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UPDATE: Product Page added below. The small FAQ on the page says “the handset will be available at Airtel Authorised Stores very soon” and will mostly be bundled with a 3G plan.
While most countries are waiting for the updated version of iPhone, Indians will officially be getting the iPhone 3GS soon. Airtel, India’s biggest [...]

 
UPDATE: BGR says these are just mock ups.
If we believe BBleaks’ best source then we’re looking at the first images of upcoming Blackberry OS 6.0. The screenshots do not reveal much except for the alarm menu that looks nice and touch-friendly. BBleaks reckons the screen captures were taken from a device with a display [...]

 
It’s taken couple of weeks but HTC has responded to Apple’s iPhone patent-infringing claims. In a press release issued today, HTC disapproved Apple’s allegations and confirmed that they’ll “fully defend” themselves in the court room. HTC further said that they try to tackle competition through innovation and emphasized on their ‘technology firsts’ which are as [...]

 
We’ve got a new photo of an LG W7PS phone doing the rounds. The image was initially published at Neowin but has magically disappeared which hints that the phone could be legit which LG didn’t want us to see.
Anyways, not much details have been gathered here but it’s expected to have a QWERTY keyboard [...]

 
Slowly and steadily Google’s Nexus One is spreading its wings. Just yesterday, Google announced Nexus One with support of AT&T and now we’ve got a confirmation from Sprint that Google’s baby is reaching their network too. The pricing and availability is not yet decided but Sprint has confirmed that it be sold only through
Google’s online [...]

 
HTC Desire packs every feature to be desirable but if that brown color has kept you away from it, how about a silver colored variant? A silver Desire has been snapped alongside the less beautiful brown version and though it is claimed to be an exclusive to Dutch’s BelCompany, we think the silver version will [...]

 
Eager I5700 Galaxy Spica might have jumped into the Android 2.1 pool early but for those who were waiting; Samsung has officially released the Android 2.1 update for Galaxy Spica. The update has been initially rolled out in Germany and will be released gradually in the rest of the regions.
The update will be available [...]

 
Google’s Nexus One does work with almost every GSM operator due to its factory unlocked settings but it cannot take advantage of 3G from operators operating on a different band. AT&T and Rogers Wireless were one of them, which is why Google has announced a compatible version of Nexus One that will support 3G network [...]

 
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series demo at the MIX conference revealed two new devices in addition to LG’s known QWERTY slider. The phone pictured on the left and center belong to Samsung and Asus respectively. Although the intrinsic details are still kept under wraps, Samsung’s device seems to be modified version of Omnia HD (that [...]

 
A picture of an upcoming Nokia phone has been leaked. The phone will be known as C6 and as the picture suggests, it will have a touchscreen display with horizontal sliding QWERTY keyboard. The device seems to be inspired from N97 but has some noticeable keyboard differences. For starters, the navigation pad is included but [...]

 
Aircel seems to be on a roll these days. After bringing Peek to India, they’ll be selling INQ’s Mini 3G and Chat 3G phones. The phones are manufactured by UK’s INQ Mobiles and cater to users seeking social networking features in phones at an affordable price.
Samsung’s Corby and LG’s Cookie range cater to the [...]

 
Vodafone UK has now announced the release date of HTC’s recently unveiled Legend and Desire phones. The phones will be retailing in April but interested users can register with Vodafone for updates. HTC Legend will be exclusive to Vodafone UK and will integrate bunch of Vodafone’s 360 services like Vodafone Music and MyWeb. These services [...]

 
Just like we had someone from XDA Developers forum claiming HD3, we’ve got another forum user claiming the existence of Touch Pro3. The forum user says he got the info from HTC’s main European distributor and the phone will be out in summer. The phone’s specs are still a mystery but is tipped to be [...]

 
Samsung just announced two new phones for AT&T. The full touchscreen Sunburst (SGH-A697) and vertical QWERTY slider Strive (SGH-A687) will start selling in AT&T stores from March 21. Sunburst sports a very interesting design, which kind of breaks the mold from the Samsung touchscreen phones we’re used to see offlate. The “sleek, futuristic black and [...]

 
Google and Chinese government’s showdown has risked a lot of companies that used Google services. Motorola was one of them who used their Google Search and Maps for Android phones. However, now they’ve announced that beginning this quarter, Motorola will offer Microsoft’s Bing Search and Maps services on their Android phones. Quite a win for [...]