It's FCC rather than Sony Ericsson that revealed us the model number of the BeiBei smartphone - G702. The upcoming device sports all the things a modern smartphone user could need — including GSP, WiFi and a touchscreen. It's 3G enabled, though U.S. frequencies are left out, making us think why the Swedish-Japanese folks bothered [...]

Even though we still wait to see RIM and AT&T officially making the Bold available, some people (John Mayer) are already getting the first units. Folks from CrackBerry.com are also among the selected few who got the chance to try out the new Canadian smartphone before the rest of us. Dieter Bohn from their sister site, [...]

Nokia today announced an update to its Nokia Maps application, with improved car navigation, enhanced pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, satellite images and a redesigned user interface. Nokia's mapping and navigation application features local content and world maps. Using vector maps by Navteq and TeleAtlas, Nokia Maps 2.0 covers over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable. Maps can be downloaded directly to devices or through a PC. Updated features in Nokia Maps 2.0 i...

Philips don't give up on the mobile phone market. Aside from powerful batteries, we don't see them adding some (if any) important innovations to their handsets. But it's not my idea to rant about Philips now that they've announced two new phones. With the 198 and 199 model, the Electronics giant is targeting the lower end [...]

Our friends from Mobispine are in the shopping spree. They announced a definitive agreement under which Mobispine will acquire all General Wireless shares in a stock transaction. The combination of the two companies will offer consumers "one of the most comprehensive portfolios of mobile applications in the industry," including personalized RSS feeds of news and [...]

This is still unofficial, but the update file (available from here) makes us think HTC will be releasing the Windows Mobile 6.1 update for HTC TyTN II in the near future. Or at least we hope to see them releasing the new firmwares for all TyTN II flavors, Kaiser and Tilt included, in the coming [...]

Mark Guim from the Nokia Blog is curious to know what other Nokia users install on their devices and is encouraging everyone who owns a blog to get the word out. With Nokia seeding mobile phones to bloggers whose field of expertise is something other than mobile these sort of top 10 lists do a [...]

The as-yet unannounced Sony Ericsson G702 has shown up on the FCC's website, showing that the candybar handset is approved for sale in the U.S. The G702 sports a 3.2 megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro (M2) card slot, and a touchscreen display with stylus. Read the full story here.

The FCC has approved the latest Sony Ericsson handset to support AT&T's 3G HSDPA network, the Z780. The Z780 is a stylish clamshell device that features A-GPS and comes with Google Maps preinstalled. Read the full story here.

Samsung has announced that its stylish high-end SGH-F480 touchscreen handset will begin shipping in June. Announced at the 2008 Mobile World Congress, the F480 uses Samsung's TouchWiz touchscreen user interface and also packs a 5 megapixel camera. Read the full story here.

Nokia has just announced that the latest version of Nokia Maps, v2.0, is now officially available. Nokia Maps 2.0 is the Finnish handset manufacturer's GPS navigation software for its S60-powered smartphones. Read the full story here.

Mobile advertising services provider Velti has teamed up with mobile content delivery company Vantrix to support a universal video advertising platform. Under the agreement, Vantrix will use its device detection and video optimisation technology, while Velti can stream or provide on demand ad-supported video content on mobile internet sites. The idea is of course to [...]

Bluetooth accessories maker Jabra surveyed over 2,000 people in the UK to find out what people think about using a mobile phone while driving. Apparently, 93% of motorists are aware that using a handset while at the wheel without a handsfree kit could now be treated as dangerous driving and carry a prison sentence of [...]

The growing use of mobile broadband services will place ever-increasing demands on the existing 3G networks. In the end, 4G networks will be required because people want to use their devices wherever they are. Meanwhile, one way to reduce the stress on network capacity is through the use of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), which routes traffic [...]

As any savvy company, Virgin Mobile USA wants to take advantage of the growing popularity of Facebook. They already provide their customers with mobile access to the popular social networking website and now they're introducing a new Facebook application. With "Fund My Phone", Virgin Mobile USA's customers can get their Facebook friends to help pay for [...]

Videos from The Mobile Future: Technology Revolutionizing our Lives, an event hosted by Carnegie Mellon have been uploaded and are now available for everyone to watch. The talk given by Nokia's new CTO Bob Iannucci, the one I really wanted to see, was not recorded and only his slides are available, but don't despair, I [...]

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Where you at, Boost? Apparently, Boost is hanging out at Huntington Park, California; Hialeah, Florida; and Houston, Texas. The Nextel spin-off pre-paid wireless provider is bringing their "community" image to neighborhoods near you with brick-and-mortar stores. Boost wants their retail locations to become more than just points of sale, the company wants to cultivate a community around [...]

With the release of the latest iPhone OS 2.0 firmware to select iPhone enterprise developers (firmware build 5A292g) we're getting indications that Apple is bringing geo-tagging to the iPhone. Developers are indicating that the iPhone's "Maps" and "Camera" applications ask for the user's permission before getting a location lock on the handset. The location-aware applications can [...]