Good news for Cricket as their first Android smartphone is now available for purchase. Sanyo ZIO by Kyocera sports an all-touchscreen form factor with 3.5-inch WVGA display, 3G and WiFi connectivity, GPS, 3.2-megapixel camera, 512MB memory and a microSD memory card slot. Android 1.6 is running the show, but Cricket wowed to upgrade to version…
Tata DOCOMO launches 6-month long “Free Air Time Rollover” plan for postpay subscribers
Tata DOCOMO keeps innovating. Their latest offering is called “Free Air Time Rollover” (or short – FAT), allowing its potential and existing postpay customers to roll over their current unused free air time to next month! What makes this offer unique is that Tata DOCOMO allows the roll over for a period of 6 months,…
AR app turns iPhone into heads-up display (HUD) for your car – Coolest, yet most pointless app ever
There’s a new augmented reality (AR) app for the iPhone, called Augmented Driving, that turns your dash-mounted iPhone into a heads-up display (HUD) for your car. It’s one of the coolest implementations of AR that we’ve yet seen for the iPhone, but it’s also quite possibly the most pointless augmented reality app as far as…
Vodafone’s HTC Desire Getting Android 2.2 Froyo on August 23
The HTC Desire is coming soon to U.S. Cellular, and it may very well be packing Android 2.2 (better known as Froyo), as Vodafone UK’s version of the Desire is getting an over the air firmware updated next Monday. Although there’s no promise that such an update would cross the pond, Android 2.2 features portable…
Orange UK unveils Samsung Libre C3300 and Orange Amsterdam, two low-end touchscreen PAYG phones available for £49 each
Orange UK wants to cash in on the touchscreen craze, hence they’ve launched two such (touchscreen-equipped) devices for those folks who like the whole “touch idea” but don’t want to spend a small fortune on their handset. The first device is called Samsung Libre C3300 and it’s basically the Samsung Champ. Specs include a 2.4-inch…
Samsung Galaxy U (SHW-M130L) announced for South Korea’s LG U+
Samsung announced the Galaxy U (model number SHW-M130L) South Korea’s LG U+. The new member of the Galaxy family comes with a slightly smaller screen than the original Galaxy S — 3.7 vs 4 inches, while keeping the rest of the specs pretty much unchanged. That said, there’s a 1GHz CPU, WiFi (802.11n) and 3G…
Elite Mobile Partners to launch the PUMA Phone in UK
We’ve already talked about the distribution plans for the PUMA Phone when we said it’s coming to the markets of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Now we have additional details to share regarding the UK – Elite Mobile, which is one of the leading mobile phones distributors in the country, signed the exclusive partnership…
Top Gun 2 Bringing Air Combat to iPhone and iPad [update]
TATA DoCoMo unveils HTC Desire in India
The ever-inventive TATA DoCoMo announced the addition of the HTC Desire to its portfolio. The Android-powered device is available for Rs. 28,900 (about $620) at all authorized HTC resellers across India. That’s kinda steep, but bare in mind we’re talking about an unlocked device that is sold with no strings attached — you can use…
Rogers LG Neon 2 Now Available from $19.99
Not that the Rogers LG Neon was a homerun or anything, but if you were among the first that embraced the side slider, I’ve got some quick news for you this afternoon. Rogers has just released the second-gen Neon on their network. Named the LG Neon 2 (duh), this latest edition packs a lot of…