Be honest: the first time you saw the somewhat-short, somewhat-stout LG Lotus, did you think it would be successful enough to get a sequel? Looks like it was. One of our sources just spilled the beans on what we’re tentatively calling the “Lotus 2″, for lack of a better name. It’s sounding a whole lot like the original so far, with just a few little tweaks thrown in for good measure. Here’s ... Read More

Acer’s Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones will apparently have different names than the ones initially announced. In the UK, the names will be changed as follows: Acer F1 will be Acer neoTouch; Acer C1 will be Acer beTouch E100; Acer E1 will be Acer beTouch E101; and Acer L1 will be Acer beTouch E200. According to Clove, the smartphones should hit the UK next week, for prices between €200 (the 3G-less beTouch E101) ... Read More

The game's back on. Palm just announced the availability of its 1.2.1 update to WebOS for the Palm Pre and, well, that's it for the time being. It fixes Exchange mail syncing issues experienced by some users, which is nice, but for everyone else it re-enables media sync with iTunes 9.0.1, with or without the USB-IF's support. In fact, Palm has signaled its commitment to its rogue approach by improving ... Read More

If you have been anxiously waiting for a decent sale at Verizon to grab up your new mobile phone, today may be that day. Verizon is currently running a special that will give users $25 off any phone that the company offers. That is a fresh change from mail-in rebates that I always for get to redeem. The offer was made on the Twitter channel that Verizon operates. BGR reports that ... Read More

LG has decided that the recent raft of touchscreen phones are overburdened with superfluous options which are unnecessary for use every day, so have released the streamline, simple-to-use LG GD510. Or to give it its simpler name: the LG Pop. The phone comes packing an impressive 8GB of internal memory, 3-inch full WQVGA touchscreen interface, and a 3MP camera. The phone also includes an MP3 player. Powered by the sun The biggest sell ... Read More

The Android bug may have caught all the major manufacturers, but newcomers like GeeksPhone aren’t shy either. The Spanish startup had revealed the news already back in June and we have an update on its release date and a definitive price. The ONE Android smartphone will be available in Western Europe starting the end of this year going for about $375, which seems to be a pretty good price looking ... Read More

Nokia has released another update that improves the camera performance of its imaging flagship - the Nokia N86 8MP. The key addition in this one is face detection, but there's also a general improvement of still image and video quality plus other updates and bugfixes. The previous major update for the N86 8MP was 11.043, which improved quality in videos and low-light shots. The new update builds on that, adding red-eye ... Read More

Announced almost exactly one month ago, the world’s first “affordable” Android phone, the Pulse, is now available via T-Mobile UK. The big news here is that T-Mo UK is offering the Pulse with two different payment options: pay-as-you-go or monthly charges. In other words, if you live in the UK and you’ve got an extra £176.16 lying around, do yourself a favor, and go get you some Android. No more “I ... Read More

Although T-Mobile USA has just launched the Nokia 5130, the carrier is getting ready to release yet another Nokia candybar. The phone in question is Nokia 2330, announced by Nokia way back in November 2008. It’s a really low-end device, with features like: 128 x 160 pixels TFT display, dual-band GSM/GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth, 2.5mm headset jack, stereo FM radio, My Faves, web2Go, and a VGA photo camera. This is what T-Mobile’s Nokia 2330 ... Read More

You've seen what the Nokia X6 looks like in glamorous press shots and some impromptu hands-on snaps to boot. Now it's time for the FCC to have its way with the thing, bringing its special flavor of "celebrity caught at 7:00am without her makeup on" style of photography. The 32GB smartphone sports a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen and is slated to ship sometime before the end of the year for 459 ... Read More