http://www.norphones.com Everything about phones Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:49:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another addition to the growing LG Cookie range is the LG GS290 Cookie Fresh, a name that conjures up thoughts of home baking. The Cookie Fresh shares many features with the Cookie Plus, but in a simpler package that makes it compete against the popular Samsung Genio / Corby phone.The ... http://www.norphones.com/lg-gs290-cookie-fresh/ This one’s just a short post, but for those who might be interested, the sausage that was said to be iPad-friendly is now available for retail through CaseCrown. The device is for sale at $0.99. The sausage allows users who wear gloves (say during winter) to control their iPhones while ... http://www.norphones.com/the-sausage-that%e2%80%99s-not-for-consumption/ Also known as the Galaxy Portal in the UK, Samsung's i5700 is today officially entering the Eclair portion of its Android existence. We got a nice leak of the 2.1 ROM in February, whose small glitches will no doubt have been ironed out in this official release. You'll need to ... http://www.norphones.com/samsung-galaxy-spica-grows-up-to-android-2-1/ This article contains unofficial information. Will the next version of the iPhone have an upgraded 5MP camera? According to tipsters for DigitTimes, OmniVision Technologies has received an order for 5MP CMOS Image Sensors (CIS) for a next-generation iPhone expected to be out in the second half of next year. The company ... http://www.norphones.com/5mp-camera-on-next-iphone/ It seems that complaint report on the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD has finally paid off. Samsung just announced an upcoming firmware update that will address some of the issues the user community has reported. Unfortunately, the less-than-24fps video recording is not among them. There are three changes that the firmware update ... http://www.norphones.com/firmware-update-for-the-samsung-i8910-omnia-hd-is-coming-soon/ AT&T is putting out a lot of cell phones, and one of them is the Nokia 2330. This one isn’t the iPhone, as it is simply a candy bar phone that isn’t too advanced. The Nokia 2330 has a VGA camera, an FM radio, Bluetooth, speakerphone, personal organizer, as well as ... http://www.norphones.com/nokia-2330-from-att/ Google’s semi-secret Nexus One handset has been more or less exhaustively leaked at this point, with very few cats left to let out of the bag. The only two major points left were the tech specs and the release date – and now, even those have made their way out. Our ... http://www.norphones.com/nexus-one-specs-leaked-limited-launch-date-revealed/ The cheaper-than-Corby Samsung Corby Pop C3510 is now kind of official, as it has just appeared on Samsung India’s website. As we previously said, the Corby Pop C3510 resembles the original Corby, but it comes with fewer features. The new phone offers a 2.8 inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth, FM radio, “multi Instant ... http://www.norphones.com/samsung-corby-pop-c3510-gets-semi-official/ Manufacturers and carriers are showing commendable restraint in avoiding totally bastardized, walled-garden versions of Android on their handsets (for the most part), but they're not avoiding it altogether -- take Sony Ericsson here, for instance. The company has announced that it's expanding the reach of its PlayNow app store to ... http://www.norphones.com/sony-ericsson-starts-taking-submissions-for-android-version-of-playnow/ Even through the lean years, Moto’s been making waves in China where it enjoys comparably high popularity — it was one of the first major manufacturers to throw its support behind the nation’s homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G tech, after all, and it’s had a tendency to get the company’s sexier WinMo ... http://www.norphones.com/motorola%e2%80%99s-xt701-mt710-and-xt800-do-android-for-china%e2%80%99s-big-three-carriers/