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…
Denmark-based Lumigon enters the Android market with two devices – T1 and S1
Copenhagen, Denmark-based Lumigon is joining the Android party with two phones — T1 and S1 — both of which run Lumigon’s own UI on top of Android 2.1 to “give the user even more user-friendliness.” Both devices get their power from the Freescale i.MX51 CPU, and both come with a capacitive touchscreen, A-GPS, 720p HDMI…
OmniVision OV5647 is a 1/4-inch, 5-megapixel RAW sensor for mobile phones
OmniVision Technologies announced a new 1/4-inch, 5-megapixel RAW CMOS image sensor based on its 1.4-micron OmniBSI backside illumination (BSI) technology – OV5647. It’s a cost-effective, high-performance mobile imaging solution, “offering the performance and size benefits of BSI technology while allowing mobile phone designs to utilize existing baseband or applications processors for image processing functions.” Here…
3G-enabled Sonim XP2 Spirit launched
Sonim has launched its first 3G phone in Barcelona – XP2 Spirit. The new device keeps the legendary toughness and ruggedness while also boasting a fresh new look. When it comes to Sonim devices there are features and… features. First the tech part: 3-megapixel camera with LED flash 2-inch screen, which is protected by 1.5mm…
Photos: Aava: Putting Intel inside a smartphone a little larger than an iPhone
After 2 days of meeting with tens of companies, probably over 100 by this point, I’ve finally found something that I’d personally call interesting. Funny thing is the company that made this device is from Finland, the country I’ve been living in for the past 2.5 years. I’ve never heard of them, but I’m certain…