China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless all use CDMA today because when they deployed their networks, CDMA offered superior voice quality and data speeds. Earlier this century UMTS came, then a few years later HSPA became the golden standard in Europe and Asia. America is getting there, but it’s taking some time; blame AT&T. But…
HTC Desire (Bravo) hands-on video and pics
If you like the Nexus One and it’s impressive spec-sheet, you’re going to love the HTC Desire. Just as expected, HTC dropped the Bravo on us today under the new “Desire” moniker, and it’s every bit the high-end Android phone that we expected to come from HTC. Not only does the HTC Desire pack in…
Quick Mobile World Congress Status Update #2
Dusan Will Simon (left), Yoeau (right) We’re tired, we’re crunching video, we’re writing until our fingers are falling off. All for you.
We put hands on the HTC Legend and its all-aluminum unibody (pics and vid)
HTC today unveiled their new HTC Legend as the first Android phone to take advantage of the company’s innovative slot-assembly technique as well as a unibody aluminum casing that also serves as the frame. The Legend’s body is milled from a single piece of solid aluminum, making it one of the most striking mobile phone…
Hands-on with the HTC HD Mini and its phone lingerie
The just announced HTC HD Mini’s purpose is pretty self-explanatory – it’s the HTC HD2‘s brother-from-another-mother that HTC says gives you “big experience in a compact form-factor.” The HD Mini is a lot like the HD2, just, well, mini-sized. It’s not as powerful, but it’s just as capable when it comes to the media experience.…
Sagem launches Cosyphone for seniors
Sagem Wireless launched a new device for the over 50’s market – Cosyphone. As you can presume for yourself, it’s an easy to use, candybar-shaped phone with clear UI and big separated buttons that additionally micro-vibrate to assure the user has pressed the right key. However, there’s a twist thanks to the use of NFC…
Huawei launches 4/5 Android phones in Barcelona, first HSPA+ Android smartphone included
China’s Huawei has unveiled 4 (or that’s 5) phones in Barcelona, all of them apparently running Android OS. It’s a big step for the company, which aggressively pursues the mobile phone market in Europe and elsewhere. Without further ado, here what they’ve announced: Huawei U8800 HSPA+ support providing download speeds of up to 14Mbps Android…
Kingston unveils 16GB microSDHC Class 10 card
Kingston Digital, which is an underdog in the memory products, unveiled a 16GB microSDHC Class 10 card, with a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/sec. The new card ships either as a stand-alone product, or with miniSD and SD adapters that turn the tiny memory card into a portable storage memory. The rest of Kingston’s…
Dial2Do launches an Android app
Dial2Do, the company/service which we already talked about in the past, launched its voice activated mobile app/service for the Android platform. Here’s how it works, and it’s not just how it works with Android smartphones (from the press release): The application intercepts incoming text messages so the driver does not even have to look at…
SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 officially official for Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android
As expected, SPB Software has officially announced SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 for three major smartphone platforms – Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android, with apparent plans to spread to other phones at some point in the future. Here’s what’s new: New 3D engine with eye candy effects for media player, photo viewer and weather Natural Interaction…