Nokia announced that it is making its smart2go mapping and navigation platform, available for free download (www.smart2go.com), enabling millions of people to use the most comprehensive map coverage offered on a mobile device. The platform allows for mapping and routing in over 150 countries and has support for full turn-by-turn satellite navigation in over 30 […]

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new mobile phone that features some of the sleek design and functions of Apple Inc.’s much-hyped iPhone.
Samsung’s Ultra Smart F700 will be exhibited at next week’s 3GSM World Congress, a telecommunications exhibition in Barcelona, Samsung spokeswoman Sonia Kim said Friday.
Mobile phone makers have been scrambling […]

Upgrades in images and services could spell doom to digital cameras
The days of tiny, fuzzy photos taken with camera phones may soon be over.
Cell-phone makers including Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson and Samsung Electronics Co. have begun upping the specs of phone cameras, offering higher-resolution, 3.2-megapixel photo sensors, built-in flashes and advanced lenses made by top-brand […]

If you were ever a regular user of rotary dial phones and eight-track tapes, you may easily be overwhelmed trying to stay on top of the latest technologies. Of course, phones have come a long way, while tapes of all ilk (cassettes and reel-to-reel included) have gone the way of the dinosaur. There’s no shortage […]

Engineers at University of California, San Diego, have built a powerful yet ultra-thin digital camera by folding up the telephoto lens in a manner reminiscent of origami paper folding.
The team is led by Eric Tremblay, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. candidate at UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering, and overseen by professor of electrical and […]

Samsung may think that they’re super sexy with their uber thin cell phones, but Fujitsu has something that they don’t: a hot model lying in a bathtub with their new F703i, which they claim to be the world’s thinnest waterproof cell phone. Measuring just 17.9mm thick, this clamshell is “stylish and compact” and will be […]

Buy one of these and you will not have to worry about dropping them on the swimming pool or into the toilet anymore. Actually, you will even be able to receive phone calls underwater… not sure how you will handle the talking but the phone will be functional, that is for sure!
The first phone comes […]

Representatives of RawVoice, Inc. announced this week that their Blubrry podcasting community is featured in Nokia’s podcasting application, which is available for most new Nokia handsets. The Nokia application allows listeners to browse, search and subscribe to podcasts in the Blubrry community.
Representatives of RawVoice, Inc., and Nokia cemented the arrangement at the 40th […]

Robin O’Kelly, head of communications for mobile phone network T Mobile, has been discussing voice roaming and data pricing this week.
T Mobile has introduced flat rate data pricing in the UK but admits it needs to do more to match the new service from 3 that offers surcharge free access.
The UK’s fastest growing network are […]

Alltel Corp., a regional cell phone provider, has launched a new application the company developed from scratch in hopes of making every handset a user-friendly breeze.
The application, Celltop, is designed to reduce the number of menus and clicks it takes to fetch news and information from the Web, or even just access a call log […]