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Google Voice for iPhone ‘rejected’

The Google Voice application for iPhone has been rejected by Apple, says Google. The reason invoked by Apple is that Google Voice duplicates the dialer function included in the iPhone and replaced a “native function”, which is grounds for a rejection. The rejection would have occurred in July during a phone conversation with top executives (Apple's Phil Schiller and Google's Alan Eustace) from both companies. Apple has previously said that Google Voice was technically still being reviewed,...

ITG xpPhone

How would you like to have a device as small (relatively speaking) as a large smartphone with Windows XP running on it? Well, that would be the ITG xpPhone, where it is being prepared to be released on AT&T, Vodafone and Orange networks in the near future. The 4.8" touchscreen display might be suitable for a standard phone operating system, but is it OK for Windows XP? Features are pretty much more of a netbook than a cellphone, where you get the following : AMD Super Mobile...

Nokia N86 8MP finally available

It's still showing as a preorder on Nokia USA's own site, but Amazon and the brick-and-mortar flagship stores in Chicago and New York are finally stocking the N86 8MP a little bit of a stretch for the "coming weeks" claim made at the North American version's launch announcement back in July. T he beefy dual slider features a 2.6-inch QVGA OLED display, US 3G up to 3.6Mbps on the downlink, and WiFi  but clearly the big draw is its 8 megapixel cam with Carl Zeiss optics around back accompanied...

Samsung S7550 Blue Earth reviewed

We're not sure if the recent trend for greener gadgets comes from a wish to save the planet, assuage consumer's guilt, cash in on a trend, or some combination of the three, but we'll tell you one thing: it's not going anywhere. Of course, with a product named "Blue Earth" you know that you're not just getting a handset, but some vaguely eco-friendly ID, including: an outer shell (mostly) fashioned from recycled water bottles, a solar panel, and a pedometer (you know, to encourage walking /...

All Samsung Omnia Phones

Windows Mobile 6.5 phones arrive on October 6, and joining them will be the new OmniaPRO B7330 (HSDPA, 320 x 320-pixel non-touchscreen). In fact, Samsung says that all Omnia phones will run WinMo 6.5 once it's available. That applies to the upcoming OmniaLITE (B7300), and current WinMo 6.1 models: Omnia II (I8000), OmniaPRO B7610 and B7320. These three "will be updateable to Windows Mobile 6.5 upon the update availability." The Windows Markplace (Microsoft's app store for all 6.x Windows...