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  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 [...]

  Now ZiiLABS is talking business. The hyped launch at the CES didn’t help much Creative to pitch its Zii SoC. But the above video explains it all, why are they competent. The video, as promised shows ZMS-05 running Android and video content at 720p. We anticipated some 1080p hotness but maybe their press release [...]

  LG is in a mood of alliances. After signing the dotted line with Intel to develop MIDs based on Intel’s Moorestown platform, LG and Microsoft have entered into a new alliance that emphasizes LG to make Windows Mobile as the primary OS for its future phones. This according to their estimation, LG can bring [...]

  With so many phones and services announced at the MWC, Microsoft too had three important announcements to make, that according to them will shape the future of Windows phones. First was the official acknowledgement of Windows Mobile 6.5. No surprises here as Microsoft has got a completely new UI that is more finger friendly, [...]

  LG Electronics announced its association today with Intel for the development of a Mobile Internet Device (MID) that will be powered by Intel’s MID hardware platform, Moorestown. LG’s MID will be the very first to integrate Moorestown platform along with Intel’s Moblin 2.0 OS. Moorestown is the codename of second gen MID platform that [...]

  HTC announced two sexy upgrades, Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 to their successful Touch Pro and Touch Diamond. Touch Pro 2 looks like a massive overhaul over its predecessor that features a vivid 3.6-inch WVGA screen, tilt-able screen and a touch sensitive zoom bar on the front. It also has Straight Talk [...]

  As expected, Samsung has announced Ultrab S7220 known as Eltz and Ultras S7350. Both the phones have nothing much to offer except the 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and power LED. Ultrab S7220 specifications: Network: HSDPA 7.2 (900/2100MHz), EDGE/GPRS (850/900/1800/1900MHz) Display: 2.2″ AMOLED QVGA 262K Camera: 5-megapixel camera with Auto Focus, Power LED Smile [...]

Nokia finally announced the horizontal QWERTY phone, E75 and an unexpected E55. E55 has a compact QWERTY keyboard, which in other words is Nokia’s version of SureType keyboard. Both the phones come with GPS, 3 megapixel camera, N-gage and Ovi support. E55 also boasts a month of standby time. E75 will ship from March at [...]

  LG Electronics is also expected to pull a decent show at the MWC with over 30 phones and accessories that will be exhibited in different zones. Few notable from the lot are LG Arena (KM900), LG-GM730, LG-GD900 and LG-GC900. LG Arena has already been given the official status by LG that features LG’s 3D [...]

  Samsung has added five touchscreen phones in its Get in Touch with Samsung Mobile portfolio – S8300 Ultra Touch, Omnia HD, Beat DJ, Beat Disc and Blue Earth. S8300 and Blue Earth have got special mentions previously so we would rather delve in the mysterious three that were spotted on a billboard yesterday. Omnia [...]

  Sony Ericsson officially unwrapped W995 along with Idou yesterday. W995 packs no surprises – it has a 2.6-inch screen, 8.1 megapixel camera with flash, Walkman player, 3.5mm audio jack, aGPS, Wi-Fi, DLNA certified and support for Media Go software. Mediao Go helps to transfer multimedia files, converts and optimizes them with the best possible [...]

  Samsung finally announced the release date of 8MP Memoir that will be reaching the Americans via T-Mobile. The phone is due on Feb 25 at an affordable price of $299. Samsung officially unveiled (again) the phone at Mobile World Congress today and roped in model and photographer, Helena Christensen for the promotion. The device [...]

  After creating the world’s first 12MP camera sensor, a 12MP phone was in the offing too. Guess what, they have announced it but it won’t be released until the second half of this year. Dubbed as Idou (which will be christened with the model number when it launches), it features a 12Mp camera with [...]

  Nokia has a press event on Monday but a teaser posted on the Nseries blog has revealed something that could have been the biggest surprise by Nokia at the event. The post titled ‘Check out this picture!’ wants us to check the – skateboarder? – definitely not. It’s the EXIF data. Probing the image’s [...]

  Samsung has let out a few more details about its Projector phone. The phone will be out in Korea this month and will be sold under the model name W7900. Europeans on the other hand, will get it soon, by which I presume in March followed by the rest of the regions. Samsung has [...]