Remember Microsoft’s Pink project? Well it looks like the folks at Redmond are working hard on future Microsoft phones. Although Steve Ballmer did say a number of times that Microsoft will not launch its own phone line, it looks like those were just words said in order to keep everyone else that’s making Windows Mobile phones happy.

Nothing is confirmed just yet but it looks like a couple of Pink phones have been leaked, the Turtle and the Pure. The phones should be presented in a few months at CES 2010 but Microsoft will not launch them until later when Windows Mobile 7 will be ready to dazzle the masses.

And I hope you’re sitting down for this one, as there’s one more rumor that seems a lot hotter. It looks like Microsoft is preparing a response to Apple’s first tablet. Microsoft will create its own tablet. Will the gadget be revealed at CES 2010? Will we see Microsoft launch it before Apple does? Nothing’s certain so far but the future Microsoft tablet will be based on Microsoft’s Surface technology.

via WMPoweruser

Tags: 2010, Apple, ces, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, pink, Pure, Steve Ballmer, Surface, tablet, Turtle, Windows Mobile 7

Palm may have the Pre and webOS behind them, but those assets alone evidentally haven’t been enough to bring the company back to greatness. Today, the Q1 2010 results were made known which state that Palm has sold 823,000 handsets (mostly the Pre) so far which may sound like a lot but the next bit of information isn’t all peaches.

It seems that Palm has posted a net loss of a staggering $164.5 million and, when compared to the $41.9 million Q1 2009 net loss, may show where the company is headed. Let’s hope the forthcoming Palm Pixi will spur sales or else Palm may be facing a grim future.

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Tags: 2010, Business, Cell Phones, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Palm Pre, q1

It’s not the first time we hear that NTT DoCoMo is interested in the US market. It looks like the Japanese giant which already has over 50 million subscribers in Japan is considering such a move. According to rumors the Japanese company will be arriving to the USA in 2010 and it will bring lots of phones ready to feature its mobile web service i-mode. What will the Big Four have to say about this? What about you? Would you consider switching from your default carrier to NTT DoCoMo.

Tags: 2010, i-mode, Mobile News, NTT DoCoMo, NTT DoCoMo, usa

Sony Ericsson is the official mobile phone of the 2010 FIFA World Cup which is going to take place in South Africa. Although there’s almost a year to go until the first kick-off, Sony Ericsson has decided to officially announce its Extra Man campaign. Soccer fans around the world will be able to get news, facts, and World Cup-related content straight on their mobile phones. As an alternative Sony Ericsson also has an Extra Man website available although I’m sure they’d rather you accessed the service via your Sony Ericsson phone. So in case you love soccer and you like Sony Ericsson phones, the Extra Man application is ready to deliver all that soccer content to your mobile phone

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Tags: 2010, Extra Man, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, World Cup

Well here’s some ridiculously vague information — It was recently made known that LG is gearing up to launch 3 unannounced, unspecced, uneverything’d Windows Mobile powered handsets sometime in the near future. It’s not official, but I think it’s safe to say all 3 of these devices will powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.

Furthermore, LG has plans to launch an additional 10 Windows Mobile powered handsets by the end of 2010. Unfortunately, right now, this is all we have to go by but considering the scale of this hardware lineup information is sure to leak sooner or later.

Update: It was actually announced that one of the first three handsets will be the full QWERTY keyboard touting GW550.

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Tags: 2010, Cell Phones, LG, LG, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6.5

2010 might bring a significant improvement to future BlackBerry phones. While we don’t have any leaked documents filled with future RIM projects, we do know that upcoming BlackBerry smartphones will come with front-facing cameras ready for video-conferencing. Sources from inside RIM have confirmed this although RIM hasn’t issued an official statement about BlackBerry video chat capabilities. So there you have it folks, early next year we should at least have the first BlackBerry handsets capable of adding one important feature to your already busy life: video calling!

