DigiTimes is reporting that, according to “industry sources,” Dell is working with Quanta Computer to develop a new smartphone. The collaborative project, codenamed “Fly,” is purportedly using the Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional operating system – so we know that the smartphone will be a touchscreen PDA – with HSDPA. A qwerty keyboard is likely for…
Another Apple iPhone Knock-off – The IPHONE
Apple’s got another rip-off to throw their legal team at. This time around its called the Apple IPHONE and it’s from China (who woulda guessed?). Fuijan Huamin Import and Export Company is hocking their “newly” (sic) Apple IPHONE on their website – alongside other Apple product rips. The specs seem to match, more or less,…
Apple iPhone Rebate / Subsidy Now A Possibility!
According to an American Technology research report released today, the boys up in Cupertino may be considering a rebate or carrier subsidy for the up-coming Apple iPhone. Analyst Shaw Wu’s sources have indicated that Apple could likely be offering a break on the uber-expensive iPhone – to the tune of $50-$150.
Sharp’s New Super Contrast LCD With Incredible Viewing Angles – For Mobile Phones
Sharp, ever the LCD pioneer, has developed a new 2.2 inch QVGA LCD for mobile devices. Another LCD for mobile phones, great. But actually, this new high-contrast mobile LCD tech really is great! With features like 2,000:1 contrast ratio, 176-degree viewing angle, and 8ms response time, this tiny LCD has the “bits” to play with…
Nokia 6120 Classic Now Official! – The Slim HSDPA Candy Bar
At 15mm thin, the Nokia 6120 Classic is pretty darn slim (at least for a phone from Nokia), but it still packs in the features. We’ve been expecting this slim candy bar for a few weeks, and now that it’s finally here, we can’t wait to get our 6120 Classic’s HSDPA rockin’ with quad-band GSM…
Cingular 8525 Firmware Update Could Be Upon Us
Cingular’s 8525 (HTC TyTn) has that vestigial, and now useless, push-to-talk button. It was marketed as having the feature, but having the feature is a completely different story from actually enabling the feature. An anonymous tipster over at Engadget Mobile says they got the down-low on the promised PTT-enabling firmware update come April 25 –…
Samsung To Debut SCH-B710 DMB Phone At Korea IT Show – PIP For DMB
Samsung is planning to debut a new DMB TV phone in their home-country’s upcoming Korea IT Show. The Samsung SCH-B710 is the newest addition to the Anycall lineup and rocks that digital TV tuner so popular in South Korea, but the shining light on Samsung’s new DMB baby is its PIP (Picture in Picture) technology.…
HTC Herald and Vox Headed to Canada’s Telus
Rumor has it that the HTC Herald (P4350) and the HTC Vox (S710) will be headed to Canada’s Telus Wireless within the next month. There have been reports that the inventory at Telus now includes the HTC P4000 and HTC S720, possible CDMA renditions of the GSM P4350 and S710. ***UPDATE*** So it’s been about…
Samsung Ultra Edition 2 Officially Released
LG isn’t the only player busting out with hot, mirror finished mobile phones for the fashionable set. The Samsung Ultra Edition 2 is definitely one hot number, and has finally gone official with Samsung’s release of the phone to limited markets. We’ve been watching for this thing to drop ever since our glimpse at 3GSM…
Will: Windows Mobile Product Guide, Apple iPhone’s secret, and…HTC’s At It Again!
We had a lot happen over the weekend! Bees are dying because we use our cellphones too much, Symbian widgets are on the way, we got transforming phones, and wooden cell phones. But alas, we don’t have the time or need to recap all that mess. Let’s look at some Windows Mobile-related developments.