Archive for July, 2010

Bluetooth SIG Reveals Samsung i917 Windows Phone 7 Device

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Documents recently published on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group web site confirm some details about an unannounced handset from Samsung. The SGH-i917 Cetus will run Windows Phone 7, and is among the first handsets confirmed to have the unreleased ...

RadioShack Expanding to Target Stores with Kiosks

Friday, July 30th, 2010

RadioShack has announced plans to expand its mobile phone retail footprint by installing kiosks inside Target stores. The kiosks will be branded "Bullseye Mobile" and won't be identified with RadioShack. The kiosks will be installed in most of Target's ...

ZTE Licenses Nuance’s T9 Portfolio for Future Handsets

Friday, July 30th, 2010

ZTE today announced that it has licensed Nuance Communication's T9 predictive text entry software for use in its handset portfolio. ZTE said it will make use of T9, XT9, T9 Write and T9 Trace, all of which help speed ...

First LTE Phone Approved By FCC

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The FCC has approved a phone identified as the Samsung R900, which has LTE capabilities using the 1700 / 1900 radio bands. As PhoneScoop reported this past March from the CTIA show, MetroPCS has already announced plans to launch ...

Acer Stream Will Only Be Available On Expansys

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Acer might be the last manufacturer that join Android world but they surely know what they are doing. Usually, phone exclusiveness only with carrier but not this one. Acer Stream will be exclusive only for Expansys UK on August 9th. Surprising enough this phone will be similar to Nexus One problem.

Expansys will be selling the Stream at full price, you can request a cool 399 GBP. It will cost you around $600 USD. The Acer Stream features 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, Android 2.1, 5MP camera with 720p, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, HDMI-out, and DLNA/UPnP support. There are no sign what so ever that Acer Stream exclusivity will end. Take a pick on the Acer Stream on the video below. See it for yourself if is worth the cost.

Click here to view the embedded video.

[via mobilemagazine]