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Nokia Erdos luxury OLED slider tipped for October [Video]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

Nokia’s high-end 8800-series handsets have been in need of a new poster-model for some time, and according to the latest leaks that might just be the new Erdos. The Nokia Erdos is a compact slider with a 2.4-inch 320 x 240 OLED display, 3G WCDMA, WiFi, A-GPS and a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss autofocus optics and dual LED flash.

However what makes the S60 Erdos special is that all of that is packed into a compact, stainless steel casing that’s apparently carved from a single block of metal. The OLED display is covered by a mirror-finish glass panel that’s only transparent when the display is active.

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Sprint adopt Qualcomm Brew; entry-level HTC incoming?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

Sprint have obviously decided that it helps to have fingers in as many developer pies as possible, with the announcement that they will now be launching Qualcomm’s Brew mobile platform. No specific devices are mentioned by the carrier, only that they will run both native Brew apps together with “high-performance mobile Java” software.

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AT&T yank Nokia Mural over 3G blunder

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

Nokia Mural Nokia’s Mural only landed on AT&T last week, and already its been pulled from shelves. The problem, according to a leaked internal memo, is that Nokia “inadvertently turned off” its 3G support during production, meaning that all of the devices – including those sold – now need to be reflashed with new firmware.

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INQ Mobile confirm Android intent; considering “wrap-around” and flexible screens

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

inq mobile android smartphone plans 143x245 custom INQ Mobile may be best known right now for their budget social networking phones, the imminent Chat 3G and Mini 3G, but they also have plans for Android and more distinctive form-factors. Speaking at the Mobilize Conference yesterday – the same event at which Motorola announced their CLIQ Android handset – company CEO Frank Meehan revealed that “[INQ Mobile] will do some pretty cool things on Android”.

Meehan declined to go into specific detail at the event as to what exactly those “pretty cool things” might be, but he did suggest that non-standard form-factors may be high on INQ’s agenda. ”Device design is something we really focus on,” he told Om Malik, “and [we're] looking beyond QWERTY and touch to wrap-around and flexible screens.”

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SE XPERIA X2, Nokia E72 and LG GM750 preorders on Vodafone UK

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

Vodafone UK have put three much-anticipated devices up for preorder, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2, Nokia E72 and LG GM750. Set to begin shipping in November, October and October, respectively, the three phones each have HSDPA high-speed data connections and GPS.

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Nokia 7705 Twist sashays onto Verizon

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

The HTC Touch Pro2 isn’t the only QWERTY handset Verizon are unveiling today, but it’s certainly far more traditionally-shaped than the Nokia 7705 Twist. The square device swivels open to reveal its keyboard, as well as packing a 3-megapixel camera, EVDO Rev.0 (not Rev.A), a 2.5mm headphones jack and a 2.4-inch LCD display.

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Sprint add Any Mobile, Anytime unlimited cell calls to $70 package

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

Sprint have unveiled their latest calling plan, and it throws in unlimited mobile to mobile voice calls. The “Any Mobile, Anytime” change impacts the carrier’s Everything Data Plan, which costs $69.99 per month and now includes unlimited mobile calls to any network, SMS, MMS and data, together with 450 anytime minutes.

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AT&T A-Team offers unlimited calls to high-spenders

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

att logo AT&T have announced a new calling package, A-List, which will allow the carrier’s heavier users to contact between five and ten numbers without using their monthly minutes. Launching on September 20th for individual Nation subscribers on plans priced at $59.99 or above, or FamilyTalk subscribers on $89.99 or higher plans, the service will take on Verizon’s Friends & Family scheme and T-Mobile’s myFaves.

Individual subscribers who are eligible for A-List will be able to select five numbers, while FamilyPlan subscribers will have a ten-number list that affects all users on the plan. Meanwhile AT&T’s rollover system will mean that unused minutes still get carried forward to future months.

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KDDI iida Polaris robot concept [Video]

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Firmly convincing us that the Japanese get not only the best toys but the best concepts too, this collaboration between carrier KDDI and Flower Robotics – the iida Polaris – has just drooling with envy. Currently just a prototype – with “commercialization yet to be determined” – the iida Polaris has at its core a touchscreen cellphone which docks into a mobile robot “suit”.

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Samsung Rogue and Intensity get official on Verizon

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 8th 2009 1 Comment

Verizon has officially launched two new Samsung messaging devices, the SCH-U960 Rogue and the SCH-U450 Intensity. The two handsets each have slide-out QWERTY keyboards, but where the Rogue has a 3.1-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, the Intensity makes do with a standard 2.1-inch LCD display.

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