Vertu’s first clamshell phone is now official, it’s called Vertu Constellation F Ayxta and it will cost between €4,900 ($7,198) and €6,500 ($9,548) – probably depending on how you want to customize your model. Like all phones made by Vertu, the Ayxta is made from expensive materials like stainless steel, ceramic, leather, sapphire crystal (for the display) and aerospace grade aluminum parts. The new phone comes with GPS, 3G (HSDPA, apparently), MicroSD ... Read More

Not long after the Samsung Omnia II i920, another unannounced phone for Verizon has showed up: the Motorola Barrage V860. Unlike the Omnia II, the Motorola Barrage is a rugged, push-to-talk clamshell phone. It will come in two versions: with and without a 2MP camera. Other specs include external music controls, GPS, 2.5mm headset jack and MicroSD card support. This is what the Motorola Barrage V860 looks like: No word yet on when Verizon ... Read More

According to a tipster over at Engadget, UK mobile operator 02’s intranet list the “HTC HD2″ (also know as the HTC Leo) as being launched on October 12th. Only time will tell, but I’m not holding my breath. The HTC Leo/HD2 isn’t officialy announced yet and history has proven that it takes nearly a month after the official announcement for the devices to hit the market (like the original Touch ... Read More

Today Google announced that it has released a new version of the Google Mobile App for the Microsoft Windows Mobile smartphone platform. The new application adds My Location and Google Suggest support to the search service. My Location automatically determines what area a user is located in so that localized search results can be returned (think "pizza"). Google Suggest reduces the number of keystrokes required for search queries by automatically ... Read More

At Carrier Ethernet World Congress (CEWC) in Berlin (September 21 – 24, 2009) Nokia Siemens Networks will display a complete, live Ethernet-based wireless mobile backhaul solution. The new approach provides a cost efficient, environment friendly answer for operators who need to dramatically increase capacity and switch to a simpler, packet-based transport network. The demo is fully incorporated in the interoperability test bed of the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC). The ... Read More

As promised O2 is bringing the GSM version of the Palm Pre to the lucky people of Europe and by mid-October you can have it too. So far, O2 Germany, UK and Ireland websites have information about the upcoming release. Strangely enough Movistar that should be offering the Pre in Spain is still quiet about it. Movistar was supposed to offer the Palm Pre in Spain and it was sort of ... Read More

And you thought T-Mobile and Sprint were sniffing the good stuff when they demanded $350 for the HTC Touch Pro2. Shortly after Instinct HD boxes began showing up at select Sprint stores, the flagging carrier has finally come forward with an official ship date (9/27) and price. Try as we may, we still can't figure out why exactly "HD" is tacked on the end of this thing; the 480 x ... Read More

We’ve known about the LG GW300 since July, but it’s only now that the phone is fully announced – in the UK at least. The GW300 is a messaging phone, so it comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, a Facebook application, email, and LiveSquare, a feature that gathers your favorite contacts on the phone’s homescreen “as avatars”. LG GW300 also features tri-band GSM connectivity, a 2.4 inch QVGA landscape display, Bluetooth 2.1, ... Read More

We'd figured the Corby (or Genio, if you prefer) was just a single model in Samsung's vast lineup that would soon be forgotten, but silly us -- it turns out the brand name's being spun into an entire range of products. Sammy's just added the CorbyTXT and CorbyPRO to the original model, bringing midrange portrait and landscape QWERTY options to complement the Corby's full touch configuration. Both feature a 3.5mm ... Read More

Microsoft is going all out and expediting their launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 with an estimated 30 smartphones to be made available before the end of 2009. Sure Android has come far with a small following to manifest into a big name player in the mobile platform world. Fortunately for Microsoft they are keeping up with the competition while being backed by some 15 handset vendors. HTC, HP, Sony Ericsson, ... Read More