Archive for May, 2010

Nokia E73 Mode Heading to T-Mobile

Posted by PhoneFreak on Thursday, 20 May, 2010

Nokia E73 Mode
It looks like Nokia fans on T-Mobile will have more choice than the Nuron and some low-end candybar phones next month. A tipster has sent a screenshot to TmoNews that shows off the new Nokia E73, named the “Mode” for T-Mobile, that shows a photo of the device and says it will be arriving on June 16. The E73 Mode will support 3G and Wi-Fi as well as Wi-Fi calling and it looks like it has a similar physical QWERTY keyboard and optical d-pad as the E72. Other information, like pricing, is unknown at this time but we’ll keep you updated as we learn more.

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Motorola Quench available via Rogers

Posted by PhoneFreak on Wednesday, 19 May, 2010

Motorola Quench

Rogers has just launched its first Android smartphone from Motorola, the Motorola Quench (already available at T-Mobile USA as Motorola Cliq XT).

The Quench is Motorola’s only MotoBlur handset to come without a hardware QWERTY keyboard. Unfortunately, it runs Android 1.5 , however, it will probably be updated to Android 2.1 soon.

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HTC Wildfire to hit T-Mobile UK on June 14

Posted by PhoneFreak on Wednesday, 19 May, 2010

HTC Wildfire

Although Virgin Mobile was the first to announce it’s bringing the HTC Wildfire to the UK, it looks like the first UK carrier to actually launch the smartphone will be T-Mobile.

The Wildfire is now featured on T-Mobile UK’s website, in the coming soon section, and the carrier says on Twitter that customers will be able to buy the handset starting June 14. Last time I checked, June was in the second quarter of the year, so this might be a mistake, since HTC officially said the Wildfire (which runs Android 2.1) would only be out in the third quarter.

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Samsung i5500 The first Corby with Android 2.1

Posted by PhoneFreak on Wednesday, 19 May, 2010

Samsung i5500

It seems that the Samsung i5500 could very well be the first Corby handset from the South Korean manufacturer that runs on the Android 2.1 operating system. Basically, we’ve more or less lost track of the number of Corby handsets that there are out there, but so far none of them sport the Android platform. The Samsung GT-i5500 which was recently approved by the Wi-Fi alliance, will reportedly come with GPS support, 3G and Bluetooth connectivity, a built-in touchscreen display, and a photo camera. It has already been approved by the FCC,

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LG LU2300 Optimus Q, Korean-Only Android-based Phone

Posted by PhoneFreak on Wednesday, 19 May, 2010

LG LU2300 Optimus Q

Officially announced in South Korea last month, the LG LU2300 will be commercialized as LG Optimus Q and it should be available starting the end of May, via LG Telecom (South Korea’s third largest mobile carrier).

The LU2300 is LG’s second Android handset to be named Optimus, after the GT540, and it looks like there will be a whole series of Optimus phones, most probably all running Android.

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HTC Wildfire announced

Posted by PhoneFreak on Tuesday, 18 May, 2010

HTC Wildfire

HTC has officially announced the HTC Wildfire, a new Android 2.1 smartphone that resembles the already-available HTC Desire, although it’s smaller and comes with not so advanced features. As you may recall, the hew handset’s name was chosen by HTC fans via Facebook

With the Wildfire, HTC plans to make the HTC Sense experience available to young mobile users for the first time. The smartphone will be available in several color versions (including black, white and red), featuring a 3.2 inch QVGA touchscreen display, HSDPA, GPS, Wi-Fi, Friend Stream application (for access to Facebook, Twitter and Flickr), 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 528MHz Qualcomm processor, and MicroSD card support.

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Nexus One runs Windows 3.11

Posted by PhoneFreak on Tuesday, 18 May, 2010

Nexus One runs Windows 3.11

One poor Nexus One phone is pushed to runs Windows 3.11. In the finest DOSBox tradition, one gentleman recently imbued his Googlephone with Windows 3.11, by far our favorite 1993 Microsoft OS. Realizing the futility of getting it to do anything — ah, memories — he set about crafting a step-by-step guide for you to do the same. If you care to give his misery company, you’ll find instructions at our source link; if not, don your rose-tinted glasses and peep the video after the break. Read the rest of this entry »


HTC Mondrian Boasts a 1.3GHz Snapdragon Chipset

Posted by PhoneFreak on Tuesday, 18 May, 2010

HTC Mondrian

As expected, the official-looking Windows Phone 7 OS ROM leaked over the weekend is already yielding results. Pictured above is an image extracted from the “oemavatar.cab.” Now that could be a generic Windows Phone 7 image or it could be the HTC Mondrian already seen referenced by the 100MB file. The kids at XDA-Developers have also pieced together specs from an ongoing analysis of the registry and RGU files.

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