The Garmin-Asus Nuvifone is vaporware no more! Boy Genius has unveiled some information about several upcoming AT&T smartphones, the G60 among them. The nuvifone G60 is a collaboration between the famed GPS manufacturer Garmin and PC-manufacturer Asus. It will cost $299 with a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate.
That’s a bit pricey for even [...]

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Reuters is reporting that the GPS smartphone announced by Garmin early last year will be delayed again. If you remember Garmin has partnered with Asus for the launching of the freshly dubbed Nuviphone G60. A June release was estimated and it appears that the estimate overestimated Garmin and Asustek’s capability.

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Motorola have announed their second 5 MP cameraphone - the V66 slider handset, sharing a very similar feature-set with the company’s ZN5 candybar handset. However, unlike the ZN5, with the V66, there is no Kodak branding to be had. Two advantages the VE66 has over the ZN5, are 3G connectivity, as well as QVGA video [...]

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Motorola look to be adding a secong 5 MP cameraphone to their range (the current being the ZN5) - the VE66 slider, i this leak is anything to go by. Of the known specs, it’s unknown if the device’s screen is touch-sensitive, but, it’s said to feature touch-sensitive buttons below the display.

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At the current CeBIT 2008 in Hanover GIGABYTE has officially announced two new products – a mobile Internet device (MID) M528 and an ultra mobile PC M700. The M700 UMPC is packed in a white compact shell with the touchscreen and without a keyboard.

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Digitimes with the reference to OpenMoko’s president reported that a Linux-based open source handset platform developer will release an heir of the Neo 1973 Linux-smartphone in March-April 08. Like its predecessor it will be based on the Linux open source platform by OpenMoko. There are no more details on the new Neo phone. I’d remind [...]

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The LiMo Foundation and its partners showed off 18 handsets based on LiMo’s mobile Linux platform. The phones come from seven different vendors, including LG Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Samsung. Some of them have already been announced by the manufacturers, such as the Motorola ROKR E8 and RAZR2 V8. There were also [...]

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The Chinese-language IT168 has posted pics and brief info on a new Linux-powered device – Motorola A810. This is a traditional candy bar with the touch-sensitive display and no keyboard. It features a 240×320 pixels display, a 2-megapixel camera and an expansion slot. The new phone will be available in China and even in Europe. [...]

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NXP Semiconductors and Purple Labs have introduced a Linux-powered phone Purple Magic for 3G networks. The key advantage of it is the price – less than $100, while the average price tag for 3G handsets currently varies from $120 to $145. The developers believe the Purple Magic will become a mass Linux-device for 3G networks [...]

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Today Azingo announced the immediate availability of Azingo Mobile, an entire suite of open source mobile software and services that is based on LiMo Foundation Linux specifications. The platform was designed to enable hardware manufacturers and network operators to quickly customize services and bring phones with the latest technology to market quicker. It is supported [...]

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The PalmInfocenter has reported that the new Linux-based operating system by Palm will be called Nova. At least this is the codename among the platform developers. Previously it had lots of names – Palm OS 2, POS II, POX, Palm OS by Palm, ALPOS and even Palm OS Mobile Professional Ultimate Treo edition. According to [...]

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China’s Tsinghua Tongfang has unveiled its ultra mobile PC LimePC. It’s a touchscreen device without a hardware keyboard. Powered by Freescale MPC5121e mobileGT processor it is running on Lime OS (based on Debian Linux). As for the connectivity, the LimePC supports USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11g and 10/100 Ethernet.
The Chinese shipments will [...]

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At CES 2008 iRiver has reported its plans to release “unlocked” handsets (not tied to a particular operator) on the American market. They will be offered through existing distribution channels. The first model from the series codenamed iRiver GSM phone looks like the iPhone, but is based on Linux. It is equipped with a 3” [...]

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Among five new additions to the LiMo Foundation are Chinese manufacturer Huawei and Trolltech, the Linux developers who last year launched the open-source Green Phone, bringing the total to 23 companies. In addition South Korea’s ETRI, a national R+D lab have joined the efforts. Although these new companies are relatively small, the LiMo Foundation was [...]

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Motorola tonight announced two new high-end phones.

ROKR E8: A bar-style quad-band GSM phone with a unique morphing keypad that only has music keys in music mode and only camera keys in camera mode. A new kind of haptic feedback allows the flat, smooth surface of the keypad to emulate the real feel of individual key [...]

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