Samsung Omnia Pro gets fondled, Omnia 2 gets less appealing
While Samsung fans on this side of the world ogle the Omnia 2, our Asian brothers and sisters across the globe are already eying bigger and better things. Ahhh, the Omnia Pro B7610. GSMArena managed to get its mitts on a Pro and the site most definitely took it for a spin. The form is [...]
AT&T/Rogers 3G-ready Samsung I8000 Omnia 2 clears FCC; hands on video slips out
Sammy fans in the US (and perhaps Canada) have cause for celebration as the FCC has just given the upcoming Omnia2 its coveted nod of approval. Preliminary documentation is limited but at least one tasty tidbit can be gleaned — this little guy is packing UMTS 850/1900. That’s right people, AT&T and Rogers’ 3G frequencies [...]
Is this the HTC Leo aka Firestone?
Here’s a rendering of the purported Snapdragon powered HTC Leo aka Firestone. According to WMPowerUser’s sources, the Firestone will be a media-centric device with hot-swappable microSD card and rather large speakers on the front and back. Aside from the 1GHz Qualcomm processor, the WinMo device will include a 5-megapixel AF camera with dual-LED flash, Wi-Fi, [...]
HTC Leo gets spec’d; mmmmm, Snapdragon
Earlier this week we reported some rumored details of the upcoming HTC Leo and today it looks like things are now getting flushed out a bit. Actually, it looks like the Leo may turn out the be the HTC Firestone we first saw back in January. While all this is still in the rumor [...]
More pics of Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 surface; announcement imminent?
Historically speaking, an increased frequency in live shots generally indicates that an official announcement isn’t far off. Sony Ericsson fans can only hope that’s the case as a new round of pics bubble up to show off the forthcoming Xperia X2 aka Vulcan lounging around with its underachieving little brother, the Xperia X1. Sure we’ve [...]
Adobe’s Mobile Flash to get accelerometer, multi-touch support in 2010
One of the big topics at our MobileBeat 2009 conference last week was whether the future of smartphones lies in native mobile applications that we download, or in rich mobile websites that we access through our web browser. Now Adobe may be giving websites a boost — it has plans to release a mobile version [...]
Rumor time: HTC Leo Edition
The internet is abuzz this morning with the rumor that a new clamshell smartphone is coming soon from HTC. Evidence of the handset, codenamed LEO, is said to have been found within a TouchFLO 3D 2.5 “Manilla” ROM. Its purported specs include a full-QWERTY keypad, external QVGA display, internal 16:9 WVGA display, support for OpenGL [...]
LG GW600 graces FCC on its way to AT&T
Watch out, Nokia E71x, it looks like there’s another slim smartphone gearing up to try to steal your thunder. While it certainly doesn’t appear to be able to lay claim to “AT&T’s thinnest smartphone” title, it certainly does look like the upcoming LG GW600 will be popular within enterprise circles — provided there are a [...]
Nissan creates iPhone game — in the form of an advertisement
Car maker Nissan wanted to advertise its new Nissan Cube car, and so it created an iPhone game that lets users customize the car — just as they can in real life.
To do so, Nissan turned to Double Fusion, an advertising company that places ads within games.
The free game, called “cubeparty roundup,” lets you use the iPhone’s [...]
App Roundup: four apps that try to make a good game better
When you can’t think of your own original game, steal someone else’s and make it better (or don’t). That’s the motto of this week’s app roundup, where we feature four games that attempt to improve on an existing classic.
App #1: The iPhone is just perfect for racing games, and so many have been made for [...]
