Phones Review

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• Mivvy push out Dual TV Touch , Dual Slide and Dual Nio handsets
• Nokia N96 Update v20.050 Available
• Motorola QA4 Evoke with Cricket on 3rd June
• AT&T gains Android Toting HTC Lancaster
• AT&T gains Nokia Thresher, Grouper, Snapper and Mako handsets
• HTC Touch Pro2 now with Verizon Wireless
• Palm Pre Off Contract With Best Buy for Huge $849.99
• Samsung Trinity, Pivot and Infinity head to AT&T
• KDDI Unveil Toshiba Biblio e-reader
• Nokia Ovi Store goes Worldwide Live
• Get entertainment, gossip, showbiz news on your mobile phone
• New iPhone at WWDC Almost certainly on the Cards
• Multiple Exchange Account support on Palm Pre
• iPhone Games Draw Japanese Developer Interest
• Pivotal Reduce Price of Podium in Expectation of New iPhone

Mivvy push out Dual TV Touch , Dual Slide and Dual Nio handsets Posted: 26 May 2009 05:07 AM PDT Czech Mobile company Mivvy has now introduced three dual SIM mobile phones, the mivvy Dual TV Touch, the mivvy Dual Slide and the mivvy Dual Nio reports unwiredview. Specs wise the mivvy Dual TV Touch sports a 2.6 inch QVGA touchscreen, 1.3 megapixel camera, MP3 player, WAP browser, FM radio, Bluetooth, tri-band GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900MHz, and TV tuner. The Dual Slide is a slider form factor with 2 inch display, a camera, Bluetooth and MP3 player while the Dual Nio retains the same spec as the Dual Slide with the exception of the display which is QVGA. All three mobile phones have dual SIM with the second SIM being on GSM 900/1800MHz

Nokia N96 Update v20.050 Available Posted: 26 May 2009 04:51 AM PDT The Nokia N96 has now received a firmware update to version 20.050. This latest Nokia N96 firware update brings with it the latest fixes so the N96 is more stable according to allaboutsymbian. Nokia N96 v20.050 includes Settings Wizard has reached version 5.0, Active Standby Email Plug-in is included to show new emails on Active Standby screen, Nokia Email client and Mail for Exchange (MfE) is now preloaded on the device. Furthermore, Audio Themes are supported; Slideshow can be used as wallpaper, Support of IAD (Independent Application Delivery), and WiFi Protected Setup.

Motorola QA4 Evoke with Cricket on 3rd June Posted: 26 May 2009 04:41 AM PDT The Motorola QA4 Evoke is now to be offered by Cricket, however the Motorola QA4 Evoke is not yet available but there is a pre-order page posted online which states the Motorola QA4 Evoke will cost $279.99 with an expected shipping date of the 3rd of June. Furthermore, mobileburn states that once the Motorola QA4 Evoke is purchased from cricket the user will require an appropriate data service which Cricket offer beginning at $15 per month. Spec reminder: 2.8 inch WQVGA touchscreen, full browser, 2 megapixel camera, widgets support, media player, video and photo sharing, Bluetooth and microSD expansion slot.

AT&T gains Android Toting HTC Lancaster Posted: 26 May 2009 04:30 AM PDT With the possibility of Verizon Wireless gaining access to the iPhone, AT&T may just be gearing up to enter the Google Android arena with the launch of the Android platform packing HTC Lancaster. According to pcworld, AT&T will launch the HTC Lancaster in August and will be AT&T's first venture into the world of Android. The AT&T branded Lancaster sports the Android platform, a full sliding QWERTY keyboard, 2.8 inch QVGA touch screen, AGPS, EDGE 850/1900MHz, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, 3 megapixel camera with fixed focus and more unique skin and social messaging.

AT&T gains Nokia Thresher, Grouper, Snapper and Mako handsets Posted: 26 May 2009 04:17 AM PDT Nokia intends to deliver several new mobile phones to AT&T over the next few months according to engadet mobile and is the Nokia Mako, Nokia Thresher and Nokia Snapper, and Nokia Grouper. The Nokia Mako is a slide-slider QWERTY handset with S60 platform, dual-band HSDPA, 2 megapixel camera, 2.4 inch QVGA display, Video Share, AGPS, microSD slot and possibly a 2.5mm jack and is expected on the 5th of June. The Nokia Snapper is a low end handset with tri-band HSDPA, AGPS, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1 which is expected to land in August. The Nokia Thresher and Grouper comes with S40 innards and are both HSDPA with AGPS; the Thresher has a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash while the Grouper dumps down to a 2 megapxel camera. The Nokia Grouper is expected in July while the Nokia Thresher is expected in September.

HTC Touch Pro2 now with Verizon Wireless Posted: 26 May 2009 04:04 AM PDT The latest word on the HTC Touch Pro2 is that the smartphone will now be joining Verizon Wireless according to a report over at ubergizmo. Verizon Wireless will now join the likes of AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile USA who already offer the HTC Touch Pro2 smartphone. There is however no word on price tag or release date for the Verizon branded HTC Touch Pro2, but with the impending landing of the new Palm Pre and a possible new iPhone in the offering, will the Verizon Touch Pro2 be able to compete?

Palm Pre Off Contract With Best Buy for Huge $849.99 Posted: 26 May 2009 03:54 AM PDT The Palm Pre smartphone has a regular list price with Best Buy at a rather expensive $849.99, this price sounds somewhat extreme to me and no doubt to many. That huge $849.99 off contract price for the Palm Pre with Best Buy is leaps and bounds away from Sprint's supposed $550 off contract price. Could this then be a ploy by Best Buy to make sure no one will be leaving a Best Buy store with a Palm Pre in hand without a "Simply Everything" plan attached to the handset? I mean who in their right minds would fork over such a ludicrous amount?

