And we've wondered what happened to Spain. The country was left out in all iPhone announcements during last couple of weeks. It was kinda obvious Apple will re-use its existing "partner in crime" from the UK, where Telefonica-owned O2 is the exclusive carrier of the iPhone. Now, their Spanish subsidiary, Movistar, got the same contract [...]

Like I already don't want the XPERIA so bad, Sony Ericsson is adding salt on my wound. September never felt so distant, and in the meantime the Swedish-Japanese handset maker's website (or that's marketing) team made more XPERIA X1 images available. As you've just seen — and there are more photos after the jump [...]

Let's see, the Pantech Duo is actually the model number C810, so what kind of a device would wear the C820 "badge?" Maybe Pantech Duo 2? We're not sure of course, but that certainly makes sense. To be fair, the "Duo 2" is kinda awkward name, but hey, if Intel could do it, Pantech can [...]

Roughly a year ago, we wrote about Callpod's 6-in-1 charger called Chargepod. The versatile charger used to cost $79.95, but Callpod decided it's about time to make it appealing to wider audience, hence they've reduced the price to $39.95. The problem, though, is that "manufacturer specific adaptors" kept their price, meaning that you'll still have [...]

RoverPC has released a new smartphone in Russia, P7, which supersedes the earlier P6 model. The fancy-lookin' device runs the latest version of Windows Mobile (6.1) and gets all its power from Marvell's PCA270 416MHz CPU. Other specs include 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, tri-band GSM/GPRS + EDGE radio (900/1800/1900 MHz), and a 2 megapixel [...]

LG keeps adding new Viewty color options. Aside from the original black, the 5 megapixel camera equipped device is also available in silver, pink, and purple. Add "Hot Red" in the mix too, as the Korean giant just announced such-colored Viewty in Ukraine, according to Mobile-Review. LG will certainly market the device towards women who may [...]

Sony Ericsson and/or the fans of their products keep infiltrating YouTube with latest phone demo clips. Today, we bring you the latest batch of these videos. Four devices are presented - two Walkman phones - W760 and W980; and two Symbian UIQ smartphones - G700 and G900. All phones mentioned target mid-to-high-end market segment, and [...]

Two Indian companies have announced plans to enter the country's fast-growing mobile handset market by launching low-cost devices. According to India's Economic Times, the electronics and home appliances company Orpat is launching two new GSM handsets based on NXP Semiconductors' chips. It will promote the devices at its 50,000 retail outlets and is targeting sales of [...]

According to Gartner, Sony Ericsson slipped to fifth place in global mobile phone market share during the first-quarter of 2008, overtaken by Korean vendor LG. Sony Ericsson sold 22.1 million units in the quarter for a 7.5% market share, behind LG's total sales of 23.6 million units and 8% share. The Swedish-Japanese company previously warned that [...]

Russia's Mobile TeleSystems announced the appointment of Mr. Mikhail Shamolin as President and CEO, who has served as the head of MTS Russia. Mr. Leonid Melamed, Shamolin's predecessor will be assuming the duties of President and CEO at Sistema, the largest private sector consumer services company in Russia and the majority shareholder of MTS. Under Mr. [...]

I've been busy. It may not appear to be the case from your perspective, but I have been working quite a bit on the new site layout and a number of new features for the past couple of weeks. The new templates for the site are all complete, and I have been busy hacking them up and getting the server to spit them out with live data in them. I must admit to enjoying this a bit. But the mobile world continues to move on, even if I am not paying great attention to it for a bit. Luckily, we have other people to pick up the slack. I will, however, be taking a few days off from my coding to get you folks a review of the new HTC Touch Diamond, which I expect to receive this week. That should be interesting. TouchFLO 3D interface, VGA display....mmmmmm. Keep an eye peeled for that review.

I'm going to be in Boston, Massachusetts this week with my colleagues from Nokia. We're going to have a party on the 5th from 20:00 to 22:30 at The Living Room. Free food, free booze, but more importantly you get to talk to actual Nokia employees and are able to pelt them with whatever questions [...]

The FCC is considering auctioning off a block of 700MHz spectrum later this year, and might require that the winner use the licenses to build a nationwide free broadband network. The spectrum was originally planned for use as a nationwide emergency communications network. Read the full story here.

Swisscom has launched a new mobile TV network using DVB-H, called Bluewin TV. Meanwhile, O2 and the BBC are reportedly interested in using the MediaFLO based TV network that Qualcomm is looking to establish in the UK. Read the full story here.

LiveWire Mobile Adds Ringtones to Existing Full-Track Music and Video Services and Delivers Subscribers a Fully Integrated User Experience Read the full story here.

Totally safe for work, but I would put headphones on if there are people around you who are easily offended by sexist remarks. Enjoy your Monday folks: ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Video: Most disturbing Nokia commercial to watch on a Monday morningNokia N800 reviewed on DL.TVNokia holding an invite only party at CES?Google will be presenting Android [...]

Nokia's unannounced 7310 Supernova has made an early appearance in retail stores in Taiwan and Hong Kong. This new candybar cell phone features a camera and microSD card slot. The new Supernova line supposedly will be filled with fashion phones. Read the full story here.

The Hard Rock Cafe in San Francisco has begun an aggressive new ad campaign that sends passersby with a coupon on their mobile handset, via Bluetooth. Consumers can redeem the coupon by showing their mobile handset to the server or cashier. Read the full story here.

Now, before you get yourself all riled up over the prospect of nabbing a super-cheap iPhone in the next week or so, just know that this latest rumor comes from Kevin Rose. The Digg-founder has thrown around Apple iPhone-related rumors like it's his night-job, and he's known for seriously dropping the ball with last year's iPhone [...]

RIM's been rumored to be brewing up a serious iPhone competitor. The BlackBerry "AK" (Apple Killer) is believed to be the RIM BlackBerry 9500 Thunder, and a new image of the all-touchscreen device has reportedly surfaced on wireless retailer Horizon Wireless's website. Stealing some of the newly announced BlackBerry 9000 Bold's thunder, the RIM BlackBerry 9500 [...]