Who doesn't love the Italian gusto that goes in to every Ducati motorcycle's design? Ducati exudes a sense of passion and style that bikers the world over envy. There's only the small issue of the higher price point that keeps a Ducati out of practical reach for many. While a Ducati is pretty much the cheapest [...]

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Well, well, Sony Ericsson or at least someone very close to the Swedish-Japanese company has made the official P5 Paris demo video available on YouTube. What this means is that in the near future — maybe even before June 17th — we may see the Symbian UIQ smartphone finally announced. After all, we saw the [...]

Microsoft has made its Windows Live client available for Nokia S60 smartphone users. Earlier we saw the Redmond giant announcing the same client for the BlackBerry platform, and now they're bringing the same offering to Nokia's smartphone platform, to provide S60 users with quick access to such Microsoft's services as Hotmail, MSN instant messaging, Windows [...]

The iPhone SDK Beta 6 is available, roughly three weeks after the previous build was released. We're not sure what's new inside, but whatever it is, an updated version of Leopard (10.5.3) is required. As usual, it is suggested to keep your apps up to date, so if you still haven't upgraded your Mac OS, [...]

Vodafone will be introducing a new Samsung slider this June. We don't have all the details, but we do know enough for a start. The rock-solid Samsung device, which somehow reminds me on the Nokia 6500 Slide, will feature tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as HSDPA radios on board. In addition, there's 3 megapixel camera with [...]

Today Hutchison Telecommunications released the following statement: Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited today announced that it has signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Hong Kong and Macau later this year. Mainland China, Japan, Russia and interestingly Spain remain relatively big untapped markets for Apple's handset. At least officially, users from the countries mentioned [...]

South Africa's Vodacom has announced the launch of the country's first High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) service, extending its existing HSDPA offering. Now South African mobile users will be able to experience download speeds of 3.6 Mbps and upload speeds of 1.4 Mbps, although the average achievable speeds are somewhat lower. Customers who have opted [...]

Most cell phone manufacturers do not offer a Macintosh solution, but nova media bridges the gap with FoneLink 2.0 Read the full story here.

Yesterday at the Google IO developer conference, Google demonstrated the latest version of its Android mobile phone platform on a piece of mystery hardware that could end up being the HTC Dream that has been long rumored to exist. Read the full story here.

Yesterday Qualcomm announced that it had developed a new Bluetooth chipset that was not only smaller than most, but more power efficient. The new chip also includes a built-in signal amplifier and should work well in small, low-end handsets. Read the full story here.

As announced recently, AT&T has officially begun to offer prorated Early Termination Fees (ETFs) on all contracts signed on or after May 25. The new policy allows the total fee to be reduced by $5 for each month of the contract that is completed. Read the full story here.

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T-Mobile and HTC have announced their latest Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional powered smartphone, the MDA Vario IV. Based on the oft-rumored HTC Raphael, this handset offers a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera. Read the full story here.

T-Mobile and HTC have announced their latest Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional powered smartphone, the MDA Vario IV. Based on the oft-rumored HTC Raphael, this handset offers a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera. Read the full story here.

According to ABI Research, last year cellular modem sales — including PC Cards, Express Cards, USB modems, embedded modems and 3G/Wi-Fi routers cumulatively — increased more than 300% compared to 2006. The research company forecasts that by 2013, shipments of cellular modems will exceed 200 million units. However, ABI notes, the last year growth did not [...]

Napster has announced that its unlimited over-the-air mobile subscription service in Japan will now include unlimited access to digital video service to complement its music subscription service. The new video service called Napster Clips puts high-quality music videos into the palms of purchasers of DoCoMo's new N906iL handset. Napster Clips is a broadband video service that [...]

ReCellular recently announced a new mobile phone recycling campaign with the goal to raise a minimum of $50,000 for the American Red Cross. Apparently two in three Americans will replace their mobile phones with a newer model this year, and the vast majority of them will either keep their old phones in a junk drawer, or [...]

Korean electronics giant Samsung today announced the launch of Soulb, a candy-bar version of its Soul (or Spirit of Ultra) handset. Covered in an elegant metallic body, softly brushed with a hairline pattern, the Soulb's minimalistic design measures a mere 9.9mm thin. The Soulb is equipped with features such as an embedded 3.0-megapixel camera with Power LED, office document viewer and editor, full-speed Internet browser and Bluetooth 2.0. Entertainment features such as a music player, video edi...

While many await the US launch of a handful of smartphones from the likes of HTC, Sony Ericsson, Apple, and Nokia, some of you might be looking forward to RIM's first flip-phone - the RIM KickStart. Spy pics of the RIM KickStart in Black (peep the image to your right) surfaced just the day before, [...]