Samsung didn’t really have much to show at CTIA, which is pretty much in line with the lack of anything new from CTIA Las Vegas 2008, but they did have the new Samsung Access and the Samsung Alias on showcase. The Samsung Alias is an updated successor to the popular dual-hinge Samsung SCH-u740 clamshell handset…
Toshiba booth tour from CTIA Las Vegas 2008 – methanol fuel cell technology on display
Toshiba’s presence at CTIA Las Vegas 2008 was almost non-existence. Their booth was tiny, they didn’t have much to show, and their booth reps didn’t speak an English. All in all, the Toshiba booth experience was dismal. But, that doesn’t mean that Toshiba didn’t have anything cool to show. On display at their booth was…
NTT DoCoMo highlights Super 3G / LTE at CTIA Las Vegas 2008
Let’s take a tour of the NTT DoCoMo booth from CTIA Las Vegas 2008. We’re never going to see the handsets that NTT DoCoMo had on display, but it’s nice to see what the island nation of Japan gets to play with every day. NTT DoCoMo, fresh off its Super 3G / LTE test that…
Sprint prepping to launch iDEN BlackBerry with WiFi in 2008
Here’s some good news for die-hard Nextel iDEN network-fans. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced at CTIA that Sprint will be bringing the addictive smartphone goodness of the BlackBerry to Nextel customers still loyal to the iDEN network-based service. The new BlackBerry will apparently rock WiFi to help speed up the data-side of things when within…
LG teams up with Paramount Pictures for LG Shine Iron Man Edition
LG has showcased the result of its partnership with Paramount Pictures at the CTIA. Yeah, we’re talking about the special limited Iron Man edition of the company’s LG Shine handset, which is nicely decked in 18 karat gold. No word whether you’ll be able to buy the shiny slider, the two companies will give away…
Motorola official with GPS-enabled Smart Rider phone
Back in February we saw Moto Smart Rider passing the FCC hurdle, and now, almost two months later it’s here. Of course, it was announced at the CTIA where we expected much more from America’s struggling handset makers, but “it is what it is,” as they say. Anyway, the Smart Rider is everything but an…
Kyocera jumps into GSM market; Announces 4 handsets
Kyocera announced its entry into the GSM handset market with four new GSM phones. The new devices will launch initially in Latin America, where a number of CDMA service providers recently switched to GSM networks. Four handsets are: E4600 – slider-shaped quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) device; features MP3 player, 2-megapixel camera with video record/playback, Bluetooth, expandable…
LG Vu gets official on AT&T; Coming in May
AT&T used all the glory of CTIA Wireless to officially announce what we already know. LG Vu is heading towards the carrier’s portfolio and it’s landing in May. Yap, folks you can’t buy the stylish today as AT&T seems to want to postpone the Vu release to coincide with the roll-out of their mobile TV…
ZTE unveils two tri-band CDMA phones – C78 and C79
You may remember we’ve already covered ZTE’s ambitious plans to become top-five handset vendor within five years. At the CTIA, they haven’t announce anything spectacular. Rather they announced two low-end, three-band CDMA phones – C78 and C79. I couldn’t find decent photos of the two devices, hence I’m posting an image of the C78 model…
Fring partners with Boingo Wireless
The popular VoIP application that also allows you to chat and swap files with your IM buddies Fring has announced partnership with Boingo, allowing Boingo Mobile users to talk, chat & interact at over 60,000 Boingo hotspot locations around the world. To be fair, I’m not sure how’s this different than standard Boingo’s mobile client…