Got an N97? Yeah? Reckoned that Nokia has forgotten about your loyalty and moved all of its focus onto the N900? Fret not, dearest early adopter -- the engineers in Espoo are making good on a promise to clear out lots of bugs in the aforesaid handset with firmware 2.0, and if we're seeing this right, it's available now to download all over the world. We know, you 5800 owners ... Read More

Nokia’s plans to bring a TD-SCDMA handset to the Chinese market have finally come to fruition today, with the announcement of Nokia 6788, which is obviously the company’s first TD-SCDMA phone. Made for China Mobile, the Nokia 6788 uses Symbian S60 and has a design “inspired by traditional Chinese furniture and architecture.” The known features of Nokia 6788 include: 2.8 inch QVGA display, 5MP autofocus camera with Led flash, and MicroSD card ... Read More

IBM researchers have created technology, initially developed for visually-impaired users, that makes it simpler for Webmasters to make their Web sites more readable on the small screens of mobile devices, reducing burdensome scrolling through out-of-order text and graphics. The Web has turned consumers into do-it-yourself travel agents, data entry clerks and librarians. With the rise of blogs and social media, they have also been turned into syndicated columnists. As such, many ... Read More

As you probably know already O2 UK no longer claims the iPhone exclusivity and Orange is the second UK carrier to offer the device in its UK network. The latest piece of intel however has 10 November as the most probable release date. In a quite tight-lipped manner Orange UK recently announced their agreement with Apple to offer iPhone 3G and 3GS. Plans and release date were kept a secret until ... Read More

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), aka the telecomm branch of the United Nations, has recently approved a standard for a universal phone charger. The standard is based on the GSM Association’s earlier suggestion for a Micro-USB-based universal mobile phone charger. This is really good news for anyone who has been following the ‘universal phone charger‘ story. The ITU joins the GSMA and the CTIA, which jumped on board earlier this month, ... Read More

Sony Ericsson has launched the availability of their latest mobile device via T-Mobile USA with the Sony Ericsson Equinox. The Equinox is a new chic handset that features pulsating night effects that make sure you don’t miss a call or text message paired with an interactive 3G and its built-in GPS system. Other features of this latest Sony Ericsson mobile phone include a 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, and ... Read More

China Unicom will start selling iPhones in China already next week. And it has already made them available for pre-order since the beginning of October. But, at prices ranging from $730 for Wi-Fi less iPhone 3g 8GB, to $1000+ for an iPhone 3Gs 32GB, unsubsidized, it does not seem that China Unicom was happy with the initial demand. The main reason? Imports of jail broken grey market iPhones to China. Where, according ... Read More

Just as we'd heard earlier this morning, today's the day that Palm and Sprint come clean with their undercover plans for the former's second-ever webOS device. The Pixi, which we toyed with back on our first Engadget Show, is slated to hit Sprint stores, Best Buy, RadioShack and select Walmart locations on November 15th for $99.99, but that's after a $50 instant rebate and a $100 mail-in rebate that you'll ... Read More

T-Mobile continues its drive towards delivering good pricing plans and discounted phones with the Even More and Even More Plus price plans. This latest T-Mobile plan is a 2 year plan and has discounts on select mobile phones with unlimited subscription rates starting from $59. There is even one that provides unlimited texting as well for $99. Now if you want something more, you can get a $49 voice plan and ... Read More

Are you a current Blackberry Storm owner and don’t plan on upgrading to the sequel quite just yet? Just in time for the upcoming Blackberry Storm 2 (or 9550), a new Firmware upgrade called OS 5.0.0.328 will be available for download this Sunday, October 25. I suppose it’s never too late, but it is pretty darn close to the launch of the Storm 2. This particular upgrade will resolve a lot of ... Read More