The Original iPhone [Pics]

Apple first came up with the iPhone in 1983. It was not a ‘smartphone’ but rather a landline with a stylus controlled screen.

The phone’s design was conceived by Hartmut Esslinger, an influential computer designer who also founded a company called Frogdesign. The original iPhone was really decades ahead at that time in terms [...]

How to Save a Wet Cell Phone

How to Save a Wet Cell Phone

1. Get it out of the water as soon as possible. The plastic covers on cell phones are fairly tight, but water can enter the phone in a short period of time, perhaps only 20 seconds or less. So grab your phone quickly! If you can’t get to [...]

Acer Launches Three New Smartphones in India

Acer has launched three new smartphone models in India. These three new touchscreen phones virtually encompass all price ranges. The phones start at Rs. 12,000 and range up to Rs. 35,000. The phones are designated beTouch e101, beTouch e200 and neoTouch. All of the three, the neoTouch is in the top of the segment.

beTouch [...]

Giorgio Armani unveils $1,000 Samsung luxury mobile phone

Giorgio Armani unveiled a $1000 Samsung luxury mobile phone on Friday. Armani, one of the best known fashion designers, mentioned that the luxury mobile phone combined beauty with function in a simple and straightforward way.

Armani said, “Today more than ever, elegant dressing is part of daily business life. When Samsung asked me to design [...]

Dell Plans to Build Smartphone for AT&T

Dell has announced that it would introduce a smartphone on the AT&T network. The smartphone will use Google Android.

Dell expects to launch the smartphone next year. If the AT&T deal materializes, all the major US cellular carriers would be carrying phones running Google Android. Without doubt. this will be a major boost for Google [...]

Palm Released WebOS 1.2 Update

WebOS 1.2 comes with improved calendar syncing, email, paid apps…

Palm has released WebOS 1.2, an updated version of its smartphone operating system. This update makes the Palm Pre more enterprise-friendly now.

In WebOS 1.2, the calendar has been significantly improved. It includes tweaks that make scheduling much more easier. Foe instance, if a calendar [...]

Orange to sell iPhone in UK

Orange UK and Apple Inc. have come to an understanding by means of which the iPhone 3G and 3GS will be made available to Orange UK customers later this year. Orange globally now offers the iPhone on 28 different countries, the latest being the UK.

Orange has the largest 3G network in the UK than [...]

AT&T Launches 3G MicroCell Site

In the last few months, there have been rumors about 3G MicroCell, an in-home base station for the AT&T network. However, it was not known when AT&T would launch the service into a commercial offering. Now AT&T has launched a detailed website about the service. The website lists all the advantages of the service and [...]

Apple Investigating Poor Battery Life Problem with OS 3.1?

Many users who have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.1 have observed problems with battery life. Now Apple is investigating the issue and trying to find fix.

Apple is contacting users who have reported the problem and asking them for more information. Apple is also sending users an unsigned profile to log battery life in order [...]

Sprint to launch first 4G WiMAX Android smartphone in 2010

There are speculations that Sprint will be launching a 4G Android smartphone made by Samsung in 2010. If that happens, Sprint will become the first wireless carrier to offer a 4G WiMAX Android handset. Android smartphones are gaining traction in the market and so competitors are making no delays in launching their own Android based [...]