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Nokia losing ground to Apple, RIM in the smartphone marketshare

by Jodie Andrefski on Nov 7, 2008 at 07:32 PM

No kidding, right?  I think maybe everyone but Nokia saw it coming.  Or maybe they did too…just not at this drastic of a level.  According to the popular market research firm Canalys, Nokia’s market share dropped down to 38.9 percent in the third quarter; which is down from 51.4 just… Continue Reading »

LG Lotus: clamshell QWERTY phone anyone?

by Iyaz Akhtar on Nov 7, 2008 at 11:48 AM

So RIM said they couldn’t put together a BlackBerry Flip with a full QWERTY keyboard.  LG said, “We can.”  Take a look at the LG Lotus that will be available on the Sprint network.  It’s a flip phone with a full QWERTY keyboard and an odd square form factor.  What… Continue Reading »

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 will never have full keyboard

by Iyaz Akhtar on Oct 3, 2008 at 09:17 PM

After finding out I was on crack this week, I was reminded of some information I had on BlackBerries.  As you know, Research in Motion (“RIM”) is releasing their Pearl 8220, the first BlackBerry with a clamshell design.  Gadgetell got a chance to speak to RIM and found out that… Continue Reading »

Motorola unveils the MOTOROKR EM30, EM28, EM25 music phones

by Arnold Zafra on Aug 5, 2008 at 05:22 PM

Motorola has added three new music phones to its MOTOROKR lineup, the EM30 candybar, the EM28 clamshell and EM25 slider phone. All three are geared for music lovers who can’t live without their mobile phones. Here’s a quick rundown of the specs and features of each of these new ROKR… Continue Reading »

BlackBerry Kickstart 8220 shows itself on video

by Robert Nelson on Jul 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM

So, we saw the hands-on review come in for RIM’s first venture into the clamshell market and things continue to seem to be pretty promising, that is assuming the price is close to the rumored $49. Now to add a little more tease, the team over at CrackBerry have released… Continue Reading »

Motorola “Ischia” makes it FCC appearance

by Robert Nelson on Jul 23, 2008 at 08:09 PM

Motorola’s latest clamshell has just been spotted on the FCC website, and this one is certainly nothing to get over-excited about. The low-end offering, which is being called “Ischia” is almost screaming why bother. The Motorola “Ischia” offers the very basic Bluetooth and EDGE support, but lacks any GSM 850… Continue Reading »

Motorola Vegas VE20 makes it’s FCC appearance

by Arnold Zafra on Jul 7, 2008 at 06:15 PM

Here you go, another unconfirmed mobile handset making it’s FCC appearance. This time its from Motorola, and its the new clamshell styled phone called the Motorola Vegas (VE20). Word on the street is that the VE20 Vegas will be released on Sprint’s CDMA network. Furthermore, the new clamshell phone will… Continue Reading »

Rumor: BlackBerry Kickstart to land with T-Mobile for $49.99?

by Robert Nelson on Jul 4, 2008 at 12:32 PM

Some more information has been leaking about in regards to the upcoming BlackBerry Kickstart and thankfully this time it was not another set of blurry images. Instead its some speculation based on just how much RIM is planning to charge for this little clamshell BlackBerry. We have already heard that… Continue Reading »

FCC leaks T-Mobile’s 3G-capable Sony Ericsson TM506

by Robert Nelson on Jun 20, 2008 at 01:15 PM

Even after all the Sony Ericsson handsets that were recently launched, they still have some in the works. Thanks to a recent FCC listing, we now have at least some of the details on a new clamshell style 3G-capable handset that will be heading to T-Mobile, the TM506. Typical with… Continue Reading »

RIM’s first flip, the BlackBerry Kickstart gets pictured—again

by Robert Nelson on Jun 14, 2008 at 12:02 AM

While I am not 100% convinced that this is a nice looking flip, its certainly nice enough looking in the pictures to intrigue me enough to want to get my hands on one and play around a bit. The Kickstart, also know as the BlackBerry 9100 will feature a SureType… Continue Reading »

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