Korean-handset maker Samsung today announced its Omnia (SGH-i900), a business device running on Windows Mobile 6.1 with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel and Word). The Omnia has an ultra-slim 12.5mm design. The centerpiece is a 3.2-inch WQVGA (240 x 400 px) touch screen from Synaptics. With haptics, vibrations give users feedback when the display is touched. Tap, sweep, drag and drop operations let consumers navigate through the TouchWiz UI. An accelerometer auto-rotates the display when tilt...

Finally, the third of the largest Japanese mobile operators (other two are DoCoMo and SoftBank) has announced its summer collection. As you're about to see, it's good to be in Japan these days. With so many great options, the only "problem" left is to choose the right device. Let's quickly go through KDDI's offering: Hitachi Wooo [...]

Samsung has officially announced its real iPhone killin' device. Instinct is just not smart enough to compete with Apple's handset, but the 12.5mm-thick i900 certainly is. Let's quickly go through specs, shall we: Network: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE + HSDPA 7.2Mbps Wireless: stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), WiFi Display: 3.2-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) touchscreen Camera: 5 megapixels with auto-focus, featuring face and smile [...]

I'm not sure what's Nokia waiting. Why they don't finally announce the E66 and E71 smartphones yet? We've seen the two devices in the wild, official press photos, and the E66 even passed the FCC hurdle. Sure you may argue they need to complete all the documentation, support pages, prepare online demos… But wait, we've [...]

SlingMedia will be demonstrating live video streaming on the iPhone during the WWDC, which starts today. The good news is - they can do it. The bad news, however, it's still in the "proof of concept" stage, meaning you can't have it at the moment. But, that doesn't mean they're not working alongside Apple to [...]

It's like the $5,000 handset isn't enough, Christian Dior and its "partner in crime" ModeLabs are launching the even more fancier version of the phone called Lady Dior. And while I'm trying my best to imagine that special someone who deserves the 18,000 EUR ($28,360) mobile phone, Dior folks obviously aren't targeting me as a [...]

LG is launching two new music phones, KM710 and KM380, in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The first device, KM710, is the updated version of the LG KM500, and brings such things as lighting effects for the indicator, solid speaker, GraceNote support, and up to 30 hours of music listening. On the other hand, [...]

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Apple today unveiled its iPhone 3G with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities. The new quad-band device gives users fast Internet access over tri-band HSDPA. Automatically switches between 3G, Wi-Fi and EDGE, the iPhone 3G makes it easy to multi-task with simultaneous voice and data communications. The iPhone 3G supports Exchange enterprise and secure VPNs. Built-in GPS expands location-based mobile services for tracking applications. Further refinements include improved audio, a flu...

Apple today introduced MobileMe, an Internet service that pushes email, contacts and calendars to applications on the iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. The new service offers a desktop-like experience through any browser. "Think of MobileMe as 'Exchange for the rest of us,'" said Steve Jobs, Apple CEO. "Now users who are not part of an enterprise that runs Exchange can get the same push email, push calendars and p...