I never understood why all those luxury phones don’t come with dual-SIM slots. I dig major handset makers’ idea to drive handset sales by pushing users to own more than a single mobile phone. However, when it comes to luxury phones, users already pay a premium, so why not allow them to use two numbers…
Bell and Solo Mobile Q4 lineup leaked
Lots of new devices coming Bell’s way in time for the holiday season, most notably the BlackBerry Storm landing on November 21st. We’ve already heard about the Cleo, complete with crystal-clad Bluetooth headset, but the HTC Diamond and Touch Pro will also be coming in early November and December respectively. The LG Voyager will be…
Samsung Omnia, Samsung Saga and HTC Touch Pro Coming to Verizon in November
Verizon is hopping on the new device train… and as well they should with the holidays just around the corner. If you’re not crazy for the BlackBerry Storm and are searching for different options, it looks like Verizon will have 3 different devices available to eat up your holiday shopping money. The first option is…
Samsung Q3 handset shipments surpass 50 million
There’s no secret Samsung is getting better every day. Their Q3 results are impressive, as it’s the first quarter when the Korean giant’s handset shipments surpassed 50 million. More precisely, Samsung shipments totalled 51.8 million, up 22% year-on-year and 13% sequentially, with their quarter-on-quarter growth exceeding the market’s overall growth. However, because of the tough…
Samsung: 8MP phones with 3x optical zoom coming next year, 12MP later
Samsung has already proved it can make 5 megapixel phones with real optical zoom with their award-winning G810 model. At the same time, they showed us they can make 8 megapixel phones with the i8510 INNOV8 and Pixon. Now the challenge is to make a 8 megapixel cameraphone with optical zoom. That shouldn’t be a…
Samsung TouchWiz phones coming to the US
Samsung issued a press release saying it will push its widget-friendly TouchWiz UI enabled phones to the United States. I’m not sure why it took a separate release when in fact we knew this. After all, we’re talking about such models as F480 and i900 Omnia. The official wording says: “Samsung Mobile expects to launch…
AT&T launches Samsung A767 Propel for budget-texters
AT&T, not one to let their budget-minded text messagers fall by the wayside, has just launched the affordable Samsung Propel. As expected, the AT&T Samsung Propel features a vertical-sliding QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a UMTS 3G data connection. Better still, the Samsung Propel will run you just a penny shy of $80 when…
AT&T launches Samsung Epix – Windows Mobile touchscreen handset with optical mouse
Remember when Samsung started showing off their Samsung i780 Windows Mobile smartphone? Remember how the mobile world was split on whether that optical trackpad/mouse was a good fit with the touchscreen handset? Right, well Samsung has finally gone live with the first smartphone to feature a built-in optical mouse. Following on the FCC’s approval of…
Sprint adds LG Lotus, Samsung Rant and Highnote
I’m not sure what’s with the U.S. carriers, but they seem to think it’s the texters that are the most desirable customers to have on a network. After seeing AT&T announcing four QWERTY keyboard equipped handsets, Sprint is following with its answer. However, unlike the GSM-based carrier, Sprint prepared only two devices with full keyboard…
First Pics of the Samsung i7710
Pics of the new Samsung i7710 have popped up on the web this morning. Apparently the device will be included in the INNOV8 series, and packs in some solid features for a candybar: Thin form-factor (only 12.9mm thick) 5MP camera 2.6″ AMOLED display 3G WiFi GPS DivX video support Comes preloaded with Asphalt and FIFA…