Hong Kong’s JOYCE has joined with several designers such as Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, Marni, Etro, Bless and Anna Sui to create new iPhone cases that are part of JOYCE’s Spring/Summer 2010 season collection. The most unique case is the rock-shaped iPhone case, which is designed by Bless. All cases are exclusively available at JOYCE and selected affiliated boutiques.
Nokia has officially announced the upcoming release of Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile USA.
Gigabyte will launch two new smartphones in Ukraine, one running on Android 1.6 and another one running on Windows Mobile 6.5. Measuring 116mm x 56.8mm x 12.4 mm, the Android-powered Gigabyte GSmart G1305 Codfish features Quad-band GSM connectivity, tri-band HSDPA connectivity (900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz), WiFi, GPS, a 3.2-inch HVGA display, a 256MB of RAM and a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor. Meanwhile, the Windows Mobile 6.5-powered Gigabyte GSmart S1205 Cougar is a dual SIM smartphone that features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE connectivity, WiFi, GPS, a 128MB of RAM, and a 416MHz processor.
MetroPCS has launched the Motorola VE440 Mister Cartoon edition, which is actually a remake of the previously released VE440. The new Motorola VE440 comes with two interchangeable back covers designed by Mister Cartoon, who also designed the case for the Samsung Messager Mister Cartoon edition
Vodafone UK has announced the availability of the new Nokia X6 on its network. The handset is being offered for free with a 2-year contract agreement of at least £30 per month (600 minutes, 500MB of mobile internet and unlimited texts are included). Just a quick reminder, the phone features a 3.2-inch 360 x 640 capacitive touchscreen display, a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera, a 16GB of internal memory, 3G, GPS, WiFi, stereo speakers, a 3.5mm headset jack, TV-out and supports both GSM and HSDPA connectivities.
The LG Arena Max LU9400 has been officially introduced in Korea via LG Telecom, as LG Maxx LG9400. It is the first phone to be launched in South Korea with a Snapdragon CPU at 1GHz. The LG Maxx features a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a finger-touch mouse, GPS, WiFi, mobile TV (T-DMB), LG’s S-Class 3D UI, DivX support, HD video and a 5MP camera.
Sprint has announced a new price for the Palm Pixi webOS smartphone. The handset is now sold for just $49.99 with a 2-year contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate
The Almighty FCC has finally approved the CDMA HTC-made smartphone with the model name PB99300. This CDMA version of the Nexus One should be launched via Verizon soon via Google’s online store, just like the Nexus One for T-Mobile. Additionally, Verizon should also launch the HTC Incredible Android 2.1-powered smartphone in the near future.
Incase has introduced its new Courier Collection iPhone Pouch that was made from custom weather resistant 1680D nylon.
Folks in the US will receive the Sharp PB10ZU because FCC has given their nod of approval for the handset. This QWERTY slider phone features Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, as well as CDMA compatibility.
MetroPCS has recently launched its first touchscreen from Samsung known as the Caliber R860. Specs-wise, the handset is equipped with a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, a 3MP camera with flash, Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), a full HTML web browser, GPS with MetroNavigator, email, social networking integration (Facebook, MySpace), Bluetooth, a 1080 mAh battery and supports CDMA (1×800/1900 MHz) connectivity
Motorola has recently announced that their latest touchscreen phone ‘ QUENCH (aka CLIQ XT) ‘ will be coming to Brazil in late March via TIM (the country’s third largest mobile carrier, with more than 40 million subscribers). However, there’s no word on pricing yet at the moment. To refresh your memory, the QUENCH offers a 3.1-inch 320 x 480 capacitive touchscreen display, a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, a full virtual QWERTY keyboard, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), an electronic compass, A-GPS, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and runs on Android 1.5 OS with supports for Google services and MOTOBLUR features
The Almighty FCC has finally approved the Acer beTouch E110 Android-powered smartphone, so folks in the US will receive this handset very soon.
FCC has finally approved the Nokia C6, which is also known as the Nokia RM-612. This new handset supports Quad-band GSM and Tri-band WCDMA (900/1900/2100 MHz). Other specs include WiFi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth connectivity.
Meizu M8 has recently received a brand new firmware ver.