An observant fella over at Howardforums noticed the HTC Kaiser (a.k.a. TyTN II, HTC P4550) is listed in a select box for game purchases on the Rogers Wireless site. While this could simply be a typo on some web developer’s part, we dare to dream that it is a slip up and that the TyTN II is in fact coming to a Rogers store near you. Of course, the TyTN is only a few months old up in Canada, but heck, we’re positive the Canadian Windows Mobile users will celebrate its arrival and enjoy its warm glow through the cold winter months to come.[Via FidoFan]
Welp, ’tis done friends, but we’re going to have to wait a week for all the gory details to be released. Geohot and his crew of trusty fiddlers have apparently found a solution for sorting the iPhone for worldwide consumption by hardware unlocking the beast. We’ve seen a video, and know he’s been well involved with iPhone shenanigans since day one, but until we see it in our hand color us excited but not sold — though we’re stoked that they report a software based version may be on the horizon. But in the unhappy event that it ends up being hardware unlock only, you can use this week to brush up on your soldering skills. We’re gonna be all over this in the coming days so know that the minute we know more, you will too. Peep the vid after the break.
Ooh, how do you like them apples, LG? Just days after word of its SH150 for Korea’s 7.2Mbps HSDPA trials spread across the lands, Samsung fires this little gem in return. The so-called “UFO” (don’t ask us) SCH-W300 features a 2 megapixel camera (plus the obligatory front-facing piece for video calls), QVGA display, Bluetooth, and microSD expansion in a 12.9mm thich shell — not particularly impressive by 2007 standards, until you hear about that magical 7.2Mbps downstream radio packed somewhere in there. Look for it alongside its crosstown rival’s SH150 for just a little more dinero, 600,000 won (about $632).
For the brave souls willing to sign away the next three years of their life to a carrier, Fido’s rendition of Nokia’s 5200 slider seems like a pretty darned good deal. $25 Canadian (about $23) nets you the music-centric handset, featuring a VGA cam, Class 10 EDGE, Bluetooth, and microSD expansion with Nokia’s ubiquitous but solid Series 40 backing up the whole package. Fido sweetens the deal by throwing in a 1GB card, too. Looking pretty good in black, ain’t it?
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We’re speechless. In fact, we think we might cry — but rest assured, they’re tears of joy. Rumors of a Nokia N95 packing American HSDPA have been spreading like wildfire as of late, and we’re ecstatic to see that they were totally true. Though this sucker gets down with the 850 and 1900MHz bands, it doesn’t get in on the 1700MHz action, suggesting that if the T-Mobile rumor is still true, this ain’t it. Though arguably not quite as attractive as the decidedly non-US 8GB N95 in black that we saw this morning, this phone’s innards are pretty much the most beautiful thing we’ve seen all day. Nokia, we turn the floor over to you to answer questions about pricing and availability.
[Via Wirelessinfo.com]
Welcome to 2005, T-Mobile! No, seriously, this is great news — following news of Samsung’s t639 with AWS band coverage, Nokia looks poised to contribute its own midrange handset to T-Mobile’s upcoming HSDPA service on the 1700MHz band. The 6263 is likely an Americanized version of the 6267, a fairly pedestrian flip bearing a 2 megapixel cam, Bluetooth, and a microSD slot. That means there’s still plenty of room up top for companies like Nokia to contribute a few smartphones to the cause, but for now, we’ll take what we can get with a smile on our face.
[Via Phone Scoop]
Yep, it’s real. Besides the black case and the plethora of onboard storage, the phone seems largely true to the original, which means the search continues for HSDPA 850 / 1900. Looks hot, doesn’t it? No word on whether it’ll pick up “Music Edition” branding for launch.
[Via WirelessInfo.com]
If the rumor mill pans out, the upcoming BlackBerry 8820 stands to be a bottomless piggy bank for AT&T. Why? First we heard that the device’s WiFi capability would be unusable without an EDGE data plan — despite the fact that there’s absolutely no reasonable correlation between the two — and now we’re hearing that its GPS service may suffer a similar fate. Boy Genius Report is saying that the 8820’s navigation capabilities will be usable only with TeleNav at a cost of $9.99 per month. Don’t get us wrong, TeleNav gets the job done, but why can’t any app we choose tap into the GPS signal? The phone isn’t out yet (the latest intel suggests September) so we’ll withhold judgment until then, but please, AT&T, we beg of you: let us use our hardware however we choose.
Okay, look, we want to believe this is the freshly-updated N95 with American 3G, we really do — and it’s hard to deny from these pictures that this is definitely not Your Father’s N95. The battery compartment is deeper, the media buttons are contoured, and the camera lens has been recessed flush with the body. For all we know, though, this could just be the long-rumored 8GB N95 (which will likely carry “Music Edition” branding if we had to guess) with the same old 2100MHz HSDPA. Call us pessimists, but we’d much rather be pleasantly surprised than have our hopes dashed yet again. Stay tuned!
[Via Slashphone]
Samsung seems to be on quite an S60 kick lately (gotta make use of that bought-and-paid-for license somehow!), not to say we’d know it in the States. Just Another Mobile Phone Blog indicates that the SGH-i450 is yet another handset in the Symbian family tree, a somewhat attractive slider (from what we can make of this picture, anyway) featuring 3.6Mbps HSDPA, QVGA display, 2 megapixel cam, 1GB of onboard storage plus microSD, A2DP, and S60 3rd Edition. Owing to the triband GSM radio, we won’t see this one either, but who knows — maybe if we keep grousing about it we’ll eventually get one we can use.
