Seattle -- Amazon Payments LLC, an Amazon.com company, today announced the availability of the Amazon Mobile Payments Service (Amazon MPS), providing developers, merchants and distributors of mobile applications an easy way to process payments from mobile devices and extend Amazon’s 1-Click checkout experience to their customers. Amazon MPS enables tens of millions of Amazon customers to use the existing payment and shipping information in their Amazon.com accounts to make purchases ... Read More

Sprint has announced the Samsung SPH-i350 Intrepid, a Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional-powered smartphone with 3G EV-DO Rev. A. connectivity for the Sprint network and quad-band GSM support for use on international networks. The device comes complete with WiFi technology for high speed local connections. With the Intrepid, users can type email, SMS, and instant messages using its full-QWERTY keyboard. A 2.5-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) touchscreen display should show off ... Read More

Microsoft formally announced the coordinated, worldwide release of smartphones running on its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. The company said that it expected its partners to deliver more than 30 new phones in more than 20 countries by the end of 2009. The platform has come under increasing pressure from other players in the smartphone space, notably Google's Android operating system, Apple's iPhone OS and Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform. ... Read More

It's Windows Phone day, and as you may imagine that means a spate of 6.1 phones being given the big Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade – including the powerful and super-sized Toshiba TG01 phone. The Toshiba TG01 made a big splash when it arrived, but earned criticism for its tired Windows Mobile 6.1 interface. So the arrival of 6.5 and the Windows Phone brand has handed the phone a handy new opportunity to ... Read More

HTC HD2 (initially known as the Leo) has been making headlines in our news section on a daily basis and keeps gripping the attention of many. The smartphone has been officially announced now, but after all the rumours and leaked information we have seen about the Windows Mobile 6.5 handset, is there anything that we didn´t know about it? In a nutshell, „Yes”. HTC managed to surprise us with the interface, ... Read More

Earlier this morning Comverse announced a new partnership with Sony Ericsson to bring visual voicemail to future SE handsets. Ever since a certain mobile device (hint: starts with “i” and ends with “phone”) hit the mobilesphere, consumers have been clamoring for visual voicemail on other cell phones / carriers. Slowly, but surely, the incredibly convenient feature has begun to spring up. But don’t just take our word for it. According to ... Read More

Virtual keyboards are no longer new to us and now another mobile phone is set to adapt the said technology. Multi-Fineline Electronics has announced the integration of their MFLEX Pelikon technology which will now be integrated into Toshiba Bibilio ebook reader mobile phones. The device now features a touch screen with a slide-out keyboard using the Morphpad display as a numeric keyboard in portrait mode and as a full QWERTY keyboard ... Read More

Samsung has just launched three new phones in India, all included in the affordable Guru series: Samsung Guru 2120 (aka E2120), Samsung Guru 2130 and Samsung Guru 1160. The 2120 and 2130 are the first Guru phones to feature a photo camera (a VGA one, more exactly). Their other specs are similar, including: 1.5 inch CSTN display with 128 x 128 pixels, Bluetooth, FM radio, music dedicated key, GSM/GPRS connectivity, Mobile ... Read More

We've seen blurry pics and reports from inventory systems, and now the official confirmation. This morning's joint press conference between Verizon and Google has resulted in a holy matrimony of sorts; a melding of the minds; a promise of new hardware to come. Yes, it's just a promise for now as neither company took the chance to confirm the Sholes or any of the other devices that have been popping ... Read More

Orange has announced the UK release date for the Motorola Dext, and it's a lot sooner than some might think. The phone will be in Orange outlets from 7 October, and will be available from Phones4U shops the next day. Those cool kids that just can't wait to get their hands on the latest Android phone will be pleased to know they can get things a little earlier - if they want ... Read More