Everyone has that occasional color that either causes nausea or just hurts to look at.  It turns out, Panasonic found mine in this charming shade of pink.  However, the phone does come in other colors and it happens to have 3G. continued »

The handset pipe over at Helio has been quiet as of late, but it looks like Helio is getting ready to change that, with the Ocean 2. The Ocean we all know and love on Helio now may not be old by any means, but in the fast paced world of mobile, it has been asking for an update for ... continued »

Looks like someone let the plasma cat out of the proverbial bag too soon, and is now desperately backtracking to try to salvage a business relationship: the press release issued yesterday for Panasonic and AbleComm's venture putting tiny plasma screens into cellphones has been thoroughly denounced as "completely false".  The release, which described the compact plasma screens as a "pre-emptive" strike ... continued »

In the regular world, plasma TVs are large and cellphones are small; in Panasonic's world, however, a cellphone is just another opportunity to squeeze in a tiny, plasma-based display.  The new, low-voltage screens - developed with AbleComm, Inc. - have apparently been a decade in the making, and rival OLED displays for brightness, contrast, thinness and, most importantly of all, ... continued »

I know a couple of people who have wanted to ditch their landline in favour of a cellphone, but for whom the convenience of having multiple cordless handsets has outweighed the potential financial savings; now I know to just point them in the direction of Panasonic's Link to Cell system.  Reviewed by Gadgetell's JG Mason, Link to Cell consists of ... continued »

After last week's price war, all breath was suitably baited this week for Sprint's answer to the multiple $99.99 "unlimited talk" plans its rivals offered.  And despite disappointed suspicions that the beleaguered CDMA carrier would throw caution to the wind with a $60 offering, in actual fact their Simply Everything plan - which includes talk, messaging, data, internet access, Sprint ... continued »

People seem to have been getting particularly excited lately over Panasonic's VIERA P905iTV cellphone for NTT DoCoMo; it's understandable, really; the HSDPA handset with a 3.5-inch, 4000:1 contrast ratio display looks on paper at least to be oceans better than much of the dross we get in the rest of the world.  But does the 1-Seg mobile TV slider live ... continued »

Hang on, have Panasonic given their new P905i cellphone a dubious champagne casing?  Nineties colour choices aside, the P905i is another of those damned intended-for-Asia handsets that most of us are forced to admire from afar: glorious VIERA 3.2-inch 480 x 854 screen with a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, HSDPA, GPS, 5.1-megapixel camera and 1-Seg mobile TV, it's enough to make ... continued »

It almost seems too cruel to flag up these SoftBank Mobile handsets, but many of them will be available unlocked for use outside of Japan if you have the inclination to find them and the money to buy them SIM-free.  Out of the fourteen new cellphones, I've picked out a few of my favourites - either for their form factor, ... continued »