Google’s South-East Asia managing director of sales and operations, Richard Kimber, said to The Sydney Morning Herald that at this point, Google is very focused on software, not the phone. Kimber said Google is keen to port its technologies to mobile devices, but it was not interested in entering the crowded handset market… It was…
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Palm to be sold tomorrow!?
Reuters writes that Palm could be sold tomorrow, on March 22. The fact is that the company has been struggling for some time to keep up with the growing competition coming from other handset makers, and I guess this could Palm’s way out. Among the possible buyers, Reuters cites private equity firms Texas Pacific Group…
Dark Label Retroxis concept phone
Have you noticed that the number of concept phones is growing these days. The latest one that caught my eye is Dark Label Retroxis designed by Lim Sze Tat. The appealing retro-looking handset brings minimalist lines and quite simple (optimum!?) controls and functions. It is encased in high polished polycarbonate renowned for its lightweight and…
HTC Kaiser leaked photos
Over at HowardForums, user “n20nine” posted a set of photos of the upcoming HTC Kaiser smartphone. This device should have everything – a QWERTY keyboard, a 3 MP camera, an integrated GPS, and should run the Windows Mobile 6 Professional. Furthermore, the Kaiser will support HSDPA and HSUPA for ultra-fast downloads AND uploads. Talking about…
Direct Push email for Palm Treo 650
After supporting it on its 680 and 700p models, Palm also made Exchange ActiveSync Update available for Treo 650 owners. If you still haven’t switched to the newer Treo, and want all the benefits of the direct push-email, this is your chance. The service will cost you roughly 3 bucks ($2.99), and requires that you…
Hands on “Creatures of the Deep” for Nokia’s Next generation gaming platform
Hm. Nokia is onto something. Just take a look at the screenshots bellow. And those are the screenshots taken on Nokia N73, a device which DOESN’T have a separate GPU, like the N93/N93i and N95 do. The graphics impress! Anyhow, “Creatures of the Deep” will is among the first games for the Nokia’s next-gen gaming…
Asus P526 promises to appeal to everyone
Asus may not be a well-know name in the handset business, but it’s certainly among the top 10 computer manufacturers. Their latest P526 smartphone is set to appeal to everyone. The P536 is a quad-band device, that unfortunately lacks the 3G support. Apart from that, the P526 has everything else, including an integrated GPS, WLAN…
Samsung’s new patent to improve the text messaging
Samsung’s latest patent promises to improve the text messaging. If you’ve seen the iPhone demonstration, you certainly noticed how Apple made text messaging cool. But, Samsung wants to go one step further… The idea of the Korean giant sounds interesting and is set to bind the photos with SMS. The end results would allow quick…
Dopod D600 (HTC Gene P3400) comes to China
Dopod has start selling the D600, their version of the HTC Gene P3400 in China. The quad-band Dopod D600 is an all-touchscreen device that runs Windows Mobile 5, and among other things sports a single speaker, a 2.8″ QVGA screen, 64 MB RAM and 128 MB of flash memory, a 2 MP camera, SDIO card…
First Nokia 7088 photo
We saw the Nokia 7088 approved by the FCC along with the new Communicator and N77. Now, we have the first photo available. Apparently, the new device will have a slider form factor and will be based on Nokia’s Series 40 platform. This feature phone is for fashion-oriented consumers and somehow resembles the L’Amour series…