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HTC Touch Diamond goes to Verizon

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Apr 9th 2009 No Comments

htctouchdiamond verizonlg 336x480 Well, the HTC Touch Diamond just became available on yet another carrier. This time around, it’s Verizon and though it’s essentially the same, there are a few differences with the phone on this carrier than on others.

For instance, the TouchFLO interface is customized a bit for Verizon and also features Visual Voice Mail. Also included is the VZ Navigator service, which features GPS mapping built-in. But other than these few carrier-specific modifications, the phone remains pretty much the same.

In case you need reminding, the HTC Touch Diamond features 3G, Wi-Fi, a 640 x 480 touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6.1. What’s surprising on Verizon, however, is the price tag, which is a high $300. This includes a two-year contract and a $70 rebate! You’ll be able to order this phone from Verizon starting tomorrow.

[via Crave at CNET]

HTC suffers 30% profit decrease

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Apr 6th 2009 No Comments

HTC has suffered a financial hit as of late as their first quarter numbers for 2009 reflect. In fact, the company has noted that their profits went down by 30% since last year, making for a total of $358 million in lost profit.

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AT&T unveils new smartphones and quick messaging phones for mobile messengers

By Vincent Nguyen on Sunday, Mar 29th 2009 No Comments

Spring is here and so are AT&T’s new batch of phones made for texting and emails. The new line up includes the LG Xenon, LG, Neon, Samsung Impression, Samsung Propel, Samsung Magnet and the Nokia E71x. Samsung Impression and Propel Pro will arrive in AT&T stores on April 7 and 14, respectively, and the LG Xenon will go on sale on April 8. The Nokia e71x, LG Neon and Samsung Magnet will be available in the following weeks.

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Samsung S8000 and M8000 handsets leaked

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Mar 26th 2009 No Comments

It looks like Samsung really meant it when they said they wanted to release oodles of touchscreen devices this year. Two more handsets have been leaked and though they look exactly the same, they do sport a couple of significant differences.

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Rumor: Acer A1 Android-powered phone due this Fall

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Mar 24th 2009 No Comments

So we’ve been hearing flickers of rumors about a supposed Android-powered Acer smartphone coming in the near future, but now an official from the company itself is confirming the rumor: the A1 is expected to be released sometime in September.

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HTC Magic announced: Vodafone gets the second Android smartphone

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 17th 2009 No Comments

Vodafone and HTC have announced the next Android-based smartphone, the HTC Magic. The Magic – which will be on sale exclusively through Vodafone in Europe for an unspecified period – has a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen running at HVGA 320 x 480 resolution, an on-screen keyboard of HTC’s own design, and dualband 3G HSPA together with WiFi b/g.

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Microsoft announce Windows Phone 6.5, My Phone and Marketplace

By Vincent Nguyen on Monday, Feb 16th 2009 No Comments

No great surprise, but Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has officially announced the latest version of Windows Mobile, version 6.5, today at Mobile World Congress, complete with a new name: Windows Phones. The newest version of the platform, as we’ve already seen in leaked screenshots, introduces a honeycomb launcher GUI which can be organized with often-used applications to the top of the screen, has customizable widgets and improved browsing via Internet Explorer Mobile 6.5 with the same browser engine as IE on the desktop.

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Apple to dominate 40 percent of smartphone market by 2013?

By Staff Editor on Tuesday, Jan 13th 2009 15 Comments

According to analyst Generator Research, in the next five years we will see Apple’s smartphones outselling Nokia’s handsets and snatching up 40 percent of the global smartphone market. This may be due to the leaning curve that Symbian S60 requires compared to the simple user interface of the iPhone.

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A Dell smartphone could be on the way

By Shawn Farner on Tuesday, Jan 13th 2009 1 Comment

If this rumor’s not true, blame Shaw Wu. Wu, an analyst at Kaufman Bros., claims that a Dell smartphone is “closer to reality” than we might believe. If you were a fan of the Axim series of PDAs, this could be good news.

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Don’t expect a Zune phone, says Ballmer

By Shawn Farner on Monday, Jan 12th 2009 1 Comment

It looks like Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is finally showing Apple’s iPhone a little respect. After initially tearing into Apple’s device when it was first announced, Ballmer has now conceded that the iPhone and BlackBerry have a pretty firm grasp on the smartphone. Along with that, Ballmer also said that we shouldn’t hold our breath for a Zune Phone.

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