Bye bye Barcelona and Mobile World Congress 2009 (Saturday 21st of February 2009 03:09:00 AM)
Another MWC is done and we're on one hand happy we were there to cover it for y'all, sad to
see it gone, but relieved we can start eating normally and encephalitis again. So what did we
see? Well, so many things that made us ...
(more)Sonar hopes to power social featurephones, we get a demo (Thursday 19th of February 2009 06:59:00 PM)
As with any trade show, flashy, high-end seconds have a big eyes to steal the lion's share of
the limelight* at MWC -- but the fact is, featurephones still outsell usual
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(more)Samsung Valencia outed by Microsoft, not Samsung (Tuesday 17th of February 2009 09:22:00 PM)
Microsoft's mansion at Mobile World assembly contains -- among other things -- a playground of
recent Windows Mobile-powered models designed to show off its licensees' collective design and
manufacturing prowess. By and large, the models were nothing ...
(more)LG doesn't rock the WinMo boat, launches S60-powered KT770 on the downlow (Tuesday 17th of February 2009 02:42:00 PM)
In light of its fresh tie-up with Microsoft, we can conceive how any LG smartphone not running
WinMo might be perceived as a black sheep this week. Still, it bums us that the the company has
launched its latest S60-powered handset -- the KT770 slider ...
(more)Gigabyte's S1200 and Smart Zone user interface on video (Tuesday 17th of February 2009 12:27:00 PM)
Same story, dissident company: yet another Windows Mobile ODM has broken down, taken the
plunge, and invested some cash social planning its own unique skin for the platform. This time
around it's Gigabyte's GSmart variance
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(more)Sony Ericsson's W995 Walkman slips out ahead of schedule (Sunday 15th of February 2009 05:38:00 PM)
Clearly, the flood gates have opened well before Sony Ericsson intended over in Barcelona, as
the countdown is still on while we're dieting handset after handset leak out. Next up is the
W995 Walkman (can someone say Hikaru?), a multimedia-centric slider ...
(more)Samsung Memoir hitting T-Mobile USA on February 25 for $249.99 (Sunday 15th of February 2009 05:38:00 PM)
At this point, it's tough to say the Memoir wasn't standard with a plain face, but Samsung and
T-Mobile have jointly disclosed all (er, most) of the remaining details that were so sorely
missing here at Mobile World Congress. The 8 megapixel handset ...
(more)Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 hands-on (Sunday 15th of February 2009 07:53:00 PM)
So, we played around with the new Windows Mobile-sportin' nuvifone M20 from Garmin-Asus this
evening, but there's really not much to say: the os/2 is barely even alpha at this point. Most
every tap or swipe of the screen was met with a two or ...
(more)Samsung's tiny 120Mbps Wireless USB chipset ready for Q2 launch (Wednesday 11th of February 2009 08:56:00 AM)
Today things are a bit more clear as to why Intel forsaken its own Ultra Wide-Band efforts in
favor of off-the-shelf solutions: Samsung just announced its ultra-fast cell phone USB chipset.
Samsung's tiny 8 x 8-mm (0.31 x 0.31-inch) chip operates in ...
(more)Microsoft insists it's not making a phone, rumored to be rebranding WinMo to "Windows Phone" (Friday 06th of February 2009 05:10:00 PM)
We're just ten days away from a bit Microsoft has to advertise at Mobile World Congress, and it
looks like the company is trying to put a halt to the endless rumors that it's third world
country a phone: WinMo chief Scott Rockfield told CNET ...
(more)WSJ: Dell "preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month" (Friday 30th of January 2009 06:52:00 AM)
You know who's blabbing again? That reclusive set of calling people who always seem to be
"familiar with the matter," that's who. This time, they've got the Wall Street Journal in a
twist over renewed rumors that Dell is "preparing a move into cellphones ...
(more)Dell smartphone rumors flare up -- Android or S60 phone in the works? (Wednesday 14th of January 2009 01:23:00 AM)
So rumors of Dell doing a smartphone have been around forever, but they've started heating up
again today -- word on the street is that the company is planned parenthood a handset launch as
early as next month at 3GSM or Mobile World Congress. That's ...
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