The Maemo 5-based Nokia N900 is a really nice piece of technology, but some may argue that the lack of multi-touch and the presence of a resistive touchscreen are not that cool. Well, the next generation Maemo devices won’t have these problems. According to UMPC portal, Nokia announced that Maemo 6 will support capacitive displays, as well as multi-touch. Moreover, Maemo 6-based handsets will support both landscape and portrait mode (the N900 ... Read More

You know what's screwed up? A CAD $99.99 (about $95) BlackBerry Curve 8520 -- you know, the cheap one -- being sold on the same carrier at the same time as CAD $79.99 (about $76) Dreams and Magics. Doesn't that seem a little out of whack? Not to mention the fact that Rogers is looking for three-year contracts all around here, and with all due respect to the 8520, the ... Read More

T-Mobile is ready to release a series of new handsets for the holiday season. One of these phones is the myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition, which will run on the Google Android OS. T-Mobile hopes that this cell phone will appeal to myTouch fans and music fans. As the handset runs on Google Android, you have access to more than 10,000 applications. The specs of this limited edition myTouch 3G ... Read More

Google is introducing its PC-based Search Options, which lets users quickly filter search results, to Android, iPhone, and webOS handsets. Search Options lets users sort results by web, forum, and reviews and further refine the results by choosing a time frame in which the results should appear from. Should a user be interested in finding reviews of an item they are shopping for that were published in the last week, the ... Read More

Nokia has just put their upcoming 2009 Holiday Gift Guide in nokiaholidaygifts.ca and it reveals some current devices with price changes and some upcoming releases. - Nokia N86 (No pricing or availability dates) - Nokia 2730 (No pricing or availability dates) - Nokia 6750 (No pricing or availability dates) - Nokia 6350 (No pricing or availability dates) - Nokia E71 will be $149.99 on a 3-year contract (will come in “Holiday Red”, “Snow White” or ... Read More

RIM has announced the future release of an SDK (Software Development Kit) designed for all developers of applications for the BlackBerry platform that will allow them to create web-based widgets. The BlackBerry browser engine will take care about rendering, while developers will be able to take advantage of the functions and services delivered by the operating system. RIM goes on saying that widgets will be permitted to read device files ... Read More

More details about Samsung I5700 Spica, previously known as Galaxy Lite, leaked online today. The Android-powered smartphone should be announced next month with a price of 350 euro, which is quite higher than what we would consider a budget smartphone price. As we informed you before, the official name of the Samsung I5700 Galaxy Lite is going to be Spica. It will sport a capacitive touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera, all-round connectivity ... Read More

Alright, folks; it’s that time again. If you’re not a jailbreaker, get to hittin’ that update button in iTunes (if you are a jailbreaker, you probably want to wait to make sure this update is safe.) Apple just pushed version 3.1.2 of the iPhone OS down the pipes. It’s a minor update, but it fixes a couple little bugs that have personally driven us bonkers. The Fixes: * Fixes a “sporadic issue” ... Read More

Announced by Pantech a few weeks ago, the Sky DuPont IM-U510LE luxury phone is now available in South Korea via SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile carrier. The Sky DuPont is a full-touch candybar with golden accents, designed to remind users of the DuPont lighters’ look. The phone, which measures 106.8 x 50.8 x 11.15 mm and weighs 90 grams, actually opens up like a DuPont lighter to unveil a 3MP ... Read More

We have it on good authority that T-Mobile and AT&T both currently plan on announcing the Bold 2 -- also known as the Onyx -- on October 21. As a refresher, this would be the touchpad-driven piece with model number 9700 that's been making the rounds on the leak circuit the past few months, a fitting successor to a device that virtually every celebrity this side of Merle Haggard has ... Read More