LG GW600 for AT&T on FCC

LG GW600 for AT&T has recently been spotted at the FCC. The mobile phone comes with Windows Mobile OS, a 3.1 megapixel camera, touchscreen, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, microSD memory card slot, accelerometer, 20-key SureType style keypad, standard audio jack. Neither LG nor AT&T have confirmed or announced this phone. Stay tuned.

fring launches Friends Finder feature

fring now has a new feature called 'Friends Finder', allowing you to look for your friends on fring, to invite these that are yet to get on fring & to invite brand new ones to join, based on your own, search criteria.

More information about the new feature, you can read more on fring's blog.

Pharos Traveler 137 comes bundled with customized SPB Softwares

Spb Software is proud to announce that Pharos Traveler 137 comes bundled with customized SPB Mobile Shell, SPB Keyboard, and SPB TV. Pharos Traveler 137 GPS Smartphone became the honoree of the CES 2009 Innovations Design and Engineering Award, in the Wireless Handsets category. The SPB Software products bundles with Traveler 137 are called on to compliment the award-winning hardware by providing an even more fluid and seamless user experience and enabling the Pharos customers to do more with their phone and mobile Internet connectivity.

To make the most of the Traveler's unlocked 3.5G potential and its exquisite 3.5" flush-touch screen, Pharos has included several products from SPB – all bestsellers and highly appreciated by users. SPB Keyboard supports intelligent landscape input on Traveler 137, and makes fast touchscreen typing – an easy task. SPB Mobile Shell gives the Pharos Traveler 137 a fun, skinnable and widget-based desktop with 3D animation. SPB Mobile Shell also adds a handsome time screen and weather service, syncs the phone's picture contacts with Facebook, and provides instant access to programs, features, and settings. For entertainment and latest international TV-news, the Traveler 137 offers SPB TV for watching live TV directly on the phone.

Samsung Highlight launched by T-Mobile

A new touchscreen phone by Samsung, the Highlight has been launched by T-Mobile. The mobile phone features a 3 megapixel camera, 240x400 resistive touch display, quad-band EDGE and UMTS, aGPS, TouchWiz UI, and microSD memory card slot (up to 16 GB). Samsung Highlight is available on T-Mobile for $149.99 on contract after rebates.

SOLAR HYBRID SH-08A - solar-powered waterproof phone announced by NTT docomo in Japan

NTT docomo has announced its development of the SOLAR HYBRID (docomo STYLE series SH-08A), a solar-powered, waterproof mobile phone that will go on sale at all DOCOMO sales channels in Japan from September. The clamshell measures 109 x 50 x 17.3 mm (21 mm at the thickest point) and weighs 140 grams. It has a 3-inch screen with a 480x854 pixel resolution (16.7 million colors).

Dell smartphones confirmed again

At a recent analysts presentation, Dell confirms, again, that they’re working on smartphones. Ronald Garriques, president of Dell's consumer division, said the company would "work with the top three to four" telecommunications carriers "and see what their needs are". He continued to say that the company is working on a range of smartphones, and also has plans to enter the category of devices with screen sizes between 4 and 12 inches.

Sony Ericsson W518a and C905a for AT&T launched

AT&T and Sony Ericsson have launched two phones, Sony Ericsson W518a Walkman and C905a Cyber-shot. The W518a Walkman phone features a 3.2 megapixel camera, advanced shake control technology that lets users shuffle, skip and control volume with a flick of the wrist. In addition to Shake Control for music, Gesture Control technology lets users reject incoming calls or send the alarm to snooze with just a wave of the hand over the W518a's camera lens.

The C905a Cyber-shot camera phone comes with an impressive 8.1 megapixel camera, the highest resolution ever in a phone from AT&T, and advanced features such as face detection, autofocus, xenon flash and GPS tagging, 3G, and more.

BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0.0.8 available via Verizon

This latest version was shipping on the BlackBerry User Tools CD that was packaged with the Verizon BlackBerry Tour. For those of you who did not purchase a Tour, Verizon has now posted the 5.0.0.8 installation files for all to download. In order to download the BlackBerry Desktop Manager version 5.0.0.8, it is officially available via Verizon.

BlackBerry OS 4.7.1.40 for BlackBerry Tour 9630 launched by Verizon

Verizon has launched OS 4.7.1.40 for the newly released BlackBerry Tour 9630. Nothing special here as this is the OS the Tour ships with. You can download the BlackBerry OS 4.7.1.40 for BlackBerry Tour 9630 from Verizon’s download site. As usual, it is suggested that you backup all your data before upgrading.

Nokia E55 on FCC

Nokia E55 has recently been approved by the FCC. The handset is on its way to the North American market. Nokia E55 features WiFi, GPS, HSDPA, 3.2 megapixel camera, Symbian S60 3.2 OS, and more. We can't wait for it to come in the Nokia’s Flagship stores in Chicago and New York City.