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Feb 23 2007 - 08:20 PM ET | 3GSM, Motorola
3GSM World Congress -- The Motorola W205 is a new consumer focused handset with only basic features. It's not as low-end as the FONE, but the feature list reads more like 2003 than the current day. Quad band GSM 128×128...
Feb 23 2007 - 08:12 PM ET | 3GSM, Motorola
3GSM World Congress -- The Motorola W510 builds on styling cues from the KRZR, but offers a slightly tweaked feature set. Features of the handset include: Quad band GSM plus EDGE 1.3 megapixel camera microSD card slot Stereo Bluetooth peaker...
Feb 12 2007 - 06:03 AM ET | 3GSM, Nokia
3GSM World Congress -- Nokia has inked a deal with YouTube to bring the popular video sharing website's videos to users of Nokia's N-Series handsets. The videos will be accessible through Nokia Mini Map Browser and a soon-to-launch mobilized version...
Feb 12 2007 - 05:51 AM ET | 3G, 3GSM, Nokia
3GSM World Congress -- The new Nokia E90 Communicator takes on where the 9300i Communicator left off. It keeps the familiar laptop-esque form factor but makes a lot of upgrades under the hood. One big change is that the...
Feb 12 2007 - 05:28 AM ET | 3GSM, Nokia
3GSM World Congress -- The Nokia N77 is a pocketable DVB-H compatible mobile TV phone. The N77's more conventional (and fairly compact) form factor is in contrast to N92 which is the only other DVB-H N-Series handset. Features of the...
3GSM World Congress -- 3GSM's flurry of handset announcements is in full force this morning with most major manufacturers showing off several new models. The latest is the Motorola Moto Q q9 which is the next generation Q which is...
Feb 12 2007 - 04:35 AM ET | 3GSM, Motorola
3GSM World Congress -- The Motorola KRZR K3 takes the KRZR platform into HSDPA markets across Europe. Its announcement comes a little more than six months after the KRZR K1's introduction. The biggest design difference with the K3 compared to...
Feb 12 2007 - 03:44 AM ET | 3GSM, Motorola
3GSM World Congress -- From day one Motorola said that the Q would come out supporting different network standards. Today the Chicago based company made good on that promise, enter Motorola Q gsm. For users that want 3G Motorola also...
Feb 12 2007 - 03:27 AM ET | 3GSM, Motorola
3GSM World Congress -- Motorola has expanded the RIZR family with the introduction of the RIZR Z8. Like the recently announced RIZR Z6, the Z8 does away with Motorola's conventional (and heavily criticized) operating system. But instead of the Java/Linux...
Feb 12 2007 - 03:12 AM ET | 3GSM, Motorola
3GSM World Congress -- Motorola has introduced the SLVR L9, a new music handset in the SLVR family. Design wise there have been few changes... A few visual elements have been modified to fit more into the KRZR style. Inside...
Feb 12 2007 - 02:26 AM ET | 3GSM, Smartphone
3GSM World Congress -- The HP iPAQ 500 series Voice Messenger is the first of what is expected to be a number of Windows Mobile 6 smartphones to be announced at 3GSM. The small (for an iPAQ) device looks more...
Feb 12 2007 - 01:46 AM ET | 3GSM, Smartphone
3GSM World Congress -- As expected, Microsoft has taken the wraps off of Windows Mobile 6, the next major version of its mobile operating system. The biggest addition to Windows Mobile 6 is increased support for Office and other Microsoft...
Feb 12 2007 - 01:17 AM ET | 3GSM
3GSM World Congress -- Adobe Systems has announced that video will be supported in Flash Lite 3. The updated software is expected to begin shipping in the first half of the year. Flash Video saw a huge boost in market...
3GSM World Congress -- Research In Motion has announced the BlackBerry 8800. The 8800 combines styling first seen on the popular BlackBerry Pearl with the more conventional designs of previous business-targeted QWERTY BlackBerry handsets. Quad-band GSM/EDGE Bluetooth QVGA display microSD...
Feb 12 2007 - 12:00 AM ET | 3GSM, Samsung
The Samsung Ultra Smart F700 is a new feature-laden handset that some analysts are saying will pose competition to the Apple iPhone. Much like the iPhone, the F700 features a new Flash user interface and a large touch screen. Most...
The Sony Ericsson W880i has finally been formally announced. The device was previously dubbed Ai in rumors and was even featured in a few "spy shots" officially released by Sony Ericsson back in January. All the commotion was for good...
In advance of the 2007 3GSM World Congress, the Sony Ericsson W610i has been announced. The W610i is another model in the popular Walkman branded line of music phones. With Apple's recent announcement of the upcoming iPhone there has never...
Motorola's Ron Garriques, president of mobile devices, recently gave anxious investors a sneak peek at the company's upcoming handsets. The presentation has been posted online [PDF]. Look for these announcements soon. As expected, many of Motorola's upcoming announcements will be...
Cingular Wireless is one of more than twenty mobile phone carriers testing video sharing. The trials are scheduled to be completed in the first half the year are to test out a technology that allows one-way video transfer during a...
