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Limited-edition "Red Tab" Levi phone launches

If you were unimpressed with the original launch of Levi’s mobile phone then an "ultra limited edition" Red Tab version is perhaps unlikely to make you reach for your wallet. If, however you are impressed, then you might like to know that there are only 100 available from posh Parisian retailer Colette, oh, and the [...]

Sling Media Announces SlingPlayer Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS

Company Will Demonstrate Award-Winning Mobile TV Solution at CTIA on a Variety of Symbian Smartphones Including the Sony Ericsson W960i and the Nokia N95 8GB FOSTER CITY, Calif. & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sling Media, Inc., a digital lifestyle products company, today announced SlingPlayer Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS, bringing the best mobile TV experience to this [...]

LG’s 5.1 megapixel OZ could be the Casio W53CA in disguise

The successor to the LH2300 Touch Web phone has just been announced by LG; it’s the 5.1 megapixel OZ which looks like the Casio W53CA with LG branding new Hello UI for the Korean market. Sporting a twisty-fold clamshell design, it features a 5.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, 28-mm lens, color correction, 9-point auto focus, and [...]

Samsung Unveils New 8 Megapixel Camera Module for Mobile Phones

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new 8 megapixel camera module specifically designed for mobile phones. At 8.5mm thick, the new module is thinner than the current models, and also packs built-in niceties such as anti-shake and face detection technology. Apparently, it also supports a unique ‘smile shutter’ feature in circuitry that will trigger the shutter [...]

Vertu launches Monogram Constellation collection

2008 marks the tenth anniversary of Vertu and to celebrate they have launched the Monogram Constellation collection. With a special fine grain leather, which is monogrammed with the Vertu "V", the collection is available as of April 1st. And no, you can’t afford one. Source pocket-lint.

The Chinese made C7000A, a mobile phone with built-in cardiograph

Why bother with business or leisure when you’re in dire need of a random health check? This is what Chinese cellphone manufacturing company Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. seems to be saying with its latest product release, dubbed with a generic name, the C7000A. One of the main highlights of this phone is that is [...]

General Mobile’s Dual-SIM DSTW1 Windows Mobile Smartphone

General Mobile’s Windows Mobile 6 Professional-powered DSTW1 sports a large 2.8" QVGA touchscreen, capable of 65k colors. The handset also features a dual-SIM slot, with one supporting quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and the other tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz). This 144g (5oz) heavy hitter measures in at 117mm x 61mm x 18mm (4.6" x 2.4" x .7") and [...]

General Mobile DST11

General Mobile’s new DST11 slider sports a dual-SIM slot, allowing users the ability to manage 2 different phone numbers with the same handset. A 1.3 megapixel camera also records video and a miniSD card slot offers expanded memory options. The DST11 is dual-band GSM (900/1800MHz), which pretty much limits it to the European market. The [...]

Tiffany & Co. Diamond Cell Phone

Softbank Mobile is in the process of launching their new line of 15 cell phones, one of which was created in collaboration with Tiffany & Co. Japan Inc. The new handset is encrusted with more than 400 diamonds totaling 20+ carats and will cost about $94,000. For that kind of money I hope it looks [...]

Verizon SMT5800

When it comes to Windows Mobile smartphones, Verizon’s lineup is officially fat and happy. The second-largest U.S. carrier coasted for a long time with just the Motorola Q, the outdated Verizon XV6700, and the Palm Treo 700wx, but those lean days are gone. Now Verizon offers the XV6800 (the long-overdue replacement for the touch-screen XV6700), [...]