This is definitely an interesting concept, the way concepts were meant to be – an innovative new idea rather than a device packed with the highest-tech out there. The screen of the eTna is small, as is the keypad, and the media keys are huge. But if you look closely, you’ll see a gaping hole…
Emblaze signs deal with Sharp and ACCESS to create revolutionary mobile device
Right, it’s easy to say that you’ll be bringing a “revolutionary” device to market when you’ve barely even hit the drawing board. Anyone can say that their device is all that and a bag of chips (anyone remember Gizmondo?), but the real test will come when this trio actually launches their device. Japanese electronics giant…
T-Mobile launches Samsung T539 Beat
Samsung and T-Mobile have gone official with the Samsung SGH-T539 – the Samsung Beat. We had leaked info on this quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) clamshell phone a while back, and it’s finally hit the market – although it’s really no cause for celebration. That is, unless you like slightly awkward-looking flip-phones with illuminated green-ring speakers on…
RIM announces CDMA BlackBerry Pearl 8130 – the BlackBerry Pearl 2.0 with GPS
Research In Motion (RIM), makers of the venerable BlackBerry lineup of smartphones, has finally announced their anticipated BlackBerry Pearl 2.0 as the CDMA BlackBerry Pearl 8130. The update to the Pearl lineup is the first BlackBerry Pearl for email addicts on a CDMA network (Verizon/Sprint). We’re expecting the BlackBerry 8130 to bring some updated software…
Finland’s Nokia will buy US-based Navteq for $8.1 billion
It looks like Nokia’s push to expand their online services is about to get a big boost in the GPS navigation department. Finnish phone manufacturer Nokia has just announced their plans to buy US-based navigation map-maker Navteq for a reported $8.1 billion. The buy-out has been approved by both companies’ board of directors and will…
HTC Juno coming to US as T-Mobile Shadow
We gotta hand it to BGR. The HTC Juno hasn’t even been announced yet and Boy Genius got his hands on a T-Mobile-branded T-Mobile Shadow – in its retail box. It seems that the T-Mobile Shadow may be coming to the US with a VGA screen and we hear that the display is clearly visible…
HTC gets official with HTC Touch Dual (Slide), S730, P6500
Just like we expected, HTC’s press event in London today took the official wraps off their HTC Touch Dual (which we’ve been expecting to have been called HTC Touch Slide), HTC S730, and HTC P6500 Sedna. Europeans can revel in the privilege of getting these slick, new smartphones before everyone else (Japan notwithstanding). As you…
Verizon Wireless to launch Juke, Pearl, Venus, Voyager simultaneously
So it looks like Verizon Wireless is really trying to heat things up. They must still be feeling rather bitter about not jumping on the iPhone bandwagon when they had their chance. With the iPhone still selling like Twinkies at a Fat Camp, and AT&T slated to launch some other cool devices, we can imagine…
Motorola Z6tv VCAST phone to hit Verizon Wireless on October 5
Remember that Motorola Z6tv VCAST TV slider-phone that recently passed through the FCC? Well, it looks like Verizon Wireless is going to launch the mobile-TV slider on October 5 – missing our speculated launch window of “late August” by a fairly wide margin. The Motorola Z6tv will complement Verizon Wireless stable of two MediaFLO-based mobile-TV…
Apple still selling iPhones like it’s nobody’s business
In case the completely obvious wasn’t all that obvious, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster released a report to clients that Apple was still selling iPhones at a higher-than-expected level, following the September 5 price cuts. The 33% price cut heard ’round the world was followed by a 300% increase in iPhone sales, but it seems…