Sure, LTE is still several years away, but if this latest test is any indication of HSPA-based mobile broadband solutions set to hit the wireless market in the near term, the long road to LTE won't be too unbearable. Nokia Siemens networks has demonstrated their new I-HSPA (Internet High Speed Packet Access) in Austria and [...]

Back in February we posted about Samsung SGH-i200 mid-range smartphone. Now it's officially announced, but unlike we initially thought, it will come with the latest version of Windows Mobile - 6.1 (not 6.0). The thin device seems designed to turn an average feature phone user into a full fledged smartphone junkie. This little phone has [...]

Bell Mobility in Canada is set to add two mid-range devices to its portfolio. The first one, Samsung Ace, is considered to be the BlackJack's younger brother, boasting full QWERTY keyboard, Windows Mobile 6 Standard edition, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD slot, Bluetooth support. The lack of 3G and WiFi may be a dealbreaker for some [...]

If you remember Verizon announced Motorola Q 9c during this year's CTIA. The Moto-made smartphone is now available for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year customer agreement. The full QWERTY-keyboard equipped device is ideal for anyone who aims to increase it's on-the-go productivity, but also cares about how his/her device looks. [...]

Want to control your TiVo from your iPhone or iPod Touch? Now you can do that thanks to the new application called (no surprise here) TiVoRemote. The application is compiled by TiVo Community Forum's member "Duckfin" and is still in the "quick and dirty" phase, hence user interface could use some polishing. After all, it [...]

Motorola seems to have signed a multi-device agreement with Ferrari as this is the second phone they're rolling out with the famous sports car branding. The first one, RIZR Z8 Ferrari Limited edition, we introduced back in December last year. Now, the American handset maker is reportedly working on a version of the RAZR2 V9 [...]

No wonder Sprint decided to move the mid-May Curve 8330 release to May 9th. After Monday, no one will want another BlackBerry than the long-awaited 9000 model. The always highly informed Boy Genius is saying the information is 100% confirmed and we trust him. Research In Motion will officially announce its next-gen smartphone during the first [...]

The Samsung U900 Soul has now been launched on Orange Read the full story here.

TT DOCOMO, INC. and its regional companies announced today that they will begin marketing "PRADA Phone by LG" Read the full story here.

Sprint has launched the BlackBerry Curve 8330 from Research in Motion on its website today. This QWERTY smartphone offers high speed data support, a 2 megapixel camera, and GPS navigation capability. Read the full story here.

The FCC has approved the Sony Ericsson C902, a cameraphone with the Cyber-shot branding. The 5 megapixel camera on this candybar features auto-focus and face recognition technology, which should take great quality photos. Read the full story here.

The Plantronics Voyager 855 is a headset with a split personality. It looks and acts like a regular headset that, when attached to its included secondary earpiece, becomes a set of A2DP stereo headphones. Ricky tries it out and likes what he hears. Read the full story here.

Following on from Dusan's post, BT have released more details on their plan to give their broadband customers smartphones, so that they can capture more of the UK mobile market. The new "BT ToGO" handsets will work on home/public WiFi, and utilise mobile networks when WiFi isn't available. The two devices were named as the S620 [...]

Now we mentioned Frengo on IntoMobile when it launched some time back, but now "Social mobile services" company Frengo has announced a "suite of applications that interoperate across popular sites Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Orkut and Bebo, enabling users to interact with existing contacts as well as discover like-minded individuals regardless of their particular social networking [...]

JumpVault keeps data safe even if devices are lost or stolen Read the full story here.

"Mobile entertainment community" Limbo has just announced it's Mobile Advertising report for Q108. This is a suvey based on 1000 Adults, and there are some very interesting stats. Check out these numbers, each with a little graphic: The number of WAP users is now about 50% of those using SMS: 51% of SMS users are 35 and older: 53% [...]

Best Buy has announced a joint venture with Carphone Warehouse (CW), by investing 1.1bn GBP! The 50/50 JV will include the CW's 2400 stores in 9 European countries, and the assets will include the CW share of an existing venture with Best Buy (which we reported on here). Starting next year, Best Buy will open stores [...]

ROK Entertainment has bought online TV provider Jalipo in shares, equivalent to a 16.8mn USD value. ROK are stating that this has been a strategic purchase, and that Jalipo's product offering will be incorporated in the ROK portfolio. Jalipo appeared about a year ago with it's "online marketplace" concept - the idea being that credits are [...]

Chinese handset vendor ZTE plans to invest 100mn RMB (that's about 5.5mn GBP if my maths is right…) in promoting it's handset brand in 2008, according to reports. ZTE is also targeting sales of 50mn handset in 2008 - currently the U980 model accounts for one third of all TD-SCDMA handsets sold by China Mobile. You [...]

Remember when AT&T launched their iPhone-specific AT&T HotSpot WiFi portal, only to remove the free service the next day? Right, well, it looks like the service has been officially rolled out (however briefly) for iPhone customers with legit, AT&T-locked iPhones - those with unlocked iPhones or non-iPhone plans on AT&T won't be getting the benefit [...]