Just as we thought that Orange and Vodafone are the only real contenders fighting for the iPhone rights in the UK, we have a new bit of information suggesting that T-Mobile will most likely carry the Apple’s flagship device. It gets confusing. According to an article on Marketing Week: “It is thought that the company…
Dell to sell unlocked Nokia smartphones?
Word on the street (from a Nokia insider) has it that Dell has recently inked a partnership with Nokia to sell the company’s popular smartphones, as well as accessories and other products. Dell has the power to leverage their market position in Nokia’s favor, and Dell could start to distribute unlocked, unbranded Nokia phones in…
Nokia N81, N82 in works?
Nokia is preparing two interesting NSeries smartphones – N81 and N82. Both of them will run Symbian OS with S60 on top of it and will boast 2.4″ QVGA 240×320, 16M colors screen. Furthermore, both devices support 3G networks, have two cameras (one for taking photos and other for video calls), and will most likely…
Rumor Alert: Ericsson looking to buy Motorola
There’s some speculation that Ericsson is looking into buying Motorola to re-structure the ailing company into two segments – network kits (for mobile operators) and consumer handsets. The rumor, started by Carl Icahn, is a bit puzzling. Ericsson already has a consumer handset manufacturing division in Sony Ericsson, which is already leaps and bounds ahead…
New Nokia phones are coming: 6263, 6555 and 7500
We’re still waiting to see Nokia announcing 3109 Classic and 8600 phones, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped digging for information about the future Nokia handsets. Lately we came across User Agent Profiles (XML files) for still unrevealed devices, Nokia 6263, 6555 and 7500. All of the mentioned devices are Series 40 feature phones with…
Motorola to introduce a media optimized phone
Motorola plans to introduce a device next week with “unbelievable video capabilities.” The new MOTO’s “media monster” will boast “mobile Internet and applications such as multimedia and video and pictures and music.” Most likely the new device (or devices) will run Symbian OS, which is known for its multimedia capabilities, with UIQ on top of…
Mozilla says Firefox Mobile is in the works
Mozilla has confirmed, through CEO Mitchell Baker, that developers are working on a mobile version of the uber-popular Firefox browser. The “Firefox Mobile” browser aims to bring the full, desktop experience that users of Firefox already enjoy, to the mobile arena. This is a long-term project and Mozilla is working ot ensure that the customizability…
Bamboo Mobile Phone Concept – Self-cleans with nano-particles
There are a lot of cell phone concepts out there, a fair amount of which are actually wood-based, but this one takes the cake. Instead of focusing on way-out-there design elements that will likely never see the light of day, this Bamboo phone actually has a patent to back it up (filed in June 2006,…
Cingular / AT&T delays Blackjack’s Windows Mobile 6 upgrade until Q3
While everyone else seems to be getting that oh-so-desirable Windows Mobile 6 upgrade, it looks like ATTingular Blackjack owners will be making with the sad face until Q3 of this year. PocketNow is saying that an “industry source” said that the Blackjack won’t be getting the WM6 upgrade until after June. What’s taking AT&T so…
Apple iPhone gets a Release Date – June 15?
We have official confirmation that the iPhone will ship “late June,” but exactly when in June is still speculation. Still, the latest rumor/announcement, regarding the hotness that is the Apple iPhone, pegs the release date at June 15th. But, this rumor has some teeth to it. BGR got their mitts on an alleged memo, sent…