Fly announced two new dual SIM handset models today in Barcelona, during MWC 2010, the Fly DS185 candybar and the Fly SL 140DS slider. The first model is a very light unit, weighing a mere 77.6 grams and packing an FM receiver and player. Its battery provides 10 hours of music listening and we’ve also got a music player with support for tons...
We’ve heard about many software platforms going open source these days, but what about open hardware or mobile devices? The latter were approached by the folks of Aava Mobile, a company that unveiled the world’s first fully open mobile device at MWC 2010 today. Aava Mobile creates reference designs for smartphone and tablet makers and we...
Alcatel was also present in Barcelona these days, attending the MWC 2010 event and showcasing a brand new Android phone: Alcatel OT-980. Scheduled for a May release, this device looks very much like Palm Pre, as you can see in this image: We have no info concerning the specs of the device, but what we do know is that it runs Android 1.6 and that it’ll...
Huawei also had a booth at MWC 2010, where it showcased a bunch of new devices, the most impressive of which was the Huawei U8800 model, the first HSPA+ smartphone running Android. The Android 2.1 device is pictured below and it’s able to reach speeds of up to 14 Mbps. U8800 packs a 3.8 inch touchscreen display and it’ll be launched in...
Acer unveiled today a new Snapdragon Android phone, the Liquid e model, packing a 786 MHz CPU and running Android 2.1. The device is pictured below, showing its 3.5 inch display and Zune-like design. Announced today at MWC 2010, the smartphone comes with five home screens, a rich selection of apps, available via Android Market, widgets and shortcuts....
If you haven’t heard about Lumigon, know that this is a Danish company that recently announced a trio of Android handsets at MWC 2010. These models are Lumigon T1, S1 and E1, with the first two scheduled to ship in July. Lumigon S1 packs a sliding T9 keypad and it runs Android 2.1, just like the T1. They’re both based on Freescale processors,...
Acer was getting busy these days, during MWC 2010 in Barcelona, as they unveiled no less than 4 new handsets: 2 Android units and two running Windows Mobile 6.5.3. Acer beTouch E400 is one of the Android phones and it gets pictured below: The beTouch E400 features a 3.2 inch HVGA touchscreen display, a 3.5mm audio jack, 3.2 megapixel camera and a 600...
Emporia is an Austrian mobile phone maker, that recently showcased two new products at MWC 2010. We’re talking about two handsets for the elderly, the Elegance and Solid models, both packing large buttons and high contrast displays. Emporia Elegance will be launched in Q2 2010 for $175 and it’ll work on GSM 900/1800 MHz networks, packing...
Last we heard, the Symbian Foundation announced that Symbian is now available as an open source platform, with the entire software being published under fully open license. Now, Symbian makes the headlines again, this time thanks to Symbian^3, that got detailed on the official blog of the platform. Here’s a short video showing what the novelty...
Yesterday we found out that Nokia and Intel cooperated on making a brand new platform, that combines Maemo and Moblin into a single software. Today we learn that there’s a first handset to run this OS, LG GW990, apparently coming out in Korea in 2H 2010. The info comes from MWC 2010 and as far as we know, LG GW990 runs Moblin right now and the...
