What an LG rumor day. First we posted that AT&T will carry both Shine and Prada phones, and now we’ve been tipped that LG’s stylish slider handset (Shine) is set to cross the border and reach Canadian consumers via Rogers Wireless. At the moment, we’ve no much information about the pricing nor availability (there’s no…
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Nokia and others to launch “iPhone-like” devices next year?
So far we’ve seen few companies, like Intel, BenQ, HTC (Touch) and even Nokia trying to create something similar to the iPhone. And now, according to DigiTimes, more companies are set to enter the race. Apparently, the Taiwan’s “OEM reporting puls” says that we should expect to see more Windows Mobile-based all-touchscreen devices from such…
Google Maps Mobile now native on S60, N95 GPS support included
Ricky shot me an IM and said that Google Maps now works natively on S60 and even supports the built in GPS on the N95, shenanigans I thought, then I went to the website on my phone and low and behold here it finally is! It isn’t as powerful feature wise as Nokia Maps, but…
AT&T to add LG Shine, Prada phones soon
It seems that carrying the iPhone is just not good enough for AT&T. According to the Gizmodo’s spyshots above (and more on their site), the iPhone carrier will be introducing LG Shine and Prada phones in the near future. At this point, we’ve no idea how distant that future is and when you’ll be able…
Nokia slashes E65 price by 15% to prepare for holiday sales
Nokia dumping all their E65’s? You know what that means, refresh is due! Not surprised either, the Nokia E51 has already came and replaced the E50. The E65 is a fantastic device and it has the sales numbers to prove it, with over 1 million sold last quarter alone. WiFi, quadband GSM, 2100 MHz 3G…
Brando’s Generic Mobile Phone Telescope adds powerful zoom to your mobile phone for only $22!
Just recently, Hong Kong-based Brando added an interesting mobile phone accessory to its offering. Thanks to its flexible adapter, the “Generic Mobile Phone Telescope” allows you to mount the 7×18 telescope to your mobile phone. Actually, the telescope will NOT work with ALL phones, and it’s required that the handset measures from 91 to 109…
Broadcom and Samsung expand their partnership
Broadcom and Samsung announced that they’ve expanded their partnership under which Samsung will keep including Broadcom’s 3G solutions in the coming devices. The first Samsung handset that used Broadcom’s baseband technology, SGH-Z220, was released over a year ago and I guess made money for both parties involved. Lately, we’ve seen Samsung using Broadcom’s “advanced silicon…
Apple launches iPhone web-app portal – find all iPhone web-apps through Apple’s catalogue
Well, it looks like Apple is starting to seriously embrace the whole third-party web-app development community for the iPhone. While a full iPhone SDK announcement may still be a few days away (“may” being the operative word here), Apple has launched their third-party iPhone web-app catalogue. The new web portal consolidates all the best web-apps…
Apple iPhone announcement coming soon? Offline support for third-party web-apps?
Word on the street has it that Apple is going to drop another iPhone-bomb on us soon. Sources indicate that Apple will be giving the iPhone’s third-party development community a much needed boost in morale and accessibility. We’re not sure if the announcement is going to be the rumored offline storage support for third-party web-apps…
Sprint announces the keypad/keyboard hybrid LG Rumor slider
According to leaked info, Sprint was set to launch the LG Rumor for CDMA duty this quarter. Well, Sprint’s gone ahead and officially announced the LG Rumor today, and it looks like the LG Rumor is going to hit Sprint networks on November 4 – in your choice of White or Black (with a cool…