Comes to Boost and Sprint by End of February
The Motorola Stature i9, a thin flip phone with Nextel Direct Connect will be available from Boost by the end of February followed by Sprint. The Motorola Stature i9 is a multimedia phone that is 15mm thin with a touch-sensitive...
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Helio Ocean 2 in Red - Ready for Sale on February 12
Helio Ocean 2 details have been revealed by Mobile Crunch. They confirm that the Helio Ocean 2 dual slider phone will be coming over 3 weeks earlier than the Britney Spears concert preview and will launching on Helio.com on February...
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New Nokia 2700 Classic for Images and Music
The Nokia 2700 classic is reportedly one of Nokia's most affordable, full featured handsets. The Nokia 2700 can handle up to 2GB of storage via the memory card slot. Italso has an integrated digital music player and a 2.0 megapixel...
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Metallic Nokia 6700 Classic 3.5 G GPS Mobile Phone
The Nokia 6700 combines smooth surfaces, rich materials and precisely crafted parts with a full metal keymat which completes the premium finish. Improving on all areas of its forerunner, the Nokia 6700 comes with a 5 megapixel camera, assisted GPS...
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Nokia Intros 3 Classic Nokia Mobile Phones the 6700, 6303, and 2700
Nokia announced three new phones they call "classics" that are built on the legacy of the classic Nokia mid-range line of mobile phones.The Nokia 6700 Classic based on the 6300 which, "raised the bar in terms of design and premium...
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Nokia 7510 Wi-Fi Flip Phone Displays Light Show
The Nokia 7510 flip phone is now available from T-Mobile. It has "charming exterior lights" and an external display that stays hidden until needed to show information such as caller ID or a song title. The Nokia 7510 features messaging,...
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Pink Flare Mobile Phone Helps Support Breast Cancer Research
Virgin Mobile is supporting breast cnacer research with every sale of the Pink Flare flip phone mobile phone, sold exclusively at Best Buy.Five dollars from the purchase of every Pink Flare mobile phone, (MSRP $29.99) will benefit Susan G. Komen...
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Wirefly MLK and Inauguration Sale Deals and Coupons
Wirefly, to celebrate MLK day and the inauguration, are offering some sales. The most popular one appears to be a free Samsung Eternity touchscreen phone after instant discount with a new AT&T account. The offer ends 1/20 at midnight...
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Cold Weather Can Affect Cell Phones - Follow These Cold Weather Tips
When it's very cold outside, like during the inauguration or as the cold fronts freeze parts of the country, it can affect your cell phone. Cold temperatures can eat up battery juice, cause the case to be brittle, and affect...
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AT&T Selling Motorola Tundra VA76r, Works in Rain, Frozen Temps & Harsh Outdoors
AT&T is now selling the Motorola Tundra VA76r, a rugged 3G clamshell phone with a tough exterior that works in dripping rain, freezing temperatures, and other harsh outdoor conditions. The Tundra VA76r, offers multitasking, voice activation, email, GPS, music and...
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$90,000 Worth Sony Erricsson Phones Stolen in Sweden
Over $90,000 worth of stolen Sony Ericsson phones including prototypes were discovered in a home of someone with a "working relationship with the company, reported the Local (Sweden's News in English)On Wednesday when police searched he 35-year-old man's home they...
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Cheap Eee Phone Coming from ASUSTeK
Jonney Shih, chairman of low-cost notebook computer maker ASUSTeK, envisions a home where the family shares digital experiences around a big screen. To control the big screen there needs to be a handy mobile device, like a smartphone.Shih told the...
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Sprint Offers Samsung Instinct in Pink and Reduces Price to $99
Sprint is now offering the Samsung Instinct in a new, "fashion-forward" pink hue. The price of the Instinct has been dropped to $99.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. Their news release says that a few...
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Smile and the Sony C510 Cyber-Shot Automatically Shutters :)
Sony Ericsson showed the first cell phone with Smile Shutter technology, the C510 Cyber-shot with a 3.2 megapixel camera phone at CES. The C510 Cyber-shot camera phone detects when a person is smiling an automatically takes the a photo. The...
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SonyWalkman Smartphone Shakes Up Music with Gesture Control
Sony has shaken up the way phones are controlled with the W508 Walkmanphone. The smartphone has Shake and Gesture control, SenseMe and TrackID as well as one extra Style-Up cover to add a hip design. Shake control and Gesture control...
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T-Mobile Announces New Shadow
T-Mobile has announced their new T-Mobile Shadow candy bar slider smartphone. The new T-Mobile Shadow smartphone has a faster processor and offers unlimited calls over Wi-Fi hotspots. The T-Mobile Shadow smartphones also has a 2 megapixel camera with video capture,...
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MOTOSURF A3100 Touchy-Surfing Safari Debuts at CES
Motorola is also launching the touchscreen MOTOSURF A3100, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Quad-band GSM "touch tablet" smartphone at CES. The MOTOSURF A3100 smartphone supports 3G, WiFi, Google Maps, messaging and email. It has 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera. It is operated via...
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T-Mobile Smartphone Release Schedule for Q1 '09 Includes Memoir and BlackBerry Curve 8900
Boy Genius has leaked the T-Mobile smartphone release schedule for 2009 from an internal document.January 21: Sony Ericsson TM506 (Scarlett)January 21: Nokia 7510January 28: T-Mobile ShadowFebruary 4: Motorola RenewFebruary 4: Samsung t119February 18: RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900February 18: Samsung MemoirThe...
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Phenom Watch Phone Phenomenon - Phenomenal Response
The response to Phenom Watch Phone has been pheonomenal, says Jane Levitt directory of marketing. "We've gotten thousands of calls for information and orders. Our website traffic has been extensive."This is no single watch watch phone, like the LG watch...
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New Wrist Phone from LG (LG-GD910) with Video Conferencing
LG will be showing the next generation of its wrist phone, c at CES this year. We can't help but call a handset... The GD910 is its first 3G watch phone. It has a 7.2 Mbps HSDPA wireless data connection...
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$50 Off Discount from Wireless and Mobile News at AT&T
Gogglers are getting Dream phones this holiday and what may you ask are Wireless and Mobile News readers getting? If you are doing your last minute cell phone shopping or spending the money you were gifted, this deal is the...
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T-Mobile Cancels $18 Handset Upgrade Fee
T-Mobile has stop charging the $18 handset upgrade fee since Wednesday. It applies to all handsets and smartphones including T-Mobile G1. This fee was noticed when T-Mobile customers bought a new T-Mobile G1 and were charged more than non-T-Mobile customers. ...
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Review Samsung Behold SGH-T919 (T-Mobile) Review of Reviews
Samsung Behold Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThe Samsung Behold holds a lot of promise as mid-level feature phone for users who want a 5 megpixel camera, multimedia capabilities, email syncing, Bluetooth, GPS,...
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Pantech C630 $39 Phone with GPS, 3G, Bluetooth and Video
The Pantech C630, has a lot of features for $39 after a two-year contract with mail-in rebate from AT&T. The C630 has GPS, music, chat, video and web browsing at the speed of 3G. The deviated number keys glow white...
