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Monday 18 February 2008

Vodafone withdraws around 3,000 Nokia 6110 Navigator Smartphones [ 18-02-2008 21:24 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Translation by: Administrator

Network operator Vodafone has today recalled around 3,000 faulty Nokia 6110 Navigator Smartphones, and is asking that all faulty handsets be returned. The issue occurs on the black Vodafone 6110 – luckily, it is not a hardware error, but a software error. When the user attempts to load up the navigation software, it freezes when the UK and Ireland maps are loaded up. The fault only affects Vodafone 6110's. It is said that both Nokia, and Vodafone, have received hundreds of complaints, from customers. However, Nokia has set up a freepost service, for those affected by the software bug. Vodafone has removed the faulty handsets from stock, and is in the process of replacing them with new units.

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China has 400,000 unlocked iPhones [ 18-02-2008 20:29 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Pocket-Lint Translation by: Administrator

China Mobile has claimed that 400,000 unlocked Apple iPhones were using its network, by the end of 2007. If that figure is true, means that there are more unauthorised iPhones in China, than authorised iPhones in the whole of Europe, which represents just a tenth of iPhones shipped since launch. Obviously, with China Mobile getting a fair bit of revenue from the unlocked iPhones, they are somewhat hesitant to block all 400,000 of them. Curiously, when China Mobile ditched Apple's offer to launch the iPhone in China, one of the major reasons was Apple's controversial revenue sharing policy.

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OpenMoko to reveal a Linux-smartphone next to Neo 1973 [ 18-02-2008 17:08 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: DigiTimes Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

Digitimes with the reference to OpenMoko’s president reported that a Linux-based open source handset platform developer will release an heir of the Neo 1973 Linux-smartphone in March-April 08. Like its predecessor it will be based on the Linux open source platform by OpenMoko. There are no more details on the new Neo phone. I’d remind you that the Neo 1973 was launched in July 07. It features GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz networks, 2.8” VGA touchscreen, USB 1.1 and Bluetooth 2.0 interfaces and A-GPS.

In addition the president of OpenMoke said that company would release Dash Express, a GPS-navigator on OpenMoko Linux-platform.

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Palm Centro released in selected European markets [ 18-02-2008 16:25 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg Source: IntoMobile Translation by: Administrator

For the European Palm fans eagerly anticipating the release of their latest smartphone, the Centro, the wait is over, as today, it has been released in selected European markets. It retails at around 299 EUR SIM-free. The Centro is yet another smartphone from Palm, its smallest one to date.

The Centro offers a 1.3 Megapixel Camera, MicroSD card slot, large, bright QVGA screen, and, full QWERTY keyboard, to name but a few features.

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Nokia E71 business smartphone spotted in Sydney [ 18-02-2008 11:15 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Boy Genius Report Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

While everybody’s eyes were on Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia held an event in Sydney Australia. It unveiled pics of a new business smartphone E71, which will replace the E61 when released to the market. The new phone has the similar form-factor of a candybar with an integrated QWERTY-keyboard. We’ve mentioned the device when early rumors popped up in the Internet.

Nokia reported the E71 is significantly smaller than its predecessor - a mere 57 mm and 10mm thick. In addition the phone features 3G support (HSDPA), Wi-Fi, microSDHC slot, integrated GPS and 3.2-megapixel camera. Probably we’ll hear an official announcement of Nokia E71 at CeBIT.

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A pair of Samsung handsets from Sprint [ 18-02-2008 10:23 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: PhoneNews Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

The American operator Sprint has announced the release of Samsung ACE (SPH-i325) smartphone and Samsung SPH-M520 cellphone. The first one turns to be a CDMA version of the BlackJack combining capabilities of both models in the series. The ACE is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Standard and supports international roaming in GSM networks. Samsung ACE incorporates a 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD-slot, Bluetooth interface and the support of Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store. Sprint offers it online for $199.99 on a service plan and for $449.99 without the contract.

Samsung SPH-M520 is a simple slider-phone with GPS and 1.3-megapixel camera onboard, available through Sprint for $49.99 on a service plan.

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YahooPhone and YPhone coming? [ 18-02-2008 09:31 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Trademork Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

Hop-on has filed to protect the trademarks YahooPhone and YPhone designed for “telephones, cellular and mobile telephones, apparatus, connectors, chargers, headsets and so on”. We know Hop-on as a maker of low-end phones meant for developing markets. It’s not clear how the company will use YahooPhone and YPhone trademarks – if for own phones, it might result in “patent wars”? Or does Yahoo! teamed up with Hop-on to create a cellphone? The info is vague, so let’s wait for an official report (or rumors leaked from reliable sources).

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Sanyo SAN168 with dual slot for SIM [ 18-02-2008 08:38 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Mobil Idnes Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

Sanyo has launched a new mobile phone SAN168 on the Asian market. This is a candybar with a numeric keypad and a touch-sensitive display. It belongs to an entry or mid level and stands out with the support for two SIM cards. You can already find Sanyo SAN168 in stores of Taiwan. The source hasn’t mentioned whether the device would come to Europe.