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You may or may not be aware that BenQ Mobile (or BenQ Siemens as it was) went bankrupt at the end of last year.  BenQ had purchased the ailing Siemens group in 2005, but failed to turn the business around.
Well administrators have failed to find a buyer and so the company will close down, meaning […]

Varioptic makes its lenses out of oil and water rather than normal methods. Sounds crazy? Well it’s actually a far better way of producing lenses - it’s more reliable, enables closer focus (5m or so) and it focuses more quickly than a standard lens. And it’s expected to be cheaper once production […]

Remember the Nokia 8110, you know, the one used in the Matrix? Well after a long absence of ‘banana’ phones, Motorola has unveiled the RIZR, a slightly odd looking handset that curves around your face.

The RIZR will have 90mb of onboard memory with support for 4GB SD card, and a 2mpx camera.
Other handsets shown […]

Samsung has showcased a few new handsets at the 3GSM conference, with one claiming to be the “slimmest phone in the world”.
And here it is - the U100:

Also launched were two skinny sliders, the U600:

And U700:

And finally, an iPhone lookalike, the symbian based F700:

Nokia have made their move into the Mobile TV market with the N77, aimed at “bringing Mobile TV to the mainstream”. Nokia’s CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (OPK) claimed the N77 handset would “help take live TV out of the living room into your hand”, and expects it to be available in DVB-H (Digital-Video-Braodcasting, Handheld) markets […]

LG expects its new Black Label phone, Shine, to do even better than the Chocolate, which is saying something considering its popularity. Sales so far in Korea are greater than for Chocolate over the same period.
LG will be rolling out several “Black Label” phones over the year, including the hugely anticipated Prada phone which […]

Swedish telecoms company Mobil have released the first pictures of the rumoured super-slim Walkman branded phone that Sony Ericsson have been developing.

They claim that the handset’s launch is just a few days away (Feb 6).
The pictures clearly show that it’s a 3G device from the front and rear cameras. And while it’s ‘only’ 2megapixel […]

Last year was a record one for mobile phone sales, topping the one billion mark for the first time. And 300m of these shipped in Q4, making it a record quarter and up 22% on the previous year.
Nokia remains number one by some margin, selling 100m devices in Q4 alone, another record for the […]

It seems that all the big names in the Tech world are getting into mobile phones.  Google has been rumoured to be looking at branding a mobile phone for a while now, possibly in partnership with Orange.
This is the latest ‘leaked’ photo.  Whether it’s anything like real, well it’s impossible to tell.  But if it […]

LG have unveiled their latest design and collaboration, the Prada phone. Launching earlier than the iPhone, it will also be around two-thirds of the price (compared to the higher spec iPhone) - but won’t have the same music capabilities.

Also recently announced is their new Shine device, which again appears to play primarily on […]

Virgin Mobile has not sold even 10,000 TV-enabled Lobster handsets, despite significant advertising costs (Pamela Anderson doesn’t come cheap I am sure) and slashing the price to less than £100.
Not really surprising, given the ugly, dated, look of the handset. Sure people want to own the latest and greatest, and mobile TV is certainly […]

Sky, which already offers broadband, telephone and TV services, today upped its carriage fees - sparking rumours that it could be getting closer to a mobile offering.
Quad-play is the holy grail for technology companies at the moment, with NTL:Telewest the first to complete the circle with the purchase of Virgin.
Sky launched a huge marketing campaign […]

Vodafone is always one to use its sponsorship deals to the full, and it’s no big surprise that they have today unveiled a trio of handsets with the F1 team’s branding. One is a Samsung, the other two are Sharps.
The Sharp shown on the right here looks like it could be nice, though very […]

Sony Ericsson today stated that its quarterly profit increased by more than 200%, far exceeding analysts forecasts. Profit increased to €447m, compared to just €144m a year earlier.
These figures were primarily due to record sales of Walkman branded phones, which of course are at the high-end of the scale and have higher margins. […]

The Daily Telegraph reports that Charles Dunstone is keen to partner with Apple, to exclusively sell the iPhone in CPW stores this Christmas (assuming it is out by then).
What that means for network stores is another matter - Apple will have some tough decisions to make, with the likes of Vodafone also surely trying to […]