The much anticipated first in a series of Nokia Windows smartphone to come, the Nokia Lumia 800, is now available to the public via Vodafone UK with awesome bonuses such as £60 worth of vouchers spread over 6 months and redeemable at Amazon.co.uk for the first 10,000 orders as well as 3 months of free mobile internet.
For now, Vodafone UK is only selling the black version while the cyan(blue) version is in pre-order phase. Interested parties can get it free of charge but will be required to sign a 2 year, £36 contract that offers 600 minutes, unlimited texts and …

Just when I thought that Facebook was only getting dedicated love from mobile phones, Hewlett-Packard (HP) goes and releases a new wireless mouse that works via Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth and comes complete with a dedicated Facebook button
With a super sexy curvy design and rubber side grip, the HP X7000 is one wi-fi mouse that was most certainly created with maximum comfort in mind thereby minimizing wrist injuries from continuous usage.
The scroll wheel which this computer peripheral is generally known to come with, has been expertly replaced with a beautiful touch-sensitive scroll button while adding six buttons that can be …

UPDATE: BlackBerry Curve 9380 Features and Specifications and BlackBerry Bold 9790 Features and Specifications
Over the past few months, BlackBerry’s affordable Curve series has undergone expansion to include the Curve 9350, Curve 9360 and Curve 9370 all running on the shiny new BlackBerry OS 7 platform.
RIM has just announced that before the year runs out, they will be releasing the BlackBerry Curve 9380 which will be the first Curve model that’s all touchscreen and no QWERTY keyboard.
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 will thus feature a highly responsive and brilliant 3.2-inch, 480 x 360 resolution display with 5MP camera. Detailed specs are yet …

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been widely acclaimed by Gizmodo and the New York Times as the first tablet to fiercely compete with the iPad 2 while maintaining an affordable price of just $199. Come November 15, this stunning tablet together with others in its family such as the Kindle, Kindle Touch, Kindle Touch 3G and the Kindle Fire will become available via 16,000 locations across the US, from retail stores such as Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Staples, Sam’s Club, RadioShack, Office Depot, etc for $79, $99, $149 and $199 respectively.
Also on that date, all existing Kindle preorders via Amazon’s online …

It’s no news that calls can be made over the internet and they are way less expensive than regular calls made over the cellular networks. Well Republic Wireless has decided to take advantage of the ever growing Wi-Fi internet connection networks in the US to offer No-Contract Unlimited data, Unlimited text and Unlimited Calls for just $19 a month (tax included).
Tagged as Hybrid Calling, Republic Wireless budget friendly prepaid plan is targeted at light or moderate mobile phone users who don’t spend large chunks of the day streaming and downloading stuff over cellular networks and at folks who reside in areas …

27 year old Mark Zuckerberg ought to be mighty proud that major mobile phone manufacturers around the world are clamoring to build phones dedicated to his mighty popular creation, Facebook.
Motorola has just announced the Motorola EX225 which will be bearing the codename MotoKey Social. Like HTC’s Salsa and ChaCha, this cheap smartphone is targeted at hardcore facebook users and comes with a dedicated blue Facebook button (as shown in the image) for instant image shares and status updates.
Featuring a QWERTY keyboard, Motorola’s budget facebook phone comes with a 2.4-inch capacitive touchscreen with QVGA resolution and 64MB RAM and 128MB ROM.
Other …

The much anticipated BlackBerry Music Service (BBM) which has been in beta phase for quite some time is now live in the US, Canada and Australia. Using the BBM service, blackberry fans who love their music can stream full songs live on their blackberry devices for just $5 a month.
Premium and free subscription plans are presently available with the former costing users just $4.99 USD ($4.99 CDN and $5.99 AUD) monthly. BlackBerry subscribers can test run BBMS premium subscription for 2 months free in the US and Canada while those in Australia get 1 month free.
The free subscription version of …

If you’re one of those die hard Apple stans who travels a lot a hates to carry around plenty of chargers for your mobile gadgets, Twelve South has released a sleek $35 charger called the PlugBug that when hooked to your standard MacBook Air or MacBook Pro AC adapter, charges your MacBook, iPhone or iPod all at once.
Furnished with a two prong outlet, the PlugBug (red thingy in the image above) attaches itself to the normal duck cover on your MagSafe power brick adapter and charges your iPad or iPhone via its own powered 10w USB port.
Now you don’t have …

Coming on the heels of its recent announcement of the $200 Samsung Exhibit II 4G which is been sold in collaboration with Walmart, T-Mobile USA seeks to further widen their range of affordable android smartphones by offering LG’s myTouch and myTouch Q for $80 each after a $50 mail-in-rebate with a new 2 year contract.
According to the official press release, both android phones will run Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread and feature a 3.8inch touchscreen display with 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor as well as a 5 Megapixel camera.
As far as major differences between both devices go, myTouch Q comes with a …

One of the worlds’ Consumer electronics giant, Sony Corp seems to be undergoing some major restructuring this year. First it was the announcement that they would be buying off Ericsson for a hefty $1.05 billion in cash and now they are announcing plans to split their TV business into three divisions.
Apparently for the past seven years, the TV division of the company has been making some major annual losses. When the restructuring is done, Sony’s TV department will have three branches: LCD TVs, Next Generation TVs and Outsourced Televisions.
While this is happening, Sony is also in negotiations with Samsung Electronics …

