Latest Mobile Phone News

Following in the footsteps of the Rumour 2, the LG Rumour Plus will get an August 11th launch in Canada, on Bell. This is a side-sliding phone with QWERTY keyboard that is sure to be well received by the texting crowds that for one reason or the other choose to stick with featurephones. According to the internal doc you can see below it’s “compact & clean… and is especially made for those individuals who want to stay updated and keep in touch with their social circle”. In other... (more...)

The Nokia E5 is now showing on the Orange UK coming soon webpage where it shows it will be free on a pay monthly contract. This is one the latest Eseries to enter the block and was first introduced back in this April, because it has GSM quad-band and tri-band WCDMA compatibility you can expect to see it in other countries. Main features on the Nokia E5 includes ARM11 600 MHz processor, 5-megapixel camera with fixed-focus and LED flash, video recording capabilities (VGA@15fps), support for... (more...)

Google Maps for Android is quickly evolving, with 6 updates over the past six months and more features being made available all the time. After seeing swiping between search results and helpful content implemented we learn that new version (4.4) brings an easier way to find interesting Places in the user’s surrounding area. There’s a new Places icon in the app launcher, just like the rest of the apps and now you can press and drag it right onto the home screen for easier use. Thanks to... (more...)

iPhone jailbreaking was made legal by a new DMCA exception ruling. Apple [AAPL] has now made an official response about the ruling and essentially say that your warranty will be void if doing it. So although jailbreaking is actually legal now, Apple will void the warranty of your iPhone if you do it. Also Apple mention that jailbreaking opens up your handset to a number of problems in that it can ruin the user experience in that identity can be stolen and viruses can be spread. It is estimated... (more...)

The latest Smartphone from computer manufacturer Acer is expected to be available for sale from August 9th. The Smartphone is known as the Acer Stream and will be running under Google’s Android 2.1 otherwise known as Éclair operating system. It is expected to be available in the UK a little later than was first anticipated. The Acer Stream is said to have high end features which include a range of multi media capabilities which will include watching movies, listening to your music and also... (more...)

Apparently the rumour is that the new smartphone out of the Research In Motion stable, the BlackBerry 9800 Slider may just see release on the AT&T network on the 15th of August and that the BlackBerry 9800 may also go with Rogers in Canada. BlackBerry Cool is also saying that there may well be a CDMA version of the BlackBerry 9800 for the Sprint network as well. As for the BlackBerry 9800 hitting Europe well the word is that Vodafone is the most likely candidate and apparently “a source”... (more...)

What would you say if you could get a Nokia 5230 or a Nokia X6 running Android OS? People in the marketing department of Three Mobile UK think that it is possible. The ad above appeared earlier today on Oxford Street in London, UK. Pretty good marketing snafu from Three, since Nokia has previously told that there will not be a Nokia device running Android in the near future. AKPC_IDS += "4002,";Popularity: 3% Read More →

While some call it an iPhone killer, we settle for iPhone clone and yes, it’s Meizu M9 we’re talking about. The phone was recently spotted in a series of unboxing pics that you can check out after the break. The unboxing was done by a mysterious Meizu forum member. Some claim that this is a mere prototype and we’re far from seeing the real device. We have to say that the cell phone looks very nice and there’s even a comparison shot with the M8 below. Last we heard, the M9 was supposed... (more...)

Barnes & Noble [BKS] has announced NOOK for Android is now available. The new NOOK reader allows you to read eBooks purchased from the B&N store which now contains over 1 million eBooks. The application it’s self is free to download and the only thing you actually need to pay for is books that you want to read. If you already have paid for books on a NOOK reader for example, you can just log in with your account and sync them across. The new NOOK reader for Android requires Android... (more...)

MetroPCS  is now offering the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8530 to its part of mobile market. The 8530 is currently one of the lightest and most affordable BlackBerry smartphones to date. The Curve 8530 features a built-in GPS receiver than can be used for geo-tagging photos recorded with the phone’s 2-megapixel camera. Up to 10 email accounts can be configured on the 8530, and messages and images alike can be uploaded quickly over Metro PCS’s network or with local WiFi networks. A built-in... (more...)

We’ve been following BELLPERRE for a couple of years now, starting off with their original phone in 2008. The 2010 cell phone is still called just “BELLPERRE”, but it now comes with a much more contemporary feature set. This type of mobile phone is about exclusivity, style, engineering and craftsmanship. But too often we see beautiful handsets that underneath are incredibly basic.. and if you’ve just spent ... (more...)

Nokia N8, one of the most awaited handset from Nokia is expected to come soon on the airwaves of T-Mobile UK. The smartphone has been recently added on their website under the coming soon category. This phone is not coming this month or next month, but you will have to wait till October. As expected, Nokia N8 will not be released before October. Nokia N8 is the first handset powered by Symbian^3 operating system. It features a cool 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and xenon flash,... (more...)

The Motorola i1 is an Android OS based push-to-talk smartphone which Sprint has now announce will begin shipping as of the 25th of July and will command a price tag of $149.99 after a $50 mail in rebate and when signing on for a 2 year agreement. The Motorola i1 is the world’s first Android phone with Nextel Direct Connect and meets with military specifications 810F against vibration, shock, dust and rain. The Motorola i12 runs Android 1.5 OS and auto-syncs and integrates personal and office... (more...)

Google may not be selling it directly for much longer, but you can and will still be able to buy a Nexus One from Vodafone, in European mobile markets. However, the Nexus Ones that were bought from Vodafone are still stuck on Android 2.1 right now, even if Google officially announced Android 2.2 Froyo for the Nexus One a good while ago. Vodafone has announced that it will right this wrong during next week. The roll out will be over the air, but will not go to all mobile phones at the same time,... (more...)

Several weeks ago we told you that the Samsung i8520 Galaxy Beam would be available in Singapore this month and now it has gone official. StarHub customers should already be able to buy it from their carrier from free up to SG$ 398, depending on price plan. The Samsung Galaxy Beam is the world’s first smartphone to feature an integrated pico-projector. This allows you to create projections of multimedia content from your phnone varying from 5 to 50 inches in size. It runs Android 2.1 and has... (more...)