Camera Phones

Nokia and Microsoft have announced plans that will see a broad strategic partnership that combines the respective strengths of our companies and builds a new global mobile ecosystem in effect stating that new Nokia smartphones will run on the Windows Phone 7 operating platform and not the Symbian or MeeGo platforms Nokia have been favouring Continue reading …

Rumors and speculation have been growing over a Sony Playstation mobile phone.

Nokia are still the world’s number one mobile phone manufacturer, followed by Samsung in second place and LG in third, a report from analysts Gartner, has revealed. Apple follow-up in fourth, followed by Research in Motion with their Blackberry brand. This however disguises the fact that Asian companies made up a third of worldwide handset Continue reading …

What nonsense is this we hear you cry? No not Lunacy but Balloonacy! Orange, that well-known purveyor of mobile phones is about to launch the second great internet balloon race (the first was in 2008) and it is open to anyone with an internet connection. Head on over to the ballonacy site before the race Continue reading …

The Commuter is not set to be the next blockbuster to grace your movie screens, but Nokia might like you to believe it is. Starring Dev Patel, Pamela Anderson, Charles Dance and Ed Westwick this seven and a half-minute long film is shot entirely using the Nokia N8. Showing off the 12 megapixel camera and Continue reading …

The recently announced Exmor R 16 megapixel camera sensor is due to make its first appearance in the Sony Ericsson Cyber Shot S006, but so far only expected to be released in Japan. As we reported, the new Exmor sensors are not due for commercial release until the early part of next year, so the Continue reading …

Once upon a time, Blackberry phones only did email (apart from the calling bit!). Admittedly they did email very well, but that was their main attraction. Now Blackberry are mainstream and are appealing to markets far beyond that original email orientated business market. The Blackberry Torch still does email very well, but it has a Continue reading …

The LG Optimus 7, or E900, forms part of the first wave of Windows Phone 7 handsets and LG have picked up on what will probably be one of the key reason consumers will opt for a Windows phone – the integration of XBox Live and Zune media player technologies. With the ability to access Continue reading …

I am sure Nokia would like to think “last but not least” in regard to C6, the smallest and lowest specified handset announced as part of recent Symbian^3 smartphones due towards the end of 2010. The Nokia C6 is the smallest at 103.8 mm x 52.5 mm x 13.9 mm with a 3.2 inch AMOLED Continue reading …

Altek make cameras and a lot of them. In fact they are the world’s largest manufacturer of digital cameras, so turning their attention to camera phones would seem to be a logical step. Indeed the Altek Leo looks more like a digital camera than a mobile phone