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Tags: 2010, BlackBerry, camera, front camera, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, video call, Video Chat, video conference

As you’ve already read earlier today, Apple’s tablet is apparently set to be unveiled sometime early next year and the designated carrier to offer it at subsidized prices seems to be Verizon. On the other hand we already know that Verizon plans to launch its LTE network next year. Now, following the logical process of human thinking it would be only natural for Verizon to want to offer LTE connectivity to those new Apple tablet customers. And apparently that’s exactly what Verizon is thinking. Word on the street is that Big Red wants to have its LTE network in place and working in the first quarter of the year. That’s exactly when Apple should announce its iPhone-like tablet. But let’s stop the rumor mill for a while and wait for some official confirmation for all of these. What about you? Getting anxious to play with the first Apple tablet?

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Tags: 2010, Apple, Apple, LTE, Mobile News, Portable Devices, tablet, Verizon, Verizon

The future of mobile communications is LTE but it’s going to be a while until we will be able to enjoy it. In the mean time the major carriers and cell phone manufacturers are working on the proper equipment and the necessary network upgrades. LG is one of them and the company has just showed the first LTE USB modem to the world at CommunicAsia 2009. The modem will offer speeds of up to 100Mbps which is impressive for a mobile network.

We can expect the modem in stores some time next year but not sooner. LTE networks will be available to the public by next year so we can only assume LG will start selling proper equipment by then. We have no confirmation so far and there’s no pricing for this modem prototype yet.

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Tags: 2010, communicasia, LG, LG, LTE, Mobile News, Portable Devices

Garmin-Asus haven’t been that great at launching new phones on time but we’re willing to cut them some slack since they seem to work hard on their future handsets. While the nuvifone might not be that interesting all of a sudden, you should keep an eye on Garmin-Asus since they could launch an Android handset early next year. Their first Android phone should arrive in the first quarter of the year and we will be waiting for it nervously. Anyone anticipating a hot Android Garmin-Asus phone? Will it be launched on time?

via phonearena

Tags: 2010, Android, ASUS, ASUS, Garmin, Garmin, Google, Mobile News, nuvifone

While Telus is busy in Canada with its future HSDPA network, Verizon Wireless is developing its future LTE network. In fact, Verizon’s President and CEO Lowell McAdam said that the future 4G network will be launched officially in around 20 to 30 US markets during “the second half of 2010.” The first trials will start this year so lucky testers will be able to get their hands on some LTE action soon.

If that doesn’t sound awfully good so far you’ll also have to know that Verizon’s LTE network “nationwide buildout would be complete in late 2013 to early 2014,” which seems a long time to go from now.

via Engadget

Tags: 2010, 4G, LTE, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Verizon, Verizon

We kept talking about how Verizon is not going to get a CDMA iPhone soon and how AT&T will keep its grip on that exclusivity iPhone agreement. Until today that was all true. Now it looks like Verizon wants the iPhone and not only does it want it but it’s working on it with Apple. According to USA Today the iPhone will be going to Verizon as soon as the exclusivity deal expires. I hope you’re sitting down for this: the Verizon iPhone will run on the CDMA network which is quite the contrary of what we knew so far. Isn’t iPhone 2010 going to use that fresh 4G LTE network?

via USA Today

Tags: 2010, Apple, Apple, At&T, CDMA, iPhone, iPhone, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Verizon, Verizon

Sprint seems ready to take its WiMAX network to the next level. If you want fast mobile broadband you should either move to Baltimore where the service is active or wait for 2009 and to 2010 for WiMAX to arrive in your city. This year Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle will get the 4G upgrade while next year Boston, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington D.C. will receive the WiMAX. And according to Sprint “several new 4G devices planned for 2009 and 2010, including a single-mode 4G data card, embedded laptops, a small-office-home-office broadband modem and a tri-mode phone.”

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If I was to choose between Macworld and CES I would probably go to CES. I’d have plenty more to see there, not that Macworld is a bad place to be. But next year even Apple is not going to go to Macworld. Instead it looks like the Cupertino-based company will join CES 2010. Is Apple going to challenge Microsoft’s supremacy right at CES? I am sure that’s what they want. And they will have lots of other big names in this business to fight against.

CES 2010 should be even hotter than this year’s exposition. At least if the economy doesn’t completely crush by that time. In the mean time we have a whole year to watch Apple and Microsoft compete.

Tags: 2010, Apple, ces, macworld, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News