Some pics of a new slider from Motorola have bubbled up, dubbed the A45 Murano, but as far as specs go, we only know it’ll have quad-band EDGE (no 3G) and a 2 megapixel camera. The Murano is being compared to the QA1 Karma, and it’s easy to see why; the boxy form factor and…
Online Retailers Cleaning out BlackBerry Storms on the Cheap!
Surely the BlackBerry Storm 2 isn’t far away. I say that, because prices on the original Storm are now dropping like mad… and that’s often the first sign of a next-gen device coming our way. Verizon now has the original Storm up for grabs at $99, and AmazonWireless has it for $49.99. But perhaps the…
Unboxing the BlackBerry Tour 9630 for Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless subscribers, feast your eyes on this piece of BlackBerry eye-candy. The BlackBerry Tour 9630 has arrived, and we’ve had the pleasure of putting our grubby mitts all over the Bold-esque BlackBerry from Research In Motion (RIM). Behold the BlackBerry Tour unboxing gallery and video! The most recognizable feature of the BlackBerry Tour is…
LG reports 5 million Cookies sold within 9 months
LG is all proud to announce that its affordable all-touchscreen phone, Cookie, has reached the 5 million units sold milestone. The news comes just three months after they said 2 million Cookies were shipped, and as a result they’re moving 19,000 units every day, or 13 Cookies per minute. Impressive! Available throughout the globe, Cookie…
Garmin-ASUS bringing Nuvifone G60 and M20 to Malaysia next month!
The Nuvifone G60 and M20 navigation-oriented smartphones have been delayed time and time again, but it seems the Garmin-ASUS duo is still intent on launching the devices before the end of the decade. In fact, if the latest rumblings along the mobile grapevine pan out, we’ll see Garmin-ASUS launching the Nuvifone G60 and Nuvifone M20…
This week in fake devices: 4 Vertu clones
Our “This week in fake devices” series continues. This weekend we bring you 4 “unofficial” Vertu phones. Each one of them borrows few lines from Nokia’s luxury arm, but fails in terms of quality, warranty and so on. Without further ado, here they are: Two of the phones come with a touchscreen (V6000i and 6612),…
LG GD910 watch phone gets FCC approval
It’s about time to see LG’s watch phone GD910 being approved by the FCC. Announced at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, LG’s device promises to be the first cool watch phone, unlike many similar Chinese devices. Then at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we’ve heard Orange is on board to sell it, and…
Novatel Wireless PC770 lands at Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is joining Sprint in offering the 2-in-1 PC Card and Express Card 3G modem, Novatel Wireless PC770. Actually, Sprint’s version is called Novatel EX720, though the two cards look pretty much the same to me. Specs wise, it’s an EV-DO Rev. A capable device that comes with VZAccess Manager software for easy connection…
FCC unveils Alcatel Miss Sixty phone
Fashion brands are not new to the idea of having their brand associated with a mobile phone. That said, we’ve spotted a new contender to the game at the FCC’s website – the Alcatel-made Miss Sixty phone. From what we’re seeing, it’s an entry-level clamshell, with a large golden Miss Sixty logo promptly placed on…
HTC Hero: Unboxing the HTC Hero pics and vid
Behold the HTC Hero! We’ve got the teflon-coated HTC Hero in the house, and we thought we’d share the love. The HTC Hero’s custom-made HTC Sense UI did for Android what the HTC TouchFLO 3D UI did for Windows Mobile. In this case, Android needed way less work on its UI than the menu-heavy Windows…