CES is certainly the place to be. Yes, we’ll be sending our team there as well. And guess who’s also going to attend? Meizu – the folks behind the world’s most famous iPhone clone, MiniOne M8. Now I could go on and on about the “right thing to do” and whether this is a “smart…
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LG Shine now official on AT&T
Yap, we’ve already reported the LG Shine is hitting the AT&T stores and now it’s official. We know many of you folks crave for the piece of the “shiny love” — or at least, that’s what we hear on our forums — so get dressed and visit one of the “select AT&T retail locations,” whatever…
Sony Ericsson K660i, W890i demo videos
With the recently announced K660i and W890i models, Sony Ericsson aims to bring the mobile Internet and music on the go (respectively) to the modern youth. Not that their other devices can’t do that — practically every single phone that costs around $200 unsubsidized can play music nowadays — it’s just that these two are…
A mobile phone with a hidden Bluetooth headset
While the phone on the image above DOES look like “yet another Chinese phone” — it’s the look of the menu items at the bottom of the screen that tells us so — actually it’s not true. The main idea behind this device called Star NX788 is to assure that users NEVER forget their Bluetooth…
ScummVM goes iPhone; Brings good ol’ point-and-click adventures to Apple handset users
Now here’s a reason to rejoice this Monday. We’ve just spotted that the folks behind the ScummVM project has ported their popular application to the iPhone. Yes, it’s the true unofficial native app, meaning you’ll have to jailbrake your beloved handset before installing it — that’s in case you still tolerate the lack of real…
London begins trials of payments via NFC equipped mobile phones
NFC is already a success in London with the Oyster card, now the city wants to expand the use of this technology by embedding it into mobile phones. Initial trials of the technology will happen thanks to Barclaycard in partnership with Nokia who is said to be providing several hundred handsets. Richard Humbach, manager of…
Zed launches multiplayer mobile poker; Gambling addicts rejoice!
Zed has launched Zed Poker – Texas Hold ’em Online, allowing gambling addicts and casual poker fans to compete against each other right from their mobile phones. In order to play, user must become a premium subscriber to the company’s Club Zed service, and afterwards start competing for virtual cash and points. In case this…
Sony Ericsson M610i also spotted on Microsoft China’s mobile site
So, it’s not just the Sony Ericsson P3i Microsoft China’s mobile site is hiding. Now we have the upcoming M610i smartphone, which prototype we already saw on sale on eBay Germany, also featured on the mentioned web page. As far as we know, the M610i will only add a WiFi on top of the M600i’s…
Brief: New Nokia N95 firmware released, go download it now!
The latest Nokia N95 firmware 20.0.015 is out and the folks over at All About Symbian have already done a preview of it, with screenshots! On demand paging is included, built in search, and more. Check it out.
iPhone hacker reveals Apple’s online (iTunes) rental plans
The latest iPhone update didn’t really do anything impressive for our iPhones. Sure, that TIFF-image security hole was patched, but it was more of a headache for third-party iPhone developers than anything else. Or was it? One iPhone hacker noticed that the last iPhone update contained some interesting code hidden within. These code strings seem…