Casio Exilim Phone Spotted via FCC
Casio isn’t exactly a mobile phone juggernaut in the states, but they’re slowly creeping up their market share. And one thing they ARE known for is creating is affordable, compact and surprisingly powerful digital cameras. With Kodak and Carl Zeiss getting lots of mobile phone love, Exilim decided to join the party.
The FCC document identifies [...]
HTC Releases S740
Lets be honest, we can’t ALL have the Touch Pro can we? Not everyone wants to dump his or her life savings into a phone these days. While, if you fit into that category and enjoy that extra dose of an actual alphanumeric keyboard, then HTC has just released the device for you.
Enter, [...]
Aww, Bold Wants to be Like iPhone
They say immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so I guess the iPhone should feel glad to have another high-end device to share its problems with.
Its seems that Apple products aren’t the only ones with starting stutters. While the iPhone’s 3G dropping behavior may be caused by more major hardware shortcomings, all kinds of [...]
Nokia Delivers the N85 and N79
Nokia had just released two new handsets to add to the N-Series fold, the N85 and N79. Although hardly unexpected, they do carry some strong features, albeit nothing that is really out of the ordinary for Nokia at this point. The N85 stays the N-Series course with a 2.6-inch AMOLED screen, GPS, 5 Megapixel camera, [...]
XPERIA Reviewed ‘Til The Cows Come Home
Smape has got its hands on the hotly anticipated Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and managed to photograph, video and scribe about pretty much every detail possible, which is all good news for us.
As with many Windows Mobile handsets, the experience is generally good but never fully “there.” Despite the great build quality and high-end choice [...]
Motorola Blaze and Motorola Rapture: Live Pics
Those who think the higher the tech the better likely won’t stoop to the level of the Blaze or Rapture, but Motorola has two phones here that could fill the touch screen hunger for the low end market. PhoneArena has uncovered live pics of the Blaze and Rapture and they don’t look too shabby… especially [...]
Alltel Commercial - Lemonade Stand
The good people at Alltel have sent me over their newest TV Commercial which is set to begin airing tomorrow. Its called “Lemonade Stand” and depicts the “Sales Guys” from their childhood days… its cute and the MyCircle advertisements are certainly catchy:
What IS surprising is that Alltel has continued to run advertisements bashing Verizon Wireless [...]
8 New Phones: (Mid-Range Roundup)
We’ve seen bunches of new phone announcements cross the MobileRoar desk recently, but many of them were shuffled to the bottom of the priority list due to the surplus of mobile news in the past week or so. SO without further adieu, lets take a brief look at some of the new/upcoming phones that slipped [...]
Football Loving Sprint Fans, Rejoice
If you’re a Sprint customer who also loves the NFL, you’re in for a treat. NFL Mobile Live will be available for free to data subscribers this season, keeping you in touch with every game, regardless of where you are. Fantasy Football players will likely see use of their phone increase about 2,000 percent.
So what [...]
BlackBerry Kickstart, Pearl 2.0 Forthcoming
Remember how BlackBerry’s first ever flip phones were dubbed the “KickStart” and “SeaWolf” but rumored to change to the BlackBerry Pearl in an odd twist? Regardless what they end up being called… their release seems right around the corner.
An online retailer (Expansis) has already posted a pre-order page for the device and they’ve include two [...]
Palm Treo Pro Pics & Vids!
The Palm Treo Pro came roaring into the picture only a few days ago with rumors galore. Now hands on videos and official press shots are starting to flow and its a matter of days/hours before Palm makes an official announcement. Here are two great press pics:
The hands on video…
And the full gallery for your [...]
New Android SDK Released!
FINALLY. Android Developer’s were revolting, the iPhone App Store was catching all the buzz, rumors of delays were piling and Android was starting to seem like a joke. But in less than 12 hours everyone is riding the Android Jock again.
First, FCC documents showed the HTC Dream to be not only real, but imminent. Then, [...]
HTC Dream Passes FCC Hurdles
Words probably can’t describe how most Android enthusiasts feel right now. Excited? Sure but thats not powerful enough. Elated? Eh… too cutesy. Let us just say this: awwwww sooky sooky.
FCC Documents are showing a brand new HTC device that is labeled as “Dream” and having model identification DREA100. Tested on WCDMA 1700 it looks bound [...]
Nokia Fold Tickles Fancy of Phone-Centric Folks
Trying to say the title (of this article) 10 times fast is about the most fun you’ll have with the Nokia Fold. Its a simple phone made for simple people who are just looking for a phone that is small, looks good and does the whole “calling people” thing we’ve heard so much about.
It’s equipped [...]
The Best BiPhone
No… its not the greatest phone for sexually promiscuous people swinging from both sides of the plate. The Best BiPhone is our special way of saying that Best Buy will be selling the iPhone starting September 7th!
For a brand and a product typically veiled in a sense of exclusivity, the Best Buy deal furthers the [...]
Oops, Verizon Release Dates Spotted
Verizon recently pushed out information on the launch of their Mobile Email applications, listing several devices that would feature the update. In doing so, they mistakenly alerted us to several new handsets and rumored handsets release timeframes - oops!
Lets start at the top.
LG VX8360: The VX8360 is probably an update to the VX8350 (pictured below) [...]
Palm Treo Pro… (formerly the 850w)
Much to the delight of Palm fans, we all know that there is a Palm Treo 850 coming out sooner rather than later. Call them rumors or whatever you’d like… but enough has been leaked that we were pretty darn sure. Now, we’re pretty darn positive.
We’re not sure when the last time we’ve been excited [...]
Samsung Instinct Application Updates
Sprint and Samsung’s self-proclaimed iPhone Killer is asking their owner’s a question: can we update your applications? Instinct owners are reporting sweeping updates of apps that include improved web browsing, quicker mobile tv/radio, Sprint Music Store improvements, improved picture mail and more.
In actuality you aren’t “asked” you are just “notified” that your application was updated [...]
2 New Nokias On August 18th!
At 8AM (United Kingdom Time), Nokia will unveil 2 new handsets at an invitation only event. We won’t BE there but the news will be HERE immediately following the event. Here is the invitation that was received:
The invitation says “Nseries” at the top which has some guessing that the N79 and N85 will be announced. [...]
HTC Touch Pro Unboxed
The HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro were… at first… announced to disappointment - everyone was hoping for an Android Phone. But when the dust/disappointment settled, folks realized the phone was nothing short of a Gem… err… Diamond…
The Touch Diamond is now available in the UK for the small price of about 500 pounds. That [...]