With a spec-sheet that would make a techno-geek weak in the knees with excitement, the LG KU990 “Viewty” YouTube phone brings LG’s A-game to the smartphone market. If you’ve had a chance to check out that preview vid that Stefan posted a little while back, then you know just how badass this thing is going…
Sony Ericsson K630i for Vodafone shows up on FCC
Sony Ericsson has been on a tear with handfuls of handsets recently passing through the FCC’s testing labs. The newest Sony Ericsson handset to get outed by the FCC is the SE K630i candybar, seen here in Vodafone guise. We’re not quite sure what to make of this one, but we know that it’ll be…
Google might be considering bidding on UK wireless spectrum auction – keyword here is “might”
We love rumors and hearsay, they’re the frosting to our mobile-phone-cake. And this new rumor is about as speculative as frosting gets (wait, what?). It seems that Ofcom’s announcement that they will be auctioning off part of the UK’s 900Mhz wireless frequency spectrum has fired up the rumor mill, via The Guardian. Ofcom is planning…
Verizon switching to UMTS based LTE for their next generation network, 100 megabits down
The Gods, can you hear them singing? Verizon choose not to go with EVDO revision C for their next generation network, they are instead going with the GSM Association’s standard currently known as 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution)! Much of this is due to the fact that their big brother Vodafone will be implementing the…
Vodafone working on an unlimited music download service
Along with its groovy Christmas handset collection, Vodafone is also working to introduce the unlimited music download service with its partner Omnifone. Starting from November, the new service called MusicStation will allow customers to download as much music as they want for as little as $4.02 per week. Four major labels are on board, as…
Treo 500v first impressions: “Best Treo yet!”
Says the guys over at Treonauts. They did a quick write up of their unboxing and are ridiculously impressed with the build quality of this device. Not having a touch screen isn’t slowing them down one bit. Check out what else they have to say. After owning a Nokia N95 I can’t imagine what a…
Video: Palm Treo 500v user interface, easiest smartphone to use, ever?
Jason Langridge is the Mobility Business Manager for Microsoft in the EMEA region and a total geek. He hooked up his Treo 500v to his PC via a program called Pocket Controller to show us what the user interface of the 500v and I think you’re going to be as amazed as I am: Granted,…
Vodafone prepared to face the iPhone in UK?
Vodafone recently unveiled its Christmas collection which among other devices include the Nokia N95 8GB and Samsung F700 for which the carrier has an exclusive agreement. Beside the touchscreen, the so called “iPhone killer” also packs the HSDPA support as well as the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard — the features iPhone is missing. Vodafone seems…
Video: Palm Treo 500v walkthru!
Thank you Cellulare Magazine Italy. Love the accent, love the video even more:
Palm Treo 500v is official, how did our leak stand up?
We got everything right except for the product dimensions. Score. The new Palm Treo 500v is a Vodafone exclusive for now, triband GSM (900/1800/1900) and UMTS on the 2100 MHz band. With a weight of 120 grams and only 16.5 x 61.5 x 110 mm it is wider than the Treo 680, but thinner and…