Nokia has expanded its partnership with Yahoo to cover its more popular mainstream “feature phone” handsets. Previously the agreement only covered advanced smartphone devices like the N-Series. Nokia will start to bundle Yahoo branded content on many of its Series 40 devices like the recently announced 6300. The bundled services include Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, and [...]

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Free 411 (1-800-FREE411) has surpassed the 100 million use milestone. The relatively new service has still only captured a small percentage of the US directory assistance market, but is rapidly gaining ground. According to the company this means US callers have saved approximately $150 million (citing $1.50 for the average lookup).
The company provides its [...]

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Opera Software has announced the availability of Opera Mini 3.0, the second major update to the package this year. The free application is a web browser designed to work on the vast majority of mobile phones sold. This differs from Opera Mobile which is designed expressly for smartphones. Opera Mini has been well received and [...]

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Cingular has officially announced the BlackBerry Pearl, ending both the rumors of an imminent launch and T-Mobile’s exclusive period with the sleekly designed device. The Pearl is the first BlackBerry to sport a camera and is also the first to use a trackball instead of scroll wheel. It has proven popular at T-Mobile and will [...]

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Cingular has launched the Pantech C3, a minor update to the C300 that was launched last Spring. The C3 keeps the small size of the C300 and according to Pantech still qualifies as the “smallest camera flip phone”.
Features of the Pantech C3 include:

Small size, just 2.72″x1.69″x.8″ with a weight of 2.5oz
VGA camera with flash
Changeable [...]

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Sales package:

Headset
Charger
Carrying strap
User Guide

This headset comes from a broad class of devices which can be called typical market ซplayersป, following from the labeling of all new gadgets used in reviews over at Mobile-Review. Bluntly speaking, that stands for just another “nothing-special” offering with good quality/price ratio, targeting at the wide audience, in particular people looking [...]

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Sales package:

Media centre
CST-13 charger
RCA/SCART adapter
User Guide

We have spoken much about Sony Ericsson’s prowess in the field of Bluetooth-accessories development – reviews on some gadgets, including headsets have kept on popping up on our portal. However there is another type of devices, which media centers belong to in particular– these are mediums allowing for wireless communication [...]

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Shares of Palm [PALM] traded down more than 7% Tuesday after the company announced lowered projections for the upcoming quarter and revealed that the Treo 750 was behind schedule. Palm blamed a certification delay (likely the FCC) for its inability to start shipping the Treo 750 in the US. The 750v is already shipping in [...]

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The Nokia 6290 is a new clamshell S60 smartphone. Nokia doesn’t make a whole lot of flip phones and of those very few are in the S60 platform.
Features of the Nokia 6290 include:

S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1
2.2″ QVGA display with 16m colors (external screen is 128×160)
2-megapixel camera
MP3 player with stereo speakers
Quad-band GSM + [...]

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The Nokia 2626 is a colorful new feature phone designed for emerging markets. The handset comes in several color schemes in addition to the pink shown at right.
The feature list is shorter than the other handsets Nokia introduced today, but that’s to be expected for an emerging markets phone. The notable feature that’s not [...]

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The Nokia 6086 is a new UMA capable handset announced at Nokia’s annual Capital Market Days event. Unlicensed Mobile Access, UMA, is technology that routes voice calls over WiFi (WLAN) when possible to save on airtime fees. T-Mobile USA is currently testing the technology under the brand name T-Mobile @Home.
The Nokia 6086 features include:

Quad-band [...]

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Nokia has made good on its promise to launch thinner phones with the introduction of the Nokia 6300. At just 13.1mm thick, the 6300 is considerably thinner than typical handsets from the leading manufacturer. Analysts have been hard on Nokia’s inability to bring out stylish handsets like the Motorola RAZR. One thing that Nokia still [...]

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Motorola has started shipments of the MOTOFONE F3, an extremely simple handset aimed at emerging markets. Motorola says the MOTOFONE is designed for, “the next billion users” and has already announced large volume orders for the device. Its most unique feature is an electronic ink screen that uses very little power and is readable in [...]

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Verizon Wireless has officially launched the highly anticipated LG enV (or depending on who you’re talking to, the more arcane LG VX9900). The handset has been rumored for months, with everything from photos to spec sheets being leaked. It’s an update to the popular LG VX9800 which was later re-branded under the shorter and more [...]

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T-Mobile USA joins both Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel in MediaFLO trials. Verizon Wireless will be the first carrier to launch with the mobile TV service and is the only company committed to FLO. Just last month Sprint announced it was carrying out its own trials.
T-Mobile is the first GSM carrier to trial the [...]

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