Filed under: Handsets, Rogers Wireless, Announcements, Apple
It seemed enjoy it would never happen, but the impossible has occurred: Apple’s iPhone is coming to Canada. The news was quietly slipped into telecom giant Rogers’ latest earnings report, with the simple statement that the company was “thrilled to announce” a “deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year.” Apparently, lips are sealed on all other details, but we’ll keep you posted as news gets our way.
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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, O2, Windows Mobile
We already knew it was coming, now HTC has seemingly confirmed that its Diamond handset will be announced next month presumably at the May 6th event. The wording of the Taipei Times article (which we assume was translated from Chinese) leaves HTC’s comments open to interpretation. Speaking to a group of investors, HTC’s financial executive Cheng Hui-ming, stated that revenues will grow by 20% this year thanks to the launch of a new Touch phone next month. Referring to the HTC Diamond by name, he then calls the device “the most important product for HTC this year.” Interesting taking into account that HTC is widely expected to launch the first Android handset — dubbed Dream — before the end of the year. Regardless, the 3G Diamond with Windows Mobile 6.1 running beneath a large, glossy, VGA touchscreen display with WiFi and 3 megapixel camera is certainly going to attract a lot interest from us and our wallets.
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Filed under: Handsets, LG, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA
phoneArena appears to have scored information on exactly when Verizon will be (or would like to be, anyway) releasing three new models from LG, all of which should be attracting some serious attention in their own right. Headlining the group is the VX9700 “Dare” — Verizon’s Prada-alike, if you recall — which is allegedly now being targeted for a July 4 online release and an in-store launch shortly thereafter (we’d state those dates put it at risk of cannibalization from the Glyde, but the Dare’ll win the photography battle with a 3.2 megapixel sensor versus the Glyde’s measly 2). Next up, the trick VX8610 with the internal Bluetooth headset has apparently been christened “Decoy” and is tracking for May 30 online and June 9 in store. Finally, the VX8650 Chocolate Flip gets ready to mercilessly slaughter its VX8600 predecessor come June 24 on your trusty web browser with brick-and-mortar locations getting theirs in July. Naturally, launch dates tend to have the solidity of Jello, so don’t be dropping your life savings on any wagers here with your shady friends. Not yet, anyway.
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Lenovo’s tiny notebook, the U110 that I drooled all over at CES will be available starting tomorrow at Lenovo’s site and will be available in stores mid-May. A quick refresher in case you’ve forgotten what makes this IdeaPad so special. The U110 sports a red and now black top with raised tendril design. The 11-inch […]
Lenovo’s little notebook, the U110 that I drooled all over at CES will be available starting tomorrow at Lenovo’s site and will be available in stores mid-May. A swift refresher in case you’ve forgotten what makes this IdeaPad so special. The U110 sports a red and now black top with raised tendril design. The 11-inch notebook can be outfitted with a 120GB drive, up to 3GB of RAM, a 1.6GHz Intel Centrino proc, and built-in camera, but it’s weight entices me even more. A 2.3-pound laptop with 8 hours of battery life sound pretty good to me, but with a price tag starting at $1,899, I might rethink this one.
Via [crunchgear]
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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, GSM, EDGE
Fans of mid and low-end cell phones who happen to live in Hong Kong can add another handset to their lust list, the Samsung Anycall J708, which is quite a sexy and diminutive handset considering its price. The 0.6-inch thick slider costs 1,480 HKD (about $190), which means a slim feature list, but there’s plenty for the media-hungry to be getting on with: H.263 and MPEG4 video playback, MP3 and AAC audio playback, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, a micro SD slot, a 1.3 megapixel camera and EDGE. In the end, it’s always nice to see a low-end phone that doesn’t look like someone folded a three year old candybar in half and slapped a new coat of paint on it.
[Via Unwired View]
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