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Still remember those fancy looking handsets leaked as the Motorola Verizon 2009 line-up late last year? Well, the latest word on the interwebz is that the Inferno, now known as the Torch, might be released sooner than later. Some have also referred to the Inferno as the Blaze 2 or Krave 2, but now...

Those hoping for Yahoo phone to become available soon will be disappointed to know that the new CEO, Carol Bartz, has nixed the project. Dubbed as the Yahoo One Phone, the collaborative effort with Motorola and AT&T now faces an uncertain future thanks to reception that the prototype got from...

Here’s a preview of one of the new phones that Samsung might be putting on display at the World Mobile Congress. The new Sasmung S3500 is an entry-level slider that comes with a QVGA 262K color display, 2-megapixel camera, quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900MHz), Bluetooth, FM...

Sure, we already know that a T-Mobile G2 is on its way, but it seems that we could expect more than one Android phone to debut this year as well. Based on an interview with Fierce Wireless, T-Mobile’s senior vice president of engineering and operations, Neville Ray, disclosed the following: As...

Some of you might have been holding out on updating your iPhone firmware to 2.2.1 so as to preserve its jailbreak and unlocking state, but worry no more, the iPhone Dev Team has release iPhone 2.2.1 Jailbreak to address this latest firmware from Apple. They do note, however, that if you plan to...

With the World Mobile Congress fast approaching, rumors that Dell will finally come out with a mobile phone of their own have started to flare up once again. According to Wall Street Journal, the renowned PC maker could debut or just simply announce a handset as early as next month. Dell has already...

Apple continues to improve on their performance in the mobile phone industry as they’ve now managed to snag 1.1% of global sales by the end of 2008. That’s a considerable improvement since they only had 0.3% market share back in 2007, and it even bested their expectation of 1%. As a result,...

If you were a victim of the Curse of Silence or just still feel vulnerable after reading about the existence of such a threat, then maybe this latest bit of news will ease some of your fears. Nokia has come out with a fix for the Curse of Silence threat. You can download it from here to your PC...

We haven’t heard from i-mate for quite a while now, but if the latest buzz on the internet is true, they could be making a huge return come February. The report states that the Dubai-based company is planning to unveil a ‘revolutionary’ handset at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next...

Nokia isn’t wasting anytime in revealing their new handsets for 2009 as they’ve just announced 3 new Classic phones to kick things off for this new year. The 6700 Classic is an update of their highly successful Nokia 6300 mobile phone. Based on its looks alone, we have no doubt it will equal...

The last we heard about the Samsung 8-megapixel Memoir was late last year when it passed by the FCC, but after that, things were pretty silent back at the T-Mobile camp. Well, those of you waiting for this 8-megapixel monster camera phone will be happy to know that it could hit store shelves on...

If you think you’ve seen the most luxurious iteration of the Nokia 8800 in the Gold Arte, you’re sadly mistaken. Goldstriker’s Stuart and Katherine Hughes of the UK is planning to release a diamond and platinum designed 8800 aptly called the Nokia Royal. It showcases 1160 tiny diamonds...

If you’re a Sony Ericsson mobile phone owner, you might want to read this interesting bit of news. Apparently, their BST-33 Li-Polymer battery is showing signs that it could be a ticking lawsuit just waiting to happen. Even though it's supposed to be more stable and less prone to swelling and...

The Bell Palm Centro is looking more certain to debut on February 2 as the dummy phones have now started to arrive. The sign in the picture that states that it shouldn’t be displayed until February 2 is almost a give-away as to when the launch day is, but nothing beats an old-fashioned official...

Aside from the usual big names to watch out for at the Mobile World Congress happening in February, we can also look forward to Acer debuting their first smartphone. This, in turn, will likewise end months of speculation on whether Acer will truly join the mobile phone industry or not. There are no...

It looks like the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 will indeed become available on Fido if this blurry image is proven to be authentic. We’ve already heard before that the Pearl 8100 could possibly be the first among several BlackBerry phones to offered under the Fido network. While we had nothing concrete...

It’s not the first time we've heard a company promise an Android phone, but this is probably the first ever promise of a dual-SIM capable Android phone since the T-Mobile G1 debuted late last year. The company behind this ambitious mobile phone is General Mobile. They’re pretty much unknown in...

Showing their support for LG Electronics Canada, Bell Mobility is now accepting the return of some 45,000 LG 150 phones bought by their clients. This is in light of the recall of all LG 150 phones which have been found to no longer meet the Radio Standards Specifications 102 (RSS 102) standards....

The Push to Talk-enabled BlackBerry Curve 8350i is now available on Telus's Mike network. It’s more or less the same BlackBerry Curve 8350, but now supports iDEN 800Mhz and 900 MHz networks and comes with Push to Talk functionality. This is certainly a welcome addition to the mobile phone line-up...

Those who own an HTC Touch Pro will be the first to get to try out the new FireFox Mobile internet browser if everything goes to plan. According to the Mozilla Wiki page, the first week of February is the target release date of the Fennec mobile browser for the HTC Touch Pro. Other Windows Mobile...