We managed to put together a video of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 panels interface at work, finally answering the question about what they really do. The panels serve as a way to get to both apps and different home screens. They are worth checking out. Read the full story here.

You're either going to love it or hate it. The Jabra BT3030 dog-tag style Bluetooth necklace isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. But, if you like the dog-tag look and need an A2DP Bluetooth-compatible mobile phone, you'll want to check out the Jabra BT3030 Bluetooth headsets. Jabra was showing these unique Bluetooth headsets at [...]

Motorola announced the debut of the Motorola Smart Rider phone, an in-vehicle solution featuring GPS navigation, interactive voice activation, Bluetooth wireless technology and clear audio quality. The Smart Rider phone uses GSM technology to enhance user experience so drivers can converse, navigate and tend to business. The Smart Rider increases convenience of communication: - Bluetooth technology lets consumers move freely from the home or office into the vehicle while having active calls, con...

At the CTIA, WorldMate is announcing Windows Mobile support to deliver its famous application for frequent travellers to the users of smartphones and PDAs powered by Microsoft's mobile OS. All of the WorldMate Live features are available for Windows Mobile users, including pushed itinerary updates real-time, flight alerts, flight schedules, weather forecasts, and other important [...]

CTIA Las Vegas 2008 is slow, at least from a hardware/handset perspective. There haven't been many new announcements and even less new hardware on display. Still, some of CTIA's exhibitors really know how to entertain. Take Alcatel, for example. The Alcatel booth wasn't the biggest or glitziest booth on the show floor. Not by a long [...]

I'm not sure why it takes a separate release to announce the smartphone support, when we know all Java ME based games work perfectly on all major smartphone platforms. In addition, there are already a number of EA's smartphone-dedicated games available on the market. EA Mobile obviously doesn't think so, hence their CTIA release is there [...]

AT&T wants to transform the way consumers shop for mobile devices, using Microsoft Surface touch and device recognition technology. Letting consumers interact with devices by touch, gestures and placement of the handset on the display, Microsoft Surface is a 30-inch table-like display that will allow them to: - Review mobile device features by simply placing it on the display - View interactive coverage maps at the national, state, local or street level, using touch and hand movement to scal...

Visual ringtone sharing service Vringo has announced a new Facebook application that lets Vringo users import their Facebook friends' profile photos to their mobile phones, automatically matching them to friends' phone numbers. When Facebook friends call one another, their friend's photos will appear on their phone screens as a type of visual caller ID. Is this [...]

Even though we've heard a criticism about WiMAX right from the horse's mouth, official WiMAX Forum remains optimistic about the technology. As a matter of fact their CTIA release suggests there will be 133 million WiMAX users by 2012. The forecast is based on the results of an independently commissioned research study to be published [...]

The Samsung-Adidas duo have their sights squarely placed on the Nike-Apple parntership, and it looks like Samsung's got a winner here. We got a hold of the Samsung F110 Adidas Fitness phone at CTIA Las Vegas 2008 came away with a few pictures. The Samsung F110 is put together quite nicely. It feels good in the [...]

At the CTIA, Fox Mobile Entertainment announced the launch of the Fox Entertainment Mobile Network, a mobile web portal that puts "one of the most impressive lineups of television content ever brought to the mobile platform at one convenient mobile location." The portal includes a variety of content from FOX, FX, SPEED, National Geographic Channel and [...]

Microsoft today announced Windows Mobile 6.1, an update that makes critical information available at a glance, offers quicker phone setup, and provides enhanced features adapted for the small screen. With Windows Mobile 6.1 users will be able to: - Glance at and respond to notifications such as missed calls, upcoming appointments and new messages from the home screen as well as play music and share photos - Get setup faster with the new Getting Started Center, from setting up email, a Bluetooth ...

Sony Ericsson, not one to break the cone of handset-silence at CTIA Las Vegas 2008, didn't have anything new to show today. They won't have anything new to show tomorrow, or the next day. The booth was small, but they did have a live music show. An electronic music DJ and violinist make for an [...]

Research In Motion may not have that many news to report at this year's CTIA, but they are pushing hard to further strengthen their presence in the U.S. mobile phone market. Let's sum up all the BlackBerry news, shall we: First we saw Verizon introducing the GPS-enabled BlackBerry Curve 8330. We've already covered this and here's [...]

Verizon has been vocal more than any other U.S. carrier at this year's CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. Aside from announcing a slew of devices, they inform us their VZ Navigator service is about to get an upgrade. Version 4 of Verizon's navigation service will give customers from 75 U.S. cities ability to access traffic [...]

The wait is (almost) over. Just as we expected, Nokia N810 WiMAX has been announced from the CTIA floor. However, don't expect it to hit the markets till summer, when it will be available in areas where WiMAX connectivity is available. No word whether the original N810 specs are changed or not (aside from WiMAX [...]

Ladies and gents, we have a new player in the smartphone market arena. It's called Velocity Mobile and is a result of a collaboration between one of the world's largest notebook computer manufacturers (Inventec) and a team of veteran wireless designers and engineers. They are at the CTIA in Las Vegas, presenting their first devices [...]

Opera Mini 4.1 is out! Still in beta, the new version "improves the way Opera Mini interacts with your phone to make browsing more convenient, more productive and definitely more fun." Highlights/new features: It's up to 50% faster than Opera Mini 4 URL autocomplete - Opera Mini will automatically suggest URL completions Save pages for offline access Find content in [...]

At the Growing Together 2008 Conference in South Africa today Nokia released 4 devices. Is that a Prism? For the entry market?! Find out after the jump along with the other 3 devices. The Nokia 5000 is a 90 Euro device with a 1.3 megapixel camera, 240×320 resolution 65k color 2 inch screen, dual band (one [...]

Enhanced Hands-On Experience for Customers Available in More Than 280 Stores by the End of the Year Read the full story here.