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Sony Ericsson Aino Launches

Folks living in the US will be pleased to know that the Sony Ericsson Aino is finally launching in that part of the world a few months after its announcement, where it will retail for $599.99 a pop while featuring specifications such as tri-band HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 432 x 240 resolution display, an 8.1-megapixel CMOS sensor for its camera to take stunning picks, Remote Play support for your convenience and a microSDHC memory card slot. This ought to shale things up a bit in the...

Blackberry Bold 9700 Coming to AT&T and T-Mobile

It's official, the Blackberry Bold 9700 is coming to T-Mobile and AT&T. Among the improvements, the phone is smaller, lighter, with a better camera (3.2 Megapixel) and it will be faster (624Mhz). The trackball is now gone, as many users complained that it gets stuck in presence of dirt. When we tested the Blackberry pad in recent models, it worked fine. The good news for T-Mobile users is that UMA (Hotspot@Home) is supported, as shown above, so calls over WIFI are possible. Unfortunately,...

Samsung H1 with Vodafone 360 platform

The Samsung H1 has pretty good specifications, and runs on the Vodafone 360 platform (video here), which is basically a web service that hosts your data on a centralized location and "syncs" with the phone in real-time. It is also possible to see and change the same data from your computer. It's always scary to see a carrier work on software and services because they often suck at it, but let's give it the benefit of the doubt, even if the user interface seems sluggish and somewhat ugly. The...

Free iPhone Apps

One of Apple's many curious restrictions on iPhone apps has now been lifted. It used to be that, in order for developers to have microtransactions / in-app purchases, they had to charge something upfront for the software, essentially requiring consumers to pay at least twice, or not at all. Well, all that's changed, as the company has sent word to its developer community that the restriction has been lifted, meaning those annoying "Lite" and "Full" versions cluttering the app store can now be...

Nokia N900 Extensive Preview

Our amateur sleuthing skills tell us there might be a tiny bit of excitement about this N900 device. With the Maemo 5 environment already measured up, it's the turn of the hardware to get exhaustively previewed. The My Symbian team took a look at a prototype unit and were immediately impressed by the 800 x 480 display and relatively compact dimensions for such a loaded phone. The resistive touchscreen was on par with the N97, though it picked up scratches too easily for their liking ( a screen...