It's December 24th, and that can only mean it's time to kick back, eat more food than is medically advised, and cross our fingers for something gadget-shaped under the tree.  The Phone Magazine team are headed off to spend some time with family and friends, but we'd like to wish all our readers, sponsors, friends in PR and at manufacturers, ... continued »

Nokia have unveiled the N97, their flagship S60 smartphone.  Combining a 3.5-inch widescreen 16:9 aspect 640 x 360 touchscreen with a full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, HSPA, Bluetooth and A-GPS, the N97 is Nokia's vision of an always-connected world.  Based on S60, now updated to v.5 with new touch functionality, the smartphone includes a permanent social networking window on the homepage ... continued »

Since August we have known about Motorola’s two new touchscreen handsets, the Attila and Alexander. Recently we have seen live pictures of the Motorola Attila that are making us very antsy. Now we have even more to look at courtesy of the Chinese site IT168.com. Aside from more shots teasing us, the information doesn’t give us anything more than we already ... continued »

With the mobile phone market working its way to younger and younger audiences phone companies have to take a step back and figure out how to better fit their needs.  Samsung has done so by announcing a new phone for pre-teens called the Tobi S3030. It is easy to see that the color options of the Tobi S3030 are very bright ... continued »

Nokia is preparing to launch what could very well be the first flagship touchscreen mobile phone the company has seen this coming week. Robert Scoble suggests that this handset may include Broadcom’s new chipset that combines Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, which is “just about” to be announced. Nokia currently has a countdown clock that is presumed to end at the announcement ... continued »

Last Friday Clearwire Corp. announced the completion of the merger with a unit of sprint that is building a new WiMax wireless data network. The aim of this merger is designed to create a high-speed data network that is faster than most current mobile data networks. They aim to make this WiMax service available to 120 million to 140 million people. ... continued »

There has been an undeniable influx of high megapixel camera phones in the last few months. Many camera phones such as the Samsung Behold or Samsung Omnia are able to take comparable photos to mid-grade digital cameras on the market today. Samsung has proudly proclaimed that their global sales of high megapixel cameraphones have topped the 10 million mark this year.  ... continued »

RoverPC has a new business model handset that goes by the name RoverPC Pro G7. Like a lot of phones in today’s market, the RoverPC Pro G7 has a built-in motion sensor that will rotate orientation for better viewing pictures or surfing the Internet. The Pro G7 also comes with 624MGts of processing power. As with many smartphones these days, the ... continued »

Looks like the FCC gave the Sagem-made Porsche P9522 the green light. Some of you may be thinking, Porsche going through the FCC? No not a car, this is the quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) radio, candybar style phone. Like a Porsche, this phone has plenty of bells and whistles including, a 5-megapixel camera and fingerprint reader. This is cutting it a bit ... continued »

It seems someone has already unlocked the Verizon BlackBerry Storm for use on T-Mobile’s GSM network. While this remains to be seen it sure is interesting to hear The process is said to be done by sourcing a SIM card unlock from Verizon Wireless, along with updating the handsets service books using software made for the BlackBerry Storm. After all is ... continued »