While the BlackBerry still is one of a businessman’s best friend, it still faces some challenges when it comes with the Apple iPhone and Google Android-powered phone. And after years of constantly trying to outdo the popular phones (and, in some cases, failing – such as the BlackBerry Touch), the Torch is its latest attempt to revamp the brand.
It may be old news, but while we were out of action for the New Year holiday, turns out there were leaked images of a new Motorola phone, after being retrieved by Cell Phone Signal.
As we near the end of the year, we also approach the galore of rumours ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month. This one, coming from the blog titled Blog of Mobile!! (and yes, it does come from Japan), is supposedly a new Sony Ericsson phone that has not been revealed.
LG has started to slowly unveil its 2011 smartphone lineup, with the first one that will make the geeks drool. Called the LG Optimus 2X, the phone features an 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor. Yes, you heard that, a dual-core processor, and LG claims it is the first in the phone to feature such. Now, the smartphones wars are getting more interesting.
Nokia’s attempt to beat the iPhone in its own game of slim, touchscreen mobile devices continues with the latest incarnation of its attempt to stay relevant – the Nokia N8. With better features such as a 12 megapixel camera with flash, 3.5-inch screen and expandable memory, does it succeed in attempting to better the competition?
The KIN. Developed by Microsoft in order to try to appeal with the youth market with a fancy website that stores your photos and messages, let you post on your social network and text. Hmm, about every other phone then? And it was the biggest flop of the year, getting axed just within months of the launch and its European launched cancelled.
It feels like the longest episode so far, but it’s apparently not. Yes, the whole team is back… before they left again. However, not before we go through all the week’s Apple stories that managed to take up 15 minutes of the episode. Yes. You heard that. You might as well skip the 15 minutes.
Telstra and Vodafone will become the recipients of HTC’s new Windows Phone 7 lineup, lining them up as exclusive phones to kick start their Windows Phone 7 offerings in Australia.
The HTC HD7 (pictured above) is Windows Phone 7′s answer to HTC’s own Android-run EVO, and features a large 4.3 screen with a kickstand, similar to the HTC Evo. It has a 1GHz processor, 16GB of storage, a 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and 720p HD recording and support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
With Motorola success with the Android platform, we expected that Motorola will milk this cash cow until it doesn’t provide any more. And it did just that, with a new enterprise-level Android-powered smartphone called the DROID PRO, featuring a 1GHz processor – similar to the rest of the DROID line.
Thought HTC couldn’t get better? Well, it just proven that wrong. The popular mobile maker has announced two new phones that will join its lineup of Android phones – the Desire HD and the Desire Z. The two phones will run on Android, and will be out in major European and Asian markets. Desire Z is to be released in North America later in the year.
When we got the phone in our grubby hands, it was a Telstra exclusive. Days later, it was a phone on all carriers. This is the LG Optimus, one of two running on Android, and the only one here in Australia. However, with rival carriers Optus and Vodafone/3 carrying the phone on a cheaper plan than Telstra’s, is this phone a budget phone or a full-fledged phone? As well, how does it live up with the other Android phones?
While iPhones get more press attention when leaked, and certainly some Android phones, there’s not much said about any leaks on Nokia’s phones – unless they happen to be a really really good phone. And we are placing bets this will be one too.
RUMOUR MILL: A report has claimed that Sony Ericsson is working on creating a brand new Android phone that will feature a new gaming ecosystem based around the Playstation.
The report, from Engadget, claims that the Phone will be a cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go, and features the controls of the PSP Go instead of a QWERTY keyboard.
HTC has experienced a major leak on its two supposedly new and upcoming phones for both Android and Windows Phone 7 after video has emerged on the web showing the two, and both were reported by the same team (though on supposedly different websites which are known as 247Android and 247WindowsPhone).
We knew it was coming. RIM has announced a brand new phone, called the Torch, that hopes to compete with the other touchscreen offerings from Motorola, HTC and, of course, the iPhone. The phone will be running on the AT&T network in the US, with no word on Australian availability.