The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed images of the Samsung SCH-U350. What would appear to be a simple flip-phone, the SCH-U350 boasts a built-in GPS antenna as well as VGA camera, Bluetooth and speaker phone. continued »

If you plan on purchasing the forthcoming Sidekick 2009, you will be delighted to know that it's getting a 3.2-megapixel camera yielding a maximum resolution of 2038 by 1535, a flash and a new auto-focus mechanism along with support for geotagging. continued »

Scientists at UCLA have modified a cellphone to act as a portable blood tester that is capable of detecting HIV, malaria and other illnesses. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan hopes to bring this technology to countries that otherwise would not have the ability to test for disease. Palm chief executive Ed Colligan revealed that many developers and carriers already have devices running ... continued »

Scientists at UCLA have modified a cellphone to act as a portable blood tester that is capable of detecting HIV, malaria and other illnesses. This would be particularly useful to bring cheap on the post detection to may remote villages. Today blood testes require either large machines that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars or a trained technician who manually identifies ... 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 »

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 »

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 »

Scalado is showing off the new Scalado Camera Solution, this improves JPEG image performance by very effectively managing the large files taken by phones. This solution produces zero-shutter lag, burst capturing and instant zoom in the camera. One continual problem camera phones are facing is shutter lag. After pressing the button, the camera takes a second to capture the photo often ... continued »

It's that time again, folks. This week was filled with all sorts of phone-related news, so let's jump right in. In fact, Bell and Telus are rumored to be getting the BlackBerry Storm on the exact same day. ASUS also announced their own smartphone, the P565 800MHz smartphone, which officially means ASUS are trying their hand at everything. We also learned ... continued »