FCC confirms Nokia C3 is real
April 1st, 2010
After hearing rumors about Nokia C5 and Nokia C6 – part of the new Nokia Cseries – another phone popped up in the wild and now it’s being confirmed by the FCC thanks to its approval. The Nokia C3 was discovered by Unwired View and, despite having only a sketch image of the phone’s back, we can say it’s a candybar – although quite wide which could mean Nokia put a QWERTY keyboard on it.
Nokia already stated that Cseries devices will “focus on social interaction between friends and family”, so a keyboard might be relevant to the Nokia C3.
Tags: budget, cheap, cseries, FCC, Nokia, rumors
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HTC Smart launched in India via Airtel
March 31st, 2010
HTC declared not long ago its intentions to launch the HTC Smart in India with $1 million marketing budget behind to support it and today HTC and Airtel officially announced the HTC Smart , with HTC intentions to “mark strategic focus in India”. The HTC Smart is an affordable smartphone thanks to is Qualcomm’s Brew mobile platform and features a 2. inch QVGA display, HTC Friendstream (integrating Facebook, Twitter and Flickr), Sense UI, 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, 3G support and microSD slot.
Tags: affordable, Brew, budget, HTC, India, Qualcomm, releases
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Samsung S3370, another budget touchscreen phone
March 18th, 2010
Samsung will release another entry-level touchscreen phone soon, under the name Samsung S3370. The Samsung S3370 could have been part of the Corby line – but it isn’t and features a QVGA 2.8-inch touchscreen display, TouchWiz UI, Bluetooth, photo camera and 3G support. The S3370 has been approved recently by the FCC but without 3G so probably it won’t be launched in the US.
Tags: budget, rumors, Samsung, Touchscreen, TouchWiz
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LG KS365 and LG Pure unveiled
March 11th, 2010
Even more LG phones unveiled in Netherlands. This time, the LG KS365 and the LG Pure. The LG KS365 seems to be an upgrade of the LG KS360 – or perhaps the best-seller LG GT360 in Latin America – and has a 2.4 inch QVGA touchscreen display, side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, stereo FM radio and a 2MP camera. This is what the LG KS365 looks like:
On the other hand, we have the LG Pure has a slider form factor and sports a 5-megapixel camera, HSDPA and a S-Class like UI (although it seems not to be touchscreen).
Tags: budget, LG, upcoming
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LG Cookie Music unveiled
March 11th, 2010
Not long after LG officially unveiled the LG Cookie Fresh, another successor of the original LG Cookie makes its way to the market. The LG Cookie Music is a touchscreen phone with more advanced features like 5MP camera, 4GB of internal memory, Dolby Mobile technology, HSDPA connectivity, microSD slot expandable up to 32GB and 3.5mm headset jack. With the LG Cookie Music, now there are three successors of the LG Cookie. It seems that LG is taking seriously the task of reaching the success of the Cookie. More pics after the break.
Tags: budget, Cookie, LG, Touchsceen, upcoming
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Olive introduces in India AAA-powered handset
March 8th, 2010
There’s no doubt that cell phone batteries are the weakest point in the mobile chain and removable batteries are ok but not cool to carry. With this in mind, Olive Telecom announced the FrvrOn V-G2300, a GSM cell phone powered by a single AAA battery besides the standard Li-ion. The FrvrOn V-G2300 has a 1.5-inch color display and FM radio, and not much more, but it has enough to be the choice among travellers or workers in areas where there are no consistent power. The extra AAA battery can provide up to one hour of talk time in case main battery runs out. Add it the price point – about $37 – and you have a decent handset that could save you in those moments.
Tags: AAA-powered, budget, cheap, India, Olive
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LG Cookie Fresh shows up at CeBIT
March 3rd, 2010
Despite the recent introduction of the LG Cookie Plus GS500 as the successor to the best-selling LG Cookie, a new member of the Cookie family will soon be official with the introduction of the LG Cookie Fresh GS290, a feature phone sporting a 3 ” QVGA touchscreen, 2MP camera, FM radio, social networking integration and 3.5mm headset jack. The new LG Cookie Fresh should be cheaper than the LG Cookie Plus simply because it has fewer features and lacks 3G.
Tags: budget, CeBIT, Cookie, Feature phone, LG, Touchsceen
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Nokia packs an smartphone into a feature phone with Nokia C5
March 2nd, 2010
Nokia just unveiled the Nokia C5, a new smartphone packed into a feature phone body according to their own words. The Nokia C5 in fact runs Symbian S60 3rd edition, has a 2.2” display, 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, 12 hours of talk time, GPS, Ovi Maps – with free navigation – microSD card slot, with a very modest price of about 135 euro, probably the cheapest smartphone around. The Nokia C5 will be available in the second half of 2010 in Europe, Eurasia, China and other locations.
Tags: budget, candybar, cseries, Nokia, smartphone, symbian
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