I’m not sure was this included in the latest beta version of Skyfire, which was recently released for the whole world and not just certain geographic areas (i.e. U.S. and Canada), but it’s worth mentioning nonetheless. Skyfire now works with VGA screen devices, too! We’re talking about Windows Mobile powered smartphones and guessing the HTC…
HTC shows White HTC Touch Diamond on website
With the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro available from just about every major carrier in the developed wireless-world, HTC is surely enjoying the fruits of their collaboration with One & Co. The only thing left to do is launch the HTC Touch Diamond in a color befitting the wintry holidays. The White HTC…
Palm’s Spinning Prototype: The Roteo?
Yeah, Palm was going out on a limb with the Foleo, but clearly they haven’t lost their taste for experimentation. This rotating handset supposedly dubbed Roteo could be coming in 2009 from Palm, complete with what looks like a trackpad and two soft keys, a front-facing video camera, and a full QWERTY keypad. Folks are…
Acer promises Acer-branded smartphone in early 2009
Acer has been good about keeping the wireless industry reassured that the Taiwanese computer-maker will be releasing an Acer-branded smartphone in the first half of 2009. Since acquiring mobile phone manufacturer E-Ten earlier this year, Acer has repeatedly confirmed that an Acer handset is indeed in the works. Acer’s acquisition of E-Ten was expected to…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 to hit shelves this week… possibly later
Those of you chomping at the bit to own Sony Ericsson’s newest flagship smartphone, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, will probably already know that Sony Ericsson’s goal to release the handset in the US on Black Friday didn’t exactly go according to plan. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1a (the US variant of the X1), was…
HTC Touch Diamond lands on Cellular South
Cellular South has announced that HTC Touch Diamond — which is also known as the European Smartphone of the Year for 2008-2009 — is now part of their portfolio. The all-touchscreen Windows Mobile smartphone is available in all Cellular South retail locations and online, through the carrier’s website. The price, you ask? It’s $199.99 after…
HTC releases a hotfix for Touch HD to address the screen responsiveness
HTC has released a hotfix for their flagship HTC Touch HD smartphone. Apparently, users reported a problem with screen responsiveness. Here’s what HTC says about it: Sometimes the screen stops responding for about 3 to 5 seconds when running an application that needs to use the stylus to click the screen repeatedly within a short…
HTC MAX 4G reviewed, liked
The world’s first GSM/WiMAX handset was launched not too long ago for use exclusively on Russia’s Scartel-owned Yota WiMAX network. The HTC MAX 4G sports GSM/EDGE and WiMAX hardware on top of the WiFi radio to ensure high-speed wireless connectivity, backing it all up with a beautiful 3.8-inch WVGA (480×800) touchscreen display, 8GB of onboard…
T-Mobile Shadow II approved by FCC
T-Mobile’s follow-up to their consumer-oriented, Windows Mobile-powered “Shadow” is inching closer to actually seeing the light of day. The FCC has approved the T-Mobile Shadow II, as it’s known, for US duty. The T-Mobile Shadow II has been expected to carry T-Mobile’s Windows Mobile Standard torch into 2009 with a refreshed design and a bump…
Meizu M8 handled – iPhone clone gets reviewed
Has it really been two years since Meizu announced their iPhone clone? If any other mobile phone manufacturer had taken two years to go from product announcement to actual product launch, we’d have written them off as a non-player in a mobile space that’s becoming fast saturated with touchscreen smartphone options. But, lucky for the…