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T-Mobile Memoir 8 Megapixel Phone Predicted
T-Mobile is rumored to sell in the future a Samsung phone with an 8-megapixel camera, called the "Memoir." The camera phone will have more photogenic aspects than most cameras.The Memoir will be like the Behold reports Tmo News with a...
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Moto Tops Losing to Samsung and LG in 2009, Says MultiMedia Intelligence
MultiMedia Intelligence projects that Motorola will remain the most successful mobile handset manufacturer in the US market in 2008, but that share is rapidly fading. According to recent research by MultiMedia Intelligence, Motorola is projected to provide 21% of all...
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Wirefly's Top Selling Black Friday and Cyber Monday Smartphones
We were finally able to find the top selling cell phones on Black Friday and Cyber Monday from our friends at Wirefly. Traffic was at all time high. They sold a wireless phone every 12 seconds on both days.Wirefly.com’s Top...
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Top Selling Handsets Different in the U.K.
Wireless and Mobile sales are quite different in the U.K. than in the U.S. As you can see If you look at Top selling Contract handsets Nokia N96 Samsung F480 Tocco Nokia 6500 Slide Sony Ericsson C902 Samsung U900...
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The New Surround Sounds of ROKR EM35
Motorola will add MOTOROKR EM35 to the ROKR portfolio sometime soon. The device designed for audio performance both as a mobile device and music player. It has virtual surround sound. When listening with earphones, a unique algorithm enables music to...
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Review AT&T Quickfire Review of Reviews
Wireless and Mobile News Rates the AT&T Quickfire 4 out 5 AT&TQuickfire is “tween” phone. It has some high-end features but it is not a full smartphone. Therefore although reviewers liked it, they found it useful to tween-users especially the...
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Holiday Freebie Deals from Sprint
Sprint is offering some full-featured smartphones, and modems for free with a two-year contract for a limited time only exclusively through Sprint.com. The offer includes Palm Centro, LG Rumor, Moto i335, Compass USB modem, Samsung M300 and Sanyo S1. Some...
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Verizon Holiday Sale: LG Voyager $79 - Centro, Pearl, enV2 and Venus <$50
Verizon Wireless Stores and kiosks are extending their hours for the first holiday shopping weekend -- Nov. 28-30 -- and the rest of the holiday season. Store hours vary by location. Their news release says that BlackBerry Storms will be...
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T-Mobile Turkey Weekend Deal for Photographers Moto ZN5 Free
T-Mobile USA special Thanksgiving weekend deal for Nov. 28 to Nov. 30 it will be offering Motorola ZN5 for free after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract.The ZN5 has a 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, voice...
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BYG One Free at AT&T for Pantech Matrix and Samsung Propel
AT&T is offering limited-time buy-one-get-one-free offer after mail-in rebate for two of its texting phones, the Pantech Matrix and the Samsung Propel. They normally retail for $79.99 each, after mail-in rebate.Editors Note: In February 2009, AT&T has revamped the...
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Behold a Pink or Brown 3G 5Mpx Camera Touchscreen Phone from T-Mobile
Behold the Behold from T-Mobile, a touch screen smartphone available in a brushed espresso or light rose finish. (Brown or Pink.) It has 3G data speeds and full HTML web browser.The virtual QWERTY touchpad allows for multiple messaging capabilities,...
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Samsung Gravity QWERTY Texter Phone for $49.99
T-Mobile is offering the Samsung Gravity(SGH-t459) slider phone featuring a full QWERTY. The Gravity offers access to multiple IM clients including AOL, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger and MSN, as well as, picture and video messaging, mobile email, SMS and MMS. It...
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Wirefly's Top 10 Selling Phones and Most Buzzed
Wirefly has released the names for its top selling phones and the phones it predicts will be the most buzzed. The buzzies go the BlackBerry Storm, which has 10 more features than the iPhone, AT&T Quickfire Green, HTC Fuze Samsung...
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AT&T Now Offering Nokia 6650 Multimedia Flip Phone
AT&T is offering the Nokia 6650 flip-phone based on the Symbian-based S60 platform. The Nokia 6650 features include: 2.0 megapixel camera — Integrated flash that allows customers to capture quality photosBrushed metal fold design — Features a sharp 2.2-inch display...
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How to Save Money When You Buy a Cell Phone or Smartphone Slide Show
Some people are very visual and like things short and sweet. If you like pictures check out our new slide show "How to Save Money When You Buy a Cell Phone or Smartphone." It cuts up cell phone buying tips...
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AT&T Samsung Eternity TV/Web Touchscreen Phone $149
AT&T is now offering the Samsung Eternity, touchscreen, TV phone, with QWERTY keypad, 3G network, GPS, Napster 3 megapixel camera and web browsing. The Samsung Eternity has a 3.2-inch touch screen with haptic support and accelerometer for autorotation . It...
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Samsung Renown World Mobile Flip Phone
Verizon also launched the flip Samsung Renown. It has a 2.0 megapixel camera with NightShot to enhance the camera's capabilities in dark environments; a camcorder; and video, picture, text and mobile IM messaging options. The Renown also supports Verizon Wireless'...
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AT&T Quickfire Texting Phone with Touchscreen Specs
We were finally able to get a hold of the AT&T Quickfire Specifications. Yes it does have touchscreen. AT&T Quickfire Specs (Specifications). Reviews have been very good. BatteryCapacity 1200 mAH Talk Time Up to 3 hours Standby Time 12 days...
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T-Mobile Buys Billion G1 Google Ads on Platform A Today & Tommorrow
AOL's Platform-A said that it will launch, in partnership with T-Mobile USA, an unprecedented billion-impression web advertising campaign across Platform-A during a two-day period on November 10 -- 11 which will promote the T-Mobile G1 with Google phone.The buy is...
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AT&T Quickfire on Sale Now
AT&T is now offfering the Quickfire, the final of four new quick messaging mobile phones designed to make messaging faster for textaholics.The Quickfire is slider phone with a1.3 megapixel camera and full QWERTY keypad, 3G world access and with fast...
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AT&T BlackBerry Bold on Sale in US
The BlackBerry Bold goes on sale today in the U.S. only from AT&T. Operating on the nation's fastest 3G network, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone features a powerful combination of global 3G capabilities in conjunction with international wireless coverage, built-in GPS,...
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MOTOZINE ZN5 5 Meg Kodak Camera Phone, Available from T-Mobile
The MOTOZINE ZN5, combines a high-quality phone with full HTML web browsing and 5 megapixel Kodak camera and its available from T-Mobile, designed for easy sharing, printing, and access of photos. The ZN5 is the first mobile phone to combine Motorola's...
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Samsung Delve Touchscreen Delves into Alltel
Alltel Wireless and Samsung announced today that the Samsung Delve will be available for pre-sale at alltel.com on October 30.The touchscreen phone, highlighted by a virtual QWERTY keyboard and tactile feedback, has been designed with Samsung's unique TouchWiz interface....
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$2000 Luxury Circular Cellular Aura Phone from Motorola
Inspired by luxury watches and handcrafted design, Motorola will offer the Aura with the the first circular display and a new sensory experience including that "feeling" of paying $2000 for a cell phone.The news release for the Aura states:The Swiss-made main...
