Samsung made it clear during Mobile World Congress that their slim-line Ultra Edition flagship, the Samsung Soul, was ready to take its secondary, haptic-feedback display to Europe. Today, Samsung has announced that their 12.9mm thick Samsung Soul is ready to rock in Europe. As such, US-friendly frequency support for HSDPA, let alone GSM, is sadly…
Palm and Sprint to start beta testing Palm Treo 800w?
According to some emails sent out to some lucky Palm fans, PalmInfoCenter has found that Palm is planning to start beta testing “an innovative new product.” Beta testers are required to be heavy email and data users with access to WiFi and a current Sprint customer. The next Palm Treo slated to go to bat…
Levi’s 3G slider handset available exclusively on Orange France
It looks like Levi’s is back at it with another fashion-branded handset. Following on the Levi’s handsets designed by Modelabs, the famous jean-maker has launched another handset in France. This time around, France’s Orange network will be the exclusive provider for the 3G-toting mobile phone slider. By the looks of it, the only “fashion” forward…
Blue Palm Centro gets real for Verizon Wireless
Palm’s surprisingly successful Palm Centro smartphone has been spotted wearing a Verizon Wireless logo. With the consumer-oriented handset making waves on AT&T and Sprint and expected to land on T-Mobile in the near future, Palm’s going for a Centro hat-trick by bringing the Palm Centro to Verizon Wireless (launching the Palm Centro on T-Mobile would…
Samsung patent application for gesture based mobile phone control
With touchscreen blowing up the mobile space, we gotta wonder, what’s on the horizon. Sure, touchscreens are hot now, but what technology will take the industry by storm in the coming years? From this recently published patent application, it seems that Samsung’s betting on gesture-based controls rising to meet the call of future mobile phone…
HTC Dream, T-Mobile MDA Compact IV spotted?
Remember those mysterious HTC smartphones that made an appearance in the picture that Stefan found? Right, well it seems that those two HTC Kaisers (HTC TyTn II’s), HTC Touch, HTC Touch Cruise, and HTC P3470 were joined by what could be the HTC Dream. Take a look at the picture again. You see that QWERTY-sliding…
Sony Ericsson BeiBei gets pictured
If there’s one thing Sony Ericsson does well, it’s pumping out tons of super-stylish and slim candybar/monoblock handsets powered by UIQ. The newest unannounced monoblock from the Swedish-Japanese duo is the SE “BeiBei” that you see pictured here. Thanks to the folks over at The Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog, we’ve got this nice, clear spy-shot…
NTT DoCoMo changes its look and revamps logo
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo wireless carrier has taken to freshening up its brand with a new logo. In its push to change up its look, NTT DoCoMo has rolled out its more lower-case friendly brand-logo. According to NTT DoCoMo (or is it NTT docomo now?), the new logo will go live on July 1 to usher…
Turn your iPhone into a drum machine
Third-party application-savvy iPhone users can add another function to the iPhone’s list of expandable features. Your iPhone can now be used as a drum machine. Dubbed “Drummer,” the new application from MooTheCow leverages the spectacularly flexible multi-touch display to sample up to 15 different sounds into a (hopefully) harmonious piece of music. Drummer comes pre-configured…
Hate your wireless carrier? Cellular South will pay your ETF to switch carriers.
Everyone hates ETFs. The use of Early Termination Fees is something of a necessary evil. They give wireless carriers a somewhat reliable assurance of customer loyalty, allowing the carrier to keep wireless rates relatively low. On the other hand, there’s nothing worse (for the consumer) than having to wait out the last few months of…