Some people work all by themselves in situations where they are far from help and could be seriously injured. These folks need equipment that can stand up to harsh conditions to keep safe. Sonim has announced a new mobile phone that is designed specifically for workers alone in harsh conditions where injury is a daily risk.
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Sonim XP3 Sentinel phone keeps lone workers safe
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8, Cedar & Yendo with Walkman get official; Android 2.1 for XPERIA in Q3
Sony Ericsson has officially announced its new XPERIA X8 smartphone, a 3-inch Android handset slotting in-between the current X10 and X10 mini models, together with the Sony Ericsson Yendo with Walkman handset, using the same XPERIA UI, and a new "Greenheart" phone, the Sony Ericsson Cedar, which the company reckons is more earth-friendly than other devices. Of interest to existing XPERIA X10, X10 mini and X10 mini pro owners is the news that Sony Ericsson plan to offer an Android 2.1 upgrade "from Q3 onwards in selected markets" and that the X10 will get additional features in Q4 too.
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Samsung extend bada with Wave 2 S5250 and Wave 2 Pro S5330
Samsung had always promised that the Wave S8500 would be just the first of several bada devices, and now the second and third smartphones based on the platform have arrived. The Samsung Wave 2 S5250 and Samsung Wave 2 Pro S5330 are more affordable versions of the original bada phone, each with a 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD display (rather than the Wave's Super AMOLED), no 3G (EDGE max) and a 3-megapixel camera. The Wave 2 Pro also gets a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
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Nokia X5-01 QWERTY slider outed in Singapore
Nokia Singapore has outed the latest of the Finnish company's handsets, and the Nokia X5-01 is certainly distinctive. A square-faced slider with a translucent plastic fascia - finished in blue, pink, green and purple, with a black version apparently to follow - the X5-01 has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easier messaging, Symbian S60 OS and Comes With Music unlimited audio downloads with a "Surprise Me" shuffle feature triggered by physically rotating the phone.
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The Desktop OS Will Never Die – Just Multiply
More and more people are traveling without a laptop these days, who otherwise might have been laden with a heavy machine. Some of them are realizing that their email, Web browsing and even basic document needs are better met by a smartphone. Some have even taken the plunge to buy a tablet like an iPad, and find that it does the trick just fine. In fact, with its light weight, great casual gaming and top-notch multimedia capabilities, the iPad or a similar tablet might be a better choice than a laptop for many travelers.
European Peek emailer goes on sale for €59
We've been waiting for the Peek to arrive in Europe for months now, and we've just got word from cross-European MVNO Spotnik that the dedicated emailer is now available for order. €59 ($71) gets you the Peek itself - capable of receiving push email from up to five accounts - while Europe-wide service is either €19.99 ($24) per month, €49.99 ($60) per quarter or €159.99 ($193) per year.
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Nokia N9 and mysterious S-series outed in roadmap leak
Nokia's plans for their handset future have leaked, courtesy of a house-shaped diagram that showed up in the mobile-review forums. The document, which appears to be part of an internal presentation, details everything from the basic entry-level Cseries and Eseries models, through midrange Cseries, Eseries and Xseries phones, up to the flagship N8 and hitherto-unconfirmed Nokia N9, with an Sseries "chimney" too.
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Nokia C3 launch prompts Apple-style queues in Indonesia
It's not just Apple that gets the customers lining the streets. The mobile-hungry people of Indonesia have shown themselves equally willing to spend their time queuing for a new device, only this time it's Nokia's new budget messaging-centric C3 grabbing the attention.
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HTC acquires smartphone homescreen experts Abaxia
HTC have opened their corporate purse and bought Abaxia, a French firm that specialises in creating customised software for operators and cellphone device manufacturers. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed, but the two companies have worked together previously; Abaxia currently offer several homescreen UI packages, which integrate carrier logos, identity and services into device OSes, pull mobile search into the homescreen, and - with their "Open Platform" - can push data, such as adverts, social networking information or live web content, to idle screens.
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Motorola: 20 new Android phones by end of 2010 [Updated]
Motorola has confirmed its plans to launch a full twenty Android based smartphones this year, with a range of devices running MOTOBLUR like the FLIPOUT and some packing hardware QWERTY keyboards. According to Tom Satchwell, director of marketing for Motorola's mobile devices business, not all of the new devices will necessarily arrive in every region or even launch with carrier support. For that, Satchwell blames Motorola's ramping-up of Android support - something the company basically flipped to late last year - being faster than the general product cycle the carriers like to stick to.
Update: Motorola have been in touch to clarify Satchwell's comments. It turns out that, rather than 20 new phones being released in 2010 alone, he meant there will be - by the end of the year - a total of 20 different Motorola Android devices since the company's first models in 2009.
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Samsung Wave S8500 Review
From its confusing launch back in December 2009, to its feature-packed handset debut at Mobile World Congress and then all the way to the SlashGear test bench today, Samsung’s bada OS has had a rocky journey. Showing up for the first time on the Samsung Wave S8500, the new platform promises the flexibility of a smartphone OS with the easy usability of a feature-phone. That makes this a double review, perhaps: new platform, new phone. Does bada really have a future in the competitive cellphone market?
Modu T Phone breaks cover
It has been a long time since we talked about anything from the Modu phone line. You might recall that this was the mobile phone that was very tiny and could be put into different covers to completely change the layout and style of the phone.
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