February 2007 articles

Motorola W205 announced

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...

Motorola W510 announced

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...

Nokia E61i announced

Feb 23 2007 - 08:02 PM ET | Nokia
3GSM World Congress -- The Nokia E61i was the third new E-Series handset announced at 3GSM this year (see Nokia E65 and Nokia E90 Communicator for more info on the other handsets). The E-Series is Nokia's business targeted handset vertical...

Nokia E65 announced

Feb 23 2007 - 07:48 PM ET | Nokia
3GSM World Congress -- The Nokia E65 is a new model in the business oriented Nokia E-Series. The E65 packs business features into a slim 15mm package. The slide-style handset Quad band GSM plus WCDMA 2100 WiFi, Bluetooth and IR...

YouTube videos coming to Nokia N-Series handsets

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...

Nokia E90 Communicator announced

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...

Nokia N77 TV phone

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...

Motorola Q q9 with HSDPA

Feb 12 2007 - 05:17 AM ET | 3G, 3GSM, Motorola, Smartphone
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...

Motorola KRZR K3 with HSPDA

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...

Motorola Q gsm announced

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...

Motorola RIZR Z8

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...

Motorola SLVR L9

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...

Dwyane Wade Sidekick 3 from T-Mobile USA

Feb 12 2007 - 02:40 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile has introduced the Sidekick 3 D-Wade Edition, a souped up version of the venerable Sidekick 3 designed by NBA phenom Dwyane Wade. Wade has been a Sidekick user for a couple of years and says he is excited to...

HP iPAQ 500 series Voice Communicator announced

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...

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 announced

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...

Adobe announces video support for Flash Lite

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...

RIM BlackBerry 8800 announced

Feb 12 2007 - 12:19 AM ET | 3GSM, Research In Motion
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...

Samsung Ultra Smart F700 announced

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...

Sony Ericsson W880i announced

Feb 11 2007 - 11:40 PM ET | 3GSM, Sony Ericsson
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...

Sony Ericsson W610i announced

Feb 11 2007 - 11:23 PM ET | 3GSM, Sony Ericsson
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 KRZR K1m Fire launches from Verizon Wireless

Feb 09 2007 - 06:50 PM ET | Motorola, Verizon Wireless
The recent trend of releasing existing handsets in new color schemes has continued with the launch of the Motorola KRZR K1m Fire. The red handset is identical in features to the original black and newer white models. Verizon Wireless also...

Pink LG Chocolate launches on Verizon Wireless

Feb 09 2007 - 06:24 PM ET | LG Mobile Phone, Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless has gotten into the Valentine's day spirit by launching the Pink LG Chocolate. Technically the shade is called Strawberry, but we've never seen strawberries quite this shade. The Chocolate is also available in black, white, red and green....