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Sprint Offers 3G HTC Touch Pro with QWERTY Keyboard & Biz Card Scanner
The HTC Touch Pro is an upgrade to HTC Touch Diamond with business-focused enhancements that is now available from Sprint.The HTC Touch Pro adds a five-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy data entry, expandable storage capabilities with a microSD...
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LG Sales Higher than Expected - $3.589 Billion
LG Electronics (LG), posted higher-than-expected increase in sales and operating profit in the third quarter both on global and parent basis. Mobile Communications Company posted sales of (USD 3.589 billion), 29.9% up from the second quarter 2008. From handset business,...
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Alltel & LG Have Got Rythm Music Phone
Alltel and LG Electronics are offering LG Rhythm music phone.The LG Rhythm has a premium music player with Digital Signal Processing as well as a graphic equalizer professionally tuned by Mr. Mark Levinson. The phone includes an FM transmitter that...
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Quick Messaging Texter Phones from AT&T
AT&T will offer a new line of quick messaging mobile phones that are designed to make messaging faster. Arriving in time for the holiday shopping season, the Pantech Matrix is available today and the Samsung Propel and Pantech Slate...
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Samsung JetSet (SCH-r550)
Cricket is now offering the Samsung JetSet (SCH-r550) The Samsung JetSet is an AWS-compatible handset. The Samsung JetSet features include a 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder, stereo Bluetooth capabilities and a MP3 player with expandable memory support (microSD) of up...
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Shake n' Play W760a Walkman Phone @ AT&T
The Sony Ericsson W760a Walkman phone - the first 3G Walkman phone in the U.S. is available from AT&T. The W760a delivers on-the-go entertainment and music and features an accelerometer that gives customers the ability to interact with the device...
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Boost's New Moto i776 Available Now
Boost Mobile now has the Motorola i776 phone available. It's their smallest flip phone with Walkie-Talkie, Bluetooth, VGA camera, GPS, wireless web, speaker phone, caller ID and phonebook.The phone is for the PAYGO plan which is now only 10 cents...
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Verizon Offers Motorola Rapture VU30 & MOTO VU204
Verzion is also offering two new handsets that will be available to Verizon Wireless customers this month - the Motorola Rapture VU30 and the MOTO VU204. Motorola Rapture VU30 The Motorola Rapture VU30 is a clamshell design with a touch-sensitive...
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Silver Samsung Sway, Sways to Rhapsody Music @ Verizon
The sliver slider Samsung Sway debuts on www.verizonwireless.com, today and in stores on Oct. 14.Sway has an MP3 player that can access more than 5 million songs that can be side-loaded from their PCs to their phones with a USB...
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Pantech C610 GPS 3G Phone for $29
Pantech Wireless debuts the Pantech C610, with a wide range of multimedia, GPS and phone applications exclusively on AT&T's 3G network. This contemporary update to traditional flip-phone operates at blazing 3G speeds and features AT&T's breakthrough Video Share calling.. AT&T...
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Nokia Unveils Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Comes with Music for 1 Year
Nokia unveiled the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the first device to support Comes With Music, which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalog. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone with stylus was formerly known...
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LG Renoir LG-KC910 8 MP Camera Phone Launched
LG announced the official launch of its LG-KC910 called the Renoir, a full touchscreen 8 megapixel multimedia phone that has Wi-Fi, Dolby Mobile, and GPS.The 8 megapixel camera has Kreuznach certified optics, a Xenon flash, auto and manual focus, sensitivity...
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LG Prada Phone - Over 1 Million Sold
LG and PRADA Group announced that the global sales of the Prada Phone by LG have reached one million units.Since its March 2007 debut the Prada Phone by LG has been a popular phone throughout the world. It also gave...
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Alltel Offers MOTORAZR VE20
Alltel Wireless introduces MOTORAZR VE20, gives the RAZR handset a sleek new look and improved talk time and standby time. The MOTORAZR VE20 features;A large external screen with touch-sensitive controls so that users can also connect and disconnect the Bluetooth...
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Virgin Ready 4 Lift Off with 3G, LBS, Shuttle Slider Phone
Video and web entertainment on a cell phone without the hassle of a contract just got a whole lot faster. Virgin Mobile USA and Personal Communications Devices, LLC are launching the Shuttle, Virgin Mobile USA’s first EV-DO handset, designed with...
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Spirnt Launches Push-to-Talk Motorola i576
Sprint will be launching several new iDEN devices, including the Motorola i576, extending Sprint's leadership in push-to-talk technology. With more than 15 years of expertise, Sprint is the undisputed leader in push-to-talk with the largest community of users in the world....
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Sprint One Clicks Lotus Rant & Highnote
Sprint announced the availability of One Click, a simple and customizable user interface available on three multimedia devices - LG Lotus, Samsung Rant and Samsung Highnote. These devices and One Click represent new value packed into Sprint's Now Network, which...
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LG Announces LG-KC910 Slim 8 MP Camera, 3" Screen Phone, Renoir
LG will launch the LG-KC910, the only 8 megapixel multimedia phone with a full touchscreen interface. The LG-KC910 has top-of-the-range camera capabilities and the latest multimedia features, all combined with a 3.0 inch full touchscreen. The LG-KC910 is the successor...
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Samsung Knack Avaiable from Verizon for Senior-Types
Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced that the Samsung Knack is available for order online at www.verizonwireless.com, in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, On Oct. 14 the phone will be in stores for purchase. The Knack is a slim flip phone with...
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Sprint Launches Moto Renegade V950 with Military Tough Specs
Sprint announced availability of its latest Nextel Direct Connect phone - the Motorola Renegade V950. This new handset features a slim, clamshell form factor built to Military specifications 810F for dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain and incorporates Nextel Direct...
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Ole! Nokia N85 has OLED Screen & Lotsa' Multimedia
The Nokia N85 is a dual slider phone with a 2.6” OLED screen, N-Gage gaming, music with in-built FM transmitter, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and geotagging capabilities, three month integrated license for turn-by-turn voice navigation and high-speed...
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Verizon Putting on the Blitz - Text eMail Music QWERTY Phone
Verizon Wireless Blitz is designed for the heaviest of texters, the Blitz comes complete with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and easy access to a dedicated My Messaging key, making it a good choice for a back-to-school phone. The Blitz is...
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Metro PCS Sells ZTE C79 Music Phone
Metro PCS is now offering the ZTE C79 that features MP3 music player1.2 mega pixel cameraMemory card slot Stereo Bluetooth connectivitySpeakerphoneStereo Bluetooth CapableMP3 Music Player It sells for $169 without a contract....
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New TM506 Phone from T-Mobile & Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson and T-Mobile USA, will launch the TM506 in early September. The TM506, Sony Ericsson's first handset supporting T-Mobile's AWS spectrum (1700/2100), is a compact and stylish clamshell phone.. It has an outer display that allows users to...
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New Video Phone LG Invision from AT&T
AT&T and LG announced the availability of the LG Invision, a new phone made for video watchers. The LG Invision, the third device to offer AT&T Mobile TV1, is the smallest Mobile TV-capable phone in the U.S., at just a...
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Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte - Luxury Phone Made from Carbon, Titanium and Steel
Nokia ntroduced the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, a premium luxury phone make with exclusive carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel. Carbon fibre is an ultra light and strong material that is makde into a woven pattern which was nspired...
