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We’ve got the first pictures of C5 candybar phone from the Nokia’s trademarked CSeries. DailyMobile got hold of the images and to be honest, the phone looks like just another Nokia candybar. The phone will be unveiled at the MWC in Spain this month and features S60 v3 with FP2 OS, HSPA, 3.2MP camera, 2.2-inch [...]

 
Well, well we’ve got the first picture of the rumored Galaxy 2. Not sure if it’s real but Androphone, claims a lot of things in addition to the image. Except for the large 4-inch AMOLED display from the last rumor, the site claims similar specs. The Galaxy 2 will purportedly have a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen [...]

 
Nvidia had a decent display of Tegra 2 devices at CES early this month but most devices shown were internet tablets. Now Fudzilla has gathered some information that says that Nvidia will be showing couple of new tablets and “other” devices at MWC next month. There are no prizes for guessing that those “other” devices [...]

 
CES did not have the slightest mention of Windows Mobile 7 but the MWC starting next month will supposedly be filled with it. In an analyst briefing, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division President Robbie Bach confirmed that Microsoft is going to reveal the next Windows Mobile platform. Bach said that the “(WM7) has set the [...]

 
Hero has been doing really well for HTC and to cash in on its Hero brand, the Taiwanese company is looking to unveil the Sense UI toting Android phone early next year. Patrik Andersson who has been snagged from LG to increase HTC sales in Sweden has confirmed the Hero follow up handset will be [...]

 
Despite the massive avalanche of mobile devices last week at the MWC, one more thing that caught attention was the pick pocketing of an HTC phone (either Touch Pro 2 or Touch Diamond 2) given to Telstra’s CEO Sol Trujillo. Even though the theft’s motive is unclear, the thief had an access to three major [...]

 
Apart from iPod, Hyundai has also got a penchant towards the human friendly marine mammal. Another phone that was exhibited at the MWC was MB-490i, which when looked from the side, has a silhouette of a dolphin. Features-wise, the phone has a WQVGA touchscreen with touch sensitive navigation, 2 megapixel camera, Yamaha speakers, Bluetooth, music [...]

 
Caribbean cellular operator, Digicel along with ZTE have announced Coral-200-Solar which will be the first ultra low cost handset powered by solar energy. Of course, this phone doesn’t have features to boast like Samsung or LG’s solar prototype but Digicel says the low cost can prove beneficial to almost two billion people who are deprived [...]

 
Hyundai maybe good at designing cars but they are definitely lagging in the CE industry. They decided to come out with a music centric phone and what better way than to attract the iPod loving crowd – with an iPod like phone. Hyundai B400 is similar to iPod’s design, it’s just the touchscreen display and [...]

 
X120 made a brief appearance at CES last month but apparently, was not ready for the real world. Well, LG seems this is the time and have announced the X120 at the MWC that will take the helm from X110. The netbook’s notable features are the Smart-on facility for quicker access to multimedia, internet and [...]

 
It was least expected but SoC makers have garnered the much needed attention at this year’s MWC that could shape the future of phones and other devices. We have already seen ZiiLabs showing their ZMS-05 SoC running Android and doing HD playback at 720p. Now Nvidia has announced their Tegra 600 Series SoC that claims [...]

 
Lenovo and Blackberry maker revealed a nifty solution for people using Blackberry device and Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. Called as Constant Connect, it is a card that can be inserted in the laptop that automatically synchronizes all the e-mails from Blackberry to the PC via Bluetooth.
The functioning of the card is pretty simple. As it [...]

 
Nokia E55 is not alone mimicking the SureType keyboard. This time it’s LG with their HQ phone. HQ is a Windows smartphone (non touchscreen) device running WinMo 6.1 with an intuitive 3D home screen interface and features a 528MHz processor with RAM/ROM of 128MB/256MB, supports quad-band GSM, 3G, Wi-Fi, 2MP camera, Bluetooth and microSD slot. [...]

 
LG is not concerned to give away the technical specs right now because GD900 is not about megapixels or multimedia or the internet. It is about the new design, new gimmick that LG reckons could sell a decent number of units. The keypad is made from glass-like material making it transparent and illuminating it when [...]

 
It was sort of official but needed a confirmation, which we have got now. Nokia unveiled its first 8MP phone N86 that claims to take the place of a stand-alone digital camera. It has got a wide angle Carl Zeiss optics with dual LED lens. The phone has GPS, N-gage support, kickstand, TV-Out and 8GB [...]