Sonim Technologies announced a new member to its family of tough and rough devices – Sonim XP3300 FORCE. What sets the new Sonim phone apart is the super long talk time which, at 20 to 24 hours, is said to be the longest in the world. Like some other Sonim phones, the XP3300 Force is…
Telstra launching 4G LTE services later in the year
Australia’s Telstra unveiled plans to upgrade its Next G network with 4G LTE technology later in the year. The company will focus on central business districts of all Australian capital cities and selected regional centres, and use its existing 1800MHz spectrum to bring 4G to areas where traffic demand is most concentrated. At the same…
Skype Access offers WiFi access in 500,000 hotspots around the world
Skype is teaming-up with hotspot operators around the world to offer its users pay-as-you-go Internet access starting at £.04/€.05/$.06 per minute. Dubbed Skype Access, it relies on your existing Skype Credit to charge users, requiring no daily and/or monthly vouchers to get online. Already the VoIP service provider has a number of partners on board,…
Deutsche Telekom to launch NFC-based “Mobile Wallet” in 2011
Deutsche Telekom will launch an NFC-based “Mobile Wallet” in 2011, the international carrier confirmed today at Mobile World Congress. The payment program will use NFC technology to enable wireless payments from a mobile device. This payment system could be extend to store purchases, event ticketing and passenger rail tickets. This international program will be developed…
Hands-on: HTC Desire S – Android Gingerbread, Sense 2.1, Larger Image Sensor
The HTC Desire S is one of HTC’s just-announced higher-end Android phones, slotted directly underneath the Incredible S, and we had a chance to go hands-on with the Europe-only smartphone at the HTC Mobile World Congress 2011press conference. The successor to the HTC Desire sports a similar look and feel to the original, but manages…
Hands-on: HTC Flyer tablet – Android 2.4 Gingerbread, Sense, 1.5 GHz processor
HTC wasn’t going to let Motorola, Samsung and LG have all the fun with Android tablets, as the company just announced the Flyer and we couldn’t wait to get a close look at it. The HTC Flyer Android tablet packs a 1.5 GHz single core processor, an aluminum unibody construction, a 7-inch screen with a…
Huawei unveils the Ideos X3 smartphone and Ideos X7 slim tablet
Huawei unveiled its suite of products at Mobile World Congress including an Android Smartphone, an Android tablet and a mobile hotspot device. The Chinese handset manufacturer introduced the IDEOS X3. The IDEOS X3 improves upon the IDEOS lineup by offering a 3.2-inch display, 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera, and Android 2.3. The handset is advertised as the…
Hands-on: HTC Incredible S – Android Gingerbread, New Sense, Rotating Navigation Keys
HTC just unveiled to the world their new lineup of Android phones, and we’re at Mobile World Congress 2011 to check out the new wares – stuff like the just-announced HTC Incredible S, the successor to the wildly popular HTC Incredible smartphone. We had a chance to check out the Incredible S at the HTC…
HTC confirms the Wildfire S, an entry-level Android handset
HTC introduced the Wildfire S, an entry-level Android handset that will replace the Wildfire in HTC’s lineup. The Wildfire 2 was recently spotted in an HTC advertisement and bears a striking resemblance to its predecessor. The most notable difference is the lack of the optical trackpad on the front, a cosmetic change hat gives the Wildfire…
HTC unveils the Incredible S, 4-inch display with unibody aluminum design
HTC brought its popular Incredible handset back to life with the newly announced Incredible S. The Incredible S features a unibody aluminum design that formally debuted in HTC’s handset lineup with the Legend. Also included is a 4-inch WVGA Super LCD screen, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calling, 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 processor, 768MB of…