The next stab at the Curve line after the 8900 Javelin has made its inaugural appearance, and not really wowwing anybody. It’s essentially a dummed-down 8900 with some new stylings, like a flush softkey/screen face, white colouring, and a gimped screen and camera. Here are the preliminary specs: OS 5.0 320×240 resolution screen Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE…
Sony Ericsson W518a in works – W508 with GPS for the American market
Sony Ericsson has accidentally (or not) leaked a profile file of the still unannounced device – W518a. From what we’ve heard, it’s basically the same device as the W508 with an addition of built-in GPS receiver. Moreover, that “a” at the end of the device’s name suggest this baby is slated for the American market,…
Palm Pre’s web browser to be faster than iPhone’s Safari browser?
Mobile browsers need to be small and light enough to run quickly on a mobile device with limited resources. And, for many smartphone platforms, the Webkit rendering engine does the job quite well. The iPhone’s Safari browser is based on Webkit and does a class-leading job of surfing around the various interwebs. It’s just not…
Sprint ’09 Roadmap Leaked: Mi-Fi Hotspot, BlackBerry Niagara, Samsung Mini and More Spotted
Hooah, now here’s some news for y’all: Sprint’s entire 2009 roadmap has made it out into the wilds of the blogosphere. First HTC, now Sprint? Man, what’s going up with the big companies these days. Loose lips sink ships, they say. Samsung, HTC, LG, Palm, and Sanyo all make an appearance in the leak, but…
Nokia Xpressmusic 5330 Coming to T-Mobile?
The Nokia XpressMusic 5330 announced last week looks like it will be landing on T-Mobile sometime in June or July in order to rope in the back-to-school crowd. Looks cool, and definitely something the young ragamuffins would pick up before hitting the books. This simple little slider packs a 3.2 megapixel camera with video recording,…
Verizon’s LG Versa slated to get game-pad module next month?
The LG Versa’s claim to fame is its modular design. As a slate-based touchscreen handset, the LG Versa is a dandy little mobile phone. But, click in the detachable QWERTY keyboard and you’ve got yourself a text-messaging powerhouse. Then, when you’re in the mood for a bit of entertainment, you can click in the gaming…
iPhone 3.0 to Feature Cut and Paste, Bring Apple up to Speed with Pre?
Kevin Rose of Diggnation fame has just let the cat out of the bag about iPhone 3.0 features. Looking for something really awesome like video recording or background applications? Who needs stuff like that? Let’s do cut and paste! Much more ominous is the comment that this update will basically bring the iPhone up-to-date to…
T-Mobile Disses Cupcake Rumors: April Launch? We Don’t Think So!
Much to my chagrin, the rumored April release of the much anticipated ‘Cupcake’ update for Android OS appears to be just that… a rumor. A little frustrating when you consider T-Mobile has a way of ‘officially’ saying one thing, and then another thing comes true. Could be the bloggers out there reporting false stuff, could…
Microsoft building Windows Mobile 7 from the ground up
It looks like Microsoft’s next major update to the Windows Mobile platform will be a drastic departure from the Windows Mobile we all know and, um, love. Windows Mobile 6.5 does include some touch-optimized features, but it’s far from being the mobile platform that will capture the attention of consumers being offered slick touch-optimized interfaces…
More details on the HTC Maple
HTC’s making a big push into the smartphone market for 2009 with some interesting new hardware. And, we have it on good authority that HTC’s booth presence at CTIA Las Vegas 2009 should be a fair bit more grandiose than in previous years – a sign of big things to come, perhaps. So, what does…