Verizon have announced that they have launched the Samsung Alias 2. The Alias 2 is a dual hinged clamshell phone which has a unique keyboard that is actually E-Ink. The keyboard is QWERTY and with each key using E-Ink it can quickly transform in to a different layout. The overall effect is actually quite good and because e-ink doesn’t require much power to work (ie, only when changing the state) it doesn’t provide any major impact to the phones battery life. [Read more…]

Garmin have delayed the launch of the Nuvifone G60 again. The last launch details mentioned it would be announced and quite probably be made available in the first half of 2009. Now it seems that it will be launched quarter 3 of this year. The reason behind the delay is due to the production capability of both Asus and Garmin who are working together to launch this navigation phone. [Read more…]

Several phone manufacturers are following Apple in creating their own app stores for their range of mobile phones. Windows Mobile, Palm and Android all have app stores. Nokia have create Ovi to follow and when open in late spring it will be the home to 20000 applications when launched. 20K applications is far greater when Android and Apple first launched their stores with just a few applications.

The store will open in time for when the Nokia N97 launches in July. Included in the app store there will be a large variety of applications which include general apps, short videos, games and more. Location based services powered by the built in GPS unit on a phone will allow you to filter down to things you need for local use. [Read more…]

An internal memo seems to have been leaked from someone over at Palm that indicates the Palm Pre will be released on 5th June at 12pm. It can be seen on the image to the left where it says LAUNCH LAUNCH. Of course we can’t be 100% sure it’s real or not as anyone could cook this up with some photoshop skills. [Read more…]

Some photos of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 have been leaked over the weekend. The 8520 was previously named the Gemini. The most noticeable feature of the Curve 8520 is the lack of a trackball. In it’s place you will see it actually has an optical trackpad. The advantages of a trackpad are that you only need to skim your thumb over the top of it make it function.

Other features of the 8520 are rubberised grips on the edges that also includes the buttons. Dedicated media controls are also to be found on the top of the device. A 2 megapixel camera is built in and the phone supports EDGE but not over 3G networks. The screen has a fairly low resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and it is expected that wireless at 802.11n will be supported. No other details just yet, but check out the pictures after the jump. [Read more…]

AT&T are now selling the Nokia E71x as mentioned back in March. The phone will go on sale today and cost $99.99 (after a rebate and with a 24 month contract).

The E71x is the thinnest smartphone available and has a built in QWERTY keyboard. It is aimed at those who enjoy messaging, web browsing and social networking while on the move.

Nokia E71x Features

* Mail for Exchange to sync your corporate email, contacts, calendar, and tasks in real time*
* Xpress Mail¢ for personal email including Yahoo! Mail®, AOL®, Windows Live¢ Hotmail, and others
* Mobile instant messaging”including AOL® and AIM, Windows Live¢ Messenger, and Yahoo!® Messenger
* Text and multimedia messaging
* AT&T Navigator support for turn-by-turn voice directions and maps with fast traffic re-routing*
* Full HTML Web browser with Flash support
* Location-Based Services: AT&T Navigator, Yellowpages.com, Where (U-Locate)*
* Multi-language support: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
* QuickOffice® and PDF reader to download, view, and edit documents while on the go
* Multitask effortlessly with Symbian S60 3.2
* 3.2 megapixel digital camera with auto focus and flash
* Video Share”share a live or recorded video during a call*
* AT&T mobile music
* XM radio
* CV”Stream video clips of news, sports, weather, and entertainment*
* Customizable home screen, profiles, ringtones, video ringtones, and themes

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SlashGear got their hands on the HTC Touch Diamond 2 and have given it a full review. The phone is slightly larger in all dimensions then the Original diamond. Will it be any good? [Read more…]

Information was found yesterday indicating that a new Palm mobile device will be coming out shortly after the Palm Pre. The name of it is the Palm EOS. [Read more…]

Worms was one of those classic games from the 90’s that a lot of people owned. This amazingly fun game is now on it’s way to the iPhone according to a few sources. [Read more…]

Etsy is a store of weird and wonderful stuff. The next item I came across on Etsy is this wooden iPhone case built particularly for the 3G version of the phone. [Read more…]

The Nokia 1100 wasn’t a phone I was expecting to write about this morning but yet when I heard that someone paid almost $32000 USD to get their hands on one I was slightly intrigued. [Read more…]

Not many phones are using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset yet although it has been around for some time now. This is about to change though because HTC are rumoured to be looking in to using these fast and low powered processors. [Read more…]