3GSM 2006 -- One of the more intersting handsets that Samsung is showing off this year at 3GSM is the SGH-Z710. It's one of a few camera phones at the show that have managed to reach the 3 megapixel level...
Opera Software today announced its first AJAX powered widget for mobile phones. The app's called Freedom and gives users a suite of widgets such as news, real-time stock prices and maps. “Freedom is a great demonstration of how the...
3GSM 2006 -- Sony Ericsson launched a new stereo Bluetooth headset dubbed the HBH-DS970. With its Walkman series music phones selling briskly, the stylish headset should be a welcome addition. Battery life for the headset is rated at 300 hours...
Feb 14 2006 - 12:07 PM ET | 3GSM, Motorola
3GSM 2006 -- Motorola yesterday announced that it signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft to use Windows Media technology in upcoming phones. This won't affect Motorola's relationship with Apple, but may be a sign that Motorola is really starting...
3GSM 2006 -- After launching two other models this morning (see J100 and K610i) Sony Ericsson debuted its most powerful Walkman phone yet, the W950i. The handset sports a massive 4GB of flash memory which puts it on an...
3GSM 2006 -- Motorola hasn't had any major new handset announcements at the show thus far, but the company did introduce the W220. It's an entry-level clamshell that will likely stick to emerging markets. Features are sparse, but do...
Feb 13 2006 - 08:14 AM ET | 3GSM, Smartphone
3GSM 2006 -- While it was hardly a secret, HP has finally announced the iPAQ hw6900. No real new information came out, but it's always nice to get official confirmation of specs. Features of the iPAQ hw6900 include: Quad-band...
Feb 13 2006 - 07:51 AM ET | 3GSM, Nokia
3GSM 2006 -- The Nokia 6131 is clamshell style mobile phone with a mid-range feature set and price point. Nokia has slowly been increasing the number of clamshell models it sells since the form factor has proven to be...
Feb 13 2006 - 07:21 AM ET | 3GSM, Nokia
3GSM 2006 -- Nokia announced its first UMA compatible phone, the Nokia 6136. The 6136 can perform seamless handoffs between the GSM cellular network and a WiFi network (using VoIP and a tech called UMA which stands for Unlicensed...
Feb 13 2006 - 07:15 AM ET | 3GSM, Nokia
3GSM 2006 --In addition to announcing two more high-end handsets--the 6131 and 6136--Nokia today debuted the 6070. The Nokia 6070 is a candybar style phone with basic camera phone features. Features of the 6070 include: Triband GSM 850/1800/1900 for...
Feb 13 2006 - 07:12 AM ET | 3G, 3GSM, Siemens
3GSM 2006 -- BenQ announced its first HSDPA phone at 3GSM, the EF91. The company is calling it the first HSDPA phone, but both LG and Samsung were showing off HSDPA equipped phones at CES. Discounting the claim, the...
Feb 13 2006 - 07:03 AM ET | 3GSM, Siemens
3GSM 2006 -- The BenQ EF51 looks at first glance like a music player (it has a certain Creative Zen Micro vibe), but in reality it's both a mobile phone and a music player. Technically called the BenQ-Siemens EF51, it's...
3GSM 2006 -- Fujitsu Siemens announced two feature packed Windows Mobile powered smartphones today, the Pocket LOOX T Series. Both the T810 and T830 pack similar feature sets: Tri-band GSM + UMTS 802.11b/g wirelesswith VoIP capability Bluetooth v2.0 Integrated...
3GSM 2006 -- Broadcom is showing off a new chip that combines Bluetooth and FM radio. The company hopes that it will help make FM radio a standard feature for mobile phones that have Bluetooth. Having the two functionalities...
3GSM 2006 -- The Sony Ericsson J100 is one of two new handsets the company announced this morning at 3GSM (see our article on the K610i, the other new handset). Unlike most Sony Ericsson handsets, the J100 is bare...
3GSM 2006 -- Leading the pack for handset announcements at 3GSM, Sony Ericsson announced the K610i and J100. The K610i is an update to the K600i that was announced last year at the same event. The candybar styled 3G handset...
3GSM 2006 -- Nokia and Vodafone this morning announced a partnership to increase the adoption of the S60 phone platform. By making more Vodafone handsets S60 the carrier will have an easier time making the customizations and value adds...
3GSM 2006 -- Cingular Wireless announced a global 3G data plan aimed at business travelers. Starting next month Cingular will offer a GlobalConnect data plan that features unlimited domestic use and up to 100MB/month of usage on partners' networks...
3GSM 2006 -- McAfee has launched a new security suite built exclusively for mobile phones. The consumer side of the McAfee Mobile Security (there is also software for network operators and enterprise users) is an application that is available for...
Feb 11 2006 - 04:00 PM ET | 3GSM
3GSM World Congress 2006 begins Monday and we expect a large number of announcements from Europe's largest wireless show. It's being held in Barcelona this year and will be attended by every major mobile phone manufacturer. While MobileTracker was unable...
