Samsung has announced three musicphones, the swivel stick F210, dual sliding i450 and the slim F330. The nicest one is the S60 3rd Edition Symbian smartphone i450, with Touch Wheel music navigation, a 2.4 inch LCD display and 3.6Mbps HSDPA. Also, it sports a B&O IcePower amplifier with Samsung music UI, for high quality music playback. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a high storage space, with just 35MB, but can be extended to up to 4GB with the microSD memory card slot. Bluetooth A2DP stereo audio and the 3.5mm standard headphone …

There are different rumors around the Internet that Apple is currently delaying the release of their popular iPhone in France. It seems that there are 2 different laws in this country that do not head up with Apple’s wish to capture as much money as possible. One law passed in 1998 requires a mobile phone carrier to unlock any cell phone for a fee in the first 6 months of the contract and free after that, if the customer so desires. Apple was said to be in talks with Orange …

Many studies have been done in the past pointing out that some top personalities that work for different mobile phone carriers or companies linked with cell phones do not really use the products they are selling. A recent study even pointed out the fact that more than half of the individuals surveyed are in the category mentioned above. There is no surprise in that but it is the first time that I personally saw some stats. In most cases this is a question of offers available. Mobile phone companies and …

Different analysts have pointed out that around 10% of iPhones sold are actually bought by individuals that unlock them and then resell them at higher price tags around the world. There is a limit of purchasing 5 iPhones at a time and it does look like a lot of people are doing so. This would actually translate in the fact that there are a lot of unlocked iPhones out there, certainly more than previously reported as different users are also unlocking their mobile phones themselves. It could be a very …

Apple did not gain popularity when they cut the price of their 8GB iPhone by $200, all just 2 months after the popular mobile phone debuted. The company responded to angry buyers by offering a $100 iPhone credit for those that paid more money for the device. This was still not enough for several early adopters and one of them actually sued Steve Jobs, AT&T and Apple for “just” $1 million. I am talking about New Yorker Dongmei Li, which eventually purchased a 4GB iPhone version as the 8GB model …

Nokia recently launched the unlocked N95-3, the model that brings back the originality of N95 with a few extra features. The most important aspect that needs to be discussed is HSDPA on the 1900 and 850 MHz bands. We also see a battery with a higher capacity, a camera lens that was recessed, twice the amount of RAM memory and two color availabilities in “Dark Sand” and “Black” for the back of the mobile phone. The front is still silver no matter what. We can notice the new Nokias in …

It looks like Google is also trying to cash in on the recently European sold as well iPhone. The company just launched two applications especially tailored for Apple’s mobile phone: Google Calendar and Google Reader. In order to check it out just visit calendar.google.com from your iPhone browser. Another possibility stands in downloading a Firefox add-on that makes it possible for you to update you UserAgent in order to make different web sites think you are utilizing one. Google Calendar appears with simplicity and at first look it is quite …

We can currently see a lot of electronic health records available on the market but a new one is catching attention because it is aimed towards the iPhone. Life Record launches a new service that can put your health records on your Apple mobile phone. The downside is that AT&T charges quite a lot for data transfer. On the other hand, the entire feature can prove useful. In the demo video launched we can see a doctor using a password to gain access to a Web site and then utilizing …

After we got to see many complains concerning this problem, it seems that Apple has finally admitted that some early shipped units of their quite popular although just launched iPod Touch have problems with defective screens. The company claims that only a small number of units were affected and that the problem is “being remedied”. Nobody really knows what this remedy is and we still do not know any estimate figure of how many iPod Touch units were affected. Also, there are different reports connected to the iPhone. Some customers …

The Commercial Times recently reported that High Tech Computer just received ODM orders for Windows Mobile based smartphones. The company that made the orders is none other than the one that backs Symbian based UI, Sony Ericsson. It seems that this will have an impact on mobile phone markets around the second part of 2008 and the units expected to be employed should number around one million so far. As expected, as soon as this news was released, HTC stocks rose 4 percent. The problem here is that it is …

It is now official! The recent buzz was not a fuss and the iPhone is to be sold in the UK, the first European country to benefit from selling iPhones. The carrier chosen was O2 and the price for the 8GB iPhone will be of 269 pounds, that is around $535. The mobile phone will begin selling on November 9 and was presented by utilizing the same ads that were run in the US, but with British voiceover. O2 seemed very happy with being the chosen carrier and referred to …

Apple’s press conference in UK is soon to start and everyone thinks that is where the first iPhone deal in Europe will be presented. With this in mind we also have hints of a Germany launch and now of a possible French iPhone deal. France Orange is the latest rumored to join Vodafone Germany and an undisclosed UK mobile operator. We could expect to see a 300 euro French iPhone to appear on the 29th of November. The announcement might become a reality on the Apple Expo event in Paris …

Apple showed an interesting recent hostile behavior against DIY ringtones. It comes in complete contrast with the company’s neutrality neutral policy towards third party iPhone software available. After only 10 days passed since the release of iTunes 7.4.1 (this eliminated the easy possibility of getting an individual’s own ringtones on the iPhone) we now witnessed the launch of iTunes 7.4.2. This update allows for applications like iToner and MakeiPhoneRingtones to add DIY ringtones to your new Apple mobile phone. The first problem you have to deal off though is the …

Unexpected, T-Mobile doesn’t seem to sell iPhones in Germany, as a Vodafone iPhone was seen on a BMW at Frankfurt Motor Show. Also, on BMW’s website you can see a picture with a Vodafone iPhone in a BMW, so it’s almost official.
You can see in the photo above that on the upper left part of the display it writes “Voda” from Vodafone and as the photo comes from BMW’s official website, it shouldn’t be photoshopped.

Apple is setting up a press conference next Tuesday and many believe there is a strong possibility this means the iPhone will officially launch in the UK. It seems there are also some clues as to why people believe this. A secret is said to be revealed and London is not the town to launch something big for Apple. With this in mind, you can add to the list the fact that most of the reporters invited are involved in mobile phone connections. This again points to the fact that …