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MOTORAZR VE20 GPS Music and 3G Phone from Sprint
Sprint is also now offering MOTORAZR VE20 that runs on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. MOTORAZR VE20 offers one-touch access to its music player, text inbox and menu controls from its external display.MOTORAZR VE20 provides easy access to Sprint-exclusive content,...
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Rainbow Light Effects on Sanyo Katana Eclipse from Sprint
Available starting todya, Katana Eclipse by SANYO is Sprint's first multimedia phone to combine unique lighting effects with the advanced speeds and features of the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. The fun illumination capability allows the user to assign lighting effects...
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TNT! $20 Flip Phone 4 Virgins
Virgin Mobile will offers the twenty-buck the TNT! by Kyocera Wireless, a Talk N' Text (get it?) flip phone available at major retailers nationwide including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and Radio Shack, which will be available at www.virginmobileusa.com beginning...
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Haiku News 2Day: T-Mobile Android Dream Touchscreen Phone Soon
New York Times reports First Android HTC DreamT-Mobile in fall....
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T-Mobile Offers Nokia XpressMusic 5610 5310
The Nokia 5610 XpressMusic and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, in a new black finish with silver accents, are available exclusively in the U.S. from T-Mobile USA. The Nokia 5610 XpressMusic comes with an included wired stereo headset, a USB cable...
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Dreamy HTC (G1) Phone Rumors: Birthday 9/17/2008
The latest rumor from TMO News is it that T-Mobile customers will be able to pre-order the Andriod-based code named G1 aka HTC Dream on September 17th for a lot less for $150. "The HTC Dream (G1) will have...
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Sidekicky Messenger QWERTY Phone @ Metro PCS $50 Unlimited Web/email/txt
Samsung and Metro PCS debut the “Sidekicky” Samsung Messager (SCH-r450) a horizontal slider QWERTY keyboard phone making with built-in 1.3 megapixel camera, SMS, MMS, email and IM messaging capabilities, advanced voice recognition, Bluetooth MP3 player and external micro SD slot....
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"Mirror Phone in My Hand Who's the Fairest in the Land?" Ask the T700 Phone
Sony announced the new slim Sony Ericsson T700 with 3.2 megapixel camera built-in stereo speakers and color-matched headsets. The T700 is just 10mm thin and has a self-portrait mirror on a 2” TFT display, with 512 memory card, and Bluetooth....
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Openmoko Publishes Neo Schematics for Open Development
Openmoko will publish the schematics for the Neo 1973 and Neo FreeRunner mobile phones. Openmoko broke with traditional mobile phone manufacturers by shipping its Neo 1973 and Neo FreeRunner mobile phones with a free and open source (FOSS) operating system...
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Mo' ROKR Phones from Moto in Candy Bar, Clamshell, and Slider
Motorola expands its ROKR portfolio with the introduction of three new music-optimized devices MOTOROKR EM30, a candybar phone using Motorola's ModeShift technology, ROKR EM28, a clamshell device with sonic features and touch-sensitive keys, and ROKR EM25, a slider with...
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More LiMo Phones and Members
LiMo Foundation announced seven new devices from Motorola, NEC and Panasonic Mobile Communications offer consumers around the globe a host of applications and services that enhance the mobile experience. The commercially shipping LiMo handsets being announced today are: MOTOZINE ZN5...
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007's Phone Titanium Cyber-shot C902 Used in Movie Available in November
James Bond uses the Sony Cyber-shot C902 Titanium silver edition in , QUANTUM OF SOLACE, that will be available for a limited period with a host of 007 content including games, wallpaper and interviews pre-loaded on the phone a...
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Nokia Reduces Prices
Nokia cut prices for many of its handsets in July. Nokia reduced prices up to 10 per cent for selected music and media phones with smaller cuts on other phones.Nokia already has the greatest market share and it looks...
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T-Mobile Sidekick Upgraded with Personal Shells & Web/IM Enhancements
The new T-Mobile Sidekick powered by Danger (a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp) is available today with software upgrade, improved web access, removable printable shells, video recording/sideloading, wireless stereo music and media sharing via Bluetooth and universal search across all...
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Verizon Offers Motorola Adventure V750
The Motorola Adventure V750, a rugged Push to Talk phone designed for the most extreme conditions, will be available through business sales channels and online at www.verizonwireless.com. The V750 offers a durable and reliable solution for Verizon Wireless Push to...
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Dark Knight Batphone Is by Nokia --- But Not Real Yet?
Many sources have been suggesting the that the touchscreen phone Morgan Freeman(Lucius Fox) uses in the Dark Knight Batman movie is the Nokia Tube. However, Nokia was quoted in Crunch Gear stating: In the summer blockbuster, The Dark Knight, a...
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3 Sony Walkman Phones Unveiled for 3rd B'Day
To coincide with the Walkman phone’s third birthday and sale of over 77 million Walkman phones, Sony Ericsson has unveiled three brand new mobile phones launching Q4 2008: the W902, W595 and W302 and seven new music accessories. The W902...
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7 Million LG Touchscreen Phones Sold So Far
LG Electronics touchscreen phones reached 7 million units at the end of the second quarter, five quarters after LG launched the world’s first full touchscreen handset, the Prada Phone by LG. Of LG’s touch-based phones, the Viewty, a professional camera...
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LG Chocolate 3 Debuts 2 Days After iPhone 3G with DRM-Free Music Service
The LG Chocolate 3 will available on Sunday. The LG Chocolate 3 is the premier music phone for the launch of the V CAST Rhapsody music service ($14.99 mo.) that enables users to download copies to their PCs free...
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Samsung Instinct Sales Best High at Best Buy
Early sales results show the Samsung Instinct, is Best Buys's best selling handset in the past two years. As part of customers' purchase, Best Buy Mobile is extending its unique Walk Out Working program exclusively to all Instinct purchases...
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UTStarcom Arc Available from Virgin Mobile USA
The UTStarcom Arc. a flip phone with Bluetooth and a camera, IM and email messaging is now available from Virgin Mobile USA, priced at $49.99. The ARC gives Virgin Mobile USA customers access to a variety of calling and messaging...
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Mobile Video Phone Subscribers to Triple in 2008, Says Infonetics Research
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reported that worldwide mobile video phone sales neared $99 billion in 2007 and are expected to grow strongly over the next 5 years, despite the challenge service providers face in making mobile video services...
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Independence Day For Open Mobile with Launch of OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner
Openmoko, developer of the first open mobile computing platform announced that on Friday, July 4, it will open the online store for purchase of the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner, a mobile device that the company says will help to enable ubiquitous...
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Review of Reviews of LG Dare Updated
More reviews are included in the Wireless and Mobile News’ Review of Reviews of the LG Dare. The article has been updated and now includes summaries of the latest reviews from CNET and Gizmodo which were very positive. CNET noted...
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ROKR Rocks on T-Mobile Exclusively Starting July 7th
The ROKR E8 handset will be available in the U.S. exclusively from T-Mobile beginning July 7th. ROKR E8 is both a MP3 player that makes great phone calls with a morphing keypad, that looks like a music playser when it...
