Digia recently announced that it has successfully integrated TD-SCDMA, aka Chinese 3G, to Nokia S60 platform using Digia Telephony solution earlier created for GSM and WCDMA. The solution was demonstrated in Beijing, China using TD-SCDMA/EDGE modem by ST-NXP Wireless and T3G Technologies as well as China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA 3G network. Commenting on the announcement, Digia’s Jari-Pekka Heikkil [...]

Again we’re talking about the Olympics and how companies are trying to take advantage of the summer games to grab some media attention. Today we bring you the story of two large companies, Lenovo and Intel, which have partnered to release a free mobile widget through Zumobi. The cool widget showcases content from Lenovo’s “Voices” and [...]

Brazil’s newest mobile operator Unicel plans to launch commercial services in Sao Paulo metropolitan area on September 7th, under the brand name Aeiou. Unicel acquired a GSM licence in October of last year for BRL 93.8 million ($60 million), and is now looking to attract 500,000 subscribers in its first year of operations. So far the company [...]

We’re not sure whether we should trust the image above or not, but it certainly would be nice to see the HTC Touch Diamond in some other color than black. Not that the black Diamond is ugly, quite the contrary, but seeing it shining with the red back makes the device look even more fashionable, [...]

Google is paying more attention to the Symbian S60 devices. I never realized why it took them so long to optimize some of their services (Picasa Web Albums) for S60, when we know there are few times more S60 devices out there than any other smartphones. Anyway, the search giant has announced that it has made [...]

Just in time for the Olympics, Samsung has unveiled a new eco-friendly phone - E200 Eco. The entry-level candybar is designed for those people who: a) care about the ecology (who doesn’t these days), and b) don’t look for anything fancy, but for a simply phone that can also be used as an MP3 player. [...]

Accidentally or not, Palm has leaked their upcoming phone - Treo 850 aka Treo Pro. User “scottymomo” broke the story on WMExperts forums and from then on, virtually all major blogs covered it. Not much is known at this stage. However, we can see a standard 3.5mm audio jack, WiFi, touchscreen and a very cool casing. [...]

Polo Ralph Lauren is all proud to announce that it is the first luxury retailer to launch a mobile commerce site, in an effort to “stay ahead of a trend that is making its way from Asia to the United States.” Even though mobile commerce is more suited to younger generation, the company’s senior VP of [...]

Roughly a month ago we talked about Winterface, the Windows Mobile user interface application which makes the smartphones running Microsoft’s mobile OS look cooler than ever. VITO Technology has recently released the updated version to bring several improvements, including: Change in gestures - now the application is started with the help of the upside down tick [...]

The New York Times is quoting several sources familiar with T-Mobile's plans as having said that the carrier's HTC-built Android smartphone could be announced as early as September for an October availability date. Read the full story here.

The Palm Treo Pro, initially thought to have been named the 850, has been outed by...Palm. A flash presentation on the Treo Pro was spotted on a public Palm training website. Read the full story here.

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Orange UK appears to be the first carrier in Europe to launch the BlackBerry Bold. The RIM BlackBerry Bold offers ultrafast data speeds with HSDPA and WiFi support, and also sports a built-in GPS receiver. Read the full story here.

A photo of a Verizon Mobile Email slide shows that Verizon plans to launch its Mobile Email application on several unannounced phones, including the Motorola VU30 and Samsung U440. Read the full story here.

Sprint has finally released details on the massive update planned for its popular Samsung Instinct. This update addresses several issues with Sprint TV, Sprint Radio, and other applications. Read the full story here.

A new Juniper Research’s analysis, “Mobile Payment Markets: Money Transfers and Remittances 2008-2013,” forecasts that Service Provider revenues, derived from mobile money transfer services and remittances, will exceed $5 billion globally by 2013 - based on the commissions and charges that they will acquire from the gross value of money transactions made. According to the research [...]

With 62.5% market share Nokia is the dominant mobile phone maker in India. Sony Ericsson holds 13% of the market and to tackle the competition, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker plans to release the Bravia-branded mobile phones in the country. Sony Ericsson already sells Walkman and Cyber-shot branded handsets world wide, while Bravia mobile phones are at [...]