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Sony Ericsson smartphone: Worth the wait?
News ZDNet Labs' evaluation found that the handset not only incorporated a large number of features, but integrated them well and made them easy to use. The keypad is not always responsive, and the device, which is bulkier than the average handset, is...
[January 29, 2003, 13:31]
Siemens 3G handset heads for UK
News The U15 handset has the appearance of a standard mobile phone, with the addition of a high-resolution colour screen and two VGA cameras -- one facing the user, one facing away. Siemens on Thursday launched a 3G handset that could hit the UK as...
[October 9, 2003, 12:50]
Nuggets: Nokia's 3310 allows text chats with all your mates
News Here's a cheeky new handset from Nokia. You also get to send messages of up to 480 characters, and personalise the little beastie with new covers and screen savers. Yeah, we know that replaceable fronts are sooooo old hat, but as well as double...
[September 4, 2000, 8:41]
Sony Ericsson's first 3G phone 'to launch this quarter'
News It has two displays -- a main screen plus a smaller one on the outside of the handset -- and two cameras. Mobile phone users who are keen to get the hands on Sony Ericsson's first 3G phone may have to wait a little longer than they expected.
[January 14, 2004, 11:55]
RIM releases BlackBerry development tools
News Developers writing for the Storm can also take advantage of the handset's accelerometers — the internal sensors that make it possible for the screen orientation to flip from portrait to landscape when the phone is turned onto its side, or for...
[October 8, 2008, 16:23]
Carphone emails fuel iPhone scandal
Blog Comment Once again in the true cowboy spirit, carphone wharehouse show there true colours.i had lifeline on a handset which broke 31 days after it was purchased i was asked to pay the excess to have it REPAIRED even though it was 31 days old and a...
[December 17, 2007, 10:23]
Great-value feature-packed phone
Member Review Physically, the handset is not particularly attractive and does not feel particulary robust -- it also has very fiddly small buttons. But these shortcomings are more than compensated for by a very tidy OS and a great full-colour screen.
[December 17, 2003, 10:32]
Siemens joins fashion-phone craze
News The German handset maker plans to offer the Xelibri line at department stores and fashion retailers, instead of the usual phone stores. And the company took fashion to extremes when it introduced the $30,000 Vertu handset -- decorated with...
[January 28, 2003, 8:09]
A look at Nokia's Booklet 3G netbook
News Finnish handset-maker Nokia has unveiled its Booklet 3G netbook, the company's first venture into the PC-manufacturing business. Nokia's netbook will have a high-definition glass screen. The Windows-based device, announced on Monday, will have many...
[August 24, 2009, 15:33]
Sony Ericsson goes Windows Mobile
News The handset also utilises HSDPA (high-speed uplink) and HSUPA (high-speed downlink) connectivity. The X1 features an "arc slider" design, in that its screen slides and tilts upwards to reveal the Qwerty keyboard beneath.
[February 11, 2008, 10:30]
Google's Street View hits the handset
News Michael Siliski, the service's product manager, wrote in a Wednesday blog post that GMM could be used to see the image of a storefront after finding the store through a Google search on a handset. You can browse Street View overlaid on the map or...
[September 18, 2008, 13:53]
Microsoft zooms in on mobile browsing
News Alternatives to standard mobile web browsing have been a hot topic among handset users desiring a more computerlike experience, and zoom-in features appear to be the tools with which companies are tackling the issue — at least for now.
[April 2, 2007, 9:14]
Sendo hangs up on Microsoft smartphone platform
News Sendo, the UK handset maker that was one of the earliest hardware partners in Microsoft's Smartphone programme, has unexpectedly terminated its plans to sell a Microsoft-based device. Sendo included Sun Microsystems' Java technology in its Z100...
[November 7, 2002, 10:23]
Acer launches £199 subnotebook
News Morbello said that, for Acer, the Aspire One was "not an entry-level notebook", but should in fact be classified along with Acer's nascent handset business — the company bought the phone manufacturer Eten earlier this year for its expertise, and...
[June 3, 2008, 17:01]
Android 1.5 SDK made available for download
News Google led the creation of a consortium called the Open Handset Alliance to develop Android in an attempt to jump-start development of higher-end smartphones with sophisticated web browsers and other software.
[April 28, 2009, 8:47]
Nokia World 09 brings new smartphones, netbooks
News The annual two-day conference is the Finnish handset maker's chance to show off its latest products, which this year include its first netbook, the Booklet 3G, and its first Linux phone, the N900. The Mini is slightly smaller than the N97 and does...
[September 2, 2009, 16:59]
Digital media makes Bluetooth beeline for TV
News The handset functions as an MP3 music player and supports the MemoryStick Duo. Sony Ericsson also announced the release of the S700 tri-band mobile phone, with a 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.3-inch TFT colour screen and three modes of operation.
[March 9, 2004, 15:45]
PDA market remains buoyant
News While Nokia continues to lead the pack in phone sales and has done well with its 'smarter' 7650 handset and 9210 Communicator product, in general providers of stand-alone PDAs did better than vendors trying to combine phones and PDAs in all-in-one...
[January 28, 2003, 13:05]
Handspring slaps extra charge on UK buyers
News The devices most similar to Treo are Microsoft's upcoming Stinger smartphone, which includes reduced PDA capabilities and uses a numeric keypad for text input, and Ericsson's R380 Symbian smartphone, which combines a phone handset with an EPOC...
[October 15, 2001, 12:43]
Intel-iquette: Intel Releases Mobile Etiquette Report
Blog Considering that it was commissioned by a chip manufacturer and not an exclusive wireless handset manufacturer, I think it speaks volumes to where this company is positioning its chips for the future.
[October 20, 2009, 17:32]
