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Palm’s first Nova-based smartphone to have a large touchscreen and slide-down QWERTY keyboard
I’m sure many of you agree that, save for the Treo Pro, Palm hasn’t released a nicely-designed device in years.
Well, CES 2009 is said to be the place where the Sunnyvale company will launch not only the much-anticipated Palm Nova OS, but also a brand new smartphone based on it.
According to CrunchGear, the smartphone [...]
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Quickoffice launches MobileFiles Pro, the first editable office app for iPhone
Quickoffice, the US-based mobile software developer, announced the availability of MobileFiles Pro, which is said to be the first editable office application built for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch.
The new software comes with enhanced editing and saving options for Microsoft Office Excel documents in the .xls format.
The application also brings Wi-Fi file transfers (from [...]
Paid Android apps confirmed for this month
Although, for the moment, T-Mobile G1 is the only available smartphone to run on Google’s Android OS, the open source mobile platform has already gained a cult following.
Android Market, the place where you can find all kinds of apps for Android, is also highly popular, so it’s no wonder that Google wants to introduce [...]
Samsung sold over 10 million touchscreen phones in 2008
Last year, Samsung bragged that had passed the 10-million mark with its high-res cameraphone sales. Those include 8-megapixel phones such as the Samsung Innov8 I8510, as well as the Samsung M8800 Pixon.
Today, Samsung makes yet another bold and proud remark, announcing that it has sold well over 10 million touchscreen handsets during 2008. This number [...]
Nokia asks operators to filter e-mails to counter Curse of Silence exploit
In response to the recently revealed Curse of Silence bug that affects the majority of Nokia’s S60-based smartphones (S60 3rd Edition FP1 and earlier), Nokia has asked a number of operators to block incoming SMS to users containing lengthy e-mail addresses.
This is the closest to an easy fix one can get, because prevention will always [...]
NEC announces speech interpretation software for cell phones
NEC, the giant Japanese company that develops mobile devices, semiconductors and many other products, announced that it has readied an automatic speech interpretation software for cell phones.
Said software was designed in order to “quickly and accurately provide interpretation of words and phrases commonly associated with travel”.
More exactly, it can provide automatic interpretation, from both English [...]
CDMA Pantech Cupid IM-S390 officially announced
Stop. Smell that? It’s love. Love is in the air. Or at least that’s what Pantech must have been thinking, when it officially announced this: the Pantech Cupid IM-S390.
The Pantech Cupid IM-S390 is a new CDMA phone that’s light on the design, but a bit heavy on the features. It might not look like [...]
What’s In My SIS lets users explore SIS files live online
It’s a common thing for hardcore Symbian smartphone users. At one point, you’re bound to think, “What exactly lies inside this .SIS file that I’m about to install?” Right?
If you’re that guy (or girl), then this great new utility is for you. It’s not the first, but it’s noteworthy on its own, for it’s an [...]
LG sold 5 million Viewty phones; new colors unveiled
LG announced today that, after 14 months since its release, the LG Viewty camera phone was sold in more than 5 million units worldwide.
350,000 units were shipped in the company’s homeland, South Korea, while about 4,650,000 units were sold overseas, mostly across Europe and Asia.
In addition to announcing these numbers, LG has also [...]
Qualcomm and Pixtronix developing different display technologies to help conserve power on phones
You might have a phone with the most powerful camera, largest touchscreen display, loudest built-in speakers, and brightest flash, but one thing still makes it equal to most other handsets out in the market: its weak battery life.
It’s a plague that most handset makers (indeed, most electronic product makers) still face to this day. Many [...]