This Chinese-made smartphone we see here alleges to be the first native handset with a full qwerty-keyboard. Why hasn’t the qwerty-keyboard been done yet on a Chinese handset? Well, first of all, there is almost no way to implement a Chinese language (with its tens of thousands of characters) in a keyboard. Secondly, how useful…
Skype May be Coming to Symbian UIQ3
Rumor and hearsay are floating around that the Symbian UIQ3 operating system will soon be supporting the popular VoIP application, Skype. The recently released Sony Ericsson P1i shows, on page 66 of its white paper, a mention of “Skype – Voice over IP application that lets the user make mobile phone calls over the Internet.”…
T-mobile Wing Launched! Pictures and Video
T-mobile’s MDA successor, the T-mobile Wing, has finally launched! After much debate over its name and release date, we get news on this 22nd day of May, that it will be called the T-mobile Wing after all. The rebranded HTC P4350 (Herald) sports the brand-spankin’ new Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional operating system, quad-band GSM with…
Apple iPhone on Pre-Paid and Hybrid Plans! (New details emerge)
We knew we’d get more details as the launch-date of the Apple iPhone drew closer, but we never expected news like this! Boy Genius Report posted some screenshots of AT&T’s accounting system. Usually, accounting systems are bland and boring, but a quick look at the screenshots show three account codes for different iPhone sales-types. We…
LG to launch Wine Phone – LG SV300
LG has announced that they will be launching their so-called “Wine Phone” on May 25th. Like the Chocolate, LG has chosen another food product for a handset model-name (yes, we consider alcohol a food product!) – Wine. The details are slim, but we can expect the LG SV300 to pack a camera (resolution unknown), MP3…
Phone Call from Top of Mount Everest!
Remember when we told you about that somewhat hair-brained idea about trying to get “high” with Motorola? Apparently, that Brit climber Rod Baber made it to the top of that notorious hill – Mt. Everest – with a Motorola Z8 (the Media Monster) in tow. The “record-setting” call was made from the northern side of…
Qualcomm’s New MVNO – For Healthcare Professionals
Qualcomm is planning to get into the MVNO game with the launch of a new MVNO, LifeComm, with focus on healthcare. The MVNO is slated for a 2H 2007 launch and should have broad appeal with services including “fitness, weight management or reduction, diabetes management, and monitoring heart health, including hypertension and congestive heart disease.”…
More Live Shots of the HTC Elf – Look out Apple iPhone!
Mr. Palm has some in-hand spy shots of the cute little HTC ELF! We get a better idea for the size of the HTC Elf as well as live shots of it’s Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system in action! We love those smooth (dare we say iPhone-esque) lines and minimalistic design. If it wasn’t for…
Samsung Anycall Dual Sliding PSP Knock/Rip-Off
Some “replica” makers are going all out these days. This knock-off takes the feature-cake with more features and trademark infringements than you can throw a USPTO legal team at. We don’t know what to call this thing, but it claims to be a Samsung Anycall phone and a PSP, with Windows Mobile-ish and Nintendo gaming.…
It’s a PSP, No It’s a Phone, No It’s a Rip-off!
The newest rip to hit the streets comes to us in the form of a PSP look-alike. But, in a rare show of cloning aptitude, the A816 brings its A-game with a spot-on reproduction of the PSP, right down to the glossy face and button layout. Although playing games (ROM emulations, not PSP games, of…