NewsSmartphone News 
October 01, 2007
HTC's new lineup unveiled
HTC has launched three new devices from its Q4 2007 product portfolio - the HTC Shift, HTC S730 and HTC P6500.Each new handset showcases a tailored range of capabilities to support different types of users including those focused ...
October 01, 2007
HTC's new Touch Dual launches
HTC has announced the European launch of the HTC Touch Dual, a new and more powerful member of the Touch family that integrates 3.5G wireless connectivity with a sleek and innovative sliding keypad design.The HTC Touch Dual follows ...
October 01, 2007
Sling Media Launches SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian OS
Sling Media has announced that its award-winning SlingPlayer Mobile software is now available in the U.S. for select Nokia Nseries and Eseries devices running S60 3rd edition software on Symbian OS, including the just released US HSDPA (High ...
September 28, 2007
Palm launches the Centro
Palm has had a hard time of it recently. There was a much publicised open letter from respected tech blogger Engadget which was highly critical of the path the company was taking. Then there was the embarassing ...
September 26, 2007
HTC to announce Q4 lineup
HTC will announce its European product lines for Q4 in a couple of events next week.The UK will be first to get the news on October 1st, followed by Germany a day later.The HTC roadmap was leaked earlier ...
September 26, 2007
WorldMate Live transforms BlackBerrys into traveler's guardian angels
WorldMate has announced the commercial availability of WorldMate Live, the world's first comprehensive mobile travel service. The WorldMate Live application operates on BlackBerry smartphones and manages a traveler's full itinerary, including travel arrangements and business meetings, making all ...
September 20, 2007
Stephen Fry is a closet smartphone expert
Stephen Fry is a man who tends to make one feel inferior in every respect. Witty and charming, he's also a playwright, an actor and commonly acknowledged to be a genius. It seems that his talents don't end ...
September 20, 2007
AT&T launch WiFi BlackBerry
AT&T have announced that the BlackBerry 8820 with WiFi will be available today for around $300 with a two year contract.This is the first BlackBerry with WiFi to go on sale in the USA.The BlackBerry 8820 uses the ...
September 20, 2007
Asus P550 specs leaked by FCC
It often happens that the first we hear about a new smartphone about to enter the market is when it receives FCC approval.This time its Asus who have had their thunder stolen by the US body in the ...
September 19, 2007
Rumour: HTC to build Windows Mobile smartphone for Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson may be a fully paid-up member of the Symbian supporters club, but the latest rumour to emerge from Taiwan suggests that they might be planning a move to the dark side, AKA Windows Mobile.Shares in HTC ...
September 18, 2007
Nokia launches E51 smartphone
Nokia today bolstered its Nokia Eseries portfolio of business devices with the introduction of the new Nokia E51 device. The slim and elegant Nokia E51 adds greater simplicity, faster access and tighter integration to key applications, while maintaining ...
September 18, 2007
iPhone to launch in UK on November 9
The iPhone will launch in the UK on November 9 after an exclusive deal was announced today with O2.O2 has signed a multi-year deal with Apple to carry the iPhone - the exact length is unknown - in ...
September 18, 2007
New Palm OS 'delayed'
There are reports that the new Linux-based Palm OS will not see the light of day until the end of 2008 at the earliest.Palm this week told the Guardian "it will be 12 to 18 months" before the ...
September 13, 2007
New Treo targets youth
Palm announced a new smartphone yesterday aimed squarely at the youth market.The Treo 500v, available exclusively through Vodafone, is Palm's thinnest Treo to date and certainly looks less like a business tool than its grown up cousins, but ...
September 11, 2007
One million iPhones sold and counting
The iPhone continues to set records. This time it has reached the one million sales marker and within the time scale predicted by Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. Apple’s baby was released on June 29, just 75 days ago, ...
September 11, 2007
Vodafone reveals unknown Samsung phone
Vodafone Global has announced that it will be offering a hitherto unknown Samsung model known as the SGH-i640V.It seems to be a slightly upgraded version of the recently announced SGH-i620, but the details of that upgrade are currently ...
September 08, 2007
HTC reaches grand old age of 10
HTC celebrated its 10th birthday this week with the grand opening of its new global headquarters and R&D center. Many of HTC's world-class partners and customers from around the world attended the festivities, which were hosted by Cher ...
September 08, 2007
Server outage hits BlackBerry customers
Research in Motion suffered yet another server problem on Friday as thousands of BlackBerry Internet Service customers in North America found themselves unable to access their emails.Hours after the problem was resolved their was still a large backlog ...
September 08, 2007
BlackBerry Curve 8310 hits Canada
Rogers Wireless and Research In Motionhave introduced the BlackBerry Curve 8310 smartphone, complete with built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) and mapping software into Canada. The smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry handset is packed with powerful and ...
September 07, 2007
Touch - HTC or Apple?
Apple's new iPod has been unveiled as the 'touch' but this may mean it falls foul of HTC and a trademark they already hold on the HTC Touch smartphone.The iPod touch may not be a phone, but it ...