Connected Phone

Nokia C6 firmware finds its way into the 5800 Symbian phone

phonelover — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:11:34 +0000

Nokia has been hard at work on improving it’s Symbian mobile platform. The recent release of the Nokia C6 smartphone has made a connected phone even more affordable to the masses. The Nokia C6 which retails for a little over $200 without any carrier subsidies have basically the same specs as the Nokia N97 mini [...]

Trillian IM for Android goes beta

phonelover — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:25:31 +0000

Trillian is on of those nice instant messaging software that has been working hard to make their application available for several platforms. In addition to having a Windows and web based version, they have recently made available an alpha version that runs on Mac OS X and a beta version for the BlackBerry mobile phones. [...]

Virgin Mobile connected phone soon get unlimited mobile Internet?

phonelover — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:35:29 +0000

It looks like Virgin Mobile connected phone users who love to surf and access the Internet will be getting some good news soon. Judging for the Virgin Mobile USA’s page on FaceBook, it will soon be offering an unlimited mobile broadband on it’s Broadband2Go plans. From the image below, it looks like the unlimited mobile [...]

Nokia publishes OVI store statistics

phonelover — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:54:17 +0000

In an effort to entice more developers in creating mobile apps for Nokia mobile phones, Nokia has published statistics about its OVI online app store. Nokia is the global market leader in terms of mobile phone sales. Over the past several years Nokia has been pushing to concentrate more on online services for its users. [...]

Droid Verizon connected phone is getting Froyo

phonelover — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:30:34 +0000

It’s official. Over the coming weeks, the Android based Motorola DROID will be geting an OS update to version 2.2 aka Froyo via OTA. The update will be coming in two drizzles. The first one will upgrade the Motorola Droid Verizon connected phone’s firmware to Android version 2.2 also known as Froyo. While the second update [...]

Nexus One available as an Android developer phone

phonelover — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:25:24 +0000

Google may have stopped selling the Nexus One but today Google has announced that the once super phone is now for available to Android developers as an unlocked developer phone. The Nexus One is available at a price of $529. To see the details or order a phone, you need to sign in to your Android [...]

Android 2.2 aka Froyo coming to Galaxy S tomorrow

phonelover — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:40:07 +0000

Samsung’s current Android super phone, the Samsung Galaxy S, has been more or less selling like hotcakes. SK Telecom in South Korea has already sold over 500,000 units of the Galaxy S in one month. The Galay S offers a big 800×480 pixel 4.0 inch display that uses Samsung’s Super AMOLED technology. It also uses [...]

Samsung Galaxy S Android phone sales reaches 500,000 in Korea alone

phonelover — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:11:53 +0000

Samsung’s popular Galaxy S Android phone has just reached a great milestone. After only 1 month in the South Korean market, SK Telecom which is the exclusive seller of Samsung’s Galaxy S mobile phone has announced that unit sales is now over 500,000. In comparison, the hugely popular iPhone 3GS by Apple didn’t reach 500,000 sales [...]

New Android app Licensing Service for developers

phonelover — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:06:14 +0000

It looks like Google is laying out more preparations prior to it’s planned carrier billing payment option. Protecting Android apps from unauthorized use has always been a major concern for developers. Today, Google has just introduced a new Licensing service for apps in the Android Market which aims to help developers get better monitoring for [...]

New Android Market payment options soon

phonelover — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:13:05 +0000

Mobile phone sales based on Android open mobile platform has been growing steadily. With phone manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson churning out Android phones in full force, more and more people are getting aware of the power of an Android based phones. Of course all these powerful Android mobile phones become more useful [...]