All the way from China comes a cellphone like no other: it has above the average features, and a price below the normal.

In other words, the T160i-WIFI is a cellphone that supports JAVA and TV, bluetooth, and best of all it has WiFi - all of this for $157. The list of good details doesn’t stop there, the T160i has dual cameras so you can take photos and do some video calls, and even a touchscreen. If you thought that a cellphone with WiFi for that price is a good pick, just add the 8.1-megapixel camera and you have an excellent pick. Sadly I don’t think we’ll ever get to see this device on the US, because it looks like a “China only” phone.

via pmptoday

Tags: 8.1, Cell Phones, dual camera, java, T106i-WIFI, TV

It seems that hot on the heels of LG’s recently pictured BL40 is it’s brethren the BL42 slider. Pictured above is said handset which will also fall into LG’s Black Label series of devices.

Details haven’t been confirmed but reports say the device features a 240×320 resolution display, a 5MP display and a Java based operating system.

But honestly, who needs the BL42 when you can opt for the 4.1-inch touchscreen touting BL40? Well, maybe those on the budget assuming this phone is cheaper than the BL40. Either or, there was no mention of a price point or release date.

Despite the fact that the site isn’t in English, you can check out more pictures of the device, here.

Tags: 5mp camera, BL40, bl42, Black Label, Cell Phones, java, leaked, LG, Mobile News, Mobile Software, pictures, Portable Devices, slider

Verizon Wireless is about to launch various Java-based services. The carrier is getting ready to dump BREW and hook up with Sun Microsystems in order to offer you various services and applications. Verizon hasn’t made it quite clear yet that it plans to dump the BREW platform but why use both when you can easily get anything you want out of a single platform? The company hasn’t announced this new move just yet so we’ll be waiting for the actual press release.

via sun

Tags: BREW, java, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Sun, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Your Android handset, let’s call it your G1 since there aren’t any other Android phones roaming around, is ready for Skype. And so are other 100 Java-enabled phones from various manufacturers like: LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.

Skype has announced the new Skype Mobile beta which will be compatible will all those phones. Using the new Skype Mobile beta you will be able to:

• Make Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world
• Send/receive instant messages to/from individuals or groups
• Make Skype calls at low rates to people on landlines or mobile phones
• Receive calls to your online personal phone number on Skype
• See when your Skype contacts are online/available to chat

Skype Mobile beta will let you use both airtime minutes and cellular data to make and receive calls and it can be used worldwide to make calls to United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Brazil (Rio and Sao Paolo), Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Australia and New Zealand. Hopefully support for other countries will also be included in the near future. In the mean time check the list above to see if our Java-enabled phone qualifies for the new Skype software.

Tags: Android, java, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Skype

Remember when we told you about T-Mobile’s future app store? Well it appears it’s almost ready. In the mean time the devPartner Community Beta is now ready for you to give it a try. This program was conceived in order to help your application get approved faster to be released to the future store.

Developers should register and follow the steps needed to be done in order to have their apps approved. The whole process is free of charge so anyone can already start creating accounts. (more…)

Tags: Android, App Store, Google, java, Mobile Games, Mobile News, Mobile Software, software, software, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

Motorola’s M990 mobile phone recently cleared the FCC hurdle. A GSM phone, it looks like the phone was in development for quite a while, as the user guide is dated October 2007. The M990 presents a jog-dial interface for the user and features a Smart Key that lets you do a number of things like:

Activate voice commands and select various menu items by saying their name

Dial to a name stored on the phone by saying the name

Dial a phone number by saying the number

Create a voice recordThere’s also a built-in GPS receiver that can be used by a compatible Java app to aid you in navigation. A class 2 Bluetooth device, you can go wireless up to 10 meters, and can be used with Bluetooth headsets or transfer files to another device.

The Motorola M990 also supports microSD memory cards up to 2GB.

No word on the pricing or availability yet, but check back with us soon.

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Tags: Cell Phones, fcc, GPS, java, m990, Motorola, Motorola, smart key, voice recognition

One of the reasons why Smartphones and PDAs haven’t replaced Personal Computers is because of the size of the memory. These portable mobile devices have limited memory so developers need to bust their heads to create memory optimized applications (although some PDAs and Smartphones today are not affected by this limitations anymore). But in the near future, maybe this won’t be a problem anymore, especially since eMobiStudio has announced the release of its MemoryUp Standard Edition v1.5, a powerful Java virtual machine (JVM) management and RAM boosting tool specially designed for high-end smartphones and BlackBerry.

This tool will analyze your running J2ME (Java) programs and automatically allocate - “and recover” - RAM. I put the focus on the recover part since this is what’s usually the problem, recovering used memory. This, in turn, will boost system to its best performance. In case of some applications are no longer active on a smartphone or BlackBerry, MemoryUp can reclaim lost resources and put them to better use. By reclaiming resources, the mobile system does not need to access the hard drive as frequently. This will greatly enhance mobile phone’s overall performance.

MemoryUp Standard Edition v1.5 is now available for purchase. The price is $13.99 for a Symbian edition and $14.99 for a BlackBerry edition.

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Tags: BlackBerry, java, mobile, Mobile News, Other Brands, PDA, Phone, smartphones