Following the success of its Chocolate and Prada series, now the Korean phone maker is offering another smart phone, called the LG KS-20. continued »

A new Sony Ericsson model with a codename Emelie will be officially announced tomorrow, according to se-nse blog. The Emelie will be called G502, it is a GSM tri-band phone in candy bar design. continued »

Samsung announced today the availability of the Samsung Soul, the "ultimate essence of mobile" will be available from April 21. The Soul will be available through major European mobile operators and in most open markets supporting GSM. The Samsung Soul is the completion of the Samsung’s renowned Ultra Edition line of handsets, demonstrating Samsung’s leadership in both technology and ... continued »

Samsung seem determined to cater for all possible options with their new SCH-W599 handset.  Not only can the device handle both CDMA and GSM networks, but it actually has two SIM card slots meaning, like its D780 candybar contemporary, it can simultaneously log onto two separate GSM accounts.  That means you can receive calls on, say, personal and business numbers ... continued »

French satnav lovers too impatient to wait for Garmin's nuvifone will soon have a Windows Mobile alternative from Airis, when the company's T482 GPS smartphone goes on sale.  While the device is a quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE device with Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi and a 3.2-inch QVGA touchscreen, the real draw is the SiRFStar III GPS receiver and included CoPilot Live navigation software.  ... continued »

Samsung has been wowing Dutch telecoms press with a number of previously unannounced handsets at the recent Televisie 2008 exhibition, with three UMTS devices garnering particular attention.  Curiously, one - here labelled the i900 - appears to be a European version of the US handset of the same name, only running Windows Mobile 6.1 rather than Samsung's own OS.  Triband ... continued »

The thought of a disposable cellphone is enough to strike fear into the hearts of even the most casual environmentalists, but US manufacturer Hop-on would like you to know that their basic $20 handset, while marketed as "disposable", is really more intended to be an emergency option living, say, in your car's glove compartment.  Someone certainly seems to think it's ... continued »

After Samsung's dual-SIM D780 the other day, I thought it'd be a while before we saw another new handset capable of operating two cellular accounts simultaneously, but HKC (not a typo) have surprised me with what they're calling the world's first dual-SIM Windows Mobile smartphones.  The design of the W1000 and G1000 (the former being dual CDMA and GSM, the ... continued »

UK train operator Virgin is working with Vodafone to improve cellphone signal continuity on 52 trains from their fleet, using retransmitters that boost both 2G and 3G in the carriages.  The project, set to be completed by November, has supposedly already seen an increase in the number of successfully completed, interruption-free calls; up 60-percent according to Virgin and Vodafone UK.  However, the carrier ... continued »

Samsung have announced the latest in their Dual Standby range, the D780, which features double SIM slots and the ability to register to two accounts simultaneously. While add-on SIM holders that allow two cards to be fitted have been available for some time now, they usually require a power-cycle to swap between the two; the D780, however, can receive ... continued »