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to be unveiled on 14 February, First Samsung bada handset
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones, Portable device. on February 10, 2010
We heard all about Samsung's bada OS late last year, and it seems we'll be seeing the first of its handsets at Mobile World Congress in just a few days, possibly packing some shiny new screen tech.As MWC is the biggest event on the mobile calendar, it was pretty predictable that this would be the case, but Samsung has now confirmed on the Samsung Unpacked website that "on 2.14 a new mobile from Samsung is born. ……
three-pack of chips to make your phones more awesome, Broadcom announces Android support
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones, Portable device. on February 10, 2010
Chip maker Broadcom has unveiled no fewer than three new mobile-themed hunks of silicon this week in preparation for MWC in just a few days' time. You ready for this? Alright, first up we've got the catchily-named BCM20751, which performs the rather ordinary tasks of GPS, Bluetooth, and FM radio management but also throws in an audio processor to offload some work from the phone's primary CPU, which the company says can reduce battery consumption enough to improve playback time by up……
coming to Vodafone in April, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones, Services on February 7, 2010
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is coming to Vodafone in April, it's been confirmed.Without doubt one of the most exciting handsets to come from Sony Ericsson's camp for a while, the Xperia X10 has been pushed back from its original release date of February – a fate which saw the X2 dropped from the same network just last month.Once it lands on shelves, we can expect the Android handset to pack an 8-megapixel came……
Samsung keeps rolling with Corby line
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones on December 27, 2009
Samsung's Corby handsets are already targeted toward the lower end of the market — relatively new territory for full-touch devices — but they're looking to aim even lower with the new Corby POP, it seems. Having recently popped up on Samsung Mobile's official India site as coming soon, it should feature a 2.8-inch display, integrated FM radio (a must in the Indian market), and a weaksauce 1.3 megapixel cam (down from the Corby's 2 megapixel unit) for an extremely reasonable 7,0……
for a push into handheld market, Dell creates communications division
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones, Portable device. on December 6, 2009
Turns out Mini 3i is only the beginning. Dell has announced plans to create a new Communications Group with a focus on mobile phones and similar portable devices. Current consumer division head and former Motorola exec Ron Garriques will take the helm. Not much else to say at this point, but make no mistake, Dell is now officially in the phone business for the long haul.
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V901 spotted on Microsoft China site, ViewSonic heats up phone collection
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones on November 14, 2009
In just one week, ViewSonic has gone from a glint of a 3G phone maker to having two models prominently on display. We've already seen VPC08 Windows XP phone, and now up to bat is the V901, found in the pages of Microsoft China's official site. The Windows Mobile 6.5, apparently TouchWiz-skinned device has a 3.6-inch, 480 x 800 touchscreen, a Marvell PXA310 processor, 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM storage with microSD expansion, 5 megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth, all hailing to the wavelengths we call C……
Samsung's first bada handset leaked?
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones on November 12, 2009
We’ve heard quite a bit about Samsung’s forthcoming bada OS over the past few days, and now an image has been leaked of the supposed first bada handset.Now, granted, anyone who is a bit handy with Photoshop could whip this up without much of a problem, but it’s interesting all the same.We know that the first bada handset is set to hit stores in the first half of 2010, and will pack a touchscreen-based UI to……
Samsung bada mobile UI to bring “smartphone experience” to the masses
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones on November 10, 2009
Samsung has announced it is developing its own open mobile platform called bada, bringing an app-happy smartphone experience to the masses.It seems bada, which means ocean in Korean, could well be a replacement for the current TouchWiz UI we’ve seen on the likes of the Samsung Jet, and will offer up more opportunities for developers to get involved in developing apps for the platform.Samsung also hints that bada could ……
Nokia N900 shipping today
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones on November 10, 2009
Nokia has announced that the first batch of its N900 handsets are being shipped out today, and Europe is one of the destinations on the mailing list.The Maemo 5 device will apparently be hitting shelves at around 500 Euros SIM-free (around £xx), although you’ll no doubt be able to pick it up on contract for nada.Vice President of the N Series José-Luis Martinez describes the mobile phone as “taking i……
Android powered handset, Garmin prepares for 2010
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Mobile phones on November 9, 2009
In a recent webcast, Garmin showed off their plans for expanding their fledgling product family with a new handset running on Android OS. This happens very soon after the Google Maps Navigation announcement.
Well, we are not really sure how successfl the nuvifone lineup is. As you may remember the GPS navigation oriented smartphones M20 and G60, running respectively Windows Mobile 6.1 and Linux based OS were launched this year by the duo Garmin-Asus. Both of them sport Garmin navigation software and pr……
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