gsm

Motorola Milestone 2 confirmed by accident through promotional video

Published on: 2nd September, 2010

Essentially a GSM version of the Droid 2, the Motorola Milestone 2 phone has appeared accidentally in a promotional video material which has been posted on YouTube, but since then has been made private. The Milestone 2 handset will reach the German market, as well as other markets, but there is no information regarding the [...]

New technology from Nokia Siemens could provide more 3G data bandwidth

Published on: 9th August, 2010

Nokia Siemens Networks has recently presented a technology that would probably lessen data crunch at certain carriers. DFCA (Dynamic Frequency and Channel Allocation) operates a reduction of the needed amount of bandwidth a GSM call requires in order to work. This approach results either in doubling the space for the conventional type of voice calls [...]

Samsung’s new Bada Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro

Published on: 21st June, 2010

Taking advantage of the CommunicAsia event, Samsung has announced the addition of two new Bada based handsets – Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro (S5250 and S5330). The two devices are lower-cost alternatives to the company’s Wave flagship; they benefit from smaller 3.2-inch LCDs (instead of the 4-inch Super AMOLED) and from three-megapixel cameras, but [...]

GSM SIM unlock for the Palm Pre

Published on: 24th April, 2010

The Palm Pre gets an unofficial SIM unlock developed by a member of the PreCentral forum. The unlock is now on sale and is priced at the equivalent of $38, but other purchasing options are also available. It is permanent and is not affected by webOS software updates. It consists in the removal of network [...]

Telus – GSM Plans for Canada in 2010

Published on: 12th October, 2009

The imminent launch of the HSPA 3G network generated a series of rumors about the actors on this new stage. A specific timeframe was given for the announced November iPhone launch.
Some sources provided more details about the launch lineup and indicated that the HTC Hero will come to Telus in its original HSPA-aware form and [...]

Amazon Kindle: US & International Wireless Available This Month

Published on: 10th October, 2009

Amazon Kindle is a software and hardware platform developed by Amazon.com for reading e-books and other digital media. Three hardware devices, “Kindle”, “Kindle 2,” and “Kindle DX” support this platform, as well as an iPhone application called “Kindle for iPhone”. The first device was released in the United States on November 19, 2007.
Its reliance on [...]

German Website Sets Autumn as Time for Palm Pre Release

Published on: 22nd September, 2009

eMD presents the Palm Pre German site, O2 Germany, which states that the gadget is “Exklusiv ab Herbst bei O2.” To put it in English, it seems that we were right in positioning the Palm Pre release by the end of this year. The German sentence means that in autumn (Herbst) the new GSM [...]