No one's going to accuse Nokia of going after the high end, the fanboys and girls, or the fashionistas with its latest pair, but they've got at least two things going for 'em: 3G and blowout pricing. Starting on the left, the S60-powered 6700 slide marks a distinct break for the company, shedding its tradition of Xpress-on cover compatibility for permanent shells available in six loud shades; it's supposedly pretty tiny ... Read More

The Pal Pre is to get a UK update, a full week after the handset was updated in the US. The WebOS 1.3.1 firmware update brings with it a number of feature improvements, but there is still no sign of the phone linking up nicely to iTunes. What you will get is support for a range of business-orientated features, including LinkedIn and Yahoo. These apps will appear in your contacts and calendar if ... Read More

T-Mobile USA has announced that it will be offering 3 of its most popular phones for US$50 less than normal this coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (November 27, 28, and 29). The sale is part of the carrier's big push for the Black Friday weekend, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season in the U.S. Two of the devices on sale are hot smartphones. Both the Android-powered Motorola CLIQ and ... Read More

China Mobile will soon become the first mobile operator to sell the Mini 3i, a sleek and slim new multi-touch smart phone from Dell designed to leverage the power, flexibility and applications of China Mobile’s new OPhone and Mobile Market platforms. Available in Red Passion and Oiled Bronze colors, the Mini 3i will begin arriving through China Mobile’s nation-wide channels (its authorized stores) by the end of this month and ... Read More

The HTC HD2 is definitely an excellent smartphone, but it seems affected by certain teething problems in the form of software bugs. Information has surfaced on the Internet that some units take snapshots with a weird, pink aura in the centre of the image, which we believe relates to improper white balance. We have seen similar problem before, more accurately with the Nokia Prism 7900. It seems the bug doesn´t ... Read More

You've probably already know all there is to know about Sony Ericsson's upcoming HD-video-flaunting Kurara. Well, instead of posing for small-time opportunists, this time Kurara is starring in a real blockbuster shot and directed by no other but Mobile-Review's Eldar Murtazin. Unannounced phones do get a lot attention but it's quite rare to see one star in a preview by a serious online media so long before its official announcement. Most ... Read More

Are you a Mac user who takes pleasure in a few drags of a cigarette here and there? Well, if you’re indulging in your not-so-respected habit near your computer you may run into some problems if/when you take it into an Apple store for service. It seems that 2 customers have reported being turned down for Apple support due to the fact that they are smokers. Apple responded by saying that ... Read More

When it comes to the mobile Web, increasingly there are only two mobile platforms which matter: Apple and Android. According to AdMob’s October, 2009 mobile metrics report, the iPhone/iPod Touch and Android phones accounted for 75 percent of mobile Web traffic in the U.S., as measured by all the mobile ad requests it tracks. That number is up from a combined 65 percent in September, 2009. The iPhone is miles ahead ... Read More

Verizon’s Samsung Omnia II i920 is now finally official, as Samsung Mobile has announced that the smartphone would be available via the largest US carrier starting December 2. Just like the Android-powered Motorola Droid, Samsung Omnia II costs $199.99 with a 2-yr contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate. As you probably already know, the Omnia II runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and has many nice features, including a 3.7 inch AMOLED ... Read More

You know how you can tell Moto's new i410 for iDEN isn't really supposed to be hip, stylish, or ultra-functional? Neither Moto nor launch partner Boost bothered to give it a fresh, funky name, bucking the trend set by the Clutch and Debut. Of course, with an utterly basic black rectangular shell, tiny monochrome secondary display, and lack of even a VGA cam, it's clear that they're going for the ... Read More