The Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile is a fun and sleek full touchscreen smartphone that comes packed with 3G support, free navigation via Ovi Maps and access to Ovi Store. Together with the great messaging support and multimedia features, it is a nice social phone that keeps you connected and entertained.
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Nokia 5230 Nuron (T-Mobile) – Puts Entertainment at Your Fingertips
Recently released for AT&T, the Samsung Sunburst SGH-a697 is billed as a mid-range messaging phone that comes with a fashion-forward design and the popular full touch capabilities.
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Samsung Sunburst SGH-a697 – A Low-cost yet Sleek Touch Phone
Verizon Wireless has dropped prices on two of their Palm smartphones, the Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus , and is offering free use of an add-on service that turns the device into a 3G Wi-Fi hotspot. In addition to the existing “buy one get one free” promotion, the wireless carrier has cut the prices of the Pre Plus from $150 to $50 and the Pixi Plus from $80 to $30
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Verizon Brings Major Price Cuts to Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus
The Casio G’zOne Boulder from Verizon Wireless is the successor to the Type-V and the Type-S of the military-certified G’zOne series. Yet, underneath its tough and rugged exterior, the Boulder is also packed with some multimedia features that can keep you entertained on the move. Built to resist water, shock, dust and other harsh environments, the G’zOne Boulder is a rough cell phone that can take a beating.
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Casio G’zOne Boulder (Verizon) – An All-in-one Durable Handset for the Outdoors
Arrived on Verizon Wireless back in November 2007, the LG Voyager VX10000 has captured the hearts of many media fans with its cutting-edge design, gorgeous dual screens, comfortable keyboard and rich multimedia capabilities at that time. And even now, it is still one of the carrier’s popular mid- to high-end entertainment handsets. Dominating the face of the Voyager is a 2.81-inch touchscreen that supports 262k colors in a 400×240 pixel resolution.
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LG Voyager VX10000 – A Verizon-Powered Multimedia and Texting Powerhouse
For brands and mobile marketers who want to reach smartphone users, it turns out the best way to relay their marketing messages is by sending out mobile coupons. A new survey issued by Compete.com indicates that quite a number of consumers would be happy to receive coupons on their smart gadgets. According to the report, 36 percent of smartphone users said that among various types of mobile advertising concepts, they are most interested in receiving grocery coupons
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Smartphone Owners Ready for Mobile Advertising
Sprint launched the Sanyo Katana Eclipse SCP-6750 with a specific target group in mind, namely younger users who are into a slick and flashy multimedia phone. In fact, the Eclipse does come with all the features that appeal to the age group, like customizable LED lights, some multimedia goodies and great messaging tools. The Eclipse is a slim clamshell phone highlighted with two eye-catching multicolored LED indicators on both sides of the front panel.
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Lights Up Your Life with Sanyo Katana Eclipse SCP-6750
Available exclusively from Verizon Wireless, the Palm Pixi Plus is released as a slimmed down and more affordable version of the Pre Plus . Though this also means downgrading some features, the phone still gets the benefit of a physical keyboard, a unique messaging system and Wi-Fi connectivity, which means you can stay socially connected easily as usual. Ditching the slide-out keyboard of its sibling, the Pixi Plus boasts a longer and thinner candy-bar form factor with a fixed full QWERTY keyboard
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Palm Pixi Plus – Incredibly Thin and Sleek
Released about one and a half years ago, the Samsung Messager SCH-r450 is one of the many messaging phones of the manufacturer targeting the texting crowd. With its roomy QWERTY keyboard, wide messaging options and rich user interface, the Messager has quickly become a great hit among MetroPCS and Cricket customers
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Samsung Messager SCH-r450 – Lets Your Thumbs Say More and Faster
Manufacturers have been trying to harness alternative energy sources to power up cell phone batteries in a more environmental-friendly way for quite some time now. And this time, Nokia is working on a way of using kinetic energy to prolong battery life, similar to the one applied to some mechanical wristwatches
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Nokia to Introduce Next-Generation Self-Charging Cell Phones?
