Mobile Extremist Blog

Softbank Japan is keeping pretty busy these days, most recently approaching a similar market as the Apple iPhone with the announcement of the Softbank Fullface 2, a mobile phone that — appropriately enough — features a large display across its full face. Also known as the SoftBank 921SH, this mobile phone does have one critical […]

Just as HTC are venturing to pitch their handsets beyond the confines of the smartphone segment, the LG are somewhat unwilling to make Windows Mobile Pro the focal point of the LG KS20. They are keen to have the KS20 rub shoulders with the Viewty and the Prada and keep it hush about the Pocket […]

I remember when the Samsung BlackJack was first revealed to the world, I couldn’t help but draw immediate comparisons to the Motorola Q. Both devices had very similar form factors and both ran on some version of Windows Mobile 5. Many people say that their Blackjack is better than the Moto Q, and now that […]

The Sony Ericsson K850i cell phone is already a little quirky, because the traditional five-way navigator that you use to dabble through the menus wraps all the way around the 2 and 5 keys, rather than being placed above them. Current versions of the K850i are available with blue or green highlights, but if you’re […]

Blackberry phones were primarily designed for businessmen, and the Blackberry 8800 performs this task efficiently. The device brings the media and professional features together in their profile. The smartphone looks very attractive in black and metallic silver casing. With an intuitive QWERTY keyboard and a large 320 x 240 pixel resolution screen-browsing phone functions is […]

Wordpress is easily one of the most popular blog platforms available on the planet today. My own blog — Beyond the Rhetoric — and my fighting games blog are both powered by Wordpress. The trouble is that I usually have to find my way back to my laptop in order to post up new content […]

Kevin from s60 blog has confirmed a new implementation in Nokia N82. The phone has already came with a different firmware update process, which will keep user setting, application and data in the memory after the upgrade.According to Kevin, Nokia N82 is the first model that support data preservation. Nokia N82 will soon be able […]

E-TEN has posted a teaser picture at its site unveiling plans for the Mobile World Congress (ex. 3GSM Congress). It will take place in Barcelona on February 11-14.On the picture we see the V900 communicator to be introduced at the show. It is peculiar for the support of digital TV in several formats – DVB-H, […]

Google and RIM showed off last week a Picasa application for BlackBerry devices, letting users of the device upload photos to Picasa from their smart phones. Photos can be tagged, geotagged, captioned, assigned to an album and resized, all before they are uploaded to a Picasa Web Albums account. The application was announced at CES […]

Samsung has revealed its newest addition to its SGH line of cell phones with the SGH-i780 on the final day of CES. This Windows Mobile-powered device is packed with features with a full QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen. It supports triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz and single-band UMTS/HSDPA at 2100MHz. The connectivity side passes the test […]

Every once in a while — and when we say "every once in a while" we mean "quite often" — a major manufacturer’s booth will feature a totally unannounced device tucked away in some dark corner without an announcement, without fanfare, and without reason. This time around, Nokia takes the honor with the 3555, a […]

Sony Ericsson today announces the K618: a slim, lightweight 3G phone that will launch in selected markets and deliver the perfect mix of mobile phone, multimedia applications and business solutions. The new K618 has been developed for those users that want "the best of both worlds"; entertainment on the move & a powerful business tool. […]

Looks like Asus is starting to make good on it’s promises to deliver 25 new mobile handsets in 2008.It’s only the second day of the year and we already can tell you about the second old/new communicator - Asus M530W - in a new 2008 Asus handset line-up. (The first one being Asus M930W, we […]

Earlier this month, we took a look at one of the newest phones in Blackberry’s line up - the Pearl. This was one for the consumers - a Blackberry that came in a sleek, candy bar form factor, had a two-letters-per-key SureType keyboard and featured easy setup for web-based email, such as Google Mail.
The compadre […]

Ask anyone what’s missing from the iPhone and one of the most likely answers is copy and paste. I know it’s on the top of my list of most wanted feature, next to 3G-connectivity.

 
According to MacScoop, the recent iPhone 1.1.3 firmware leak may be incomplete and unpolished version of the forthcoming iPhone update. It is […]

Nokia, not content with dominating the consumer mobile phone market with models like the N70, has decided that it wants a piece of the business email pie as well. But can the Finnish company really offer a true alternative to the BlackBerry?
The Nokia E61 isn’t designed like any Nokia phone you’ve seen before. Lacking any […]

Nokia today announced a new way to enhance your multimedia computer or mobile device with a range of lightweight and comfortable Bluetooth headsets. Changeable and wearable, the Nokia BH-301 Bluetooth Headset, the Nokia BH-201 Bluetooth Headset and the Nokia BH-100 Bluetooth Headset add comfort and choice to your wireless communications.
These additions to Nokia’s extensive enhancements […]

Say what you will about the suits at the FCC, but they seem to be quite the hard-working bunch, even sifting their way through approval applications on New Year’s Eve. The latest handset to arrive at the FCC offices is the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic. The glossy slider phone looks a lot like the Nokia N81, […]

The BlackBerry 9000 series rumours are not going away, after recently getting some Wall Street analyst backing, there is now a spy shot that’s emerged on the BlackBerry forums site.Posted by someone suposedly based in Waterloo, where RIM’s Canadian headquarters are, with only the word "Enjoy" as a comment, this could be the new form […]

The Nokia N95 with US 3G is an updated version of Nokia’s tremendously successful do-it-all N95. This model improves on several draw-backs from the original, including a bump in memory, higher capacity battery and support for AT&T’s fast 3G network – the previous model only suppoted the slower EDGE network. Physically the handset is little […]