In the year 2011, the House of Christian Dior launched a luxury Dior Phone Touch while a gold plated diamond encrusted Mac Book PRO was announced by Computer Choppers. RIM has decided to join the trend of limited edition luxury mobile technology by merging forces with the folks at Porsche Design to repackage the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 as the Blackberry Porsche Design P9981.
Encased in stainless steel and leather and running on BlackBerry OS 7, the device is scheduled for an end of the year release at Porsche Design stores for a pricey $2,000. Ouch!
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At a media briefing that took place at the Protea Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, October 13, 2011, Huawei Technologies made known its’ intention to move in on the growing and competitive mobile technology market in Nigeria.
Telec Nigeria has been selected as Huawei preferred distribution company and with 11 years of experience under their belt, they would be put in charge of providing excellent and superior sales, logistics and support services for Huawei mobile phones.
For now Huawei is releasing around seven budget friendly phones while pushing its Android Smartphones among the pack. One of the android devices is the Huawei …

A few Nokia dual sim phones have been released this year and one of them even sports a touchscreen but none of them has succeeded in making an impression on me until now with the announcement of the upcoming the Nokia ASHA 200 which is expected to be released before the year runs out.
This dual sim device is expected to ship with Easy Swap functionality (change second SIM freely without switching off the device and pulling out your battery), 320 x 240 pixels 2.4 inches TFT resistive touchscreen display, 2 megapixels camera with 176×144@10fps video shooting abilities, Bluetooth v2.1 with …

The affordable Samsung Exhibit II 4G Android smartphone is finally available to T-Mobile customers who don’t like the idea of being tied down by 2 year contracts.
At the moment, the device is available via Walmart stores as of today October 21, 2011 but it will go nationwide come November 2, 2011 via the T-Mobile USA retail stores.
Powered by Android™ 2.3 Gingerbread, the Exhibit II 4G features a 3.7-inch WVGA TFT capacitive touchscreen and a 1 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processor and provides the ultimate experience in Web browsing and entertainment capabilities (thousands of popular TV shows and movies through T-Mobile® …

Telecommunications technology giant, Ericsson and consumer tech products connoisseur Sony Corporation are set to part ways soon as the later seeks to buy off the former’s shares for a whooping €1.05 billion.
Both companies had come together in a joint venture to launch a mobile handset business that managed to survive 10 years from its inception in October 1, 2011.
Ericsson will be moving on to focus wholly on the global wireless market and how wireless connectivity can benefit people, business and society beyond just phones while Sony will be rapidly integrating hi-end smartphones into its broad array of network-connected consumer …

I knew this was coming when millions of BlackBerry owners were left without service for 3 days but I assumed given their free $100 worth of premium Blackberry apps offer, it wouldn’t.
Well the Consumer Law Group has filed a class action lawsuit at the Quebec Superior Court on behalf of individuals who have BlackBerry smartphones and who pay for a monthly data plan but were unable to access their email, BlackBerry Messenger service (BBM), and/or Internet for the period of October 11 to 14, 2011.

UPDATE: Motorola’s DROID RAZR is currently avaialable for pre-order via Verizon Wireless for $299 on-contract from Verizon now. Pre-orders will be taken in stores or by calling 1 800 2 JOIN IN and they will ship no later than November 10 2011.
 

A little over a week ago, Motorola finally unveiled the successor of their hugely successfully Motorola RAZR V3 clamshell mobile phone (flip phone).
Touted as the new slimmest smartphone available, Motorola’s DROID RAZR runs on the android platform and features a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, covered with Corning Gorilla Glass scratch resistant display on a very slim and lightweight …

Webhosts such as Freedom Hosting who offer their hosting business to child porn sites are currently under attack by the activist group, Anonymous which specializes in hacking.
In a recent bid to help put an end to child pornography, the group released a statement to major web hosts. At the moment, the guys behind the wheel at Freedom Hosting seem to be the only target as they’ve been allegedly hosting pedophiles knowingly.
After successfully shutting down Freedom’s shared hosting servers 3 times, they sent out this press release :

The world of affordbable budget friendly tablets continues to widen with the announcement of the impending release of the ViewPad 7e coming from the house of ViewSonic Corporation.
According to the company’s recent press release, the tablet device is expected to hit the North American market before the end of October 2011 and will be running on Android 2.3 GingerBread with a 3D "holographic visual effects," 7-inch touchscreen display (800 x 600-pixel resolution).
Backed by its proprietary RiteTouch technology, this mobile device will enable its users to easily swipe across content, zoom in and out, and scroll through emails using either …

If you’re a BlackBerry user, you might have been in some way affected by the 3 day loss of service that occurred last week Monday the 10th of October 2011. Well, it so happens that in compensation for this lapse in expected quality service, RIM will be offering a variety of their premium apps worth up to $100 free of charge via BlackBerry App World.
While the official list of paid apps up for grabs is yet to be released, Research In Motion has approved the following apps to be included in this compensatory offer.