Archive for the ‘Smartphones & Tablets’ Category

Vodafone Launches Brew Phone in EU Markets

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Brew, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Vodafone has announced that it will be launching a Huawei phone in several European countries. With this launch, it is the first time Brew sets foot in many of these markets.

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Motorola: Don’t Use the Milestone for Development

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | 1 Comment »

Motorola advices developers not to use the Motorola Milestone for software development as the device will not allow installation of custom roms due to digitally signed software.

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CeBit: Nokia C5 Brings Symbian to the S40 Demographic

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Nokia has unveiled their new C5. Though we normally don’t cover device launches, this is probably the first device that will bring the Symbian OS to the Series 40 demographic.

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SonyEricsson to Integrate PSN

February 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Following the announcement from Microsoft to integrate Xbox Live into their new Windows Phone 7 Series devices, SonyEricsson started a counter offensive and announced PSN for SE phones.

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Microsoft’s Project Pink Revealed by FCC

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

FCC documents revealed the first official Project Pink phone from Microsoft. It turns out that Sharp is actually building the phones and not HTC. The first Project Pink phone will be known as the Turtle or Sharp PB10ZU.

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3 AU to Sell the iPad

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Drei (or Hutchinson) Austria has confirmed the pricing of the iPad 3G on their networks. The device will be sold at

Requirements Windows Mobile 7 Devices Leaked

February 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

An employee of HTC Russia has leaked hardware requirements for Windows Mobile 7 on this Twitter. The requirements clearly show that new ‘Windows Phone’ devices are set to compete with the iPhone.

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Dutch Toystore Sells Unlocked 3Gs

January 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Dutch toystore Intertoys has sent out a mailing to promote their newest toy, the Apple iPhone 3GS. This is the second time the toystore managed to sell official unlocked iPhones in Holland.

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Zune Phone Coming!?

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

It seems there will be a Microsoft Zune phone in the near future. The latest firmware for the Zune media players contains USB drivers which carry ‘phone’ in their naming. Those drivers refer to a Microsoft hardware ID.

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Google Drops Nexus One Price

January 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Following the bad sales results, Google has already started to slash the price of their Nexus One Android phone (which will probably lead to more dissatisfied consumers who paid full price).