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Samsung Instinct Fastest Selling Sprint Phone Ever / Shortages in Some Places
Sprint reports Samsung Instinct has become the fastest-selling EVDO handset in Sprint history. Instinct was first available exclusively to current Sprint customers on June 19 breaking records for the initial launch of any Sprint product. Instinct became available to all...
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Verizon LG Dare, Dares to Be 3G with GPS
Verizon will launch its latest iPhonelisicious model - the 3G GPS LG Dare with video capture and photo editing on July 26. The LG Dare is a touch screen phone loaded with multimedia functions. The 3G V CAST-capable phone has...
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Unlocked Palm Centro Available from Palm
Palm, Inc. announced that the popular Palm Centro smartphone is now available unlocked for U.S. customers.It also announced that Google( Maps for mobile with My Location on Centro is available for Centro starting June 24, giving customers faster access to...
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3G GPS 3.2 Megapixel Camera Nokia N78 Availabe in U.S.
Starting today, American consumers can buy the Nokia N78. Combining advanced mobile features such as integrated A-GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and high-speed HSDPA connectivity on North American 850/1900 MHz networks, the Nokia N78 is perfect...
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Motorola Launches Motozine ZN5 with Kodak 5 Megapixel Camera
Motorola and Kodak today announced MOTOZINE ZN5, that combines a high- quality phone and camera experience . ZN5 is the first mobile phone to combine Motorola’s ModeShift Technology and KODAK Imaging Technology. Together, they redefine the quality, convenience and connectivity...
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T-Mobile Intros New Wi-Fi HotSpot@Home Phones: Nokia 6301 & Samsung t339
T-Mobile USA, Inc., today announced the availability of the Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-t339, the newest additions to the growing lineup of phones that support T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service, which provides unlimited, nationwide calling over any accessible Wi-Fi connection in...
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Sprint's Samsung Instinct Priced $129 w/Rebate
Sprint announced that the Samsung Instinct will sell for $129.99 after a $100 rebate with a two-year contract. Although it is not an iPhone The Samsung Instinct has many features an iPhone does not have.Sprint, will spend more than $100...
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8.1 Megapixel Cyber-Shot C905 and Snappy S302 Camera Phones from Sony
The C905 is Sony Ericsson's first Cyber-shot slider and its most advanced camera phone yet. With an 8.1 megapixel camera and real camera flash amongst its cutting-edge capabilities, it offers easy photo-taking in a phone that derives its looks from...
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Wiiliscious Motion Sensor Games on Sony Ericsson Phone - F305
Sony Ericsson is putting gaming at the heart of its latest phone release. Targeted firmly at a youth audience, the F305 with Motion Gaming lets users control games with the flick of a wrist or the swing of an arm,...
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Holy Cloned Phones Batman! Verizon is Selling Batphones with Joker Codes!
Verizon Wireless,, and Nokia announced the availability of the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition mobile phone. Celebrating the upcoming July 18 theatrical release of "The Dark Knight," Batman movie, the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition will be available...
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4 New PTT Phones from Sprint Go Through Heck and Back
Sprint announced the coming availability of four new Nextel Direct Connect phones, powered by Qualcomm's QChat Push-to-Talk technology, to customers in 40+ markets across the country. The LX400 by LG, Z400 by Samsung, and PRO-200 and PRO-700 by Sanyo will...
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TW801, Unlocked GSM Wrist Phone Has Features Envied by Dick Tracy
Turtle Wireless is offering a novelty phone, I mean watch, no I mean phone…which brings a whole new meaning to the word handset, or shall we say wristset? Just in time for the Get Smart movie Turtle offers a smarter...
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Virgin Wild Card Phone-Owners Get Access to Lounge @ Festival, Free Music & Spin
What do Virgin Mobile USA customers and Sir Richard Branson have in common? Branson and the lucky 15,000 customers who buy a Virgin Mobile Festival Special Edition Wild Card phone by Kyocera Wireless will all have special access to the...
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Verizon's MOTO W755 Available.
Verizon and Motorola announced that the MOTO W755 is now available exclusively online at http://www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Communications Stores, including those in Circuit City.Available in purple and black, the MOTO W755 features a 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital...
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AT&T Pantech Breeze Easy Big-Key Simple Phone 4 Young & Old
AT&T and Pantech Wireless Inc. announced the Pantech Breeze( from AT&T. Available in all company-owned stores and online beginning May 27, the Pantech Breeze a simple easy-to-use phone. At its core, the Pantech Breeze is an uncomplicated mobile phone, specifically...
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Hop-On Super Cheap $10 GSM Mobile Phone Available
Hop-On, Inc.announced that its GSM cell phone, the Hop1800, is now available in the United States for $10 USD, and worldwide. One of the new breed of ultra convenient cell phones, the pre-paid HOP1800 works as a backup cell phone,...
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Samsung Instinct Due From Sprint June 20
There have been several confirmed reports that Sprint will offer the Samsung Instinct on June 20. The phone, expected to cost between $200 and $300, available in limited markets to customers who sign up for the "Simply Everything" plans. Sprint...
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Dior Phone Adorable?
The Christian Dior phone designed by ModeLabs goes on sale today at the Montaigne Avenue shop. No technical specs yet but it is estimated that it will sell for $5,000.The mobile phone embellished with crystals feature:a touchscreen displaycameramini-phone extender, My...
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Nokia 5310 XpressMusic from T-Moblie Comes with "Panic At The Disco"
T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced the availability of the much-anticipated Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone. Starting May 28, T-Mobile will offer the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic which offers a variety of features, including easy-to-use external music controls, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, wired stereo headsets,...
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Moto Q 9C Now Available @ Verizon
Verizon Wireless announced the MOTO Q 9c will be available in the company's online store and in Verizon Wireless business sales channels on May 9. The MOTO Q 9c is a smartphone for business professionals and offers powerful capabilities, including...
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3G 3D HTC Touch Diamond Unveiled
HTC unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond with 3g AND 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather and more. In addition, HTC is introducing a new...
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More Nokia Phones Coming to US
Nokia is going to go after a bigger portion of the US market by working with carriers. Reuters reports, "A Nokia spokesman said the company would introduce a number of new models in the United States this year -- including...
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Review of Reveiws LG Vu LG CU920 Updated
The LG Vu is due out any moment and we just looked at all the reviews and they weren’t as positive as the first looks were from CTIA. We’ve had to completely rewrite “Review of Reviews of the LG Vu”...
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LG EnV (2) Available form Verizon April 30
Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, today announced the enV2 by LG will be available on April 30 at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across the nation. The new phone, revealed at CTIA WIRELESS 2008,...
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New Minimalist Phones from Nokia with 3G, Tap Control or Video Out
Nokia unveiled a trio of minimalist lmobile devices: the Nokia 6600 fold, the Nokia 6600 slide and the Nokia 3600. The devices are expected to start shipping during the third quarter of 2008. "There is a strong consumer demand for...
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Nokia Introduces Xpress Music 5320 5220
Nokia today introduced two new music-enabled devices as additions to its XpressMusic range. The new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic offer a range of affordable music and entertainment experiences with the most fresh, stylish designs on the market....
