Aside from showing the Nokia E71x for AT&T and Nokia 1661 for T-Mobile USA, the Finnish giant also unveiled two new Bluetooth accessories at the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. The first of the two is the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-216, which is touted as a “comfortable headset with a curved form factor that enables…
Kyocera unveils G2GO M2000 QWERTY phone and Laylo M1400 slider
Kyocera has unveiled two new CDMA phones at the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas: the full QWERTY keyboard equipped G2GO M2000, aka Virgin Mobile Kyocera X-tc; and Laylo M1400 slider. The first of the two looks more interesting, thanks to the mentioned keyboard, which makes the device a texter’s dream phone. Other specs include 2.4-inch…
Hands-on with the Samsung Magnet messaging phone
Samsung apparently couldn’t wait for CTIA Wireless 2009 to kick off in Las Vegas. A couple days before the trade show was scheduled to begin, Samsung blitzed the media with a slew of affordable messaging handsets. And then they blitzed us again with the Samsung Instinct S30 and Samsung Mondi the next day. Nevertheless, we’re…
Hands-on the Samsung Mondi @ CTIA Wireless 2009
Samsung just yesterday unveiled their first WiMAX-capable smartphone for use with Clearwire’s WiMAX-based Clear network in the US. As the company’s first foray into the 4G WiMAX market, the Samsung Mondi is going to be an interesting device to watch. The Mondi isn’t a handset, it’s being billed as an MID (Mobile Internet Device), but…
LG Booth Tour – Live from CTIA Wireless 2009 Las Vegas
The CTIA Wireless 2009 Las Vegas show isn’t what you’d call a booming success. Attendance is noticeably down and the general atmosphere is just a little muted this time around. The Las Vegas convention center showfloor is peppered with more small- to medium-sized booths than the big, marketing budget-blowing extravaganza that we’ve seen in shows…
Zer01 announces unlimited voice and data service nationwide!
Zer01, the new wireless carrier offering unlimited voice and data plans for just $69.95, has gone official with their network at CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas. Since their initial announcement earlier this month, Zer01 has been working hard to make it publicly known that they are not an MVNO. Given the MVNO fad’s spectacular…
Samsung opens up the TouchWIZ platform; Announces Yahoo, Google and AccuWeather.com widgets
Samsung has finally did the thing I’ve been thinking about for some time – they’ve opened up their TouchWIZ platform to enable interested companies and individuals to bring their widgets to Samsung phones. UI Evolution is developing a set of developer tools for Samsung to support the easy development of TouchWIZ widgets. Based upon the…
Mobui’s AppsWeLike is designed to help iPhone users find relevant apps
With the growing number of iPhone apps, it gets harder and harder to find out about all the cool things in the AppStore. Mobui Corporation saw that problem and at the CTIA they’ve announced the private beta launch of the new AppsWeLike mobile application referral network with the idea to provide iPhone application developers and…
Low-end Nokia 1661 coming to T-Mobile USA
Nokia announced a new entry-level candybar for T-Mobile USA – Nokia 1661. There’s nothing too exciting about this device, except that it may help the Finnish giant expand its U.S. market share, at least a little. Specs wise, there’s a dual-band GSM radio on board, 1.8-inch 128×160 pixels screen, FM radio, speakerphone, flashlight, and a…
WebOS to Feature Palm OS Emulation?
Just when you though Palm might have totally blown their load at the CES launch, they might have one more thing up their sleeve for CTIA Wireless. There’s an icon here labeled “Classic” with some old-school graphics, leading us to believe that WebOS will somehow support legacy Palm applications, potentially through an emulator. We’ll be…