Nokia 6650 for AT&T Revealed By FCC Documents
Nokia’s 6650 clamshell 3G smartphone for AT&T was made public yesterday by filed FCC documents. Among others, the device features a stainless steel cover, HSDPA data, GPS, 2 megapixel camera, QVGA display, and a memory card slot. The 3G device runs the latest version of S60: 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 with all the normal [...]
Photos Emerge Of T-Mobile Branded HTC “Dream†G1
True photos of a T-Mobile branded HTC Dream have surfaced showing both close-up shots and size comparisons to other T-Mobile devices. The photos show a couple shots of the Android OS in action, as well as the slide-action to reveal the recessed QWERTY keyboard. This is likely the final device that will be introduced in [...]
Palm Issues Another Sprint Treo 800w Update for USB and Charging Issues
Palm has issued another update for owners of the Sprint Palm Treo 800w smart device. At issue is the device failing to detect many of the packaged accessories when connected to the device as well as charging issues centered on incomplete charging and charging a completely drained battery. Palm regards this as a critical update [...]
AT&T Relaunches MOTO Q9 Global with Windows Mobile 6.1, GPS
Following up on the Windows Mobile 6.1 update released for the MOTO Q9h a couple weeks ago, AT&T has released another version of the device with the addition of Windows Mobile 6.1, and GPS support through AT&T Navigator in a striking silver pinstripe color. The device is otherwise unchanged from the original Q9h which features [...]
Samsung SGH-A837 3G Push to Talk Clamshell Revealed
The first images of the Samsung A837 clamshell have surfaced. Image courtesy of Boy Genius Report The Samsung SGH-A837 will be the first Mil-Spec certified device on the carrier when it launches on AT&T later this year to answer its direct competitor in Verizon’s G’Zone Boulder clamshell. The phone will feature quadband GSM/EDGE access, dual-band [...]
Sony Ericsson Z750a Prepaid Deal Falls to $40, Adds $25 Prepaid Card (Updated, Now $70 with Card or $60 Without)
Our most popular deal ever just got a whole lot better. Not only did AT&T cut the price of the prepaid Sony Ericsson Z750a (which works on any AT&T account) to $40, but they also threw in a $25 prepaid card. This effective cuts the price of the phone to $15. This also makes it [...]
The Phone Encyclopedia Reaches Over 10,000 User Edits
We’d like to take a moment to thank you. While performing updates on our Phone Encyclopedia, we noticed that your edits had just surpassed the 10,000 mark. That means that viewers like you (and hopefully, including you) have made over 10,000 separate contributions to the largest wiki resource on the web for phones. If you [...]
Editorial: Apple Waiting for Dual-Core Atom to Launch a Nettop / Netbook?
As with many other recent stories, we’re all over UMPC coverage on PhoneNews.com. We believe that what you plug wireless data into, is just important as the data cards themselves. Many have wondered why Apple hasn’t made a nettop/netbook. These low-cost, ultra-portable machines are battery-friendly, as well as being wallet-friendly. Apple’s first offering in the [...]
Google Announces Android Market for Handsets
In a post on the Android Developer Blog, developer Eric Chu has announced plans for the company to launch the Android Market, an integrated application store that will be built into the first wave of Android-based handsets beginning in beta form later this year. The Android Market is intended to be more than a simple [...]
Report Confirms Palm Planning to Release CDMA Treo Pro
The English edition of the Chinese Economic News Service has filed a report regarding Palm’s recent contract sale to HTC for the manufacturing of the newest Palm Windows Mobile device in the Treo Pro 850. The report also states that Palm is planning to offer a CDMA version of the device to be offered to [...]
