May 19, 2013

handsets - News


HTC Droid Incredible Froyo Android 2.2 Update Available from August 18

incredible froyo

The Froyo update will be available for Droid Incredible owners on Wednesday, August 18, according to Mashable’s unnamed sources. Verizon Wireless team members are reportedly using the new version of Android on their phones already. We’ve heard from our sources that the Verizon team members already have Froyo installed on their Droid Incredibles. Now the [...]

Microsoft Announced XBox Live Games for Windows Phone 7

xbox live games on win mobile 7

Microsoft have today revealed the launch line-up for the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 devices, and boy, is it a great list! But first, for those of you unaware, here’s a brief description of the LIVE fuctionality that the phones will offer when they’re released this Holiday season: Windows Mobile 7 phones, which will hit the [...]

Best Buy Motorola Droid 2 for $199 with Two-Year Contract

We recently reported that Best Buy had taken shipment of mockup versions of the new Motorola Droid 2; we can now tell you that the retail chain has now unveiled the price for these Verizon handsets as well. The price will be $199 and $599 for locked and unlocked versions respectively. Check out new prices and [...]

Vonage App Enables Free VoIP Calls to Facebook Friends

iphone blackberry vonage app

Vonage, the respectable face of VoIP, has launched a mobile client allowing iPhone and Android users to make VoIP calls for free, as long as they’re calling a Facebook friend. The Vonage app is available as a free download, and works over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks in most countries. It uses existing Facebook accounts, so [...]

Reports Says that JailbreakMe.com Not Working

ipod jailbreak

Within days after US copyright watchdog made jailbreaking public, a jailbreak solution for iPhone 4 was launched that can be done through your iPhone handsets instead of your PC or laptop as it used to be the case till now. After some legalities in the past years Jailbreakme was shut down but with the exemption [...]

Is Windows Mobile a Good Rival of Android, iOS and Symbian ?

While there’s still shockingly few details about the launch of the Windows Phone 7 platform, Microsoft has now at least revealed a list of manufacturers that will be producing the first set of Phone 7 handsets. The manufactures are Asustek, Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung are all working on Windows Phone 7 devices, although you [...]

KDDI Japan Released Light Pool Fashion Cell Phone Moulded with 22 LEDs

KDDI Light Pool Fashion CellPhone

KDDI of Japan has just unveiled a new mobile phone with the Light Pool. This is another lifestyle cell phone which carries a pretty catch outer design as well as some reasonable features. Featuring designs distinct from smartphones and existing handsets, it is targeted at consumers in their 20s and 30s, and will sell for [...]

Apple Facing More and More iPhone 4 Problems – Mainly Reception Problem

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Social networking sites and forums have filled with complaints from iPhone 4 buyers reporting dropped reception when holding their new handsets. Holding the iPhone 4 and making contact with its outside antenna in more than one place allegedly causes the phone to display a drop in signal. Users have reported the signal returning when they [...]

Best Buy Q8 Watch Phone With Dual SIM Support

q8 dual sim watch phone

Having two SIM cards on a single phone is a sign of someone who has either too much money to spend, or they want to have the convenience of having separate numbers for personal and social use without carrying a couple of handsets wherever they go. But the case with the $130 Q8 watch phone [...]

Mobiado Classic 712 ZAF Series Now Releases in Three Dream Colors

mobiado classic 712zaf

Luxury phone maker Mobiado announced that it has extended its Classic 712 ZAF series – unveiled earlier this year – with three new colors, dubbed “dream colors.”. They will combine aluminum, sapphire crystal and stainless steel to look absolutely stunning, but what about its performance? After all, we aren’t to judge a book by its [...]

Samsung i897 Coming to AT&T

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Some of you probably won’t remember the phone by its model number that showed up in a Bluetooth SIG profile a while ago, but the Samsung SGH-i897 was believed to be an AT&T-bound phone thanks to some McGyver-like work showing that the model number’s structure matched up with past Samsung devices on AT&T. The handset [...]

HTC Announces Android Based HTC Wildfire

htc wildfire

Today, HTC officially announced the HTC Wildfire, HTC’s next Android smartphone which leaked earlier this year as the HTC Buzz. The HTC Wildfire is an entry level smartphpne and the follower of the HTC Tattoo. Running on Android 2.1, the HTC Wildfire is powered by a Qualcomm MSM7225-1 CPU at 528 MHz and supports quadband [...]