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Watch for EPOQ Watch Phone Soon
Epoq Multimedia has brought new meaning the word handset a wristwatch mobile phone that runs Windows Mobile 5.0. The Epoq EGP-WP98B includes a 1.8-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) screen, quad-band GSM telephony, Bluetooth, WiFi, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and...
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Nokia 6212 NFC Mobile Payment Phone Launched
Nokia announced the availability of the Nokia 6212 classic featuring integrated Near Field Communication (NFC). The 3G handset allows consumers to conveniently share content, access services and information as well as conduct payments and ticketing with one tap of the...
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100 Million Panasonic Handsets Sold in Japan
Panasonic announced that cumulative domestic shipments of mobile phone handsets have topped 100 million units.Making it the first Japanese company to have shipped more than 100 million units of mobile phone handsets, including car phones, to domestic telecommunications services operators.The...
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Hop-On Has High Hopes and Hopefully Big Orders for $20 GSM Phone
Hop-on, Inc.announced today that its low end GSM cell phone with no LCD screen was a big success during CTIA meetings in Las Vegas, resulting in an initial test purchase order of 10,000 phones. The phone sells for $20. The...
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Sanyo Pro Series QChat Phones for Nextel Direct Connect
The new “PRO Series” line by SANYO expands Sprint’s portfolio of Nextel Direct Connect devices, adding new designs, advanced technology, and improved productivity features to the lineup. The PRO Series will offer instant call set-up times of less than one...
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New Handsets & Devices from Motorola
Today at CTIA in Las Vegas, Motorola, Inc.expanded its mobiledevice portfolio in the US with the introduction of handsets and accessories that deliver must-have features and the style consumers' desire. MOTO Z9 and MOTO V950 , available exclusively through...
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HTC Touch Dual Coming to US, HTC Phones Will Upgrade to Win 6.1
Today at CTIA, HTC announced that the popular HTC Touch Dual will debut in the United States this quarter. The HTC Touch Dual combines an intuitive touch screen integrated with HTC's TouchFLO technology and slide-out keypad. In addition, the HTC...
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Kyocera's 3 New CDMA Handsets
Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced three new CDMA handsets at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas. Headlined by the Kyocera Neo E1100, the lineup features elegant designs packed with features.. Along with the Neo E1100, KWC introduced the Kyocera...
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Samsung Debuts Soul, miCoach, Touch F480, Music F400 & Wi-Fi G810
Samsung Electronics is showcasing several of its newhandsets at CTIA Wireless 2008. These handsets are making their U.S. debut at the show and exemplify cutting-edge technology and design innovation. The Samsung Soul is the completion of the Samsung’s renowned Ultra...
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Touch XV6900 Available from Verizon in April
Verizon Wireless announced the XV6900 will be available in April. The Verizon Wireless XV6900 is a touch-screen phone, optimized for easy navigation with the swipe of a finger. It has touch access to local weather reports, navigating to the Internet,...
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Samsung Alias Available from Verizon Mid-April
Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the Alias by Samsung will be available in mid-April. The successor to the popular Samsung SCH-u740, sports the familiar dual-hinge design of the SCH-u740 but is packaged in a silver finish and features an updated...
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AT&T to Offer Sony's Z750a 1st 3G HSPA Phone
The first HSPA phone will be available from AT&T -the new clamshell Sony Ericsson Z750a. As Sony Ericsson's first 3G/HSDPA handset for the U.S. market, the Z750a features mobile broadband for a high-speed Internet connection and access to multimedia...
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Verizon Releases Upgraded enV2 with GPS in April
Verizon Wireless, and LG Electronics announced the enV2 by LG will be available in April.The successor to the popular enV by LG, the new enV2 gets a makeover with a new slim redesign and sophisticated black or maroon finish. The...
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Cricket Offers 2 New Tri-Band Phones MyShot and Spex
Cricket Communications, a provider of unlimited wireless services, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. announced two new CDMA AWS handsets from Samsung, the MyShot and Spex. Starting tomorrow, the Samsung MyShot, the world’s first CDMA AWS camera...
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Samsung to Release AnyCall Haptic iPhone-Like Music Playing Smartphone
Samsung will be release the AnyCall Haptic phone with virbrating responses to make it feel more like a buttoned device. It has an iPhone-like UI, 3.2 inch display, 2 megapixel camera, and microSD slot. It is expected to be released...
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LG Touch Web Phone Released with Hi Res and High Hopes In Korea
LG is launching the “Touch Web” LG LH2300 phone in Korea with a large 3-inch touchscreen display with a high resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, good enough for viewing DVD quality video. It also has, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD memory...
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Samsung Muse Avaialble from Alltel
Alltel Wireless and Samsung announced that the Samsung Muse is now available in Alltel Wireless retail stores and online at shopalltel.com. The Samsung Muse enables music lovers to always have their favorite music tunes within reach. The midnight blue Muse...
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Bi-Wi Wi-Fi/Cellular Duo-Mode Phone from Motorola
Motorola will demonstratet the first wireless handset at VoiceCon that connects to Wi-Fi and cellular networks and swicth calls between the two wireless modes. The handsets Motorola are expected to available in the third quarter of this year....
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Global Wi-Fi Biz BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Available from AT&T
AT&T and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 for business customers, a global handset with built-in Wi-Fi. T The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 from AT&T - features a 240 x 260 pixel display. It...
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5 Colors for Vertu's 10th Anniversary Edition Phones $5,000 +
For its tenth anniversary of selling luxury phones, Vertu is launching a collection named Monogrammed Constellations. The collection will feature fine grain leather which will be embellishedby the Vertu V monogram which interestingly enough is engraved in a four-hour long...
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Touch Screen LG Glimmer Now Available from Alltel
Alltel Wireless, and LG Electronics Mannounced that the highly anticipated Glimmer by LG will be exclusively available in Alltel retail stores and online at shopalltel.com beginning, March 13. With a slide-out keypad and touch-screen interface, the LG Glimmer incorporates traditional...
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Cricket Launches 1st CDMA AWS Tri-Band Phone - CDM7126
Cricket announced the world’s first CDMA Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) mobile phone - the UTStarcom CDM7126. Starting March 11, the UTStarcom CDM7126 will be available at Cricket retail stores throughout Tulsa, Okla. and will soon be available in all Cricket...
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Teeny Sony T303 Announced
Sony Ericsson announced its new neat little T303 slider 2G phone at Cebit. "The T303 is a great addition to the Sony Ericsson T-line of products, combining premium finish and materials with a good feature-set to deliver 'style with substance'."...
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T-Mobile Exclusive Nokia 6650 Multimedia Phone with GPS
T-Mobile and Nokia announced the Nokia 6650,will be available exclusively for T-Mobile International customers, the Nokia 6650 is equipped with integrated GPS and multimedia player, allowing T-Mobile customers easy access to a wide range of services such as web’n’walk, MyFaves,...
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Nokia & Morph Stretches Shape of Mobile Phones with Nanotech
Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched today alongside the “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The...
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Fuel Cell Cell Phone Prototype Still Running
Fuel cell maker Angstrom Power and mobile phone maker Motorola have teamed up to create a prototype mobile phone that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell. The hydrogen fuel cell that extracts hydrogen from water and then extracts electrons from...
