When Nokia unveiled the Maemo-powered N900 earlier this week, the specifications only showed 3G covering 900, 1700, and 2100MHz bands. While that was good news for T-Mobile USA users, it was not so welcome news for AT&T and Rogers Wireless customers. Fortunately, it appears that a NAM edition with support for the 850/1900/2100MHz bands is also in the works. When […]
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Viewsonic to get into mobile handset business
According to UK-based The Register, Viewsonic, better known for its LCD displays, is getting into the mobile handset business. Few details are available right now but the company is looking to introduce a 3G smartphone lineup in China initially. Europe and North America would follow later. No specific timelines were revealed. According to James Chu, Chairman of ViewSonic, smartphone production […]
More nüvifone delays?
Last week, during a conference call with analysts, Garmin announced last week that it was delaying the release of its upcoming smartphones to the second half of 2009. The delays are being attributed to the complexity of developing the custom Linux-based operating system. Garmin first announced the nüvifone over a year ago, promising a Q3 2008 release. Delays then pushed […]
National Geographic offers dual-SIM Duet D888
National Geographic (as in the magazine) is the latest to offer a dual-SIM mobile phone. The renowned magazine has been offering mobile phones for some time now. The Duet D888 is essentially two phones in one. The phone features a dual SIM mechanism that allows you have 2 SIM cards in your phone simultaneously – the local SIM card and […]
HTC Touch Diamond2 and Pro2 get street dates and prices?
According to Mobile Tech Review, HTC has announced that the HTC Touch Diamond2 will be available later this month. So far, the release appears limited to Taiwan where it will sell for NT$21,900 (about US$650) with an included 8G memory card. The HTC web site makes no mention of any specific release date yet. If the date does hold up, […]
New details on upcoming BlackBerry devices leaked?
The Boy Genius Report has landed details about three upcoming BlackBerry devices. All three will apparently be part of the 9000-series family and are GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS devices. The BlackBerry Onyx and Magnum both will come with GPS, a camera, Wi-Fi (no UMA support), a QWERTY keyboard, and a 480×360 resolution screen. Both are apparently headed to AT&T. It’s not the first […]
Acer Tempo smartphone line pricing revealed?
Expansys appears to have once again leaked some device pricing before the manufacturer could make an official announcement. This time, it is Acer’s Tempo line of smartphones that is outed. First up for release should be the Acer Tempo X960. Expansys offers it for £354.99. Given that the expected release date shows March 30th, it might be shipping any day […]
Mio announces 3.5G Explora K70 GPS mobile phone
The new Garmin-ASUS nüvifones suddenly have some competition from one of Garmin’s PND competitors. As expected, Mio announced its first 3.5G mobile phone today at the CeBIT tradeshow in Germany. The Mio Explora K70 is powered by a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A processor and Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. It comes with quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band (850/1900/2100MHz) connectivity, a 3.5-inch […]