Mobile Stuff

Canadian wireless provider Solo Mobile  announced it is introducing four new voice plans and two new handsets to its line-up. The Bell sub-brand enhanced its Unbeatable and Solo in the City plans, giving users what it says is better value. It now waives the controversial System Access Fees and emergency 911 charges to new subscribers [...]

Just when we thought the Touch HD really packed the pixels in, Softbank and Sharp have announced the Aquos Fulltouch 931SH slider, which sports a wild 1024 x 480 3.8-inch touchscreen. That’s almost the same res as most netbooks, for comparison — we’re not sure what all that pixel density is good for at this [...]

Looks like Bang and Olufsen might have a harder time getting out of the cellphone game than it thought — especially now that Kanye’s throwing cash at it. Yep, Yeezy just picked up the year-old Serenata in Singapore, and he’s thoughtfully posted up some unboxing pics for us. We thought the Samsung-built handset was a [...]

Remember when Vodafone told us to hold our horses a bit on the pricing details when the BlackBerry Storm was made official this month? Believe it or not, the holding period is over, and now we’re staring some actual price tags in the face. Reportedly, Voda will make the touchscreen BlackBerry available with four different [...]

Samsung have announced two music-focused handsets - the Beatb, and Beats. The Beat b will be available later this month, and the S, sometime next month. Being music-focused handsets, they feature several things you’d expect to see in a music-minded handset, such as an FM Radio, dedicated music keys, 3.5 mm jack, etc. Also, both [...]

Microsoft have patented, what is, essentially a GPS unit, at its core. But, should this patent become a reality, it can be made much more than that, should you so wish. You see, on the sides of the GPS unit, are various ports.

These ports will have external modules, which will allow you to connect [...]

According to Smart Mobile Gadgets, are all set to release a new communicator going to by the name of “Opal” - it seems to follow in the footsteps of the much-hyped HTC Touch, utilizing the same sapes and curves. While apparently it doesn’t lack in the way of looks, its tech specs are somewhat thin [...]

Sony Ericsson have finally unleashed their new sliding phone - the G705. The phone will come in two editions: G705 and G705u (Sony Ericsson’s first phone ever to support UMA). Both versions of the G705 are set to start shipping in Q4 2008, although the G705u will be an exclusive offering on Orange networks. Early [...]

A few days after LG announced their Viewty successor - the KC910, specs for the rumoured Prada II have surfaced. The original Prada was announced just over a year and a half ago, and if the Prada II specs are indeed true, this looks to be a solid upgrade, both for original Prada owners, ad [...]

HTC’s forthcoming Android-powered smartphone - known as the G1, and Dream, is to be sold on T-Mobile in the US, for $199, on a two-year contract.. The Dream/G1 is to be shown off at a press event, held in New York City, held on the 23rd of this month.

Also, in somewhat of a surpring move [...]

HTC recently announced its Touch HD handset - its main feature being the 800 x 480 (WVGA) 3.8″ touchscreen.A video of the Touch HD has been posted on the video-sharing site, Youtube. In the video, which lasts at just over twelve minutes and a half, you get a detailed look at the high resolution screen, [...]

HTC have announced their Touch 3G handset. This isn’t simply the original Touch, with 3G connectivity tacked on - that would be pretty pointless. Obviously, to get with the times, as it were, several features of the original Touch have been upgraded.

Tech specs are as follows:

Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, 3G
Display: 2.8″, QVGA resolution
Operating System: Windows Mobile [...]

HTC have announced their Touch HD handset, bearing similarities, looks-wise, with their Diamond handset. As the name would imply, the Touch HD sports a very high resolution screen - 480 x 800 pixels, and the screen measures a whopping 3.8″. It’s due to ship sometime this quarter.

Technical specifications are as follows:

Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, Dual-band 3G [...]

Once again the Web has got some more spy photos to buzz about - this time around, the mysterious Sony Ericsson Alicia, more known as the W707, has been snapped and outed online. As far as its specs are concerned, the only thing that’s known for sure is that it will come armed with a [...]

It seems someone at HTC has spilled the beans on another Touch-branded communicator - this time around it’s codenamed “HD”. As the spec sheet implies, this phone carries a whopping 480×800 pixel screen onboard, and naturally HTC’s trademark TouchFLO 3D finger-friendy user interface. Other than that, the HTC Touch HD is pretty much a mystery [...]