Palm is back! Palm just got official with its new Nova webOS platform, running on the new Palm Pre. Palm used to pioneer this field, but now “it’s barely hanging on amid competition from Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry line and Apple’s iPhone.” PhoneMag’s sister site, SlashGear, posted a round-up (thanks Shawn Farner for this concise
We started off this week with the leak of the BlackBerry Storm 4.7.0.85 firmware. It seems RIM just can’t seem to keep these updates from getting out to the public before the official release. BlackBerry Storm also received the YouTube client, which should have been available since the release of the smartphone. The Samsung C3110 made
As everyone is heading out to greet the New Year with a bang, PhoneMag would like to wish all of our readers a happy and safe New Years. All of us here at PhoneMag are taking the day off to spend with family and close friends so unfortunately there will be no news the following
Scientists at UCLA have modified a cellphone to act as a portable blood tester that is capable of detecting HIV, malaria and other illnesses. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan hopes to bring this technology to countries that otherwise would not have the ability to test for disease. Palm chief executive Ed Colligan revealed that many developers and
It has been a good week this week, we started off with fantastic news that Mozilla’s new mobile browser Fennec is being developed for Symbian S60. Due to technical or licensing reasons, Symbian will have an upper hand because Fennec won’t be available for the iPhone, BlackBerry or Android handsets. The FCC recently passed the new
Japan will be getting the loudly colored Sony Ericsson Xmini. This tiny handset combines what you will find in a Walkman MP3 player with your standard feature phone. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the phone is the 8-megapixle camera. You will also get the familiar control keys as well as 4GB of internal storage. Vodafone
Another week has come to a close and that means it’s time for another week in review. This week we saw Clearwire and Sprint finish up their long-talked-about merger for the WiMAX network. But really, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Samsung announced a new phone designed with the pre-teen in mind called the Tobi
We here at PhoneMag hope you had a nice holiday weekend. But the phone news never stops! In fact, this past week we found out that AT&T will be the next carrier to get the Nokia E71. And LG announced the LG Prada II, which comes with an equally stylish watch. In BlackBerry-related news, we got
It’s that time again, folks. This week was filled with all sorts of phone-related news, so let’s jump right in. In fact, Bell and Telus are rumored to be getting the BlackBerry Storm on the exact same day. ASUS also announced their own smartphone, the P565 800MHz smartphone, which officially means ASUS are trying their hand
This week we saw quite a lot of Nokia-related news cross our path. For instance, Nokia launched their E63 messaging device and we found out that AT&T was all set to release the Nokia 6650 this past Friday. Telus picked up the Samsung m540 in two very stylish colors: black and pink and Alltell is to