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Verizon Releases Clam Music/Video Phone Samsung SCH-u550
Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the availability of the SCH-u550 from Samsung. This clamshell sports a brown finish and lets customers download and listen to music, check out short video clips and take pictures and videos while on-the-go. The SCH-u550...
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Samsung M520 from Sprint Web Slider Phone with TV & GPS for $49.99
Sprint and Samsung Mobile today announced the immediate availability of the M520 by Samsung. This slider phone allows customers to access the Web, find local restaurants, watch live television, download their favorite songs, send text messages or use GPS to...
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The Scoop on Alltel Offering the LG Scoop
Alltel Wireless and LG Electronics announced that the LG Scoop is now available in Alltel retail stores and online at shopalltel.com. Featuring a messaging-friendly full QWERTY keyboard, the LG Scoop allows Alltel customers to be the center of their circle...
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Morphing Samsung Soul Available in April
Samsung Electronics announced the launch of ‘Soul’, Samsung’s new flagship product for 2008. Soul will officially make its debut during next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The thin metal phone has a morphing touch keypad. At only 12.9mm...
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LG Reveals LG-KF510 Touch Phone
LG Electronics, announced that it will debut its new LG-KF510 at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. LG-KF510 is a stylish, slim slider phone. Avaialble Stardust Dark Gray or Sunset Red has a touch sensitive operation called...
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Unlocked iPhone/N95 Clone zzzPhone $149
A smartphone company, zzzPhone.com in Shenzhen, China is adopting the customized model of Dell Computers offering unlocked, tri-band cell phones with features that exceed the Nokia N95 and Apple iPhone, starting at $149. zzzPhone assures shoppers that it uses the...
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Guinness World Record: Most Expensive Cell Phone Le Million @ $1.2 Million
Guinness World Records certified the sale of the Most Expensive Cell Phone in the world - 'Le Million' Piece Unique which was bought by a Russian businessman for his wife for 1 million Euros ($1.2 million) in September 2006.Created by...
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Rollable Screen Readius Mobile Phone Book Ready Mid-2008
Soon, you can read your phone just like you read a book, with a roll-out display that opens up to a wide 5" diagonal screen. Polymer Vision, the inventor of rollable displays announced the Readius mobile phone and reader known...
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Moto ROKR E8 Review of Reviews
The Moto ROKR E8 received a lot of praise at CES 2008 for its morphing keyboard that changes for phone dialing and music playing. CNET gave it their people’s choice award.Early previews of the phone called it cool and liked...
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Armani, Van & Olufsen and Beyonce Phones @ CES
Samsung Electronics showcased its line of high-fashion mobile phones at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show. All of the phones were previously announced elsewhere. Samsung, and Giorgio Armani, one of the world’s leading fashion and lifestyle companies, have come together...
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Global Sony Walkman GPS Phone W760 @ CES
Sony Ericsson announced the W760, the first truly global Walkman phone with tri-band HSDPA and Quad-band EDGE, enabling broadband speed downloads of the latest music and content wherever in the world it is used. Offering music on your mobile and...
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Samsung Debuts New Handsets @ CES
Samsung Electronics debuted several new global handsets at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show.The Samsung SGH-i450 is aa dual slider phone with touch wheel music navigation. When the i450 slides up, the mobile phone supportsmartphone features with Symbian S60 OS....
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Motorola ROKR E8 Touchscreen Keyboard Morphs 4 Functionality
Motorola revealed a new concept in keyboarding at CES with its new ROKR E8 along with a nav wheel the touch screen metamorphoses into different keyboards for different functions, such as a phone dial pad, music player and with touchy-feely...
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Heads-Up for Gesture Controlled Sony Z555
Sony announced the Z555 flip phone with gesture control, which allows you to control phone with gestures.Other features include a 1.3 megapixel camera, outside display, music player, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth. The phone has diamond design on it and...
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MOTO Z10 Mini Film Studio Phone Launched @ CES
Motorola introduced the MOTO Z10 at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show. The new MOTO Z10 is a complete, pocket-sized, mobile film studio. This kick slider makes it easy to capture high-quality video, edit clips, create transitions between scenes and...
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New Moto Music Phones @ CES W230 W270
Motorola, introduced of two new W series GSM handsets at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show . The new W230 and W270 handsets offer easy-to-use music capabilities, expandable memory with optional microSD card, clear audio in noisy environments, FM radio...
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Phone Scoop LG Rumor Rumor False
There were rumors circulating in the Blogosphere in places such as Phone Scoop that the LG Rumor had a bug and it was pulled off the market. Yesterday Phone Scoop retracted their story:"Sprint says that low inventory levels of the...
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Wristwsatch TWP-800 Available from Turtle Wireless 1/13
At CES, Turtle Wireless will introduce the TWP-800--a tri-band GSM phone designed to be worn like a wristwatch. This electronic device comes with a stereo Bluetooth headset, MP3/MP4 capabilities, touch screen, WAP/GPRS compatibility, and more. The TWP-800 will be...
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MOTORAZR2 V9M Available from Cricket
Cricket Communications, Inc., is now offering MOTORAZR² V9m as part of its handset lineup. The RAZR² V9m features greatly enhanced dual screens, giving consumers the largest in its class two inch external screen for crisp picture caller ID and external...
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Cricket Leaps to offer Clamshell Samsung SCH-r500
Samsung and Cricket Communications, Inc., announced that the Samsung SCH-r500 handset, a sleek clamshell phone for Cricket customers, will be available to Cricket customers on Monday, December 24, 2007. The phone features: Changeable faceplates Internal antenna262K TFT internal display1.2” external...
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What Cell Phone or Mobile Device Should Santa Use?
Santa Claus needs a new cell phone this year. What would be the best cell phone or mobile device for Santa? Commentary Feature from Wireless and Mobile NewsAware of the latest mobile phone trends because of letters from very good...
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XHTML 3G Nokia 6263 Available from T-Mobile
T-Mobile announced the availability of the Nokia 6263 with lots of features including email with attachments, a 1.3 megapixel camera with video recorder and a music player, a 2.2” 16 million color QVGA primary display, and exterior mounted music keys....
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Moto Z6c Slider Int'l Travel Phone Available from Verizon 2day Online
Verizon Wireless, announced the availability of the MOTO Z6c world edition with global connectivity, and multimedia features, available today online at www.verizonwireless.com and through business sales. The MOTO Z6c will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on Dec. 12....
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Nokia Evolve 3110 Greens Mobile
Nokia announced at Nokia World, the Nokia 3110 Evolve, a mobile device with bio-covers made from more than 50% renewable material. The device is presented in a small package made of 60% recycled content and it comes with Nokia’s most...
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Chocolate Phone in Blue Ice Available Dec. 7
Verizon Wireless, and LG Electronics announced today the newest flavor of Chocolate by LG - Blue Ice. The Chocolate in Blue Ice includes the same features chocoholics have come to love, such as vibration feedback on the touch-sensitive keypad,...
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Verizon Opens Up Network in 2008
Verizon Wireless announced that it will allow customers use their own devices on the Verizon network by the end of 2008. In early 2008, the company will publish the technical standards the development community will need. Any device that...
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Silvery LG Shine Twinkles 4 Holidays at AT&T
AT&T and LG Electronics launched the new Shine by LG, in time to be in stores Nov. 23, “Black Friday.” The Shine by LG is a sliding pone that features a silver exterior and comes with video, music and camera...