Samsung Trinity, Pivot and Infinity head to AT&T Posted: 26 May 2009 03:35 AM PDT Today we hear that three more Samsung mobile phones are heading for AT&T courtesy of Intomobile, and are the Samsung Infinity, Samsung Pivot, and Samsung Trinity. The Samsung Infinity is an all touch screen handset with a 3 inch WVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, HSDPA, a-GPS, media player, microSD slot and IM client and expected with AT&T on the 20th of July. The Samsung Trinity is Samsung's 1st 2-way slider handset with both numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard with a 2.8 inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, HSDPA, a-GPS, microSD slot and media player, and expected on the 8th of August. The Samsung Pivot is a Windows Mobile QWERTY expected on the 5th of October and features a 2.6 inch QVGA touch screen, 3 megapixel camera, HSDPA, a-GPS, WiFi and microSD slot.

KDDI Unveil Toshiba Biblio e-reader Posted: 26 May 2009 03:23 AM PDT KDDI has now unveiled a Toshiba "e-reader" and akihabara news has shown the Toshiba Biblio to the mobile space. The Toshiba Biblio is a type of Kindel and features a 35. Inch LCDm a 5.1 megapixel camera, WiFi, ahs 7GB of onboard storage, an electronic dictionary, and slide out keyboard with numeric in portrait and QWERTY in landscape mode. Currently there is no word on what the Toshiba Biblio will cost to purchase or when it is likely to become available but we will let you know as soon as we hear anything.

Nokia Ovi Store goes Worldwide Live Posted: 26 May 2009 03:11 AM PDT For a while now the likes of Australia and Singapore have been enjoying the Nokia Ovi Store while the rest of the world simply sat by waiting to gain access to Nokia's application store. Well now those two countries are about to lose their exclusivity as engadget mobile reports that the Nokia Ovi Store has now gone live everywhere. So all you patient Nokia sporting fans out there can now hit up store.ovi.com via your handset browser and begin grabbing whatever you like and start putting a few euros into Nokia and developer's pockets.

Get entertainment, gossip, showbiz news on your mobile phone Posted: 26 May 2009 02:57 AM PDT Do you love Britain's Got Talent 2009? Well if so get all the latest showbiz news, hot gossip, and style and celebrity news delivered to your mobile phone with Yahoo! Entertainment. With Yahoo! Entertainment you can easily keep up with the showbiz gossip on your favourite celebrity, including great stuff like fan sites, news and photos and much more besides while mobile. The user can add their preferred news sources so they can stay on top of the latest Hollywood chitchat. There is also Yahoo! oneSearch which delivers instant access to reviews, movie screening times and even directions to the user's local cinema.

New iPhone at WWDC Almost certainly on the Cards Posted: 26 May 2009 02:43 AM PDT Apple's WWDC 2009 draws closer and with it the rumours of a new iPhone grow, but the question whether WWDC actually deliver a new iPhone seems a forgone conclusion states a report on fierce developer. Reports say AT&T is running out of the iPhone 3G and customer service is saying they don't expect to restock. T-Mobile Australia posted a website placeholder advertising a 32GB iPhone. There is an abundance of news and rumour and speculation all pointing heavily towards a new iPhone unveiling at WWDC. However, the most compelling thing is that Sprint is to launch the Palm Pre just 2 days before WWDC. Apple isn't just going to stand by and let the Pre grab the attention from WWDC, so there is a strong possibility that Apple will indeed introduce a new iPhone at WWDC.

Multiple Exchange Account support on Palm Pre Posted: 26 May 2009 02:27 AM PDT The Palm Pre smartphone can sync with multiple Microsoft Exchange accounts via ActiveSync, states a report over on jkontherun. This is a leap in technology as apparently not even Windows Mobile devices can support multiple Microsoft Exchange accounts, and the Apple iPhone only supports a single Microsoft Exchange account, and the Google branded Android platform doesn't support it either. The news of Multiple Microsoft Exchange accounts support is mentioned in internal Sprint documentation and there is also mention of DataViz Documents To Go will be installed in ROM for viewing Microsoft Office on the Palm Pre.

iPhone Games Draw Japanese Developer Interest Posted: 26 May 2009 02:16 AM PDT According to an article on Cnet, more Japanese mobile game developers want to develop games for the Apple iPhone according to a recent survey. The survey conducted by Japanese middleware developer CRI apparently polled 102 Japanese game developers and the results showed 18% of those polled already have games released for the iPhone. 16% are working on games for the iPhone and a further 87% have stated they are interested in developing for the iPhone platform. 64.7% of developers have said that the capacity to release in more than 80 countries is a good draw, 42.2% stated ease of purchasing via iTunes and 55.9% said it was the size of the market.

Pivotal Reduce Price of Podium in Expectation of New iPhone Posted: 26 May 2009 02:02 AM PDT The producer of Podium, the leading desktop stand for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, Pivotal has announced a temporary reduction in the price of the Podium in anticipation of the new iPhone 2009. This move by Pivotal is to reduce inventory of Podium for the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G due to the expectation of Apple introducing the new iPhone in June at WWDC in San Francisco, CA. Pivotal has implemented the reduction in price of the Poduim from $68.00 down to $48.00 and this reduction will be for a limited amount of time.