Released for Verizon Wireless, the LG Accolade VX5600 is a simple and easy-to-use flip phone designed for everyday communication needs. Without those fancy features found on higher-end devices, it sticks to the basic yet functional features, such as dual displays, messaging options, Bluetooth connectivity and voice command capabilities. Measuring at 3.56″ high by 1.83″ wide by 0.72″ deep and weighing 3.0 ounces, it is perfect for slipping in your handbag or pant pocket
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LG Accolade VX5600 – the Affordable Entry-level Phone
Finding a contact from hundreds or thousands of items stored on your Android handset could be hard and time consuming. But with Gesture Search, a new application released by Google, you can get your content simply by drawing with your finger on the screen. The Google Labs application for Android-powered phones allows you to find phone data, including contacts, installed apps, music tracks and browser bookmarks, using written gestures
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Google Gesture Search: Innovative Way to Search Your Android Phone
The Motorola CLIQ XT , a revamped version of the original CLIQ, has recently arrived on T-Mobile to please social networking and music fans. Apart from inheriting great features like MotoBlur and the sleek touchscreen from its predecessor, the new phone also offers a new design, enhanced multimedia capabilities and a few nice additions
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Motorola CLIQ XT – the First Touch Tablet with MotoBlur
With the proliferation of smartphones and app stores, U.S. smartphone users are not only demanding increasing numbers of applications, but they are also more willing to pay for them, according to a new Yankee Group study
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Paid App Demand on the Rise
Despite the substantial buzz and high anticipation preceding its release, the Nexus One , Google’s Android flagship smartphone, is overshadowed by lower than expected sales. According to mobile analytics firm Flurry, sales of the Nexus One appears to be dismal since its release when compared with other well-hyped devices, such as the Motorola Droid and the Apple iPhone . Flurry reported that after 74 days of being on sale, about 135,000 Nexus One handsets have been sold via Google’s web store and through T-Mobile USA
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Motorola Droid and Original iPhone Outshine Nexus One Sales
Finding our cell phones running out of power in those outage or emergency moment is not uncommon. But from now on, thanks to this Portable Emergency Charger , you will be able to recharge your phone at any time, any place. Working with a wide range of handsets from HTC , BlackBerry and other brands, the rechargeable battery pack provides a mobile power source with its high capacity and energy efficiency.
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User Guide – Portable Emergency Charger for HTC and Blackberry
The Motorola Backflip, a unique reverse flip phone with both its keyboard and touchscreen facing out, is released for AT&T. Boasting Android 1.5, MOTOBLUR and a QWERTY keyboard, the Backflip is a social-centric phone that enables you to always stay updated with your buddies.
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Motorola Backflip – AT&T’s Revolutionary Android Smartphone with MOTOBLUR
After consecutive periods of slump, worldwide cell phone market has finally returned to a single-digit growth in the last quarter of 2009, even though it was not enough to offset the decline suffered throughout the entire year, according to research firm Gartner. Driven by the healthy sales of smartphones and low-end devices, global handset sales to end users reached 340 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, registering an 8.3 percent increase from the same period in 2008. Smartphone sales led the way with 53.8 million units sold during the quarter, up 41.1 percent from the year-ago period
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Worldwide Cell Phone Sales Bounced Back
Verizon’s customers who love social networking better get prepared, because Motorola Devour , the first Verizon device to include the MotoBlur interface, has just arrived.
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Motorola Devour – A Fashion-forward Social Media Phone
It may be hard for you to imagine a world without cell phones , but there are indeed times you wish these small gadgets didn’t exist – when the person sitting next to you on a bus keeps grumbling loudly on his phone. Fortunately, a new German invention might soon put an end to your bane by silencing annoying phone conversations
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Lip-reading Cell Phone System to Enable Soundless Calling?