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Is The Zune Phone Alive? Maybe!
We’ve heard the rumors of a Zune Phone for a while now, and many Windows Mobile users feel that it would be a great interface to have on a phone. Similar to how Apple made the iPod Touch into the iPhone, Microsoft would be taking its popular mp3 player, the Zune, and making it into…
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New UI Based On SenseUI
XDA user maxycy, the one who brought us Max Manila, is working on a new UI for Windows Mobile. Right now its being called Max Sense. It looks similar to the Sense interface from Android, and so far looks very smooth. There’s no ETA yet and its posted in the HTC HD forums at XDA,…
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What’s With The Carrier-less Craze, Google? Motorola?
With the release of Google’s Android Operating System and wave of new devices that came with us, a new trend seems to be appearing with the fancy new linux smartphones. As we’ve seen with the famed Google Nexus One, and now Motorola with a confirmed, but unknown device, the developers are skipping the carrier and…
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Firefox Mobile…It’s Alive…
Wow…I wish I owned a Nokia N900 right now. Mozilla has just roll out the final, official, polished version of its mobile browser for N900’s. Called Firefox Mobile, it currently only runs on Nokia’s Maemo platform. Some of the features (you know this list will just grow…) Awesome Bar – Go to your favorite sites…
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Nexus One Coming To At&t?
The FCC label on the right is from the current Nexus One for T-Mobile, with ID NM899100. The label on the left comes with ID NM899110, which appears to be an identical model with just one digit off. The RF reports show that it has 3G on WCDMA Bands I, II, and V, meaning that…
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Microsoft CFO Confirms WM7 For Mobile World Congress
While everyone at Microsoft seems to be hush-hush about Windows Mobile 7, Peter Clein, CFO of Microsoft, finally gave us some information. In an interview with Fox, he was asked “Are we going to see Windows 7 Mobile come out in 2010? What is your plans for that?” His response was “We are heads down…
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Nexus One Experiencing Nationwide Data Outage
Update: As of 12:54PM ET the issue has been fixed, although there hasn’t been an official announcement of what the issue was. Users of the Google Nexus One on T-Mobile are reporting a nationwide data outage this morning. Users are reporting that their SIM card will work in other phones in the same area. While…
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Motorola Confirms Google-Only Phone – Nexus Two?
On a conference call yesterday, co-CEO Sanjay Jha outlined the company’s plans to release 20 new smartphones this year, including “one direct to consumer device with Google”. He didn’t confirm any other information, such as a carrier, pricing, or an estimated release date. This announcement comes after Motorola has reported a weak fourth quarter sales…
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At&t To Require Messaging Plan With Select Feature Phones
We’ve already heard about carriers forcing people (mainly smartphone users) to add a data plan when they purchase a new phone. This, of course, is nothing new for the iPhone, but has recently been forced onto other smartphone users by a few carriers. This is a first though. At&t says that it will be requiring…
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Samsung Galaxy 2- Does it take you to the Androidosphere?
Androphones has it from several sources that Samsung will be launching a new Snapdragon powered Android device. Judging from the likely specifications, this will surely have enough rocket power to boost you to whatever galaxy you want to go to. – 1 GHz Snapdragon – 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen – 5 MP camera – 32…
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Why everything is running an ARM A8 Cortex Chip
In the following months, the mobilephere will be overtaken with several new devices and most of them will be running the same underlying chipset design. As any mobile power user will tell you, support for HD video and hardware-accelerated graphics are must-haves for future devices. What will most of these devices have in common? Several…
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[Exclusive] HTC Oboe And More!
An anonymous tipster just dropped us some very big news about an upcoming HTC device that has not been mentioned before. Its codenamed the HTC Oboe (pictured above). This device hasn’t hit development yet and is still in planning. The details are scarce, but what we have so far is that it could be released…
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Apple Announced iPad
After all the hoopla and rumors going around the internet over the last couple of days, the biggest rumor of an iTablet has finally been announced, officially called the iPad. The specs include: -0.5″ thick and 1.5lbs light -9.7″ IPS display, capacitive multitouch touchscreen -Built-in accelerometer, mic, 30-pin connector, 802.11n Wi-Fi, compass, Bluetooth 2.1 +…
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HTC Bravo & Legend
Gizmodo just posted some information about the HTC Bravo and HTC legend, along with a picture of the Bravo. Polish site Komorkomania got a hands-on with both devices and was able to snap a pic of the Bravo below. It includes a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, 512MB RAM, Dolby for Mobile…
