It’s been a while since the world has been as excited about a Nokia product as they are about the N900. The fact that it runs on the Maemo 5 OS instead of Nokia’s old (lackluster) standby, Symbian, is reason enough alone to be giddy. We know this phone will be hitting the T-Mobile network [...]

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Another video for you today, this time the Nokia 5230 touchscreen. The video goes through the usual stuff i.e. showing the handset off, demonstrating a bit of web surfing, etc. Nothing really to write home about. The handset does come out looking a bit, well ‘incommodious’ and doesn’t really seem to make a splash. Of [...]

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MetroPCS today began online sales of the Samsung Messager II (SCH-R560). Compared to the original Messager, the new model is sleeker, has a new QWERTY keyboard design, steps up to a 2 megapixel camera (from 1 megapixel) and adds video capture and EVDO high-speed data. MetroPCS is selling the Messager II for $149. The phone [...]

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Vodafone has released its latest in mobile broadband, and major cities in the U.K like London, Birmingham and Liverpool will be among the first to receive the benefits. 14.4Mbps is in theory the peak rate, but customers can expect to see speeds varying from 1Mbps to 4 Mbps with a practical maximum speed of 10.8Mbps. [...]

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Mobile coupons — usually text messages with discount codes sent to a cellphone — are becoming the blue-light specials for the digital age, reports The New York Times, promoting last-minute clothing sales, two-for-one entrees and cheap tickets to the theater.
“While some mobile coupons are sent directly from a retailer to a customer who has signed [...]

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There is a good amount of GPS systems designed for pets out there, but the new RoamEO has a few tricks up its sleeve. For starters, it can track 2 dogs per system. Using its LCD display, the RoamEO lets you see how far a distance is between the RoamEO Pup which you are using, [...]

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Documents seen recently on the FCC web site provide details about an unannounced phone from Samsung. The SPH-i350 has EVDO Rev. A, as well as quad-band GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth (with A2DP), and Wi-Fi radios on board. Samsung phones with a model number similar to this generally run some sort of smartphone operating system, such as Windows [...]

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A new application is now available for the iPhone that allows push Gmail service to feature on the iPhone. The app is called the GPush Application and it sells for 99 cents on the App Store. The app allows users to choose how they want to be notified of new mail via Gmail.
Options for GPush [...]

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The HTC Leo, a rumoured super high-end WinMo smartphone, was apparently seen in some renders leaked onto the web a few days ago. The renders weren’t taken entirely seriously with many attributing them to the work of fans. However, that opinion changed today with the release of a ROM apparently confirming that the renders had [...]

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China Unicom, the carrier expected to offer up the iPhone in China, has officially denied the report that they’ve ordered 5 million iPhones from Apple. Yi Difei, China Unicom’s spokesman, officially said that the rumors are “not true” but affirms that talks between the two companies are still on-going. Tiffany Yang, meanwhile, speaking on Apple’s [...]

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The Universal Phone, by D Seunghan Song, is designed for both blind and sighted people. How does it work? Thousands of micro pins dynamically raise and lower forming a tactile surface for all to get touchy with. Sighted people get the elusive tactile.

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We’re still not sure whether multitouch capability will be making its debut on the Android 2.0 operating system in due time, but the following firmware update from the Eclair branch could point towards such an implementation. After all, HTC did include their own multitouch functionality into the HTC Hero, while other notable programmers with the [...]

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Microsoft and Nokia held a joint teleconference earlier today to announce the deployment of various Microsoft products on Nokia’s Symbian platform. It may not live up to some of the rumours circling before the conference that Nokia was going to work on a WinMo device, but it’s still an important announcement, for Symbian users at [...]

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The Refresh charging station is like a beautifully slimmed down version of Bluelounge’s Sanctuary charger, with half the connections: 2x iPod/iPhone, 2x USB, plus single Micro USB and Mini USB plugs.
It can charge two iPod/iPhones simultaneously while also charging a Blackberry and a bluetooth headset for instance. In fact, using the two iPod connectors and [...]

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Today Sony Ericsson announced its latest fashion phone, the Jalou. The Jalou, inspired by gemstones, is a compact flip that has a dedicated mirror key for the main display and homescreen widgets that will automatically retrieve Zodiac/horoscope information as well as other events. The Jalou supports quad-band GSM/EDGE and 900/1700/2100MHz WCDMA/UMTS 3G networks, and also [...]

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