Monday just got a ton more exciting thanks to this leaked slide show that supposedly comes internally from Verizon. The slide show reveals all sorts of information about new devices, device upgrades, network upgrades, and new services. It is not known where the slide came from or how much it can be trusted, but it looks very official. continued »

It seems like these phones were out and about at the same show the shots of the U800, i900, and L870 were came from. Starting with the M620 you get a slider form factor coupled with sleek silver w/ black accents design, a 262k color LCD screen, a VGA camera, and A2DP Bluetooth profiles; it also has an integrated FM ... continued »

Nokia has unveiled the latest in its avant-garde Prism series of cellphones, the 7070 clamshell.  While the typical Prism diamond shell may be present, the guts of the 7070 are altogether more mundane; running the Series 40 OS, two versions of the dualband GSM handset are planned (EGSM900/1800 and EGSM850/1900) with GPRS, email and 11MB of internal memory.  continued »

The news back in February that release of the Dash Express GPS was delayed caused sobbing even audible over a thousand nose-to-bumper jam victims; hopefully the fact that it's now, finally shipping to pre-order customers will be enough to calm them down.  Dash had originally promised March 27th would be the new date for orders slipping out of the factory, ... continued »

Milena has briefly been playing with DataWind's PocketSurfer 2 at CeBIT, a GPRS-based mobile internet device with a similar form-factor to Nokia's Communicator series. Where the PocketSurfer 2 differs, however, is in the contract - or, more accurately, the lack of it. After buying the clamshell device, you get 20hrs of surfing a month for a year; it ... continued »

TomTom have announced a new traffic receiver that accesses the so-called High Definition congestion database via a built-in GPRS modem.  Plugging into a cigarette lighter to recharge the li-ion battery, the HD Traffic Receiver can access road status on a far greater number of routes than TomTom's existing TMC FM-based system, as well as being more accurate and specific.  Connection ... continued »

Does anybody really believe that capturing the youth market is as easy as changing a few spellings and missing out spaces?  InfoSonics seem to; their latest handset, the i700, might look like a fat old Samsung slider but no, check out the name, this is a "verykool" cellphone indeed.  Available in South America, the i700 is a quadband GSM phone with 2.2-inch ... continued »

The best laid plans of mice and GPS manufacturers, eh?  Anybody who has slapped down the $599.99 for the Dash Express - an in-car unit running OpenMoko's Linux-based OS that uses a WiFi/GPRS network to update with real-time traffic information and re-routing - will have to wait a little longer for their devices than expected.  According to the official blog the ... continued »

In brief, the Samsung Ace runs on Sprint’s fast EVDO Rev. 0 and 1XRTT network. Unfortunately it does not support Rev. A and while roaming abroad you’re only getting GPRS. It’s a candy bar form factor with a decent size QWERTY keyboard and internal antenna; 5-way navigation button and thumb wheel for one-handed operation. Other features include Bluetooth 2.0; push ... continued »

Toshiba has added a new mobile to its G-series line. It’s called the Toshiba Portege G810 and it’s a WinMo smartphone that seems to be headed to Europe only, and not even then until the second quarter. continued »