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FlipShot 3 Megapixel Camera with Flipping Display
The Samsung FlipShot is now available online from Verizon with a 3 megapixel camera and rotating display for or $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. The FlipShot enables photo enthusiasts to capture picture-perfect moments while carrying a device that...
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AT&T Napster Phone--SLM Samsung Available Nov. 23
AT&T and Samsung announced the availability of the music/multimedia SLM™ by Samsung.The SLM by Samsung will be in stores beginning Nov. 23 and is their first music phone to feature Napster Mobile™. Napster Mobile enables AT&T's wireless customers to search...
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Sprint Holiday Phones Due Nov 23
The Sprint BlackBerry Pearl 8130, Motorola Q9c, and Motorola i335 will all be available starting November 23, however you can only buy the Moto Q9c online for now.The exciting thing about Sprint is that the do have the EV-DO network...
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Nokia 8800 Arte & 8800 Sapphire Arte 3G Phones Cost 1K-1.15K Euros
Nokia announced two high-end luxury 3G phones, the 8800 Arte (1,000 euros/ $1,462) and the 8800 Sapphire Arte (1,150 euros/$1676.59.) Available in 1Q 2008 and 4Q 2007 respectively. The video demonstration of phones is titled, “The Art of Seduction.” Along...
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New Walkman Music Lover Phones Q1 2008
Sony Ericsson announced the two latest additions to its Walkman® phone portfolio. The W890 and W380 Walkman® phones are slick new offerings packed with features for music lovers. With its slim, design,2GB music storage capacity, and 3.2 megapixel camera, the...
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Touchscreen W960 Walkman Phone in Stores For Xmas
Sony Ericsson announced the W960 Walkman® phone will start to ship in November. The W960, a combination of slim UMTS and Wi-Fi™ enabled phone with high performance media player, will be available in selected markets across the globe in time...
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Sony Ericsson's Quicky Web K660 Phone
Sony Ericsson announced the launch of the K660, an HSDPA (‘mobile broadband’) enabled phone with features designed to make Web browsing on the move, simple and convenient. The K660 features Landscape browsing, Google maps, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and special...
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Google's Open Handset Alliance Opens Up Phone Marketplace
Google announced the formation of The Open Handset Alliance that opens up the development of handsets with an open source mobile phone platform called, “Android” to allow for innovation.The alliance is made up of 34 companies who have worked together...
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New Smartphones from Verizon
Verizon has four smartphones ready for the the holidays. Here are their names and lists of features: Samsung SCH-i760 - Windows Mobile, stylus operation, QWERTY keyboard, separate phone dial pad, Bluetooth and 1.3 megapixel carmera. Priced at $349.99* after a...
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MP3 Player-Like Jukes Ring with Music Starting Friday
Verizon and Samsung’s Juke will available starting Friday. The Juke is a clone of both MP3 player and mobile phone. It has an iPod-like thumb wheel to navigate through multiple music formats: mp3, .wma, .aac and .aac+ files. Other features...
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LG Sells 21.9 Million Handsets.
LG reported its sales of handsets rose to a quarterly record of 21.9 million units on increases in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East in the third quarter. LG posted a net profit of $370 million. The company, however,...
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Snazzy Special RAZR2 Ready For Holidays
Motorola announced that their signature RAZR2 that is bathed in gold and clothed in snake-like skin with new added features will be available in time for the holidays. The gold plated case, has a snake skin back and diamond cuts...
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Motorola Introduces New Phones
Motorola revealed some new phones. There are several new W handsets, many feature FM radios and CrystalTalk which were previously only found on higher end handsets....
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Rumors About Rumor Phone True - QWERTY Phone for $79.99 (with rebate)
Sprint and LG Electronics announced the upcoming availability of a new, affordable wireless phone with a full QWERTY slide keyboard for easy text, email and instant messaging - Rumor by LG. Operating on the Sprint network, Rumor by LG provides...
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Samsung & Sun Micro jPhone to Outshine iPhone?
There has been an AP report in the Sydney Morning Herald quoting a Koren newspaper saying that Samsung and Sun Microsystems are working together to make a Java phone that would be less expensive and have more features than the...
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Review: AT&T(Cingular) GoPhone Motorola C168i
Fry’s is selling the AT&T GoPhone Motorola C168i for $14.99 with $10.00 worth of airtime, a good phone at a very cheap price. This phone looks so good; pirates (I mean entrepreneurs) are unlocking them for replacement phones and selling...
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CEATEC Phones Get Attention- Wellness Phone and Infobar 2
Articles from the CEATEC show in Japan have generated interested in two new phones the prototype Wellness phone and the newly released Info Bar 2.The Wellness phone, developed by NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi takes your pulse, checks your body fat,...
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Clammed Gleam Phone from Verizon Has Living Wallpaper
Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the availability of the Verizon Wireless Gleam by Samsung -- a shiny thin clamshell phone with a new living wallpaper user interface. The image of the wallpaper changes to reflect the time of day and...
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Tweens Can Now Play with Shrek & Other Games on Firefly flyPhone
Tweens can now play popular Gameloft games on their simple flyPhones. Gameloft, publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones, and Firefly Mobile, the first pay as you go service provider and designer of phones for kids and tweens,...
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Verizon's New Voyager, Venus, Pearl and Juke Ringing in New Holiday Sales?
Verizon announced some new phones for the upcoming holiday season.They will be offering the Voyager (VX1000) made by LG Electronics which is sort of like an iPhone with some other features. It has a large touch screen and full Web...
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Verizon & Motorola Announce New MOTORIZR Z6tv
Verizon Wireless and Motorola today announced the new MOTORIZR Z6tv MediaFLO phone. The slider phone is designed especially for V Cast Mobile TV and V Cast Music and Video. The LCD screen is 2 inches wide with 20 megabytes...
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Vertu's Luxury Ferrari Phone
Vertu (Nokia's luxury brand) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ferarri is selling only 60 special edition phones for the price of approximately $25,000 US. The Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 is made of Titanium and uses the same screws as...
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Armani Phone Feature Update - Rape Alarm and Burgular Tracking Features
The Armani mobile phone from Samsung has more features then mentioned previously. There is a danger alarm activated by pressing the volume control 4 times that sends text messages to pre-programmed friends and family alerting them of danger. GPS can...
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Hearing Impaired Can't Hear iPhone--Violating Disability Laws
According to PC World.: A group representing people with a hearing loss filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last month, accusing Apple Inc. of not making its iPhone compatible with hearing aids.Comment from Wireless and Mobile News:The...
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Armani & Samsung's Mobile Phone Offers Bling with Haptical Vibes
Giorgio Armani is working with Samsung to design a series of consumer electronics devices, beginning with a classy credit-card sized mobile phone that has a touch-sensitive screen, 3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth. An added feature is a haptical UI, where...
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Sweet Success: Verizon Wireless Has Sold More Than 3 Million Chocolates
Verizon Wireless, announced that it has sold more than 3.4 million Chocolate by LG phones since its launch last summer. Exclusively available from Verizon Wireless, the Chocolate by LG is a fully-functional mobile music device that supports V CAST Music,...
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