Garmin’s Nuvifone teases its way through another trade show
August 31, 2008
Filed under: Handsets
Oh, Nuvifone, how you disappoint us. Over here at IFA we just managed to get a Garmin rep to whip out his Nuvifone prototype for a swift look, but sadly, almost a year after the device was first announced, there really wasn’t anything new to see. We still aren’t allowed to take video of the interface, or really see much of the phone other than the home screen, and when the rep tried to show us how the Nuvifone kicks the iPhone’s ass in navigation, the Nuvi promptly crashed — so at least those two have that in common. Not that we should be surprised, Garmin mentioned last month that the phone had been delayed into 2009, but we’re quickly running out of patience, as well as any scrap of remaining hope for this thing to actually matter when it does arrive. Peep the gallery for a little bit of iPhone 3G versus action.
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HTC’s Android-driven Dream revealed in glorious spy photos
August 31, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Features, HTC, T-Mobile, Android
Sure, we’ve seen some blurry videos and a few stolen glimpses when Andy Rubin demonstrated this beast, but now we’ve gotten our hands on a slew of pictures showing off a very real T-Mobile-branded Dream in all its Android-running glory. Not only does this confirm the design spied in those FCC docs as well as show off that nearly-done version of Android, but it seems to confirm the fact that this will be headed to T-Mobile, and sooner rather than later judging from the looks of the above device. Needless to state, our inner-geeks are completely geeking out right now. Hit the gallery below for a handful of other views of the phone. [Warning: read link is a forum, requires registration, and is in Chinese]
[Thanks, Michael]
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Vodafone UK tempts prepaid market with text incentives
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Messaging, Vodafone
The normally pedestrian procedure of re-upping your minute bank just got a tiny more exciting for customers of Vodafone’s prepaid service in the UK, where the launch of the aptly-named “Text Unlimited” promotion offers incentives for topping up. Adding
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Nokia N96 to reach American shores in Q4 2008
August 30, 2008
One of the hot phones of the year, the Nokia N96, will finally arrive at the American shores in Q4 of 2008. The N96 was introduced to us in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and will be targeted… Via [Mobilewhack]
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E-TEN’s glofiish X610 and V900 just about ready for release
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, E-TEN
Announced all the way back at MWC in February, the glofiish X610 and V900 are finally nearing release — or so E-TEN claims, anyway. Though the X610’s spec sheet isn’t going to get any motors running, it’s a pretty sharp-looking entry level WinMo 6.1 Professional device that should find its way into a few pockets where 3G isn’t needed. More interesting of the pair is the V900 (pictured), a multitalented mobile boob tube that can handle DVB-H, DVB-T, T-DMB, and DAB broadcasts in one convenient package — and a VGA display certainly doesn’t injured its case, either. So far, the launches on these two are pegged simply as “soon,” so keep an eye on the shop of your choice.
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Palm Treo 800w and Treo Pro accessories revealed, boredom hard to fend off
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Palm, Accessories
Regardless of brand or model, one of the very first accessories many smartphone owners begin rifling through the parts bin for is an extended battery of some sort. Unfortunately, Palm either doesn’t know that or doesn’t care, because a glance through its fresh round of accessories for the 800w and Pro doesn’t reveal any. What we do see is a leather sleeve case for the 800w — fancy! — along with a “micro” charger that comes bundled with a spare battery. Depending on just how “micro” we’re speaking about, that could be a decent investment. It’s not the most exciting group of SKUs, but for Treo fans, excitement is pretty hard to come by anyway.
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Nokia N79 Mobile Phone
August 30, 2008
Nokia added yet another phone to their growing N-series portfolio. The new Nokia N79, like many of the other phones, is a multimedia personal. With integrated navigation, FM transmitter and HSDPA connectivity, the phone comes pre-loaded with 10 N-Gage games…. Via [Mobilewhack]
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BlackBerry Bold unboxing and hands-on
August 29, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Features, RIM, Rogers Wireless, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA
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Palm cooking up a CDMA Treo Pro?
August 28, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA
The hardened news hawks over at China Economic News Service would like to hit us up with some knowledge: Palm allegedly plans on outing a CDMA version of its Treo Pro “in the future” for carriers like “Verizon, Wireless [sic] and Sprint.” While we wouldn’t typically pay an unsubstantiated report like this much mind, Palm does see a lot of love from its CDMA partners — and we’ve to believe that both Verizon and Sprint are putting the full-court press on ‘em to pony up the goods after seeing how much more attractive the Treo Pro is than Palm kit they’re currently able to offer. And don’t give us any weak sauce 800w arguments, alright?
[Via Brighthand]
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Samsung a837 coming to AT&T to do rugged battle with Verizon’s Boulder
August 28, 2008
Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, ATT
The lowly Moto V365 really can’t soldier on forever as AT&T’s only “rugged” (and we use that term loosely) clamshell; we’d thought the W760r was coming in to save the day, but sadly, it’s yet to materialize. So what’s a butterfingered AT&T subscriber to do? With any luck, the answer is to wait just a few more weeks, because Boy Genius Report claims that the Samsung a837 will launch in the mid-September timeframe with HSDPA, Video Share, Bluetooth, GPS, push-to-talk (naturally), and a 1.3-megapixel cam, making it AT&T’s first and only beefed-up 3G set. Yes, it could be prettier, but something tells us that’s not really the market AT&T’s going for here — then again, with de facto competitor Casio trotting out the Boulder in orange, maybe we’re off base on that one.
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