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Lenovo Quits the Mobile Business

phonePlus — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:42:30 +0000

Lenovo, the giant Chinese electronics manufacturer mainly known for producing desktop PCs and laptops, announced it will quit the mobile phone industry and sell its mobile division for $100 million to Legend Holdings Ltd., one of its main shareholders. 2007 was a great financial year for Lenovo, with overall profits of $171 million, a huge increase when [...]

Tiffany Luxury Phone with Hundreds of Diamonds

phonePlus — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:40:04 +0000

Luxury cell phones are not a new thing anymore, but they keep on appearing to satisfy the fashion needs of those who have larger bank accounts. SoftBank, a leading Japanese mobile carrier, partnered with Tiffany Japan to bring such a phone, that will be sold for 10 million Japanese Yens, meaning about $93,600. It cannot compete [...]

New Sony Ericsson Cybershot Pic Leaks

phonePlus — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:50:25 +0000

The Mobile Phone Congress in Barcelona is tight approaching and with it, the leaks that go whenever a rule nears. One such leakage is by a Chinese website, PCOnline.com.cn. The following pics is of a Sony Ericsson telephone whose example is yet unidentified has been leaked. Speculations abound on which telephone this is. It [...]

New Unlocked Treo 680 Updated

phonePlus — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:19:22 +0000

Palm has posted a new ROM update for users of the unlocked GSM Treo 680 smartphone. The version 1. 12 software update offers Microsoft Exchange Direct Push Technology, ability saving enhancements, back for larger SD & SDHC cards, enhanced ringtone backing and incorporates past updates and protection patches. The complete description of updates from Palm includes: Corporate [...]

Intel Presented its iPhone-ish Mobile Concepts

phonePlus — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:48:27 +0000

Intel, the Californian chip maker, revealed backwards in September 2007 an original mobile conception, related to Apple’s iPhone but with a duration that surpasses any new modern handset’s duration (and that, of class, isn’t a better matter at all. But Intel said the original device, which isn’t really a mobile telephone but an UMPC with [...]

Now official, Motorola Z10

phonePlus — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:35:42 +0000

Motorola Z10 is now official. Like its predecessor, Z8, Z10 Moto key selling point is the video. In fact, they consider it a “complete, pocket size, the film studio mobile.” Something like Nokia’s high-end smartphone which could also handle 30 fps.As for the rest of the specifications, there is a 2.2 “QVGA screen, HSDPA, 3.2 [...]

Sony W760, Walkman Phone With GPS and nice gaming capability

phonePlus — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:28:26 +0000

Sony Ericsson has announced the launch of its new Walkman Phone W760. This is the first Walkman Phone with tri-band HSDPA, speed broadband, which allows for downloads of music and content in the world where it is used. Not only does it offer music on your mobile, it also offers integrated into the GPS to [...]

Spotted, Specs for Nokia E71 & E66!

phonePlus — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:05:17 +0000

Check out this Nokia E71, codename ‘Liam’ specifications and here’s the spec for Nokia E66, codename ‘Dora’

Free Remote Access to Mac from your iPhone

phonePlus — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:30:43 +0000

It is ironic and cool enough to know that it is Google which develops an open-source program to enable iPhone users remote access to their Macs for free. Dubbed as Telekinesis, iPhone users simply need to install the software on their Mac by following the instructions here. Then they can do that while mobile: 1. Stream [...]

Meizu M8 not an iPhone clone after all?

phonePlus — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:33:01 +0000

This file under “yeah, right” but apparently the most famous clone iPhone will sport three, instead of just one button. According to the above image, which is said to the back of Meizu his latest prototype, the M8 May distances Apple handset. And while we now have this idea of how to be [...]

A guy turns his SE into an.. iPhone?

phonePlus — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:28:08 +0000

With all these highly advanced phones, we thought Japanese will not buy into all the hype iPhone. And even if we are not sure whether Apple will be able to repeat the success of the American market, we spotted a Japanese guy who seemed so desperate to get an iPhone he had already made his [...]

Mysterious Mobile App Coming Very Soon

phonePlus — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:56:26 +0000

A mysterious new mobile application called Pointui Home Beta 0.92 System which is a look-alike of iPhone user interface is coming in just before 2008 New Year’s Day. Not much details on this mobile app except that it appears to be an enhancement of Windows Mobile. Check out the YouTube for the video shown above. source mobilewhack

BlackBerry Gets ColorWare Treatment

phonePlus — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:45:54 +0000

BlackBerry owners will now have a chance to get more glossy and bright colors for their beloved handsets. ColorWare, a company known as the industry leader in altering the color of existing products, will start offering crazy colors in December 31, 2007 to 3 models of RIM handsets – Curve, Pearl, and 8800. Well, it’s not [...]

LG Shine Review by phoneArena

phonePlus — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:30:39 +0000

LG had a smash hit when they came out with the Chocolate. To continue upon that success, another stylish line was released, the LG Shine. After using the handset, the most shining thing, no pun intended, is the design itself. It’s finished off in brushed metal, feels solid, and isn’t overly heavy. It is somewhat thick [...]

Samsung F490 and P720 Previewed in Ukraine

phonePlus — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:24:40 +0000

In Ukraine, the local Samsung team held a press conference for the new line of Samsung mobile phone models. The others were already well-known to the world at large but the F490 and P720 weren’t — most especially the latter. Both are touch-screen phones with the F490 sporting a 5-megapixel digital camera and with a [...]