Nokia Fever

LG Cookie can be called the first successful budget touch phone. A basic touch phone with big display and decent camera attracted many budget conscious buyers. But very soon Samsung star came to give it a stiff competition and later on Nokia 5530. S0, LG was bound to replace the old Cookie with something new. [...]… Continue reading

These days there is a craze for touch phones and everyone cannot afford iPhone. So, basic entry level touch phones are selling like hotcakes and there is a huge competition in the budget touch range. The first players to make their presence were Samsung Star and LG Cookie. But now you’ve more options in this [...]… Continue reading

Another Xmas Bonanaza: We grabbed a special deal from MMMOOO folks for our users. You can get all their top selling apps including MyPhone for 50% OFF under this promotion. If you have ever wanted to buy MyPhone, Win7, iXP, M1, MySMS, iFit, Ever Light, Handy RSS, iRobot, etc. but felt short of cash, here is the golden chance for… Continue reading

Russia and China have both made it very clear that they like their dual-SIM phones — in most of Europe and the Americas, they’re little more than a novelty, but in the Far East they’ve become a unique market need driven by the way local carriers work and the average buyer’s usage model. LG, Samsung, and Moto have all succumbed to the… Continue reading

Okay, that’s not quite true — Bell’s HSPA network has been live for a few weeks now — but the Galaxy from Samsung and Nokia N97 become two of the first few devices to take advantage of it now that it has made the bold jump from rumor to reality. The Galaxy looks to be a near-perfect replica of… Continue reading

Contrary to popular belief (and reports from yesterday), it seems that Samsung actually isn’t planning to ditch Symbian anytime soon — or at least it’s not prepared to tell the public. Shortly after announcing its own Bada OS, rumors began to fly that Symbian support would fade in the near future; according to a company representative speaking with Mobile Burn

Android is in, Windows Mobile is in (despite rumors to the contrary), and Bada is definitely in for next year, according to Samsung senior vice president Don Joo Lee. Not making the phone manufacturer’s cut? Symbian. Digitimes has it from the exec that its new proprietary mobile OS will be taking the place of the Nokia-friendly platform. Hey, all… Continue reading

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian

Ladies and gentlemen, our long, global nightmare is over. Alright, that’s a significant overstatement — but Nokia’s lack of capacitive adoption has unquestionably hurt opinion of its 5800 and N97 models, the first to use its touch-ready S60 5th Edition platform. Happily, afterdawn.com is reporting — and we’ve been able to… Continue reading

Bored of your 5800 homescreen? How about giving it the looks and functionality of Nokia N97 or the Samsung i8910? Not only that you can customize your 5800 homescreen the way you want it to be. Thanks to this amazing application- GDesk, 5800ers can now add more functionality to that 3.2″ homescreen.

To be honest we feel 5880er were largely… Continue reading

Filed under: Handsets, Software, HTC, Nokia, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, Bell Mobility, Symbian, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Here’s some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of mobile for Thursday, July 16th, 2009:

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