We haven’t caught anything official from HTC about their upcoming Iolite model, so we’re guessing Expansys made a mistake to make the Windows Mobile smartphone available for pre-order. That, however, doesn’t mean the Iolite is too impressive. This is not to say it’s a bad phone — quite the contrary, it’s a solid all-touchscreen WinMo…
BlackBerry Curve 8900 (Javelin) hitting T-Mobile on February 11?
It’s not often that we see manufacturers launching their mobile wares ahead of schedule. Bureaucratic red tape and carrier testing procedures usually result in launch delays. We’re used to seeing products delayed for so long that they risk becoming irrelevant, so it’s refreshing to see that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 (codenamed: Javelin) has actually had…
T-Mobile Shadow II (Shadow 2009) likely lacking 1700Mhz 3G
This is strictly still in “rumor-land,” but the latest murmurs along the grapevine indicate that T-Mobile won’t be endowing their T-Mobile Shadow II with high-speed 3G wireless data speeds. T-Mobile has just recently started to roll out devices with support for the carrier’s 3G network on the AWS 1700Mhz frequency band, but word on the…
AT&T 3G Expands at Cost of 2G Quality?
Have you noticed your AT&T coverage drop dramatically in the last couple of months? Well, rumour has it that AT&T has been quietly shifting some areas to use the 1900 MHz band instead of 850 MHz for 2G devices in order to make room for 3G growth, resulting in poorer signal quality for those with…
New Palm phone info emerges! Nova described as “amazing”?
CrunchGear got an exclusive information from a trusted source about Palm’s upcoming CES announcement. Palm’s new OS aka “Nova” is described as “amazing,” boasting full software market a la Apple AppStore alongside Palm’s classic PIM suite. The device that will run the new operating system is “iPhone-like” and comes with a full QWERTY keyboard that…
Images: Sony Ericsson C510 aka Kate caught in the wild
Back in December we wrote about the upcoming C510 aka Kate phone. Now we have live images of the device caught in the wild. Specs are already known, let me quickly recap them: 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash, auto-rotation, face detection, smile shutter, photo fix, Cyber-shot UI 2.0, 2.2-inch QVGA screen, 160…
Orange to Give BlackBerry Bold the Boot?
Reports are surfacing that due to irregularly high return rates and software glitches (such as dropped calls and unexplained restarts), Orange is on the verge of pulling the BlackBerry 9000 from their lineup. The Storm I could understand, but the Bold? Really? I haven’t had a single problem with my Bold, and I’ve been packing…
Almost confirmed: Sony Ericsson Hikaru is a Walkman phone
Although we don’t have this officially confirmed, it’s coming from the always highly informed source (at least when it comes to Sony Ericsson matters) – SEMC Blog. We talked about the upcoming Sony Ericsson Hikaru phone before, and now we have more information to share. Here’s what we know: It’s a Walkman phone 2.6-inch screen…
Analyst says iPhone Nano in Apple’s pipeline
Supply chain checks are usually reliable indicators of what a technology company has in store for future device launches. As such, Wedbush Morgan analyst Craig Berger cites reliable contacts and supply chain information in their prediction that Apple will indeed drop the iPhone Nano bomb on us in the first half of 2009. Berger says…
Vaja Cases List iPhone Nano on Their Site… The Plot Thickens!
If you weren’t sure if the whole iPhone Nano rumor was going to be a reality or not, it looks like reality it will be… At least according to this little bit of information. Vaja Cases are a long time case/bag/accessory manufacturer that build top-quality product. This morning it was noticed by the peeps at…