Time and time again we’re seeing the mobile phone sector brushing off the harsh economic pressures that are affecting just about every other business in the world. And, following on previous reports that worldwide smartphone sales were seeing a bit of an uptick in sales volume, a new report from Strategy Analytics shows that cellphone [...]

Forget 1 million iPhone 3G units sold in the first weekend of sales, a new report indicates that Apple has moved 3 million of the iconic iPhone 3G handset since its launch exactly a month ago. According the report, from Fortune and Michael Cote, of Cote Collaborative, Apple has shipped more than 3 million iPhone 3G. [...]

Apple’s iPhone 3G launch was admittedly less than a smooth sailing operation. iPhone 3G hopefuls are still lining up for hours to get a chance at owning a piece of Apple-history. MobileMe users have only recently gotten their push data service up and running acceptably. The iPhone 2.0.1 OS has just been released (and the [...]

It’s not just AT&T and the Rural Cellular Association that are asking the FCC to help muck-up competing wireless carriers’ merger deals. Leap Wireless has asked the FCC to block the $28.1 billion Verizon-Alltel merger deal that would have Verizon becoming the top wireless provider in the US. The merger between Sprint and Clearwire would give [...]

When a struggling company does something right, you have to reward them for it. Otherwise, what was the point of criticizing their previously unacceptable business practices? Sprint, in this case, has been rumored to be making another change in their push to redefine themselves as the premier wireless data provider in the US. Rather than aiming [...]

Here we go again. The latest iPhone 2.0.1 OS has apparently been causing problems for some iPhone 3G users. Previous reports indicated that some people were having problems using their iPhone 3G’s GPS hardware, trying to get a reliable lock on their position. We even posted a potential fix to the iPhone 3G GPS problems here. Well, [...]

Who said the iPhone would struggle to find traction in the super-competitive Japanese wireless market? That’s right, just about everyone. Following on new sales estimates that point to 3 million iPhone 3Gs in the wild, a new study from from TechOn, dubbed “iPhone Affects KDDI’s Net Subscription Growth,” points to incredible new subscription growth on SoftBank, [...]

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T-Mobile today launched the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic, a compact slider with external music controls. The 5610 XpressMusic is designed with a slider key to access music with a flick of the thumb. Aluminum side panels accent the high-gloss finish and large 2.2-inch, 16.7 million color display. It also features a high-quality 3.2-megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual LED flash. The 5610 XpressMusic delivers clear sound quality, up to 22 hours of music playback and a memory capacity for up to 3,00...

Nokia's newest flagship powerhouse smartphone, the N96, has passed the FCC's testing recently. Packing a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, and a built-in DVB-H tuner, the N96 is a multimedia monster. Read the full story here.

Nokia today introduced the Nokia 3610 Fold, a new compact quad-band clamshell with everything people need to stay in touch. The 3610 Fold has a smooth back design for an understated elegance. Its ergonomic shape, when opened, makes for a natural alignment to the face. It has a spacious keypad for comfortable text messaging and usability. With a 1.3-megapixel camera and 6x digital zoom, the 3610 Fold captures high-quality photos. Its bright 2.0-inch screen displays pictures, messages and web page...

MetroPCS, which operates its own CDMA network in various cities in the U.S., announced yesterday that its 4G network would use Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE is also the chosen path for other carriers such as Verizon, AT&T, and Alltel. Read the full story here.

Today Nokia unveiled the 3610 Fold, an entry level quad-band GSM folder handset that looks very similar to Nokia's 6555. The 3610 Fold features a smooth curved back design when it is opened up. Read the full story here.

An online retailer in the UK is now offering the HTC Touch Pro to customers. Read the full story here.

Need some special Bluetooth headset? How about something that looks cool weird yet promises to deliver excellent sound quality. Zivio Boom’s trick is in the extending boom which grows from a base of 53.5 mm to 137 mm, delivering the mic directly in front of your mouth. That should reportedly result in a much better [...]

Samsung L770 has been recently released in Russia. The 14mm thin slider looks like many of the other Samsung models (especially some of the older “Ultra” phones), hence it’s not that easy to differentiate it from the rest of the pack. Specs wise, the 93 grams heavy device packs a tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMPS/HSDPA radios, QVGA [...]

We’ve talked about it few days ago, and now Verizon has issued the official release announcing that its Visual Voice Mail service is readily available for the owners of the LG Voyager. From the press release: Visual Voice Mail allows customers to see a list of all of their voice mail messages with important information, such as [...]

Nokia’s upcoming superphone, N96, has been spotted while passing the FCC hurdle. The device in question sports a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and dual-band UMTS (WCDMA 2100/850; HSDPA) radios. No carrier partners are known at this stage, but even if we don’t see it hitting AT&T, which is known to carry some of the Nokia [...]

fring has recently announced support for the first Symbian Samsung device - the GPS and WiFi enabled 550W model. In addition, the full QWERTY-keyboard equipped Nokia E71 is now also on the list of supported devices. Those not familiar should know fring is probably the most popular VoIP client for Symbian S60 powered devices, allowing users [...]

As the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 launch date is approaching we hear more rumors about the upcoming release. Lately, we’ve heard the unlocked Xperia will hit the UK market on October 30th. That’s about in line with earlier rumors which suggested Hutchinson’s 3 will release the device in November. Plus, let’s not forget we saw [...]